The national leader., 1889-03-02
FIVE HOURS OF ORATORY
AIMED TO KILL THE HOAR RESO-
LUTON.

SENATOR DANIEL MAKES A LONG
SPEECH IN OPPOSITION TO THE
PROPOSED INVESTIGATION OF ELEC-
TIONs IN THE sOUTH-THE ALLEG.
ED DEMOCRATIC POLICY.
Mr.. Hoar's resolution providing for
an investigation into the election of
members Of the Fifty first Congress
and also into the State election Of
Louisiana in April, 1888, consumed
almost the entire time of the Senate
yesterday, to the exclusion Of other
business.
When the Senate adjourned at $50
O'Clock Mr.. Daniel, of Virginia, had
spoken for nearly five hours in opposi-
tion to the measure. with one or two
intermissions for motions to adjourn
and to go into executive session.
The Democratic Senators are deter
mined to use every effort i'll their power
to prevent the passage of the resolution
and believe that they Can succeed in
defeating it by resOrting to dilatOry
tactics.
This feeling was indicated by Sena-
tor Butler who tCld Mr.. Hoar quite
plainly that if no other business was
allowed to be transacted until the
resolution was passed, nothing would
be accomplished before Christmas.
Mr.. Daniels speech was couched IL
the rhetoric for which he is famous and
delivered with characteristic animation.
He declared that State rights and not
the popular vote had elected Benjamin
Harrison President and that for that
reason it would be manifestly improper
for Republican Senate to impugn a
system to which their party owed debt
of gratitude for its return to power. He
also alluded to the purchase OF votes in
blocks of i've in Indiana, to bribery In
New York and rldiculed the date
upon which the Committee on Privi-
leges and Elections had based Its res
olution. He also asserted that State
Governments could not be held amen.
able for the action Of few individ-
ualS.
Mr.. Hoar replied that whether more
people in the United States were III
favor OF Grover Cleveland for Presi-
dent than for Benjamin Harrison was a
question that the committee wanted to
investigate. He also quoted from Sen.
ator Morgan's article In the Forum to
show that the latter was opposed to
rule by the majority provided that ma
iority was composed of negroes. In
view of the constitutional right to vote,
! he declared there was no such person
as a negro. He cOmplimented their
bravery, Intelligence, and cOnstancy,
but reminded them that if they failed
to treat the negro properly there would
come time IN the South when there
would he enacted a scene Of OioUdshed
and atrocities uneQualied by the French
revolution.
The resolution will come up again on
Monday. Post.
Why should Senator Hoar's resoiu-
tiOn of inquiry provoke the united
hostility Of the Democracy If the
frauds and outrages charged have no
existence? Why should Senator Bur-
lei exhibit suca earnestn 81 IN oppOs-
ing an Investigation, is 1t because his
political course in the past is above
uestlon2 Why does Senator Daniel
allude to bribery in New York and
Indiana, and at the same time refuse
to offer a resolution to inquire into
themP Isn't fraud fraud, wherever
practlced2 Are abuses corrected in
the South by citing abuses in the
North, anu vice versa? Didn't the
United States hold State anenaole
when the Legislature voted for seces-
s1oD? Was not secession originally
brought about in each State by the
action of a few menp Senator Hoar,
like Hon. Charles Sumner, adheres to
duty IN the interest of right and JUS
tice, and can be relied upon to advo-
cate tie right, and condemn the wrong
without fear or favor. The Republican
party must grapple with this gigantic
monster of fraud that IS aiming at the
life of this country and choke it to
death; otherwise it will continue to
grow in such proportions, that resort
to arms will be necessary to bring US
ace TO face.