The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-24
Asketch OF the Debate ON the BIZ 10
90 prevent Bribery I'm Elections.

everywhere that there was as great;a neces.
sity for legislation to secure an honest vote
and fair count as there was to guard poor
clerks from five-dollar contributions for cleo
ton purposes. With that part OF the bill be
sympathized. He did not think there bad
been, under the Republican regime In
| Washington, aBy coercion Of clerks, or any
dismissals for not contributing. But both par.
ties had been 10 the habit of receiving assess-
ments and contributions from of1ce-holders.
That was something altogether too well
known and too notorious TO be denied or
quibbled about. It might have run into a
great evil. He thanked the Judiciary Com
mittee for proposing remedy for that evil ;
and he thanked the House for the very large
majority with which it had yesterday indi.
Gated, its purpose to strike out an evil far
greater than that. he undertook to say that
the contributions made, In congressional
elections. both, by successful and defeated
candidates, exceeded, by many times over,
at every election, the contributions by per-
sons holding State or Federal offices. he
thought that that was equally notorious
and If the House designed to correct that
evil aud tear it up by the. roots the bill
would have to be 30 amended as that neither
a senator, representative nor delegate, nor. q
candidate for such position, could safely use
money for the purpose OF securing his cleo.
tiop., mo, ...,fasI gSf .1otsE ,ssyuarf :
Mr.. Browp,, Of Kentucky, replied to: Mr..
Blsine's suggestion as to the Democratic
party surreaderipg its State.rights princi:
pies, and said that. The substitute proposed by
himself was not open to that criticism. :,
Mr.. Goode, of Virginia, also replied to
some remarks made by Mr.. Blaine illus,
tratipg the, mode by which, some election
frauds are sperpetrated in Virginia, and
which hr. Blaine had described as playing
dice for an election, with one side IusiIg
loaded dice. g.G Ds7,,5s 5g.t .age.liz1t
), Mr.. Blaine referred to distinguished Dem.
ocrat from Virginia as his authority, and
mentioned the name Of Governor Henry A.,
Wise. .va...-f.| 1880 .a.,:s.; [:
Mr.. Gnode- (energeticallyj: We do net
recognize him asa Democratin Virginia.
- Mr.. Blaine: Very we'll. He certainly ia
not on our side. To use, Governor Wse'S
own words to me-; e The fraud was one
which out-Kellogged Kellogg, which out
carpet.baggedthe carpet-bsgsers, snd which
out-scalaWasgsd- The scalawags." Laugh:
: Nj. .storeliI,, Of Virginia: And thai, wa,
ia reference to an election case Ia which my
colleague (Goode) was one OF the parties.
Mr.. Blaine: donot say that. i have not
made that sugges sion,.3 400 III gzs-s7 :,
. Mr.. Goode: will he prepared when the
case comes, up 10 meet you or any ore else. "
+. la the further course OF his remarks Mr..
Blaine quoted tho testimony given by Cor
nelius Wendell, q former congressional
priuIer, TO tho effect that forty.thr per
cent. of the gross amount appropriated for
printing purposes had been used for the pur-
pose OF carrying the Buchanan presidential
election. 80, f,.5gs ;.ri :, e,J,eq ss;sdgz: :,
7 Mr.. Holman reminded Mr.. Blaine that the
suppposition that Government officers bad
participated ia such frauds had produced a
political revolution which had brought the
Republican party into power, Did the gem
tlenan suspect that 8 similarly 7well-found.
ed supposition at the present period would
not produce corresponding effect! :.
z HOW rHa POWER Is TO BIB EXERCISED. :
|. Mr.. Holman having said thst Congress had
the power to regulate elections for Presi.
dent, congressman, &C., sh.2 ~ :
MIR. Blaine 8 Is the gentlemsn ID favor Of
Eexercising It! 80 p. =
. M. Holman: am ia favor Of exercising
it, with a proper regard to the legislation OF
the Ststes. 7's-' 100 : >,i--. : 80 ~,
b .Mr. Blaine: IsIhe In favor OF exercising
itiso tbatit will achieve Its ead9 -; 2
Fii Mr. Holman: So far as its legIsIytfon ap-
plies TO members or Congress think it is
Maine will hardly seek to go so far as to at
TEN OF to cure the evils OF State legislation.
Mr.. Blsine expressed the belief that coler.
ed voters In the South had not q fair chance
I ef voting: = It was. not enough. to- destroy
bribery outside So long as the spectre ghost
Of rascaiity stood within. ~ =, : 'l..@>,s 10
He moved the previous question:. -
The House refused to, second the previous
auestion-yeas, 70; nays, 81.1 - = OF
Mr.. Goedet offered .lan amendment. He
said he would tell him [Mr. Bhinel that at
the Norfolk nayy-yard no man. conld get any
the Republican Executive Committee. as
to his colleague, SO called. (stowelr, that
gentleman hailed from what was called the
black district Of Yirginis, where there ~
not enough white Republicans to furnish
Judges who could read and write. The cleo.
ton Judges bad, therefore, been Democrats !;
and be asked whether, those. Democratic
Judges were not exceedingly fair, and honest
in returning to Congress the gentleman from
Vermont he begged pardon, the gentleman
from Virginia. EEaughter.1+ There had not
been a Single Democratic delegate In the
Legislature from the eleven counties in, that
district until, recently, when a friend and
partisan .,of This Colleagues ,(StoWelPs), an
American citizsus OF, African descenb named
Rnfin,e was expelled from The Rouse of
Delegates for petty larceny, and an, honest
Mr.. Hear, of MASSACHUSETTS, asked Mr..
aoode under, whose training it was thgt the
eolored people. Of shat district we're unable
4 ME- Goode replied that stha gentleman
from Massachnsatt was trying to bring MP
tthaghostof slavery, bot he tGcode| did not
intend Ito discuss Those iasuRsg with him.
They Rere dead, and they belonged to- the
dead spass. Il In tbs words of the proSerbs
is Surely In vain the netis spread In the sight
ofiany bird.Y 5sr5is1a sfi g Bs.isaa7 -
4. Mr.dHarris, gof .YrEinis repealed what!
seemed TO he q reflection by Mr.; Blaine on
the degfaasionyof Virgins, which provides
for disposing of an excess Of bafiotsswheh'
found din the hallot.hox !; and wont on 10.
show that faw of Virginia in which the
is found Mas estabiishedis By Be
pnblicans att the time when tho Democratic.
people oE the. StateiHere deprived 0ft potiii.
catrighta. on IS ssszs g q; Esq
Mr. Cox, OF New York, who he'd bean de-
cupying the Spesknr's- chsir, came down to
the ID sor and Fnshed Into the ray striking.
frat at B!sirey HhdIa he face tsed OF shtddipg
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