The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-17

Mr. Butter said ne expected 10 nc a>Sdlito
by those who could not understand his
motives; but these assaults would moi
make him deyiate from his course. some
people said "let the negro alone; he makes
"A good peasant class. etc. They forget
that under our form Of government there
could be no peasant class. The government
could not afford t0 let the negro remain unless
it was admitted that he was the equal of the
/ Anglo-SaXOn i'm the race Of civilization. II
was no disparagement 20 say this for mo
other race had ever stood in the pathway OF
the Anglo-SaX0n 10 power and survived
The negro had done nothing 10 deserve in-
Justice. he had too long been the football of
contending factions.
TIME FOR JUST SETTLEMENT.
In conclusion. Mr.. Butler said: is it not
about time. Mr.. President, that the thinking
men Of this country, men who have some
concern for the future welfare Of coming
generations. as well as the temporary
triumph Of party. should meet upon the
| common plane of The general good. ANA us
pose Of this question fairly and humanelyf
| is there no subject. whether economic,
moral. religious. or social which can be
considered without injecting into the
discussion sectional and party consld-
eratiOnsi Is there not some topic Of public
| import which we can make common cause
Of. and adjust it without the burden and
binding influence Of party bias. ! should
welcome such a day as new era M our
history. from which tO date better hopes for
/ the perpetuity Of constitutional kepuD-
| lic.n
MR.. HOAR REPLIES.
Mr.. Hoar replying 10 Mr.. Butler eX-
pressed his qualification no the tone and
/ temper. as well as the ability and eloquence
with which the Senator from South Caro-
| lima had presented his own view. But It
seemed tO him that the proposition was the
most astonishing that had ever
| been heard in the legislative his
/ tory Of the Senate or in the legislative
| history Of any free. civilized and prosper
GUS people. The United states was at this
moment growing I'M wealth. strength, ana
prosperity and still the demand for the
/ labor kept more than abreast with
the general growth of the country.
And yet in the Senate Of the United
states proposition was made that
/ by the force Of the nation. aided by its
| treasury. eight millions of laborers born on
American soil. entitled 10 every right, were
10 be depOrted. Mr.. Hoar paid high COM
pliment to ex-senator Bruce, Of Mississippi,
ami To the eight or ten cOlOred men who
had sat i'm the House OF Representatives.
and declared that there could have been no
/ better examples Of the legislative char
acter for purity Of conduct, for
sOundness OF Judgment and for ability i'm
debate than the representatives, OF that
race. IL was not, therefore, that the coll
0red race could not DE made tt for freedom
/ that the proposition was made. but simply
ON the ground that the nature Of things
or the nature Of man was such
/ that men of different races and
especially Of different compilations, could
not live together i'm harmony and peace and
I freedom and honor under the laws OF TINS
republic. If that We're true, then the Dec
| laration Of independence was q lie, and
| then the Constitution of the United
states rested on r0ttenness. 10 seemed
I tO him thai not a proposition came
/ from the South in reference 20 the
cOlored race I'm which there was one
ray of hope. lie could not see that repre-
sentatiyes Of the South had any policy but a
policv Of despair. He could not believe that
| any considerable number Of cOl0red people
could be induced to depOrt themselves,
or that the American people could
ever be got to apply TO them any
restraint. What, . he asked, was
the barrier 10 the negro living In peace in
this country, 10 his dividing between the
| two political parties, as the German did,
and as the Swede did. except that the white
race would not permit that thing 10 be done.
lie would like to know what other barrier
there was.
MR.. BLAIR
spoke against the bill. which he declared TO
/ bee either q manifest imp0ssibllity or an an-
surdity. Unless the eight millions OF col
Ored people went. it was am aDsurdlty; ana
/ if they did go. then a burden would be i'm
posed ON the nation which might well De
called an impOssibility The diucultles OF
the race problem, Mr.. Blair declared,e existed
in the excited imaginatiOns and ineradlca-
Die preudices of few white men. not be-
tween the races themselves. As 90 the idea
OF the senator from Alabama (Mr Morgan)
that the choice was between numbering the
negroes or marrying them, between
killing them or assimilatlng them, be
thought that a course Oi lectures on the
sixth and seventh commandments would
settle the whole thing, and that no more
would be heard OF a doctrine that was an
absurdty and an insult % our common
humanity. lie finally Went on 10 argue
that the true solution OF the difficulty lay i'm
tine enactment Of his bin 10 promote educa-
ton. The bin then went over without
action. The Senate then proceeded 10 the
consideration of executive business, and az
l,O5 adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE ROUTINE.
The time Of the House was almost entirely
/ taken up to-day In the discussion OF a reso-
/ luton reported by Mir. Mckinley from the
/ Committee on Rules. plOyiding for the ap-
pOiutment Oi q special Worlds Fair Conn
mittee Of Thirteen 10 report within three
days plan lr which the House can deter
mine the site Of the proposed iair, and sub
sequeuty report bill providing for the fair.
Mr.. Cannon, Of Illinois, as the minority
of the Committee Oh Rules, reported Sub
I stitute resolution instructing the Committee
on Foreign Affairs 10 report % the House a
method of selecting the locality Of the
\ Worlds Fair. Whether lhe fair, first,
/ shall he held east or west Of the Allegheny
/ Mountains; and. second. the selection Of
| the place for the location OF the fair and
[ after the location has been decided by the
/ House, that the committee report a bill pro-
yiding for "a Worlds Fair in 1872 az the
place selected by the House.
\ long discussion followed, in which a
score or more OF Representatives took part.
/ Finally a vote was taken, and the substitute
was agreed 10 by a close vote Of l3I yeas %
/ l34 nays. Then much confusion 0nsued as
% the next step % se iaken In parliament
tary proceedings. Many members con-
| tended that the next vote should be
taken ON the Mckinley resolution, as
amended by the substitute Of the Cannon
/ resolutions but the Speaker held Otherwise.
and stated that the next vote vas upon sub
stitutng the majority resolution, as amend
ed, i0f tue original resolution, referred %
| the Committee on Rules. The vote was
watched with intense interest, and
when it was known at the end
Of the roll call that the resolu-
tion had been defeated by a tie vote,
Mr.. Springer, Of Illinois. who had voted in
the affirmative changed ni- Vote 10 the mega
tive IN order 20 move a reconsideration.
The substitute was rejected-yeas l33, nays
1856.
Mr. Springer moved 10 reconsider, and
Mr.. Mckinley moved 10 lay that motion on
the table, pending which the House, at
1850, adjourned.
BALLOT REFORM.