, 1879-02-20
cxpcnse Of an extra session, to crowd this legts.
lAtion on rs. We

NaNNnA ANU HILh NUT ENUQHa II.
Mr.; Edcn-fias rot tho majority the right Ia
Mr. Fryc-It you can.
Mr.. Bsagg was surprised that the Republican
party. which had just robbed the American
ieop'e of tlle fruits Of tic baiotbo1, should
law to preservs the purity of elections. Tic
inv whIcll It was sought 10 repeal 1nstend Ut
preserving ti.e purity of tte ballot-l,o1, furnttl.
cd out Of Tue National Treasury rampaign
luna Tor either Uarty which lIsEilt be It, power
to CORRUPT an clcctfun.
slr., Chttcndeu *ald ho had voted for the
rcpeal Of The tnrors' test oatt't because II was
absurd to admit southern men to Cougrc.s
warned tle other side bf thu House, however,
thut "a solid South" would bo nlct by "a solid
North" 1t was tno soon for tho gentlemen
w!lo tad sacrificed their all (aayc honur) to
nnuw !" resume It's cu,,trol. Tl,at seemed 10 tic
SoEtsl All expression Of aufacity which could not
DC tolerated. liz eregardcd tho pending measure
as thc hugest b!nntler thas the Democratic
parts enitl commit at this particular Junction.
Mr. ktnmcl argued in favor of the amend
mcns, And cited reccnt events In Maryland ns
subject.
Mr. Frye argued against the amendment. lie
declared Its oblccta was for effect not iu the
S"le!', hut IL the Stale Of New York. In the
South, Notwithstanding the Election laws, tic
Republican tmrty hai Disappeared rs tho dew
hesore tho rtsnE sun The SOUTH would 10
solitt Tor the Democratic canllato for President
III 1880,
LAM Or NO LAM,
Supervisor OF no Supervisor, United States Mar.
shal Ur NJ United States siarsl.al,
:, Gen. butler said tho South could not eicct
rfesisient. lJ,,s f., SonethnE else wns necessary.
was tIe requirement. fur thc ropcul Vi thts law.
nnew: York would have to bo carried BY the
Drnocratlc party IN ISsU, anI Nov Yutk gentle
men knew perfectly well that with this law on
c tn stattehook s New York could not be carried
Mr.. Wood-Ncw York will be- carried hY the
Democratic party.
Mr: Frye went on 10 state that It was The clec.
ton to- frauds n 1868 .lat taa originally catse1l
and that Il WAS the present necessities Of ,hc
Democratic party TINT NOW required In repeal,
lio gaYe s0lne OF tue llgurcs OF tr uatur4i,za-
t!on nnc clcctiun frauds In New York in IStjs,
uliu characterized That election IS itlr
MOST INDUSTRIOUS AND MARvHLous
for fraud, for wlckrtlness, a1ld for every deYtcc
Of the Devil tlIht fal ever been heard OF, liz
showed ta.,on tic 9TH u October, in one single
day, tlld Suprcmc Court had naturuttzed Eliza
persons, a1sd gu she 18Th vi October ,l.e su-
Judge Of Luuslana had been iupcaclscd md
found guilty for having naturaltzcd sumo 40l
pertons IN one day,-that being declared to b. q
physical impossbl!ty. He spoke Ut nine Wit
HCbseo tbHE u N4tiAtH 64ltu} MftnEE$tttts The
naturalization OF nearly 7,GN persons, one of
them {,ie Captain) being witness In one court
Tor I'M persons. a1Ht swearing TINT he knew MI
ts,t men, wlsilc llc did not know single pue Of
tilcil,t mud, wl'fc thu JutlEe Enow ttat he di.1
not, but that lie was
DKuHKRH THIEF,
IN conclusion. he quoted frou, Cor's report oll
the New York election In lS1G, IN which ht.h
compliment Is patl to thu Uuiel Stntes Super.
ylsoss and Aiarshals.
air. Hnoker called attention to tho faet that
Sec, 2,03l provided tint Supervisors in lin
abscnco Ut slurshal should absolutely be tua,ie
Marsslats, ail,l III addition II tllrTr bowers rs
Supervisors they were intrtlsscd With the power
of arEcsttlg Dartlcs without warrunt vi Inv.
Mr. llenkir supported the amendment, and
tile tioOr VI tltc House nnl rc,natn there tiay
after tlav nntt uiSht after night rather than yptu
for q lolur to dcfray the expenses OF The tiu7.
Gtfntnent until th: Odlous laws IN regard to
ethtfSlh0rs OF Electlons Wcrv blutted irOu, the
stntlttc-books.
Sir. lIanua characterized tic attempted repeal
as anotiIsr ciloFt Ut tho hydsa-headeu doctrine
Of states' rights TO x It's poisonous lnngs II, th.
lleart uf tho Republic; NJ another blow at tic
d0ctrnc that this co.11s!sy was nation utut not
mcre confederation ot Status. Tie amcut-
1lcnt was brought forward IN tic interest Of
fosce. iraMi, and Intimidation, aint sa q
1t cotne tu this, tlInt the Democratic party iu
order to saye from tho fclnIl's doom certain
niclnbgts Of the FortY-sixth Congress fwl,u, as
1t was said. won!d not lte here II these teclions
continued IN force) wcrc obIterl to rcpc,l tic
laws Which threw q safeguard aruli,.d tiIo
clcctlonst lie warucl tllAt party II that yas
DOM thu people of tile Sortli would In duo tnle
awake TO the peril Of the hour md tho rcal pur-
posa II The men who sought to control the
defended the movement. lie denied the state
H,cHtH Ut Mr. FRYE rs to falAr naturalization
papers III New York, m,d asked why It was lint
u thcTn were 80 lnany fa1se naturalization papc1s
III 1Et}3 that not person. hud stt.cp then been
successfully prosecuted Tor using or issuing
tlIeM. liz believed tllHt tho greater pnrt u
thosu naturalization papers were yalld. The
iSlectIon law Ind been got up BY JOHN I.
Davenport Fur lla own a,il Tor partisan ptlr-
poses. The way IL waic', ,l,c law l,ml heen ad-
intn:stereh W Davenport was sketched a,ul
criticized by him to proys that ui these ssn,e-
u'ents Ut Glectiun frauds were gross exargpta-
tions;; ~ charayterizcd the Lawrence rcI"'rt Ut
t!lc clecttnn VI tS63, frum which Mr. FRYE i,at
obtained is facts a'ld figures, as tic most unrc
1tabu political document lie ll4d ever sec1,.
Mr. Baker tlnl.) expressed the opinion TINT
Ills frteMts OIL tic other side who dccpru them
they had their hhnls on the throat of the Law
tlut secured Il were
rR0TEaTlNu LITTLE roo MUCH.
underlying: The discussion wus tle ql,cstfou
Hhis' mud eliminated In ,hc Rebellion. whether
or '4ns !t'e !l!e 81 Tie hatu can bt protected by
tIi' milton itsrl{.
hlr. Chalmers said ho WINS reminded by the
twn speeches of tlIu gentlemen trum Indiana
tllnnlla antl l}aker) of i,c yo,,ng preacher whp
touk Tor his turt ''pctcr's witos mother lay
sick Of q fcver.' Shouts Oh the Republican
side, 1--WE heard tlat ueiore. ll's old."l
Alr. ChulIncrs-sShutilcr you have heard tt or
not, yon must hear II agau. 'sIhu time has
cu1Hr," snld thu preacher, "wl.en LlIat old
woman should ccrttitn!y to lcatl."
AIR. Chalmers wont gu to Sly tint, as history
waA often found repeating itself, 10 1t rms now
fould tllat just Us thu natlons Ut Europe jolncd
toguilGr tn rescue tho lloty Supulch1c from tho
iDlitleI, tho Denlwrats nuw joltlctl lata to res.
cue ths Constitution from destruction ut tho
lsalnls u tie lea'1tcai Republican purity.
Mr. keiicr characterized the amendment rs an
attempt To establish ''tree fraud IN elrct!ons."
liz spokc of tho Democrats a. "poltttcal Ir.ln.
oelasts," md Of Samuel j.. Tildau ~ "ltlu
great rayslcr Ut ballot boxes In 1Stj3." As
they fIad iuat bccn told that history sometimes
repeated Itself, SO t!le coantry mtght cullle to
'resl-'lam!rd var" liz begged tllu gentlemen
on tho nther side 10 stop. The gcnt!eiuan fran
Mlsslss!ppl {ChaIMrrs) Lad spoken Of the Elcc-
tim aws US Unconstitutional, Which was The CRY
raiscd when It WAS sought to put down tie ise-
Dellion.
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