, 1879-05-06

two wears yuu ofo called to elect a n,cmhor u
Congress, nnsl that one ninr represents you, Is
your agent sc, far as Tie Na!lona, d9gernment y
concerned. Your only voice III the t}ov.TtlTncnt
is when you rote for member Of Congress. In
great number Of tho LARGER cftlcs elections arc
carried bY fraud alld unfair mcnnr. In the great
CRY u New York there arc wards that have
been carried By fraud md rcpcntcrs for the last
forty years. In rome 0f the Southern States
INTIMIDATION AND FRAUD
"a conducted openly ut tic polls. There are now
members III Congress wno hold their seats by
fraud and lntinIdasIon.. In the State Of South
Carolina thousands Of tissuo ballots were cast
last fall, 1ittac pisrcs Of papcr forty Of which
would nut make rs great hulk rs onn III tic
tickets voted BY You here In Nicflan1 County.
They. H:rc sotct at once a'!d by one voter Il!
South carolina nlutc votes were east lust tn!l
tllan tllerc were men, women, mud ehil-
drcn, nma cats md dogs. In the CITY
Of Nov York at ouo election mora thnn 5000
repeated yutos were cast. Ths was proven by
The investigation Of Committee Uf Congress-,
who madc an elaborate report on the same. In
large cities there Is alwnys great danger Of such
things being cu1lc You nrc FREE from this
spcccs OF fraud here. You do nut know, What
fraud is. One OF the tnnst Sacred untics Of
Congress Is tho preservation Of the purity of
elceiinns. Tllrre is bt,t one safeguard against
fraud md repeating provided by Congress, ud
now au effort Is bc!lE made to repeal It. 70
ts,o tlfs question Is
PARTICULARLY iMroNTANT.
The law provides fur us, tho people, certain
safeguard. 1t sometimes said that tits law Is
uot a8 proficient as IL might he. Congress eau
easily Change It NH! make It BETTER but, instead
of making better law, they seek to repeal It;
s1Mi ,n1 now do they try 70 do ~ ny passnE !!
u bill which provides ior the pay Of the nrmy
congressman | would not objccs) [appl lausel,
the judiciary, Tue several Departments
e port " Sest'f'' s:s which Ind pro.ss,s 's 'as s
settlers In the West IRON tile i,,roals Of the In
dfaus. There wonid br no objection TO tue
passaRe Ut this bill alone, but they add to this
laws, pass It, and present IL to The President fur
his signature. Sometimes It Is Just md right t,
add such measures to Appropriation bil!s. !
have seen It done many tItlrs. When this Is
douu for tho purpofc ol aiding an1 sustainint::
| ment agrcc to It. Congress satd to the FLest-
dent, You col.scnt to the rcpeal Of the Elec'
t!un laws, or we will lnnko you no abpropria'
tions. The President has seut back one uf lllelr
bills with his objections.
| III HAS THE HIGHT TO DO 50.
"Now, my trllow-coun,rymen, do not believe
there IL going to BE- any serluus trouble In re-
gard to the Appropriation bills Thu good seust
OF both purttca will sec tlat the position Of Con
ErrFs Is wrong, "ll4 the next clectlnn you VII
have referred now TO a1l the polnts of which
l wish to speak,. wonM go little further
nud here think both Democrats md Rcpub
l[cans will agreo with me. THIS Government O.
ours-thts National 0oyernmont-ts supreme
in all its power. Tita Guyern
mert Of the people, for the pcopte
ia above the States. eTcn abovo tn
great State Of Ohio. It ha: the power to dc
clare war, make peace collect duties Oh III
ports arul provides uational courts, so that 1
citizen OF one State cau sue y citizen o! auosher
unit all the powcra of tic Nation are supremt
| and above those of the States. An tdca pre-
vollcll tu the South that tllc States had righ
| 10 secclc to cut aloof from tile Nation. W
| vent to war on this question. We spent mil
lious uf treasure, and sacrificed thousands o
lives, but
CANE OUT or TIE CONFLICT VICTORIOUS.
"You hayc judiciary to decide all question
that tnny arise between the States. It Ia tmpot
tant tliat oil these powers shou1d be kent ii:
ttnct. The election Of members OF Congress
The most Vital una Of power, ahIu]d 10 kept in
Violate among the states br Il Genoral Elrc1to
law. Members OF the Senate We SeIcet by til
Legislatures of each Stntu rs 1t may scc'fi
Thu States have grent powers which ConGrcs
connot Interfere With. Whilst Senatots I'M
Presidential Electors nre elected by the Lcgis
people, The future election question WILL
the passage Of
A PAIR GENERAL EI.scr1oN Law :.
br Congress which wilt provide for tle appo1nt
mont OF Suptryisurs or Marsf.als selcetrd tEa't
zach party by the Judiciary, who will sec ll'at
frcu and fair electiun Is held, uIat each Etectc
, casts hut cue vote"
Tic Secretary discussed this question for
, | few minutes iurt1lcr When he c0scu, and Wit!
+ drew u,itd applause.