The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-06-28
THE GREAT DEBATE
On the National Election Bill
in the House,
MAINE AN 0BJECTOF INTEREST
Which Mr.Vaux, ,Randniis Sue cccssor,
md who Danced with tho Queen,
wilisccAttcndcd to..lfonncdy,
of Ohio, Strikes tho Key.

ana who Danced with tho Queen,
will IsccAttcndcd to..Kcnncdy,
of Ohio, Strikes tho Key.
WASHINGTON. June Elm tho House
to.day Mr.. Dockery, of Missouri, rising
toaparliamentary inquiry, askcd wheth.
cr it would be In order to reconsider the
vote by which the Postal Clerks leave
bill was passed yesterday.
He said he had been informed ycster.
day by tho gentleman who called up the
bill (Mr. ketcham, OF New York, j that
1t did not involve at appropriation
whereas ho now learned that 1t would
involve an expenditure Of $4,000. As
Mr.. Kctcham was otpresent, Mr.. Dock.
cry was permitted by unanimous con.
sent TO enter motion to reconsider,
leaving II pending for the present.
The consideration OF the Election bill
was then resumed, Mr.. Haugen, Of
Wisconsin, addressing the House in sun.
port Of the measure. lie declared that
he did not propose to touch State elec.
tions, but did propose to supervise Ma.
tonal elections-a clear right OF Con.
gress. The bill was not local, but gen.
rral its application.
The objections made to the bill by
Southern members constituted a delib.
crate insult to the South itself. A Dem.
Gcfat-Jndge Cate, Of Arkansas, con.
tcstant for 4 seat on the floor Of the
llouse-hud justified tho outlawry by
mob violence Of certain negroes who
had been elected local officers on the
ground that they were not property
holders. Those people forgot that
property itself was valueless without
labor.
A COVERT ALLUSloS.
Mr.. Covert, ci New York, said that the
bill was IN evidence Of tho distrust felt
by the Republicans Of government of
and for the people. At the banquet Of
the. American Club, Mt Pittsburgh, the
Speaker OF the House had, after long
years OF silence, spoken upon the sub.
ject OF ial,iiication Of election returns,
bull.dozing and all the narrowing de.
taila OF Southern outrages. Why the
silence was broken he was unable to saw.
unless he was conscious that at'the tine
he was addressing deliberative body,
He had spoken OF the emergency that
confronted us. Tho Republican party
was used 10 meeting emergencies. They
had met them in Indiana, when they
sent Dorsey with his money, and Dud.
ley with his hoaters in "Blocks Of
Five" and Quay, the arch.angel OF the
party.
This bill was intended to undo the
work OF the fathers OF the constitution,
The small army OF officials at the polls
with powers superior to those possessed
by the inspectors OF the Statc-of the
people-signalled and heralded the end
OF the government by the people and for
the people. The proposition was to
bring back the returning boards Of Flor
ida and South Carolina; the days Of the
Electoral Commissiou-the days that
every patriotic man would forget II he
could. The notes Of warning had been
sounded. They were still ringing, and
should be heard. II it were true, as in.
tclligent men predicted, that the paes-
nge Of the bill would have tendency to
revive race prejudice in the South and
restore the Southern States to the con-
dition Of reconstruction days, then it
would turn back tho hands upon the
dial and retard the progress Of those
sections Of the whole Republic. Race
prejudice was extant. In Gods name,
rs lovers OF the country, he besought the
House not to seek to revive the prejudice
now. He begged it to give assurance to
the whole country that the civil war was
ended over quarter OF q century ago.
democratic applause.
4 FLowERY FLAUST.
Mr.. Flower, Of New York, denounced
the bill as un-Republican, un.Demo.
cratic and un.Amcrican. 1t was meas.
ure constructed upon the idea that the
small Republican majority now in Con-
Gress could better legislata for the peo.
pie themselves. Any court that would
lend itself to the execution OF its cor
,rupt purposes and become the unscrupu-
lous servant Of the poticat oiigrachy
would richly deserve the censure it was
cure to receive. The history OF the poll
tical prosecutions Of some Of on, Federal
courts was already rank with unscrupu-
lous abuses Of tho law. Among the
other acts Of this Congress this bill stood
pre. eminent rs reckless, desperate
measure to maintain minority in power
whose purpose was to offer IN opportun.
ity for fraud. a.
DANCED WITH THE QUEEN.
Mr.. Vaux, OF Pennsylvania, said this
bill virtually overturned the coustitu-
ton and destroyed our form Of Govern
ment. The Supervisors, he said, might
cnrry their authority to the election oi
Senators. They might 80 into the legis-
lative assembly OF his State and say to
one they met there: "Are you mem.
ber OF the Legislature Of the Stata OF
Pennsylvania "Yes, sir" "Walk
out, them" and, amid roars OF laughter,
Sir. Vaux himself, suiting his actions to
his words, walked out Of the aisle us
far as the Speakers desk. "There was
uot fair anH free vote Ia your county,
rbe Supervisor would then strike tho
memuers name from tho list, always
picking out Democrat, because it
seemed 10 Ue tne Histlloauule luea Llut
villains were Democrats. Laughter
Mr.. Vaux then proceeded to criticist
the language OF the minority report w!tl
reference 10 the words; "Make or alter,
and soon brought down tho House witt
the remark that there was eometiRos ir
surgery 'iau alteration which sometimes
makes one thing, but does not make the
nnimal." ,s,t
Snuking his finger at tho members
clustered around him, he said he want
ed to tell them that by this bill the pow
er to choose their representatives was
no longer vested in the people, but in 8
federal election o!licer, bought to do tbl
bidding OF him who appoints him. AM
in order to give further respectabilit!
=. 10 his appointments, the act provided
that the circuit court judges wele to dc
the appointing, and the judges were Il
y be brought into the dirt aud filth Of par
tisnn politics.
He wanted to tell his friends that tn
s. n,mon~ots NJ the North would uae finn