Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-31
The Senator from New York.

William NJ. Evarts has been a con.
spicuous citizen O Ncw York for many
wears. He has held the highest posi-
tions under the Federal Government.
lie Is now a United States Senator rep
rescnting this commonwealth. When
he was sent to Washington in that Ca
pacity the pcopse approved Of tho
choice made by the Republican party.
They were proud of Mr.. Evarts, proud
of his legal attainmcn's, of his stain
less record, hut most of all of his
breadth and depth of mind, his fair
ness and his vast and accurate knowl-
edge of affairs generally.
On Thursday Mr.. Evarts, after a
long period Of silence, took all active
part in debate, and ONLY the most cas-
ual examination of his replies to n few
pointed questions is required to show
that either the people put a wrong cs-
innate upon their Senator or he has
undergone remarkable mental
change in tho past six years. He was
speaking in support of bayonct rule in
the South which, by the way, one
condemned more vigorously than him.
self twenty years ago and attacked
the arbitrary apportionmcnt" of the
new Constitution of Mississippi, This
colloquy ensued:
Mr.. Walthall Have You no arbitra.
~ apportioDmcnt in the State OF New
York?
Mr.. Evarts--I don't know. do not
thing we have.
Mr.. Walthall--Arc you familiar with
the apportionment of the State OF Con.
necticut?
Mr.. Evarts--I am, | lived there.
Mr.. Walthall--ls not the apporlion.
ment there more arbitrary than in
Mississippi?
Mr.. Evarts-It is not arbitrary as
between different sections of the State.
1t is uniform throughout the State,
whatever 1t is.
Mr.. Eyarts's lack of Information re-
garding his own State is cquallcd only
by his misinformation concerning that
one adio;nino in VI. - :r..IsJc
a.. ~ ~.rb,G~ns "hlcu lie llVed. III
an apportionment which gives, as the
Connecticut iulc does, to a town of
sixty.fivc Inhabitants the same repre-.
s~cntation that |: accords one of as
many thousands be moi arbitrary"
we fail to comprehend the Senator's
definition of the word as applied TO
Mississippi.
Mr.. Walihall was mcrciless. lie
continued:
MIR. Notwithstanding that the
State OF Mississippi has the power,
would the Senator prevent its people
from protecting themselves against
negro rule by the mode adopted in
their Constitution?
Everybody will recognize that in
this question was embodied the entire
subiect-matter under discussion. The
argument against the Force Bill by
Colorado's Republican Senator was
based solely upon his distinct assertion
that If intelligent whites IN his OWL
State were outnumbered by ignorant
Chinese or blacks they would still
rule. How, he conld not say, bu,
some way would be found. Mr.. Evart'
was given nm opportunity to dissvow
or indorse the sentiment of his Rcpub
lican colleague. lie did neither. LII
hcdgcd--thus
Mr. Evarts--I have not said on,
word on tho subject Of those change
In your Constitution and these fer
mentatiOns IN your community, a
connected with the Constitution OF tn,
United States. have talked on thu
destruction OF your own institutions.
Affection need not be called 10 IN
entire absence OF the elements Of frank
ness and fairnes from q reply Of thi
/. nature. 1t is only too manifest. Blu
Mr.. Wslthall would not be put Of
He continued
Mr.. Walthall--Does the Senate
: think that under this bill, or undo
any other bill, the condition o! thing
;of which he complains can DO rcm'
Fdicd?
Mr.. Esarts--..n regard 10 your dG
!, mcstic institutional
!. Mr.. Waltlall Yes:
|, Ms. Esasis-Cu!g Dy gnod cxampl
Not by force, not by Federal into
~fercacc. moi BY "a bayontt behind o,
cry ballot,r not. indeed, by any ofth
methods authorized By the bill whic
he was advocating -"only By good c,