, 1890-07-03
BY A NARROW MARGIN.
The Federal Election Bill
Passes the House.
Two Republicans Vote With
the Democrats.
Frye's Shipping Bill Consid-
cred in the Senate.
In the House.

Virginia, requiring the judge OF the cir
cult court. associated with the district
judge) to pass upon applications for su
peryisors Of election. The amendment
was rejected.
Rowell of Illinois offered an amendment
making it the duty OF the circuit judge
in each circuit, within one month after
the passage of this act, to open a special
term of the circuit cour In their respect
i've circuits, and said Judges shall appoint
for each judicial district three discreet per-
sons of good character and standing, who
shall be known as United States Juror
commissioners. 1t shall be the duty of
such commissioner to organize as a board
and from time to time make from the
qualified voters a list OF persons who, un-
der the laws of the United States and of
the state. shall be eligible for jury duty,
without respect to race or color. Heresf-
ter all panels for jurors shall be drawn
by the board in the presence of the dis
trict or circuit Judge.
Springer of Illinois opposed the
amendment, declaring its purpose was to
pack the juries of the country with Re-
DuDllCdu5.H II WIS InC CulIQludllOu Vi lUt
outrage contemplated BY the bill.
Rowelrs amendment was agreed 10
LAG to l43. A good deal of confusion
followed the announcement of the vote.
amid which several Democrats demanded
the yeas aud nays, but in so low q tone
that they were not heard by the speaker.
who recognized Strubble of Iowa to offer
an amendment. Then Cultivate of
Ohio called the attention of the speaker
to the fact that the yeas and y were
demanded, and upon the speaker ex-
pressing the opinion that the demand
came too late, Cultivate himself re-
quested all those favoring the demand to
rise. The entire Democratic side arose.
but the speaker entirely ignored it, and
old not count those rising. he stated,
however, that If there was no objection
the yeas and nays might be ordered.
There being no objection, the speaker
directed the clerk to call the roll, amid a
volley OF protests from the Democrats at
being granted as a favor what they de-
manded as a right. The amendment was
adopted-yeas $50, nays IA.
Hemphill offered an amendment to
section 80 Of the bill. to insert the words,
except section 1889 ofthe revised statutes
of the United States" He explained
thss q s-ctsvn-oi the bill .r-r--crad the
supervisors to use the army and navy &C
the polls. and the purpose of his amend
ment was to eliminate hat provision.
Lodge denied that the bill had any
such effect as stated.
Springer moved to lay the bill on the
table and thus defeat it. Beaten-l49
yeas, 1856 nays The only Republicans 70
vote in favor of the motion were Coleman
OF Louisiana, Lehlbach of New Jersey.
Ewart of North Carolina. Another bolter
was paired with Summons of Connecticut.
Springer. before the vote was announced,
changed from ave to no and moved to re
consider. Rowell of Illinois. moved @
lay that motion on the table. Carried
yeas 100, nays l48.
Blount OF Georgia said the bill pro-
vided for the appointment of partisan
supervisors and surrounded those super
visors with United States soldiers at their
beck and call, to make voters feel they
were under the terrors of military au-
thority.
Mckinley of Ohio, SAID the amendment
would take from the president all the
power he had to enforce judicial pro
cesses. The bill would be destroyed if
government were deprived of the right to
use federal power to execute judicial pro-
cesses under the proposed measure.
Hemphills amendment was lost-yeas
146, nays l55.
Mckinley said that DO honest man
could object to the bill. 1t was said the
bill would be expensive-would cost
millions. They assumed that the $50 dis
tricts OF the country would invoke the
operation of the law and there was not a
man who did not know than not 100 dis
tricts would invoke its operation. They
would diminish the cost of the admins
tration of the law in the ratio in which
they diminished. fraudulent voting. false
counting, ballot box stuffing and the sup
preston of votes. lRepublican applause. |
1t would cost nothing if there was no
need of it. This question would not rest
until justice was done. 1t was the su-
constitution and the laws of the United
States. Let the gentlemen on the other
side obey them as Republicans obeyed
them; for. he told them. the people of
the North would not permit two votes in
the South to count as much as five votes
in the North. GRepublican applause.
Mcmillan of Tennessee said the Repub-
licans might, like madmen, grasp the
pillars of the constitution and pull down
the edifice, but, like Sampson, they
would perish In the wreck. 1t he could
register a wish in heaven he would ask
not for IN extension of boundaries or
multiplication of territory, not for flow
ing rivers and fertile fields, but that the
man who laid violent hands upon the
constitution might drop dead as did the
secreligious Jew who laid implous hands
upon the ark of the covenant. demo.
cratic applause.
Perkins of Kansas and Lafotte of
Wisconsin made eloquent speeches in ia
vor OF the bill.
The hour of 2 o'clock having arrived
the speaker declared the previous ques-
ton ordered on the bill and pending
amendments.
Springer moved to lay the bill on the
table. Lost-yeas 148, nays 1856. Springer
changed his vote from the affirmative to
the negative in order to move a reconsid-
Grafton. This, upon motion of Kollin,
was laid upon the table-yeas 1853. nays
l48. The vote then REQUIRED on Hemp
hills amendment (relating to the use of
troops at the polls) and it was rejected
yeas las. nays 1856. Springer (havipg
voted in the negative for the purpose)
moved to reconsider. The motion was
tabled.
Springer moved to Law the bill upon the
table. stating that his former motion was
to table the bill and pending amend
ments. The speaker ruled the motion
out Of order. Springer appealed, and
the appeal was laid on the table-yeas
1853. nays l46. Springer (having voted
IN the afirmative) moved a r~econsidera-
ton.
Grosvenor made the point of order that
TINS was a dilatory motion-a point which
was sustained by the speaker.