Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-14
DISTRESS SIGNALS.
pugllc-sUlL DING BILLS PASSED IN
TIE SENATE YESTERDAY.
. TIL, uetvoen Niessrs. Rustis. sherman,
and Bu;icr--Thc Oklahoma BIN
in the House.
WASHINGTON. d. G.. March 10. 1890.
Senate.

~ r,vn from the Committee on Com
- rerortcd bill 10 repeal the law Of
M,l,st Congress requiring steamships 81
''. .,,,,,. and rockets for casting lines in
- d,.tress. and stated the reason for
G. ,,...s.o II the bin in order. he said,
.S.t AL. greed of certain companies
...-i, receive tho notice required" The
,f,irmeut Wa, 10 the enect that the Lyle
n". r,.rrary furnished % the life-saving
49,. ~" Guns 40 Ss7.50, tho Hunt Gun
..1.,a-g cnu- at SSJ.25. aud the Cunning
$50 E..lf Company rockets NJ $50, bu.
.f,r the enactment Of the law steam.
t,.. we're required 90 pay 500 for tho
f,t. ...u $50 for the Hunt gun, and $50
t.,r..bei.. The Committee on Commerce
I'd CONSIDERED the matter. and now re-
...r...ra,l 'hc repeal Of the law.
sif. C'ckfcl: The bill should DO passed
Nv. Fryc. do not care 10 have IL pass
oil t.. morning. Let IL 80 on the calcn-
,r. C.ckroll: lot Il DO passed now.
Mr.lDe. I shall be very happy to have
vr H5ai suggested that it would be bet
sra. let The matter stand for q day or two,
"a tllre might be something 20 be said on
tYe .tAer side.
Tire till WAS placed on the calendar.
me Senate proceeded TO tho calendar
,-l passed bills for public buildings rs
MS. stockton, Cal, $4,000; Nam
..t. Hot Springs in Yellowstone Nation
b. PARK. so. 900. Pawjucket. Il. l., Sl00,-
on. Nons0ckct. Il. J., 100000; Hud-
ru. NY. $4,000; Virginia City, Nev"
$1,000: Hastings. Mob, $4,000; The
pluos. Ore, 100000; Salem, Ore, SlOO.-
Uo, saltwater, linn, 10000, Reno
New. $1,000. All the foregoing bills were
senate b,iis.
Sir. Eusus referred 20 two statements
made bv Mr. iioar yesterday In reference
G. tne southern States. one Of them being
flat in the State Of Louisiana and IN some
o.. the othor States there were laws winch
made 10 a penal offence. punishable by I'M
lrisoumcut lu the pententiary, for WHITE
f.4. o. associate on terms OF cquanty
with p black man. Tie asserted that
fh,ro was not the slightest foundation
fr that statement. The other statement
Iy Mr. H0aI was to the effect that there
was another law in Louisiana winch pro-
ridel for the sale OF any colored man found
!.r 70 certain time ont az Work. ana that
t1c former master should have the pre-
ference IN purchase. he asked Mr. HOar
whether he could find any such law on
thr statute books Of Louisiana.
Nr III OAR read from volume 81 laws OF
Mississippi, passed IA 1868, an act providing
f.at freedmen, free negroes, and uulAitos,
vino were found with no lawful Employ
m.u;. and that all white mon assem- bIlng
with freedmen, free negroes and m1luitos,
20 constantly assocmtiug with th"m on
terms II equality should be deemed va
grants, and should be subject 10 punish
meut by fine and imprisOnucnt. The law,
lo said. contained the two PROVISIONS 10
which be had referred. and he thought that
substantially the same law had been en-
pctrd "a Louisiana.
The Blair educational lill came up as I'M
fmeh,d business, and MIR. Blair took tho
floor. hut yielded 10 pr. CAL. who asked
I,uy, 20 offer preamble and resolution IN
reference so tho nomination of Judge
Swnrn. and MsuIct-Attorncy STRIPPING Of
Ii.-iut.
After the realiugof a long preamble Mr..
Chandler made the point of order that tho
resolution referred e. executive business,
n1d that point having bccu sustained, MIR.
Gail withdrew the resolution Tor the time
hgug
subsequently, Mr. Hoor obtained another
volume # the laws # Mississippi and read
\irpm t provisions in reference 10 the CO.
11rel people a. a justification Of his state
huruf.
Nir En,tis pressed his question rs to Mr..
U.ar's statement Yesterday and MT. HOar
admitted that 50 fnr IA his statement con-
csrncd Louisiana he was IN error.
Mr.. sherman asked Mr.. Lusis whether
DE- ala not know that the fifteenth amend
mert never would have been proposed but
flr the fact TINT the laws of the southern
States were depriyiug the negro Of his
rithts If citizenship. That, he said, was
certainly the fact.
Mr.. Fustis replied that 70 was his honest
conviction that al reconstruction mca-
-nrcs. ull extreme legislation. and consti-
tGtIoud amendments were adopted 10y the
Republican party with the single object OF
AfricanizinC tho South and maintaining
political supremacy. and be characterized
J. as tho greatest crime ever committed
AGAINST civilized communities
ST. sherman then took part IN the dis
cu4-rou, which soon became heated po-
lrral controversy. He SAID that when the
civil war was ended there was universal
...uug n the North that the best way TO
solve the difficulties Of the time was 10 re-
tt.i- to- the people of the south Their
~fta governments, with all powers
attached thereto, with the limitation
49, qualification of projecting the
ruht- OF al citizens, black and white.
Il lad not been contemplated at
f.Ht tlu, to arm the negro with sutirages.
iul t.. laws passed hy some OF the south
tr States had boeu so unjust 70 the col
Or.I people and 80 unjust 20 the white ne
lGihrau- IN the South that the people OF
...fiu the South was 90 overthrow the re-
..'f-ot the war and 90 deprive the freed
u.u q an the rights of citizenship.
Whom the time bad come that 1t
WAS seen that there was no way
O. pr1tect the emancipated people
except by armiug them WITH suffrage, Con
...e- had reluctantly, slowly, but dein-
.ut.lv adopted that remedy as the only
One rttol for the case. There been 10
az II D
.1Ir. sherman had sometimes thought that
.Iui-l. POSSIBLY have leen better not TO
I.y, adopted the fifteenth amendment
e.rferuug -utirnge on the colored man,
because ttat right bad been nullihed and
uproutDl. The right of suffrage did not
IUW exist with the Colored men wherever
, might bc valuable 20 them. The result
n o., fifteenth amoudineui was piartlcalIy
tu give 60 the southern States increased
representation In the iiouseOf Representa-
t.t,s, and increased power M the electoral
college. II there was anything wrong IN
the situation of southern a1alrs the people
Of tLr South had brought u on themselves.
After some further remarks Mr.. sherman
slfi. Let me say 60 the senators on the
other side. in an eeriou ness, that there ~
"a feeling iu tie North that injustice has
grown out Of the fifteenth amendment,
and tlat not only have the negroes of the
south been deprived Of their votes. but
shat the people OF the South now enjoy
larger pol .ucal power than the same num-
b.r OF people OF the North. You have
rirty-odd members Of the House of Re
lIresentativcs based upon negro representa-
t..n. Now, let the South do a. II ought
2. do. Let II obey the constitutional
amendments. Let 1t give the negro his
~ and permit him to vote as he will.
Ne are not there 10 control him. We are
not there 90 drive him. And | would not
Gaze if the whole Of the negroes voted the
Democratic ticket. But this feeling OF in
Justice does prevail N the North the feel
~ that. while You are doprying the
c.lored people Of their votes, YOU are eX-
crci-.ng an undue power IN the Govern
mont. and until that - romedied,
either through the negro voting or
through the negro being excluded from
tla basis Of representation, there
never viii be a feeling Of content and
equality among the people OF tpe northern
States And now you complain OF US.
Tor what. For injustice. wong; violence.
Or b.oodshed. No You complain OF Us
tlat we hate you. We deny the hatred,
tut We demand justice, and until the
a.uthcrn States give these oolored people
t4..tr ,,atts vpIcr tina Constitution there