The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-12-24
THE NATIONAL CONGRESS.
s'STILL HARPING ON MY GRAN.
NY HOAR'S) DAUGHTER.o
Mr.. Mcpherson Says the Bill is Based
on Hypocritical Pretenca.
Tells What 1t is Otherwise.
lBy United Pressl

oH HypOcrltlcal PretenCa .-.-A And
IeIls What 1t is Otherwise.
(By United Press.l
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-In the Senate
to-day, MIR. Morgan, during the morning
hour spoke in support of his resolution
directing the committee on privileges
and elections to amend the election bill
so as to show what changes and modi-
hcatlons in the existing law are proposed.
Mr.. Morgan had not finished his argu
ment when the morning hour expired.
Mr.. Sherman, from the committee on
| finance, reported the bill to provide
against the contraction of the currency
and for other purposes (the caucus bilD
and it was read twice and placed on the
| calendar.
| The election bill was then taken up
and Mr.. Gall addressed the Senate in op-
position to it.
1t was the most important bill, he
said, ever presented in the history of the
legislation Of the country. It's enact
ment into law would constitute change
in the powers of the government as
great as that which characterized the re-
public Of Rome when it was changed into
a monarchy. Much of Mr.. Calls speech
was in the direction of prov
ing from reports and statistics
that the colored laborers of the South
we're much better off in all worldly re.
spects, were more prosperous, contented
and happy than the white workingmer
of Massachusetts or Rhode Island, and
that the bill was therefore based or
mere hypocritical pretences.
Mr. Call was followed in opposition tt
tie bill by Mr.. Mcpherson. He opposed
it, he said, because it was distrust o
:: the people; an Indictment of the whole
people without regard to party distinc
ton; proclamation that the peo
: pie, honest and patriotic as the
, we're, had not the intelligenc
, or virtue to exercise a right to the pre-
rogative of free men without dctatio
. from those who we're their servants an
not their masters. In short, he oppose
it because it was partisan measure il
y tended for partisan purpose.
At this point Mr.. Aldrich asked MI
. Mcpherson to yield the floor, and th
: request having been complied with, b
: gave notice of his intention to move a
y amendment to the rules providing (du
> ing the present SESSION. for the closin
= of debate on any bill under considerable
= for a reasonable time The propose
= amendment having been read, Mr.. A
= drch asked and obtained permissio
:, - that it be printed and laid over.
= Mr.. Gray asked why the resolutie
> should not be referred to the commit
20 20 on rules, and after an explanation fro
~ ~ Mr.. Aldrich, gave notice of a motion
- that effect when the matter came l
II again.
=. Mr.. Mcpherson resumed bis argume
~ against the election bill but witho
y y finishing his speech yielded to motto
- - to go into executive session, and so,
:. afterwards the Senate adjourned t
g tomorrow.
~ An agreement was reached to-day th
- when the Senate adjourn tomorrow
i, will be to meet on Saturday.
or WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 23.-Hou;
r. The House to day, after listening
or the reading of the journal and apprc
,ll ing it, and hearing the Speakers a
a. nouncement of assignment of seve
d. members to committee, adjourned un
he Friday.