The times., 1890-08-08
PUT in A PROTEST.
People Who Oppose the Fed
eraI Election Bill.
MAss-MEETING AT OHIOs CAPITAL

Judge Thurman Writes Brief Letter I'm
Which He Opens His Batteries on the
Measure - Governor Campbell Denies
His Alleged Beiligerency-Anothe In
cident in the Tillman Campaign in
South Carolina-Gen. Palmer Meets an
Oratoricai Difficulty.
COLUMBUS, o., Aug. A large audience
assembled in the state house grounds Sat
urday evening to hear the speeches made
at the meeting to protest against the
passage of the Lodge federal election bill.
Hon. A. G. Thurman found at the last
moment that he could not be present, and
Mayor Bruck, who presided in his stead,
read the following letter from him: II
much regret that severe illness, that con-
fines me closely to my house, prevents my
acceptance of your polite invitation to at
tend and speak at the meetingSf citizens
of Columbus, to be held at the state house
tonight, to give expression to their views
of the Lodge bill, so-called, that was
passed by the house of representatives in
congress and is now pending in the sem
ate.
lrrespousipies 10 hAuics
"Under the pretense of purifying the
elections it provides an elaborate machin-
cry by which the will of the people may be
overthrown and the choice of their So
called representatives be made by set of
hireling and irresponsible federal officials,
chosen without any agency Of the people
and acting under the order of a superior
set of dictators, whose terms of office will
practically be without limitation as to
time, and who will of necessity be a body
of irresponsible partisans. And to sup
port this machinery an immense fund,
which, it is said, may amount to millions,
is to be drawn from the pockets of the
people and to be used as a bribery or cor
ruption fund to perpetuate the rule of the
party in power.
Hopes for Defeat In the Senate.
"Then the bill, if enacted into law,
will serve to intensity and perpetuate sec.
tionalism and race prejudices and to undo
much that may have been done to put an
end to those deplorable evils. The doubt
full, to say the least of them, constitution
ality of some of the most important pro.
visions of the bill, and the immense and
unprecedented stretch of Federal power
involved in it cannot fail to strike every
who believe in the teachings and the prac-
tice of the fathers am not without hope
that the bill will fail in the senate. sin
cerely pray that it will, and that thus a
baneful revolution in our government be
averted."
Denunciatory Resolutions Adopted.
A letter was read from ex-President
Cleveland in which he excused himself
from attendance on the ground of previous
engagement, but asked to be entered as
one of the protestants, though'he thought
that "the protests of the people have little
weight" with the present congress. Some
more letters were read, and then the reso-
lutions were put before the meeting After
preamble stating the objections to the
election bill. the resolve is declared that
1--WE denounce the passage of this bill by
the house of representatives, and most
earnestly protest against its enactment by
the senate"
Campbell Denies Report.
The speakers were Hon. George J.. Con-
verse, Capt A. E. Lee "a Republican op-
ponent of the bilD, M. ID. Harter, and
Governor Campbell. The governors
speech was short and in the course of it
he denied the newspaper statement that
he had declared that he would call out the
whole military force of Ohio, if necessary,
to drive from the polls the officials Gre
ated by the bill.