Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-07
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
The House.


WASHINGTON, March 6th.-Thomas of
Illinois introduced bill prohibiting the
use of likenesses, portraits or representa-
tons of ladies for advertising purposes with
out their consent in writing. Referred.
The House then resumed consideration
of the Alabama contested election case
McDuffy against Davidson.
O'Farrell OF Virginia supported the ma
jority report. He ridicDled what he called
the claims of the Republican party; that
the negro vote of the South was invariably
cast for the nominees of that party That
had been true in years gone by, but was not
now. The negroes were now learning who
their friends were. A man of destiny, who
had arisen in 1884, had taken into his big
national heart all sections and extended
the agis of his protection over
the North and the South-over white and
coiored-without discrimination. The Re-
publican party of the South sought to hold
the negroes through their churches and
societies. Through a system of intimida-
ton and bulldozing the colored men of the
South were as abject slaves to the preachers
as they had been the day when Lincoln.
with hesitating hand, signed the emancipa-
ton proclamation. 1t was time that the
Democratic party should take stand and
sustain and support the colored men in
their right to vote as they pleased.
Kerr inquired where the gentleman
learned that Lincoln had signed the eman-
cipation proclamation with hesitating
hand.
0'Farrell, in reply, referred to the paint
ing of the signing of the proclamation
hanging on the walls of the Capitol.
Boutelle of Maine said the gentleman
from Virginia was unfortunately not in a
situation to know the history of his coun-
try at that time.
0'Farrell objected to such remarks, as
cowardly.
Houck of Tennessee ssid the gentleman
from Virginia had stated that all the colored
people who used to vote the Republican
ticket now voted the Democratic ticket.
Was that the reason the Democratic ma
jority in Virginia had fallen from 5000 to
nothing, and that the Democrats had only
one or two members in the House from
Virginia while the Republicans hal six or
seven? If the Democratic party had ever
contributed anything to the emancipation
of the colored people, it was on the princi-
pie OF kicking gun killing things behind
it, instead of what was shot at
BoItelle said the gentleman from Virginia
had gone out of the course of his remarks in
order to cast a reflection upon the sincerity
and earnestness of Abraham Lincoln in
the performance of the most important act
of his life. When he (Boutelle) had sug-
gested that the gentleman was not situated
so as to be well informed on that point the
gentleman had become very much excited
and talked about bravery and cowardice.
1t requires very peculiar kind of bravery in
any man to stand up before the American
people and attempt to pluck from the brow
of the martyred Lincoln so much as one
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the consent of the civilized world.
After further debate of political nature
the minority resolution, declaring McDuffie
entitled to the seat, was rejected-yeas, 122;
nays. 154, and the majority report. declar-
ing the sitting member entitled to his seat,
was adopted without division.
The House then adjourned.