The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-06-28
THE NATIONAL CONGRESS.
MITTING WYOMING as A
STATE.
The House Still Debating the Federal
Election Bill--Our Zeb Loudly Ap.
plauded.
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Election Bill--Our Zeb Loudly Ap.
plauded.
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WASHINGTON, D. g., June 27.-Fol-
lowing the morning business, the Senate
resumed the consideration Of the bill to
admit Wyoming as State, and Mr..
Morgan spoke in opposition to it. In
speaking of the Wyoming constitution.
MIR. Morgan said that in ratifying it
Congress would confirm woman suffrage
II woman, then, could vote and hold
office in Wyoming, she could be elected
to the Senate or the House.
Mr.. Payne suggested that the presence
of women Senators might have good
effect on the Senate. particularly during
executive sessions.
Mr.. Morgan said that this brought up
a more serious view Of the matter. His
objection to woman suffrage was the i'm
moral Influence of the ballot upon
woman.
Mr.. Gray opposed the bill because it
traversed the precedent set by the Sen
ate recently in the admission of four
States in requiring the formality of en-
abling act.
Mr.. Platt spoke briefly in defense of
the bill and the question was then taken
on the omnibus bill, offered as substi-
tute, and it was rejected by party vote
of 18 to 80.
Mr.. Jones, of Arkansas. moved an en-
abling act for Wyoming alone. Reject
edl18 to 20.
The bill was then passed by parry
vote-29 t. 18.
At $50 the Senate adjourned.
House.
WASHINGTON, June 27.-In the House
to day, by unanimous consent, Mr.
Dockery, Of Mo-, was permitted to en-
ter motion to reconsider the vote by
which the postal clerks leave bill was
| passed.
The bill involves an expenditure of
600.
Consideration Of the election bill was
then resumed.
Mr.. Hangen, of Wis, in support of
the bill, asserted that it was a measure
looking to the supervision of national
elections only--a clear right of Congress-
Mr.. Covert, of New York, said that
the bill was an evidence of the distrust
|
ment of, and for the people.
This proposition was to bring back tn e
returning boards Of Florida and Sou
Carolina; the days Of the electoral com-
nission-the days that every patriotic
man would forget ii he could. The notes
CT warning had been sounded; they
were still ringing and should be heard
Race prejudice was extinct. In God!
name, as lovers Of the country, he be
sought the House not to seek to revive
that prejudice now. He begged it tt
give assurance to the whole country tina
the civil war was ended over quartz,
of century ago. (Applause)
; Mr.. Flower, of New York, denounced
, the bill as un-Republican. un-Democrati'
and un-American. 1t was a measure
, constructed upon the idea that the small
Republican majority now in Congress
could better legislate for the people thar
the people themselves. He spoke of tn
attempts to contrel state officers a
9 an incursion into the domain of loca
. self government, and spoke of the pro
J. posed "house to house canvass" of cleo
n tion districts as an attempt to divid
q hoaters into blocks Of five to vote th
" RepuDllcau LlCket.
:: He spoke of the prospective expense
/ under new local election laws and sal
y that single election in New York nov
+. would cost $1,000 for ballots slone.
IS MIR. Smyser, of Ohio, said the matte
d was conservative and not radical
Mr.. Vaux, of Pennsylvania, said tha
II that the bill virtually overturned th
ye constitution and destroyed Our form {
ID government. The constitutional meal
b. ing of the phrase ''time, place and NAL
I'd ner" was that the power Of Congre
IN was limited to prescribing the form
he choosing representatives, and that whe
te the election itself Begun its a
thority ceased. Tie manner
~ holding' and tie |'holding' of the ele
st ton were entirelysdistinct and separa
Is- and the power of Congress ceased wi
sr. the former. These Supervisors respo
lst sible to nobody, might carry their a
ar thority to the election of Senators, goi1
er. to the legislative assembly of Sta
ia and declaring its members disqualifie
Die Critizing the language of the comm
let tees report with reference to the wor
''make or alter" in the constitution, \
Vance brought down the House wi
ct) the remark that there was impurge
OF. can alteration which sometimes nal
es- one thing but does not make the anima
de- He warned the other side that as {
ap- forefathers had separated from CIR
lde Britain because they did not believe
be taxation without representation, so
ice time might come when legislation
has priving the people of representa-
Gus would drive them to another revolt
ly, the same principle. Cloud applause
US the Democratic side.l
wn The remarks of Mr.. Vance were
rse tened to with great attent
'ra- and at intervals and st their conclus
cial they were loudly applauded.
The Speaker announced the appol
ment of Messrs. Conyer, OF 10
Walker, of Massachusetts, and Bland
Missouri, as conferees on the silver
The House at $40 took recess u
3 in O'Clock, the evening session to be
tho consideration Of private pension bills
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