Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-14
thought IT unwise, and because he though.

u'ut "onhaou' mr. Butter said that one OF
the most unfortunate DAYS that had ever
come over the country was the day that
brought about the conflict between the
Chief Executive and the legislative depart.
inent Of the United States. Mr.. Johnaon
had insisted that his policy should be car
riod out in tho South. He had said "This
~ my policy. I say, as commander in
chief Of the Army 81 the United States
that tins shall he the settlement on which
you are 10 return.
He (Mr. Butler) had ac1uiescpd in that.
and then he had been met with the con-
fiiCt between President johnson and the
legislative department Of the Government
which had inaucurated another policy Of
It's own. between the upper and neither
millstone-botwcen the Executive policy
on the one side and the legislative policy
on tho other-the South had been ground
TO powder.
MIR. Butler went on TO speak of the ex-
clusiOn Of the cOlOred men in the northern
States from oil political offices. and said
that on the contrary there was no discrimI-
nation IN the laws of South Carolina. Mis-
slsSppi, Louisiana, OF Georgia against q
man on account Of his race. color. or prcYi-
Gus condition of servitude and that mum
ber Of colored people in those States wcro
holding Offices to-day, and one colored man
was representing district in North Caro-
Ina. SO that be would say 70 the Senator
from Ohio, who had remarked with such
patronizng attitude that the South
should do so and so, that 4 the
northern States would do right to
the colored people good deal Of friction
would disappear. This verv day and this
very hour and for the last week the news
papers had been toemjng with accounts Of
white men III the Territory Of Oklahoma
lGnd Republicans among them an
4 - . 8 4
pie dared 10 assert their rights 10 control
that Territory by reason Of their SUPERIOR
" Of numbers they would drive them
out at the point Of the bayonet. lie
had seen within the last month &C
counts of outrBgcs upon cOlOred peO-
Pile in Ohio and Indiana and of their
being pursued 10 death bv white mobs.
and yet be had not heard any syllable of
protest. He believed that the great body
Of the people Of the North were kindly dis
posed toward the people of the South. and
that that kindness had been very much
stimulated by the fact that millions Of
money were being sent into the South for
investment. And he would tell the Sena-
tor from Ohio that whenever he attempted
10 carry out his threat Of another crusade
upon the South through supervisors and
United States marshals for the purpose of
dominating elections there he would
have fire in his rear from the
men who had carried their money
and their industry into tho South.
Those people would be found side hy side,
shoulder 10 shoulder, through evil report
and good report IN preserving III those
southern States the same character Of gov
eminent that existed there today. That
was because they understood and knew
that il was through the power and iniiu-
enco of just such governments that Their
investments in tho South should be
preserved. the Senator would find
whenever he attempted 20 re-estab-
lish in the South those roconstruc-
ton governments, which had lett
in their train the black mark Ofspolation,
OF disgrace. and of humiliation, and which
would always be reproach 70 the history
Of this cpuntry--a protest IN his own State
and in his own country-thst would cause
HIM 10 hesitate before he carried 1t out TO
lis fullest extent.
lie Butler) would not exchange one
hour Of good order in the South for all
the political power that negro suffrage had
even to the South. Ii he bad the power
tomorrow he would transfer every atom
of tnat political power to the North, ana
wish the North gOd-epeed IN the solution
and management OF IL. lie appealed 70
the senators and he appealed TO the people
OF the North to believe the southern mon
when they said that they were far more
interested IN an orderly, humane, honest
settlement Of the question than the people
Of the North could possibly be.
This closed the discussion and then the
Senate went into executive session, AMI, at
615, adjourned until tomorrow.
House of Representatives.
Atthe conclusion Of the morning hour
the House went into Committc Of the
Whole for the further consideration Of tho
Oklahoma bill.
Amendments were adopted providing for
n land-oifice in No-Man's Land, and that
no person having "a lec-simple 10 100 acres
of land IN any State or Territory shall be
entitled TO enter the land covered 10y tins
act.
The hour Of o'clock having arrived, the
committee rose and reported the blll TO the
House.
The amendment adopted in Committee
Of the Whole providing that section 2la9 OF
the Revised Statutes prohibiting the IN
PRODUCTION Of intoxicating liquors INTO the
Indian Territory shall he Inforce IN Okla
homa until after the adjournment Of tho
first session ofthe Legislative Assembly, was
agreed tO-ycas. 1874; noes, loS. The hlil
was then passed by vote Of 100 10 -. 1t
is a substitute for the Senate bill on the
same subject.
The mil contains provisions which IN
territory so as TO include the new Cherokee
outlet with the provIso that hollands which
the Indians occupy under treaty or law
shall he included without their con
sout. except for judicial purposes.
They extend over the new Territory
tho Constitution and the laws of the
United States and the Code of Nebraska,
without Interference with local lndlap
Governments acting under their treaty
rights: provide for the appointment
&C the usual territorial officers and tho
election of the Legislative Assembly as
soon as the Governor shnll order and re-
ouire the voters 10 be the bOnd tds resi-
dents for ut least sixty days preceding the
election. The Council Is 10 consist CT
thirteen members aud the House of Repre-
soutatiycs OF twenty-siG members (whirh
may be increased to thltty-ntIel. anu ihe
first session Is 10 continue not longer thah
100 days Seven counties are TO he estao-
lsbed. which are 10 be defined by the
Secretary of the Interior until otherwise
Drovided hv the Assembly. The county
SCENTS are to be at Guthrie, Oklahoma
City. Norman, Lisbon or King Fisher
HEAVIER. Saltwater, and one moro 10 be
nxod bv the Secretary of the interior:
Provision is made for the establishment OF
supreme and district courts. Inc CherO,
leo outlet IL declared 30 be public land ana
open 10 settlement under the, hohe~'oad
laws. and bona fde settlers and occupants
ore giycn preference right. The sections
after number "a are devoted % the esla9-
hshment of a judicial system IN the Indian
Territory, which IS to be divided IN three
districts. and the courts are TO be held ~
Nluscoece, Vinita. Otoka, Ardmore, ana
The House then, at o'clock, adjourned.
Mrs President Harrison and Party
Q3y telegraph 10 the Dispatch
W.~rvaroS. March 1s.-Nirs. Harrison,
Mrs Wanamaker, Mrs. Russell Is: Harr.--
SON. Miss Wanamaker, Mrs. Wldon. OF