The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-10-21


from forming combinations to limit the out
put of an article and raise its price. vol
have only 20 recall the iute-bag trust, thu
linseed-Oil trust, the barbed-wire trust, ant
many others.
PASSED FOR PARTY PURPOSES.
II you have been deluded into the idea
that this oppressive Tariff bill was not pass
ed for party purposes and with the end in
view Of prostituting the ballot, you have
only to take a glance at the administration
aud that idea will be dissIpated. At the
head of the Republican party, and in full
sympathy with its most neiariOus acts, i
a President who surrounds himself with a
Tanner, who so disgraced the management
Of the Pension Office that the nation
demanded his removal; a Raum, who
succeeded Tanner in office, and who
is now under investigation for dis
honest conduct in the discharge OF
his official duties; a blOcks-of-6ye Dud-
ley, who was saved by partisan
officials from being prosecuted for a conspi-
racy 10 bride voters: a Wanamaker, who
raised 100000 with which to buy votes in
the last Presidential election; and Quay,
who has silently allowed himself to be de-
nounced by his own party associates as the
"MOdern Judas IscariOt," as "branded
thief' and as confessed criminal" and
who on the eve Of she last Presidential
election proclaimed that the result Of the
election was only question of money and
that he had a suflicency thereof. Added to
all the other iniquities that characterize
the Tariff bill is the fact that many sections
Of ii were rushed through the House under
gag law and in contempt Of your right OF
representation.
OF a truth "it is a condition and not a
theory which cOnirOnts u.s." a condition
under which difference would be crime
against patriotism and public morals"
A CROwNING INFAuY.
But the browning infamy of the Bepubli-
can party-the infamy that all others per-
petrated in its reckless, ruinOus and Sec
tiOnal course pale befOre-was the passage
by the House Of Representatives Of the
Force bill" That bill is now pending in
the Senate. and is measure so partisan, so
revolutionary, so subyersiye of the rights OF
the people: 50 tainted with moral treason,
and so destructive Of Republican institu-
tiOns, as 10 "defy all codes TO image or to
name them" Its Ostensible object is TO Sc
cure iair elections OF members OF the House
Of Representatives. Its real object Is TO in
sure the election of Republican mem
bers Of Congress from the Southern
teriZed as - bill 10 perpetuate negro
and the domination Of the Re
publican party in the House of Representa-
tyes." SO dire would be its consequences
upon the peace andj prosperity not only Of
this state, but Of all our sister Southern
states, that il alone should nerve every true
man 10 unceasing work for Democratic tri-
umph. IL is framed with all the ingenuity
that hatred Of the South could prompt, and
thirst for power inspire, and every prOyis-
ion of it is death blow at the rights of the
people. is in ruthless disregard OF The spirit
Of the Constitution, and is an effort 10
shackle the south 10 the car of Republican,
ism. 1t is development in most mallg
nant form Of "A tendency 10 Capitalization
which Virginia rebuked in thunder tones
nearly a century ago. and is absolute in the
encouragement it gives for Illegal voting
yisOrs and others charged with
carrying it out shall be tools OF
the Republican party. Even the pretenses
it makes to fairness are but so many factors
In the sum of the great iniquity, "A mOckery
Of State laws, an insult to Democratic
judges, and a trayesty upon the right OF
In short, the bill makes "A United
states circuit judge dictator as to the pO-
itical complexion Of the peoples represent
atiyes in Congress from the circuit over
which he has Jurisdiction, virtually places
The throat of every citizen in the grasp of a
partisan myrmidOI, and would put the
necks Of Virginia and her Southern sisters
under the heel of the negro. From the most
iagrant outrage that could be cOnsum-
mated by Republican henchmen, by virtue
)f this latitudinOus mOnstrOsity, there
could be no appeal save from myrmidOn
20 master. In this judicial circuit OF
he United states, Judge Hugh l.. Bond
would have the appointment of the
chief supervisors" and their assistants,
and the control Of the host OF deputy United
states marshals. that the eXigencies of the
situation might demand for the purpose OF
ierrOriZing the people, thwarting their sOyer-
eign will and ensuring solid Republican
majority in the House of Representatives..
Judge Bonds jurisdiction extends over Nir-
ginia, Maryland, West Virginia, North Car
Dina, and South Carolina As Virginia is
entitled 10 ten representatives, Maryland 10
six, West Virginia TO four, North Carolina
to nine. and South Carolina to seven, this
man would have it within his power TO elect
thirty-siX Congressman. What spectacle.
lhirty-siX representatives OF the people per-
mitted to exercise their prerOgatiyes, not
by the voice Of the people, but at the nod OF
j
ferent TO this unparalleled outrage!
Let them remember that time alone pre-
vented the passage OF the bill by the Senate
also, and that escape from the curse must
depend on their own energies. Let them
consider that should they fail 10 protest by
overwhelming majOrities against the meas
ure, Virginia will be quoted as Indifferent
10 its passage, and the party OF rule or ruin
will be stimulated to 90, If possible, to even
greater lengths IN their unconstitutional
Should the party in power be
TO take charge OF the election
Of members OF the House of Representa-
lives, how long would it be before they
would take charge OF the election Of the
members of tine United States Senator One
act would be as constitutional rs the other.
How long would it be before state Legislators
would be under the scrutiny of chief
supervisor and his deputies, who would
challenge their right 10 vote: The pending
Force bill wOald furnish precedent for
even greater outrages than those noted, il
such thing could be conceived. The only
against these Outrages il the
voice OF the people at the coming election.
THE PATH OF DUTY.
Thus does the Force bill, with its train OF
evils, bring up the paramount issue of the
light, and point the path of duty. The
ISSUE is not the election TO Congress of GER
ain men. Ii is the right Of seli-goyernmsnt.
1t is whether intelligence and virtue or igno-
'ance and vice shall rule. The danger that
mpends is negro supremacy and all The
,Oncomitant horrors that marked the DAYS
If reconstruction. The duty OF the hour is
lefeat OF those who would subyert our liber-
les and trample constitutional guarantees
ntO the mire of partisan corruption. Will
Virginia be deaf TO the call that patriotism
makes upon her in this crisis, or will she in
tones protest, as she has ever done
ince the foundation of the government,
against injustice, usurpation and TYR amy!
" i'll she be on the side Of right and honor, or
IN the side Of wrong and dishonor! 1t is
or you TO decide.
ROBBING STATES.
Another measure pending in Congress
which is a fitting complement TO the Force
ill is bill TO take from the States power
o determine the size and limits OF The diff
erent Congressional districts. This, too,
would concentrate power in the hands OF
he Federal judiciary, but, like its anti-type,
he Force bill, il carefully guards against
my accident by which fairness might be
neted out TO the Democratic party. II pro-
tides for State " and Z" National - Boards,
,ut the state Boards would only be such in
lame. Final determination Of all questions