Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-12-12
NATIONS CAPITAL.
The Elections Bill Taken Up
BY The Senate.
Senator Frye Makes a Pointed Speech
On That Subject.
Judgment for Plaintiffs In Celebrated
Bsrdan Arms Co. . Case.


offered resolution in the Senate which was
agreed to, insfructing the postoffiee com
mittee to inquire into the feasibility and ad
in connection with all or certain classes of
pcstofiees throughout the country.
A resolution offered yesterday by Mr..
Plumb for daily meetings of the Senate a,
10 A. NJ, and for recesses from ) so to s
P. NJ. was taken up. The discussion on
Mr.. Piumb's resolution was kept up, amid
considerable excitement on the floor and in
the galleries until O'Clock, when it went
over without action. The election bill was
them taken up and Wilson Of Iowa addressed
the Senate in its advocacy.
At2P. NJ Wilson Of Iowa. .addressedthe
Senate in advocacy Of the measure. 1u the
course of his argument he said: If the
rights OF United States citizen are guar
snteed to him by the constitution, abridged
by foreign nation power negotiation, or,
il necessary, war would be applied. If it is
done within our own jurisdiction, duty and
legislative oath demanded legislation on
the subject. In several States the right of
| suffrage has been abridged, thus not only
hiss the right of the individual citizen been
outraged, but equality of States in matter of
representation is invaded, in fact, denied.
NJ ssissippi and South Carolina. with vote
of 19l ,l29 sent IA members to the House
of Representatives. Iowa with a voting
population Of 293, ,255, sent but IL. In the
name not only of Iowa, but its individual
citizens, it is hoped that an earnest effort will
be made to remedy this flagrant injustice.
Fraud, intimidation, force and assassination
might for time prevent free and equal
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| or colored, cast a vote, as is his right, and
| have it counted as cast. If Congress
obeyed the dictates of duty it would estab-
| lish peace throughout the republic. If it
| refused it would but involve the county in
perils OF etributive justice, which was ever
an ally of the oppressed.
Frye said that in his speech a few days
ago the Senator from Virginia, Daniel,
| made reference to the Lynde report. The
| reference seemed to point to the conclusion
that he, Frye, joined in the report. As
| many as six different times what was
known as the Lynde report had been cited,
and he had been charged Che regarded it as
q serious charge with joining in that re
port. In the Hou sc at last session twice,
at least, had he been quoted as being in
| favor to repeal the supervi-
sors law and as believing John
/. Davenport had been false to his
duty. He desired to say that there had
never been any Lynde report; and that no
report whatever has ever been made by the
committe appointed to investigate Daven-
port in the 45th Congress. He had tried
his best to secure a report, but had failed.
The socalled report undoubtedly contained
the views of Lyndc. 1t has been pre- sented
10 the House, ordered printed and recon-.
mitted, but has never seen the light of day
from that hour to this. He is aware that it
had been quoted against him again and
again. Lynde, Forney and himself had
constituted a committee sent to New
York to investigate the Davenport docu-
ment, which was called the I.ynde report,
which had never been read to the Judiciary
committee. Now bit of history In the Al h
Congress efforts have been 10 repeal the
laws for The protection of the ballot
box. Tammany united with the con-
federacy of the South to break down
every safeguard and protection ard open
up the ballot box to every fraud and out
rage, Of every name character and descrip-
tion; and of course Tammany conld not
permit United States Law, providing for
supervisors, inspectors aud marshsls, to
/
Fernando Wood had presented at an early
day a memorial, signed by sixty-tbree citi-
zens of New York, in which they repre-
sented that one John L. Davenport, a des-
pot who neither regarded God nor Law,
had arrested them on election day incarcer-
ated them in prissn and deprived them of
the right of American citizens. and they
demanded that Davenport should be de-
! yoaat and h, Laura npIar uk oh ho
acing repealed. The House directed the
committee on judiciary to investigate the
matter. As a result of that investigation the
committee vas showed under by facts. The
same fate attended every other committee
appointed to investigate Davenpori's case.
Five times had Davenport been brought
before the court. and FIVE times pronounced
not guilty. Referring 10 the so.caled
Lynde report, Frye said in the House he
challenged the majority to make q report
In the House he had made speech which
he would not make in the United States
Senate. He had to choose his words, to
tone himself down to Senatorial dignity
and Senatorial courtesy. In the Holse he
could have free range, as the Senator from
Kentucky knew, and as they bad both taken
advantage Of. (Laushter) Even after
that aggTavating speech, no disposition was
shown to make a report. He would sign
this so-called report, but the pending bill
was not tenth part stringent enough, not
a tenth part drastic enough in its provisions
If, in order TO secure the righ, of every
American citizen TO freely cast bis ballot
and have il counted & cast, it was neces-
sary 10 put bayonet behind every ballot,
he would put bsyonet behind it.
| mingled applause and Kisses in the
galleries, promptly suppressed by the
Vice Presidert. Frye proceeded to re.
view and eulogize Dsveuport's method Of
supervising the elections in New York and
incidentally denounced the methods of
naturalization adopted by Judges McGuun
| and Barnard, who in seventeen dsys pa,u-
ral,zed $1,000 foreigners. After hiv-
ing read copious extracts from
Coxe's report and the testimony
| taken before his committee, (psrticu-
larry that of Whitney, late Secretary of
Navy, giving high praise to Davenport for
| the honest elections be had secured in the
city of New York, Frye asked whether
there any Senator who believed that a man
v ho is not entitled to register should regis
ter, or man who is cot enit.ed to vote
should vote. By enforcement Of the exist
ing law, the voting population in certain
blocks has been reduced over one half. yet,
be said, Lynde. in his report, made at the
demand Of Tammapy, said the law should
be repealed so that Tammsny should con-
troll the lower waris Of the eitv and get five
| votes where there were only two legal ones