Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-03-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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Senator Daniel, In q speech opposing
the meddling southern election investi-
cation resolution offered by Senator
Hoar, which the Republicans have de-
termined In caucus To pass, told the Re
publicans some truths which they will
do well to heed. He reminded them
that State rights, which they want to
violate, had elected BENJAMIN Harrison
President and recalled the Republican
party TO power, while a majority of o.
60l voters had east their sufffages in
favor OF Grover Cleveland. The Repub-
lican party owed debt 10 State rights
for its incoming President, and the
country owed debt to State rights for
the domestic tranquility which hailed
his coming.
The Virginia Senator then alluded to
the charges of bribery in New York
during the recent election; to the pur-
chase OF voters in Indiana in "bIocks nf
five," and to the colonization of aliens
In West Va, as we'll as to the country
charges made by the Republicans.\H He
asked what a pandemOnium, what a
terrible suspense, what o paralysis of
business would have followed had not
State rights exercised their cOnserva-
tive and healing sway. Gen. Harrison's
title of President, which had been seal
ed and given to him, was not given to
him by a nation, or by o majority of its
people, but by sovereign States, which
had commissioned him as their Chief
Magistrate. State rights held the lad
der for Benjamin Harrison to ascend
the Presidential chair, had given the
Snnotnra fhnir
lifted the Republican party out of the
Slough of DespOnd and brought it with
in sight Of the goal of its desires.
The Senator referred to the old axiom
about praising the bridge that carried
one safely across the stream. And now
that the States rights bridges had car
ried the Republican party safely over
the turbulent stream of conflict, it was
meet that party confess that after all it
was a pretty good bridge. That Repub-
lean would be an migrate who would
turn back and destroy what had done
him and his party so much good. 1t
would be indeed astounding if New
England Senators should unite to break
it down.
In conclusion Mr.. Daniels said: "Il
was amazed when l read Mr.. Hoar's
resolution, gravely requiring the Senate
to enter into an inquiry of the election
of members of the House of Represen-
tatives. If anything more un-Ameri-
can or more in conflict with the spirit |
of the American constitution could |
have been suggested, am at a loss to |
conjecture what that thing is."
Senator Blackburn, or Joe Blackburn,
as his friends here call him, has given
Billy Chandler a scare from which he
may not recover for a while, and but
for the interference of Senator Fulk-
ner he might have gotten a severe
thrashing. The trouble took place in a
room of the Senate and was
by report which Chandler had
made rejecting on Secretary Villas and
Commissioner Atkins. The
Kentucky Senator questioned the facts
stated in the report and asked where
Chandler got his information. Chan
dler became indignant and said he did
not propose to be bulldOzed by an ex-
Slvae- driver. This enraged Blackburn
who reached across the desk catching
Chandler by the ear and raising him up
In the air as though he intended to give
him a spanking with the other hand.
AT this stage Mr.. Faulker got his arm
around Blackburn and Chandler was
released from his perilous position.
Very appropriately on Washington's
the President signed the bill
admitting the States of North and
south Dakota, Montana and Washing
ton into the Union. Representative
Cox and Springer have received many
pttprS and tnInurama thapEinO fban, |