The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-26
Senator Morgan is Critjzed
by Senator Chandler

close OF too0Ns session or The senate On
speech delivered by Mr. Money. OF NUs-
sissippi on DE race question .n tho souus
preciapted heated couuuuy aetwocu
he and MIR Chandler n which the latter
said that the southern senator, by lntem-
perate statements were reopenmg the.
whole southern quedon in the senate ar
ter it was supposed 90 bo dead. The
charge which Mr. Chandler particularly
criticised was made by Mr. Morgan. who
is absent al present but as % had been
reiterated substantially i'm Mr.. Chandler
opinion by other senators. ne declared
he did not propose to permit n to- 10 un--
refutct The charge was that tho own
wan had been precpitatod by designing
politicians OF the north for the purpose
OF putting the slaves on "a political anG
social equality with the southern whites.
Mr. Chambers refBation of the state
meut was made with Characteristic vehe-
moucc and aggressivencss. but as no re-
ply was offered The incident ended there
The urgent deficiency bin. carrying
atout @mo0 oOo. was PASSED without di-
vision aud practically without aobate.
The hin, with is senate amendments.
was passed
day until Monday next
Mr. Chandler chairman of the commit
tee on privileges and elections saiG he
expected Co call up tho QUAY questhm
this week but owing to the absence Of
Mr. Thurlow renu), "a mvmber OF tho
committee. the case would not be called
up this week
The financial biu came up in response
90 a statement by Mr. Teller to the ef-
feet THAI the pending bin was the pro-
duct of a caucus and represented tho
Views only OF those who constituted tho
caucus and THAT Il was most rcmarloablg
tha. the republicans had uot defended tho
measure
Referring to Mr. Tclers speech on the
debate Mr. Teller SAID he hal under
stood the senator 90 say that tho results
of the bills passing would be the with
dfawal OF the greenbacks. the silver cor
tncatcs and the silver dollars 81 deny
the statement said Mr Allison.
Mr.. Allen The house lgH does that"
Mr. Allison ann now referring 10.
the senate substitute 1hat may he true
OF the house bill. ! shall undertake a
amendments are so made that il viii not
be possible for any secretary of tho
treasury TO impound tho gTeenbacks sill
yer certificates or silver dollars"
Mr. Money then replied 90 tho speech
Of Mr. Pr,tchard relating 10 the proposed
/ amendment to the constitution OF North
| Carolina He maintained thatsAhe pro-
/ posed amendment was constitutional.
because many other statements had been
embodied In their constitution
besi 1es "a qualification for suf-
fraEe and further because Mr.. Priteh-
ard had admitted that there were $1,000
negroes in North Carolina Who could
reid, and consequently the amendment
did not discriminate againsi the negroes
MIR Money sad ho di1 not believe tho
negro could be educated uo such cOndi-
ton as would enable hm TO carry ou
such a government as ours The ability
20 govern-to dominate born IN tho
white race ana had aeen in its blood fOr
hundreds of years Hc ins sted that tho
demoraliz.ng element OF negro suffrage
should not bc injected as an obstacle 10
the onward course OF liberty
Some controversy arose over respJn-
s.bility for bringing UP race and sec-
t!onal questions and Mr.. Chandler said
with much vehemence that the whd.-
southern question had been opened by
the remarkable speech ~ Mr. Morgan.
in which he had mistakenly maligned
the people OF tho entire month af0 was
being followed by other SOU. hem sea-
a,ors In the sane vein
Mr. Chandler read that paragia ph of
Nj Morgana speech n wbich the Ala
bama senator charged that the civil
war had been preclpitated be dcsigng
politicians OF the north with the idea
OF thrusting upon the people uf the
south the negro in social and po iticai
equality.
II denounce that" shou I'd Mr.
Chandler. 'as a slander upon the north
and"
Mr. Pettus. tAla), If 1he senate. win
permd1 We--Woud il not be- better.
would DO nos be more decent T., him to
wait until the senator returns before
criticsiug him2"
Mr.. Chandler 'I inteud to wait, but
want the senior senator from Ala
bama who les absent want the junior
senator from Alabama. who ia nov
here. and ] want the senators FROM INC
southern parts who have opened this
question, which / supposed waH for
ever dead In the senate 90 tcll me
whether the north is Go be cXcpc'od
% allo wa charge made upm thL n0or
10 go unanswered tht the war Of tho
Union, which was % war growing Out of
"a northern determination DO prevent The
extension OF slavery into free territory.
was war OF ambitious politicians with
"a cruel design 90 put negro slaves on