The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-02-25
AN oLD-TIME SPECTRE
Raised In the Senate Against Mr..
hoaF's Re.olutton.

WASHINGTON, Feb. % The Senate today
took up Mr.. Hoar's resolution relating to al
legged election outrages.
Mr. Daniel addressed the Senate in oppo-
sition to the resolution. As the Republican
party, he said, owed a debt to State rig hts
ior It's incoming President. so the country
owed debt to State rights for the domestic
tranquility which hailed his coming. State
rights, ne said, had held the ladder for Ben
Jamih harrison TO ascend the presidential
chair; mad given Senators their prerogatives
and had lifted the Republican party out Of
the slough OF desp0nd and over the hill of
difficulty, and brought 1t within sight Of the
goal OF its desires, 1t was an old axiom that
the traveller must praise the bridge which
carried him over the stream, and now that
the States right bridge had carried the Re-
publican party safely over the turbulent
stream of conflict, IL was time for that party
to confess that. after all, 1t was pretty
good bridge.
Mr.. Daniel said he did not doubt the consti-
tutlonal authority OF Congress to inquire into
the state OF suffrage, where IL was alleged lin
such manner as TO command respect and at
tention) that the constitution had been violat-
ed In relation thereto. As TO inquiry into
the election OF members OF the House OF Rep
resentatives, he admitted that there might be
times, circumstances and conditions under
which such an inquiry would not be improp-
er. but he could conceive of nothing more
improper, more indecorous, or more usurpa-
tory OF the proper functions Of government
than lpending contested election cases in the
House) Tor tho Senate to undertake, by a
partisan committee to throw all Of its au-
thorlty and prestige In favor of one side. He
had been amazed and astOunded when he
read Mr.. H0ar's resolution gravely requiring
the Senate to enter into an inquiry of the
election Of members of the House.
Mr.. H0ar, referring to the spectre Of State
rights, said no such question was involved.
The charges were not that Louisiana had
done wrong, but that Louisiana was suffer-
ing wrong,
Mr.; Hoar eulogized Southern gentlemen
Tor their bravery. intelligence, constancy
and other good qualities; but he warned
them that, within the lifetime Of some who
listened to him, there would be 10000, 600 Of
negroes dwelling in the Southern States, and
that II the methods reported we're persisted
In, the white people OF the South were SOW
Ing seed from which was TO come har-
vest OF horror and blood, to which the
French revolution, or that of st. Domingo,
was light In comparison. The people of the
North were anxious to aid the South in ev-
cry possible way II the South would 0nly
receive that help and not spurn It,
Mr.. Daniel said that II he were to rely on
newspaper evidence he could prove that the
white slave trade was going on today in
Massachusetts in such a way that IL the
white slave was inconsistent with republi-
can form OF government, a non-sectional
Senator ought to inquire whether or not
there was republican form Of government
In Massachusetts,.
After further remarks by Mr.. Daniel, who
spoke four hours in all, the Senate ad-
iOurned