The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-27
CHANDLER IN A NEW MESS
HE MAKES A STUMP SPEECH ON
AN ELECTION PETITION.


ton of the Rule Governing State
ments at the Time of Presenting New
Matter - Vios President Morton
Decided That MIR. Chandler Was
Within the Rule.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26-In the Senate
this morning Mr.. Chandler presented pe-
tition from Union county, Arkansas, rep
resenting that, at the state election there
in September, 1888, a systematic reign of
terror prevailed; that armed and reckless
mobs paraded the county night and day,
terrorizing the whites, and shooting and
whipping colored voters; that the schools
and churches had been demoralized and
ballot boxes carried off; and asking for the
protection guaranteed by the constitution
MIR. Harris asked Mr.. Chandler whether
the statement which he was making was
such "brief statement" as the rule con-
templated in representation of the petition,
and added that it was in direct violation of
the rule.
Mr.. Chandler replied that he understood
the rule and how the rule was construed.
lie was not reading the petition, but was
reading from as condensed statement Of it
as he could make in justice to the petitioners.
HARRIS ASKS RULING.
Mr.. Harris desired the ruling of the chair
| under rule z, which provides that every Pc
| tition or memorial shall have endorsed on
| it brief statement of its contents and shall
be presented and referred without debate.
Mr.. Hoar remarked that Mr.. Chandler
had said that his statement was as brief and
| compact as he could make it; and added
that the rule left the matter entirely to the
discretion of the senators.
Mr.. Berry asked Mr.. Chandler whether
he had, himself, prepared the statement he
was making, or whether somebody else had
| done so.
Mr.. Chandler replied that he had written
| it himself
Mr.. Berry, thought SO. 1t is not
| petition, but collection Of rot and filth
which the senator has collected himself,
MIR. Chandler-It is a statement which 1
make on my own respo visibility of the sub
stance Of this petition. 1t was prepared by
myself. / do not wish to violate the rules of
the Senate. / am only sorry that the sena-
tor from Tennessee should not have taken
| occasion to comment on the practice of
making full statements on petitions on some
| other petition than one which concerned the
rights of citizens.
Mr.. Harris again called on the chair for
ruling.
MORTON SANCTIONS THE READING.
The Vice President-The statement has
been made by the senator from New Hamp-
| shire that the brief which he has prepared
is condensed statement of the petition.
| The chair is of the opinion that the senator
has right to complete the reading Of the
paper.
Mr.. Berry-f it comes from the senator
from New Hampshire himself do not think
that it can injure either the state of Ar
kansas or the people of Arkansas There
fore l have no objection.
Mr. Chandler, ironically-I am very much
obliged to the senator from Arkansas for
the pleasure of being informed that petit
t1on on this subject can be presented in the
Senate of the United States with the consent
OF the senator from Arkansas.
The statement was then completed and
the resolution with several others from
| Arkansas on the same subject) was referred
to the commi ttee on privileges and cleo
| tions.
FLoRIDA's RAILROAD LANDS.
Mr.. Call offered a resolution, which went
over till tomorrow, in relation to lands
| claimed by the Florida Central and Penin-
sular Railroad Company, between Waldo
and Tampa, directing the Attorney General
| to institute proceedings to prevent any
further sales of such lands until action be
taken by congress
The business on the calendar was then
taken up, and twenty-six pension and
| private bills were passed.
At 2 o'clock the Blair education bill was
taken up as the unfinished business Mr..
ingalls, inquired as to the time when the
bill was likely to be disposed of, remarking
that 1t stood in the way Of many important
measures, and giving notice that he would
| insist that its confederation should proceed
| with dispatch.
| BLAIR MAKES STATEMENT.
Mr.. Blair said that the bill had been under
1 11f1
been proceeded with as rapidly as the SEN
ate was willing to proceed with it. He was
anxious to bring it to a conclusion as rapidly
| as possible. There was no more important
measure before the Senate. At least five or
six senator's had notified him of their desire
to speak upon it.
Mr.. Reagan addressed the Senate in op-
position to the bill. He said that he had
| presented to the Senate in the last congress
such views and authorities as seemed to
demonstrate that the passage of the bill
was not warranted by the constitution. 1t
| was not his purpose again to enter on full
discussion Of the character and provisions
of the bill Even if he had not before done
so, the learned and able discussion of the
subject by the senator from West Virginia
| (Mr. Faulkner) and by his colleague Mr.
Coke had made it unnecessary for him to
do so.
THE LIMIT OF HIS REMARKS.
He should, therefore, limit his remarks to
presenting some of the authorities which he
had then used to show that there was GER
tainly no express grant of power In the
constitution for such legislation, and that
legislation as to local and domestic questions
in the states was left exclusively TO the
states
Mr.. Wilson of Maryland argued against the
constitutionality Of the bill. The senator
from New Hampshire had told the Senate
with great earnestness that If the constitu-
tion were constitutional congress must be
clothed with the power of educating the
people. Intelligence being the bed rock las
he argued) of republican form of govern
ment, congress had to possess power to in
stitute system Of schools, wholly without
regard to state limits or state powers. He
(Mr. WILSON, knew of no enunciation of any
public man more at war with the popular
traditions of the country or with the
framework of the government.
RESTRICTION BY RACES.
Mr. Blair replied to some of the points
made in Mr.. Wilson's speech, and also in
the speech few days ago Of Mr.. Faulkner
He referred to the newspaper report Of an
attempt being made in the state of Virginia
to restrict the school tax raised from the
whites TO the education of white children,
leaving that raised from the colored
taxpayers TO be used for colored
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