Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-20
THE 51ST CONGRESS.
FIRST REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION TO
The 5AYoNeT BILL.
senator stewart Makes n Strong Speech
Against It--force. lie Holds. Neces-
ssry TO the Measure.
py telegraph to tho Dispatch,

senate.
Mr.. Stanford addressed the Senate in ex-
PLANTATION and advocacy Of the bill intro
duced by him on the 5th instant 10 provide
the Government with means sufficient TO
supply the national want Of sound circu-
lating medium.
At che conclusion ot his remarks the bill.
On bis motion. was referred TO the Com
mitce on Finance.
RECIPROCITY.
NIr Gray offered a preamble and resolu
lion looking 10 the establishment of TO-
.iryoGty between the United States. the
Dominion Of Canada and Mexico, and
askcd that It lie upon the table, stating
that NJ convenient time he would move
fa take IL mp.
Mr. Ingalls, introduced bill which was
referred 20 the Finance Committee 10 al
.aw thc exchange OF the Understanding
debt for lcgal-tender notes.
Toe senate then took up and passed.
with amendments increasing its amount.
tLo printing deficiency bill.
narE AGAIN AGAINST TIE roRcE BILL
THE election bill vas taken up and Mr..
PATE concluded his speech against ~. He
ciared hat rs effect would be the organ
izug ~ m0bs by the Government itself
and Tho leading Of them by Government
4ihocTs As the alien and sedition law had
pulled down the elder Adams. this force
bin. he predicted, would pull down the
younger Harrison.
GIBSON AGAINST TIE MEASURE.
Mr.. Gibson opposed the bill as unsoa-
touabio. as belonging 10 another epoch. "a
NOT Ia keeping with the temper Of tho
fmes. IL comes like an erratic Arctic ice
burg into temperate sea; but he believed
that the sentiment OF kindness and
brotherhood which pervaded the Senate
aud the country at large would cause IL 10
dissolve and disappear. II was the most
intensely partisan measure that was ever
before the Senate. and ought 20 be en-
titled 4 bill TO vest the supervision and
control Of elections IN the Republican
party, aud % vest in that party the perma-
rent organization Of the House OF Repre-
RoLtltiyes.'
GRAYs AMENDMENT WITHDRAWN.
At the close Of Mr.. Gib-on's speech the
Nlce-Presdent announced the question 10
Dos on Mr.. Grays amendment 90 strike
outthe hOuse-to-house provision and asked
whether the Senate was ready for the ques-
tion.
ruILEE's AMENDMENT.
Mr.. GRAY withdrew tho amendment,
leaving the question 10 be on Dir. Buffers
Amendment declaring the election super
v.1rs, deputy marshals, &c, executive,
H.t I4lltldl bluCflt.
TAULKSEE's AMENDMENT.
Mr. Faulkner offered an amendment. Of
which he had given notice the other day,
bong "a substitute for section "a. as to the
appointment of three election canyassers
..- each State upon application therefor.
DO had the floor % speak upon II, but
v.ei1ed to Mr.. Stewart, who made an argu-
W-ut against the bill on the ground that
900 ATTEMPT % execute II in the South
would be- disastrous 10 both races.
HFwAE1 GErmHCN) AGAINST THE BILL.
he believed that safeguards thrown
around the elective franchise in tho cities
90 tho North had been. on the whole, bene-
toial. but different problem was pre-
sentCi in the South. He was a friend of
the cOl0rel man and sympathiZed with
lim but he could not ask INN 90 put his
life IN jeopardy I'M order 10 fight pOllti-
cal battle for his lStewart's) advantage.
ne Was equally friend 20 the white man,
and desired ~ refrain from any act which
might seem 90 justify him IA white mani
iu making war upon the defenCeless race
which Congress had enfranchlsed.
STRONG WORDS PROM THE NEVADA SENATOR.
Whatever was done in the matter Of pro-
footing the suffrage az the South, unless 10
was done through the voluntary action Of
fLc people Of that section. would have to
result IN one Of two th.ngs-tO wit: If tho
force would inevitably he driven to the
necessity of destroying his enemy. That
involved the euslnvement and final e1tcr-
u'Hation of the whites. There was nothing
uHre certain than that the employment OF
fHrce would result ultimately IN tho ex-
termination either of the blacks or OF the
whites.
THE RECONSTRUCTION MEASURE.
lie reviewed the reconstruction legsla-
-. L.. IaI hftUualf hgau "a
prominent actor IN the Senate; pointed
out the stringent provisions 10y which the
protection of theucCrO voter was supposed
t1 have been all-sufiiCient, and quoted the
arguments made hy leading Republican,
ln both houses against the suspension or
hGi,as corpus and against allowing the
military power Of the United States TO be
exercised IN the South during the presi-
aeIcy of Grant.
MR.. STEWART NOT FOR BAYoNFrs.
And. he asked, how if Grant had been
unable % protect the ColOred men In their
RIGHT 90 the suffrage any other President
could DO better? If military power was %
h. used 10 tho execution of the pending
IfI. then the bill should he defeated, and
4 it was 90 bee dead letter, why pass II
Public opinion at the South was entirely
against IT,
not FOR rHR coIOREp MANS BENEFIT
Instead of protecting the colored man, II
wpl bring upon hIm persecution and
m..rv. If not death No assumption OF
rrrf. necessity could Justify such an act.
10 was tho plain duty of the Senate, no
lrIt Fl, trust To natural causes In the nope
chat thew would remedy the evil p.
Tile l4 ought not TO pass because IL
never would be enforced; because II
would consolidate the southern whites;
because would bring furtherm misery upon
southern blacks, and because IT would IN
crease sectional auimosities and klndle
al.w che discOrd of the past
BrpUBucAS ISooSVsrENcY.
Nr. Stewart gave a brief account of the
supervisor elections law and OF the act Tor
.hr suspension Of the writ Of hdbeds corpus.
He recalled the speeches in opposition 10
fNe force bill of 1875 made by senators
George +. Hoar and j. X. Hawley, then
s.rrr-entatiyes IN the House. Among
tt.,. then voting against the force bill
Nr stewart recalled Messrs. Foster, Gar
a.i. William Walter Phelps. kasson, and
Kellogg. General Hawley, he said, was
very strenuous in his opposition, declaring
th-re could be no genuine protection IN
tls South under legislative enactment
HoAB BROUGHT TO BOOK.
referring 10 Mr. Hoar's speech OF the
la-t session. IN which he stated that no
military force would be used IN the eXecu-
uUg Of the bill under consideration, Mr..
Stewart aid that II this view OF the case
b.. correct the pending bill should be de-
t.ated. II the law was 10 be dead-letter
upon the statute books why enact NJ
What could It eiectl IL could no more
le enforced by courts aud iuries than the
Jaw. already on the statute-boOks could
be-. which II they could be enforced would
he ample for the suppression OF all the
frauds complained of.
TO INCREASE RACE HATRED.
The effect Of the bill, in his opinion.
would beto cause even still more bitter race
hatred. lie suggested that the petitioners
geluired under it would become marked
mon, a. would also the supervisors, and
from the reports OF investigating commit
tees and ali The knowledge obtained during
tho past twenty years II was PLAIN what
their fate would be unless Congress was
disposed 10 proceed TO the remedy under the
Consfitution-that OF DENYING representa-