The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-01-08
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
MIR. MORGAN ON NEGRO COL.
ONIZATION.
small Attendance in the House,
hut MIR. Carlisle Makes Firm
stand in Behalf of the Rig hts
of the Minority.

WASHINGTON, January I.-SENATE.-
Among the bills presented and referred
was one by Mr.. Faulkner to provide fol
a worlds exposition at the national
capital in 1892.
Mr.. Harris, in the absence of Mr.. Beck
in his name introduced bill to suspend
the operation of the sinking fund laws
until further order of Congress. Referred
to the finance committee.
Mr.. Voorhees, offered preamble and
resolution reciting the newspaper report
that Mr.. Chambers, the United States
district attorney at Indianapolis, had
interiered in his official capacity to pre-
vent the arrest of. w. W. Dudley on the
charge of teloniously violating the elec-
tion laws Of Indiana at The last presiden-
tial election, and directing the attorney
general to report what instructions the
department of justice had issued to Mr..
Chambers on the subject, and to furnish
copies of the correspondence. He asked
that the resolution go over till to-mor-
row, when he would submit some re-
marks upon it.
Mr.. Edmunds-"That is right. am
in favor OF the Substance of it.
The resolution went over.
Mr.. Morgan proceeded to address the
senate on the subject of the bill hereto
fore introduced by Mr. Butler to provide
for the emigration OF persons of color
from the Southern States.
In stunning up his speech Mr., Nor
gan pointed to the fact that negroes had
no chance to rise in this country. There
were no negro bank presidents, no negro
railroad presidents, no negro presidents
a ..,i, ,,ul
or navigation companies, no negro dircc-
tors. cashiers or tcllers in banks, no ne.
gro engineers or conductors on railroads,
no negro telegraph operators, no negro
State or federal Judge, no negro COVER
nor of State or Territory, no negro in
any Northern legislature, no negro rep.
sentative in either branch of congress
from any Northern State. The negroes
entire field of cndeavor was limited to
political exploits. This field was occu-
pied with little benefit to himself and
with great injury to Others. Political
influence would never lift the negro race
in this country above its present level,
TN the contrary. friction and collision
caused by the negroes Use OF the ballot
would create more and more envy
against the negro race. lie tMorganj
looked forward to the establishment of n
free republican government in the Congo
region by the influence of American ne
grocs. who would thus be the retlccmers
and rcgcnerators of their tathcrland. He
had plan which he would present to
the committee on foreign relations: hut
he should indulge in the hope that som,
plan, better than his, would bc adopted,
looking towards the founding Of a re-
public in Africa. by inducing eight mil
lions of negroes in this country to con-
tribute their strength, knowledge and
christianity to that work. He thanked
the senate for the patience with which il
had listened tn his remarks.
A message from the President in rcla
ton to the claim of the widow of John
Paul. a German subject, arising out OF
his death III Wilmington, \. G., and rec
ommcnding an appropriation of 50, 900,
was presented to the senate and referred
to the committee on foreign relations.
After n brief executive session, devoted
to routine business. the senate ad
journcd.
HOuSE.-Thcre was an unusually small
number of members present. when the
house was called to order at noon, and
the prayer Of the Chaplain for the Divine
protection of the sick representatives, was
listened To- with unwonted interest.
On motion of Mr.. Carlisle, OF kentucky.
acting under instructions from the COM
mittcc ON rulcs,D u resolution was
adopted providing for the appointment
oi two additional members on the COM
mittcc on commerce.
The speaker stated to the house that
/, nc,ordnn,e with nutbur,ty vested in
him Yesterday. he had administered III,
ontb of office To Samuel /. Randall. OF
prnnsvlynnin.
Mr. McComns. of MARYLAND. Offered n
,csolut;on thnt the house resolve itself
into n committee of The whole for the
consideration of the district of Columbia
on,,rn,,r;ntinn hill. The committee To
IN, ynv,rnrd by The rules of the last
Cnu,,,,ss
Nr breckenridge. of Kentucky. called
NJ, Nrl'om attention to the iact that
Ln,h ~, nncL,rv of N;ssnur; and Mr.
cIcn,cu,s nf C;r3ry;n. ,m,mbrrs of the
s,,i,..n,,,,,;,,,, of ,b,. cnmm;,,,, ou mn.
nronr,n,innsI wrrr absent on account of
s;cL,css and nsk,d Tim, the hil bc not
,n.Jnv
W, us,, n,,n. .,;d ,b,, .n in, No n,
tncu ,hcrr ,vns mo- dif,creuc, in regard
w. ,,, L;li .y;si;ny h,iwcrn h;s dcmo.
cratic colleagues aud himself. aud he in.
sisted upon pressing his resolution.
Mr.. breckenridge thercupon raised the
question ui consideration against the
resolutions.
The speaker ruled that the question oi
consideration could not be raised against
the resolution, because the resolution
was in the nature OF a motion regulating
the business OF the house.
Mr.. breckenridge called attention to
the fact that the resolution went farther