New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-13
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,yo.bircton Dee. l4-Thc spirited contest OF He'.,' 49,
day over the Plumb resolution iof lV"-'' o,,
daily sessions of the senate end d "u"S Of the
rronise At Mr.. Hoar's suggestion ''1 ',,E 70
original resolution for a rccc'' i'"" .,,o,, IN
,c,,ol, AVID an evening session from
II vas droppod altcctEer, ana 'hc io"' " - III.
was simply changed from noon 10 ~ d. 49,, -, any
.bapr The proposition proved uHoO!, ,,. ,ciu
hodv and il was speedily adopteo' nv ~ ,, - Gov
On INFO effect ON Monday, ana the 7c""'0 aa,,io,,oI
. ,at o,,o, bour, q day next week II al ,,
,;oh, seeson NAV be thought necessary " y,
,d hv a vote of the senate. Inc 'o"p'o
ca -, a.v was forced on the Repnoho'"S ~ ''0
Gao, tina, urdcr the existing rules oi ''' '.. ~,
,oiot Of 3" no quorum" can be r"lsc az '''' .r
.nv senator and all proceedings stopp0u '. i ,
- .nco ~ a majority is secured 10 mahc VIC ''"'
P'Ss7'0 -, ,ba Repulicaus would have been
si,s''" ,.ar . ouor;i,n ont of their own nunlbei
o0'S =, ,bo cLomber and that is almost phI>N"
r,.o dnhote on the Election bill began pi"'u'"'S
d,,spc the morning hour upon MI po'P" ,..,
,r an inoujrv as TO whether TIE 'Ie'' VI ''
81 citizen, I'm any State had poem ao''"-1"' .,..
-, ho vrvth amendment to the CONSTITUTIONS
Tminr Mr. Doph's speech IN support W -, 80,
:, ,odo the general charge that the 'o1o'o'
. - tho South was habituallY suppresSeu vi" ~
.t,a,d Mr. Rutlcr Of south Carolina rose "'''
q shovr of virtuous indignation Il MAKE d "''r
doriaI and Mr. Doph, prompted b> MI 49, ,
..,od that Mr. EuilcT himself was OH W'"Iu ~" !.
,.,oro an investigating committee OF inc io"'. ,',l
r, di..lar-cd men from his plantation Tor No''"T
,he Republican ticket. The south tarohha 9c'''V ,
Cow in a rage. and announced that II any one
,. h, had over tried 10 intmidatc his negro WIN
- mot porson was guilty OF deliberate ft'Nc''''.
Mr IIoar replied calmly that he Woud p'oO"O,
,c,1y what Mr.. Butler had admitted IN Uo ,a,
..apd and later in the afternoon he reao so''o wy
f,,n, the South Carolina senator's 'cs''"l""'
;..oo Of tLe House OF Representatives IN l''o
or 1877 Mr.. Butler had adnlttea ''c" ''''' -,
i, the habit of dschar-ns men for poiuoa' ''''',
" No., .o.,,ot.ap all about The investigation lie
ia - hroa, the force of the evidence bN SdN"N VIZ
~ Ala ma, remember ii. ard that II mi>IepF''c'''c
r roal sentiments. Gradually lie reacncn inc P'''.'
Of disclaimins any intention Of in.asnhE W. lt"'
,cracitv and Withdrawing hi> unsupported ''"'"''
a., r,o-ninc. The encounter ended amI'"oE' "S inos'
.'' o,,a, ro.e,ce at arms in the senate do, but II
ln,nisbcd lively hour Tor the spectators ID wv s'''''
s ,h. many auditor, Oh the floor Of the senate
yost of the afternoon was taken up win V"o
.r,on comments AGAINST tic Election hiH by
Niessrs Blodgett and Walthall. MI 'ol-9 VI ' '
will speak against the bill tomorrow . ,,
When the resolution offered Yesterday ~ VT. poI"
irstrnc,inc the Committee Privilege and hlc'uoh'
20 inopjre and report whether the right to VOC al
any election for Presidential Electors Members ol con-
crcss or state legislators or officers !, o'HH" -
any male citizens OF any state. or J, aoiu-cu' w
cent for participation in the Rebellion or other crime
was taken up, Mr.. Dolph stated the reasons winch
t,d induced him to offer If. What he desired the
committee 10 give special attention 10 wa whether
some states had not provided IN their CONSTITUTIONS "t
laws such voting qualifications a were moi permitted
hy section = Of the Myth Amendment, without an
abricrment Of representation. He claimed that the
constitution recently adopted Mississippi did i'm
pose such qualifications, and that therefore the rep
rc,entation of that should be abridged lie had
some Of the section, Of the Constitution OF Mississippi
read al the Clerks desk showing that payment Of All
taxes with uniform poll-taX Of a. and an AFFINITY
10 read and explain the state Constitution arr re-
quses for the exercise Of the elective franchise lie
did not deny the power of state to MAKE such pro
visions and 10 require such qualifications: but he as
serted that if they made. and il by them citizens
Of the United states had their right o; suffrage de
lied abridged the representation Of such state ought
to be diminished in Ike proportion.
Ile State Of Mississippi, he said was not the only
state that imposed restriction, the right Of su''Iag"
wyoming disf,anchised persons going into that state
who unable to read the Constitution 81 the trec
states The states of Massachusetts and Come tcut
lie understood, imposed like conditions. II Wa t'
duty OF the senate ascertain what states required
qualifications other than those permitted by tie Con
stitutiOn lie sent the Clerks desk and had gcaC
the recent inaugural message Of Governor T,ilmau
Of south Carolina, which he said, oiica
declaration that the great 81 the cOiOrcd men
the south not ht TO exercise The elective franchise
and that the white people Of tn- south were III coHtlo
OF the State Governments and proposed 10 mainta!
tie control at all hazards. These two proposition
taken together showed clearly he aid That the co09r
people OF the south should not be permitted % vote
so long a. they voted the Republican ticket or wilcr
their voting would Republican control.
Mr. Vest moved amendment inotructing the com
nittee to inquire whether, by state legislation an
citizens Of the United state, denied the right
work on any public improvements by reason OF ihei
color While the senator from OREGON expended III
logic and eoquence on the wroTgs Of the cOorcd pcOpl
Of the south he (Mr Vest simply desired to common
To him the legislation Of the Republican Legislature
Oregon which deprived the negro citizens OF tina
state Of the right to labor works Of public improve
ment. Mr.. Vest read clause from recent sta,u'
Of the Oregon Legislature authorizing the building OF
bridge and providing that none but white labor shou
be employed on the work.
Mr Dolph replied TO Mr. Vest. and the discussiC
drifted into the question Of the treatment Of Cmam'
on the Pacific Coast 4 further allusion 10 Govern
Tillman's inaugural message brought out the decIA
ton from Nh Butler that he WAS perfectly willing
stand by that message.
Mr. Dolph said that he was Informed by Seha'
On his side Of the Chamber that the senator INNS
had threatened colOred men IN his employment III
he would discharge them if they should vote tHe
publican ticket.
Mr.. Butler Whoever made that statement Is gul
% = deliberate ard wilful falsehoOd-a deliberate a
wilful falsehOOd
Mr. Uoar-I suppose that | read, wl'hlh t"eh
,o,r hours the testimony Of the senator from sou
carolina before committee OF tins BODY or OF
o,her House. in which he stated 'haI lie ha'
fla. coiored people his plantation that he shol
di.,,i.s them from his employment If they voted
rnu,ucan ticket made the statement myself
,h senator from oregon. daughter on the Den
cratic sidc)
vr nutler-Thcn the remark that made applies,
rse 20 the senator from Massachusetts,.
Mr. yioar-I am not 10 be deferred from say
what have 10 say
Mr. Butlcr-I do not propose to deter the Scnat
Mr. Hoar concluding the sentence either by
manner or behavior Of the senator from south Ca
lima have read that in a public document Wit
twenty four hours, | suppose II there Is any mlst