The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-28
RAMPANT RADICALISM.
THE OUTRAGE MILL AGAIN GRIND
ING IN THE SENATE.

The Incident at Aberdeen Classed
Where it Belongs by Southern SEN
ators-Some of the Acrimonious Re-
publican Leaders, However,, Use it
as an Excuse for Making Party
Capital.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-Iu the Senate
this morning the House bill 20 simplify the
laws in relation to the collection of the
customs revenue was presented, and, on mo-
tion of Mr.. Morrill,, was ordered printed
and referred to the finance committee, in
ORDER as Mr.. Morrill, stated, that it may be
considered tomorrow by that committee.
MIR. HOar presented resolutions adopted
at a mass meeting held recently in fremont
Temple, Boston, on the subject of the
cruel deprivation of the colored people of
the right take part in elections in some of
the southern states. Mr.. Hoar read the
substance of the resolutions and had them
referred to the committee on privileges and
elections.
Among the bills reported from committee
and placed on the calendar was the Hale
BILL the substance of which was telegraphed
Saturday, further to increase the naval es-
tablishment of the United States. Mr..
Chandler presented the views of the
minority signed by himself only. He said
there were other dissenting members of the
committee, but they had not signed his
report.
NEW BILLS.
The following bills were introduced and
referred:
By Mr.. Hale-To require the superintend-
ent of the census to ascertain the number
of people who own their farm aud homes,
and the amount of mortgage Indebtedness
thereon.
By Mr.. Chandler-For the erection of a
monument to Matthew Fontaine Maury of
Virginia.
BY Mr.. Cockrellz-To repeal the silver
coinage bill of Feb. %, 1878, and to require
the purchase and coinage of $5,000,000 a
month in standard silver dollars. Mr..
Cockrell respectfully requested the financial
committee, to which the bill was referred,
to take immediate action and to report it
back to the Senate for its action.
On motion of ifr. Call, the adverse re-
port heretofore made from the committee
on foreign relations in regard to the estab-
lishment Of republic in Cuba, was placed
on the calendar so that he may hereafter
address the Senate on the subject.
ABERDEEN's OUTRAGE.
The resolution heretofore offered by Mr..
Chandler, calling on the attorney general
for the report of the United States marshal
for the northern district of Mississippi con-
Cerning the maltreatment of Henry J.
Franz at Aberdeen, Miss, was taken up for
consideration. Mr.. Walthall addressed the
Senate. 1t could not be possibly pretended,
he thought, that congress had any iurisdic-
tion Of the subject. 1t had been referred to
by the distinguished senator from Kansas
(Mr. Ingalls, last Thursday in his (Mr.
Walthalfs) absence. But from reading the
report of the senator's remarks he saw that
he had commented on the hanging in effigy
of Secretary Proctor at Aberdeen, and on
hA rkr1 ~ L.
committed on the citizen named in the res
olution.
CONDEMNS THE OUTRAGE.
From what he (Mr. WalthalD had heard
of that affair he felt warranted in saying
that it was simply the wanton conduct of
few persons, disapproved by the community
in which it occurred. He knew that COM
munity intimately, but he had never before
heard of the persons concerned in that out
rage. Speaking for himself, and represent
ing the sentiment of the people all over
Mississippi, and of the south, ne condemned
unqualifiedly and unreservedly that outrage
on the Secretary of War and on the citizen
named i'll the resolution. lie felt that the
people of the United States would not hold
an entire community responsible for the
action of few persons.
INTERFERENCE IN ELECTIONS.
Passing from that subject Mr.. Walthall
interference in state elections. He agreed
with Mr.. Ingalls, that the race question was
the most formidable and portentous ever
presented to free people for solution. He
saw no remedy which congress could apply
that promised any practical result. He be-
lieved that arbitrary enactments could but
increase the difficulty. He was unable
to divine how the evil could be miti-
gated by any congressional action, since
the laws of nature could not be
reversed by the laws Of mon. The PROPOSE
ton of federal control of elections was
aimed, he said, at the southern states. Its
professed purpose was to secure fair count
ing Of the negro vote; but the actual object
was to count that vote for the republican
party on the assumption that all the negro
voters were republicans. The proposition
was such menance to the rights of the
people that it must meet with the condem-
nation of all men anxious to preserve the
spirit of the government.
NOT DEPRIVED OF THEIR RIGHTS.
As proof that the colored people of Mis-
slssippi were not deprived Of their rights,
he said that the negroes of that state knew
that in single congressional district of
Mississippi there were more of that race in
office (voted for by white people) than
President Harrison had appointed since his
term began. But when the negroes were
encouraged, by the passage of such bills by
congress, TO believe that they could rule,
when they were invited to array themselves
against the whites, there would be serious
disturbance of the present conditions, and
the troubles Of the two races would be
greatly augmented. There would
be revival of antagonism; an
interruption of those relations that seemed
now to promise good to both races. Pros
perity would be hiDdered and business en-
terprises crippled. There would be friction
and disquiet, and even bloody strife, which
all deplored, but, in his opinion, the result
OF no congressional election in any southern
state would be controlled by any federal
law that congress could enact.
WHITE UNITY.
The white people would be driven to
closer cooperation than ever before, for
Their own protection because the election
OF negro judges and officers in the state
meant negro domination, and meant death
70 every interest, and hope, and aspira-
lon OF the people. He could not counsel
nus people to accept such desolating barbar-
ism without struggle, nor yet to flee from
I4e homes of themselves and their ancestors.
ne would not counsel them to violate any
PUBIC law or any private right. But he
would urge them, not as remedy, but
as means of present safety, to unity. He
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