The morning call., 1893-10-03
Is A REBEL YET.
benson of Alabama Was
Not Whipped.
HE TIRED HIMSELF OUT.
Setting Out at Length the Southern
Idea Upon the Result of
the War.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-In tho House to-
day Dinsmore of Arkansas opened the sec
ond weeks debate on the bill TO repeal the
Federal election laws with an argument in
favor of repeal.
benson of Alabama followed in support
of the measure. He described the mill
tary government of the South after the
wal. Speaking of the war itself, he de-
clared with emphasis that he performed
his duty as Confederate soldier and was
proud of 1t. II believe was right" said
he, 'and under similar circumstances
would dc it again."
"Oh, you did not whip u.s." he added,
hum orously. in reply to suggestion from
Lacy of Iowa that they would be forced
back into line again. "You did not whip
US. We wore ourselves out trying to whip
you." [Laughter]
Discussing the action of Congress on the
silver question and the split in the Demo
cratic party, he hotly declared some Dem
ocrats ought to go over to the Republicans.
"We ought to meet and exchange prison
ers," said he divide at the Alleghanies
and proceed with the fight" Applause
from the silver men on both sides of the
House.
Ray interrupted benson at one point to
inquire whether the ex-COniederate from
Alabama did not believe the trainers cf the
constitution intended to found nation in
perpetuty.
"How do you spell nation?" said Deni.
son.
with big M" replied Ray.
"Well, that's exactly where we differ"
said the Alabama man. 81 sometimes
spell it with a small n; always when it
applies to banks"
He thought the constitution undoubtedly
conferred power on Congress to per-
petuate the Union, but that clause invoked
ia support of these laws was only to be
used when the States had defaulted.
Clarke of Missouri followed with a
strong speech in support of the bill. The
people did not like, he said. the idea of the
United States Marshals swaggerlng around
the polls saying who should vote and who
shouldn't. The mission of the Democratic
party from its inception had been to give
local self-government. and Cleveland's last
victory declared the same thing.
Wilson of Washington inquired why, il
such was the case. Cleveland had imported
foreigners as Indian agents into the West
ern States.
Perhaps there are cases where the Pres
ident cannot Fl d men of sufficient intclli-
gence and integrity to fill those places in
your State" suggested Clarke.a
'1he only scalawag TO whom we OBJ
ject," said Wilson hotly, "was sent from
your State"
Clarke then delivered q TRADE against
the pretended love Of the Republicans for
the colored race. "They call him negro" +"
said he. "We call him 'nigger.' They
gave him taffy; we gave him food and
clothing"
Murray, the colored Representative from
South Carolina, had tilt with Clarke,
and the incident finally closed with the
assertion by Clarke that the color line
would pot be wiped out until the coIored
race divided as the white did on economic
and other issues. Murray asked what good
it would be for the colored men to divide
until the white men did, and Clarke said
the whites couldn't divide and wouldn't
until the bugaboo Of negro domination
was gone.
The House then adjourned.