Telegram-herald., 1890-08-14


both Federal and State judges must be
observed by them personally. and 70
their critical ear and legal knowledge
must Do submitted the evidence upon
which courts shall sdmit aliens 10
naturalization
PaternAlism and Capitalization fnd
their bro@dest illustration in the policy
sought 20 be fastened upon the Repub-
lie by the enaetment into Law oi this
bill
The details Of the scheme inaugur-
sted by IL are cumbroas, tiled with
technicalities. oyerfowing with the
ideas OF impractical doctrinariaEism
The act IS so framed that in the count
ing and the eertihcation OF election
results, under IL maltitucinous errors
must necessarily occur. upon which g
willing and sabservient eanvassing-
board could easily find tho foundation
upon which 10 rest decision throwing
out sufficient precincts 70 return the rel
resentGtive OF the party In power.
In many of its provisions the bill
changes, alters or sepeals the wisess
provisions found in the laws of the
States regulating and controlling cleo
tions. and il claims supremacy, and
requires the officers Of the State 10 con-
form 10 its provisions, although II IS a
well-known fact that in the elections
held in almost every State, the mem
bers OF Congress voted for are upon the
same ballot which contains the names
OF all other State and county officers.
In this respect 1t does not, in its prac-
tical operation, stop at the control OF the
election for members OF Congress, but
its influence wiz be felt and its control
will be supreme in any conflict between
the two classes of officers, or the State
and Federal law Of elections, In the
vote that may DO deposited for purely
State and county officers from Governor
down to magistrates
If, at an election under the laws OF
the State, special box ior the
ballots OF each officer voted for is
required, under the provisions OF this
bill, all ballots found for Representa-
tives in Congress in any OF the boxes
by the calvassing board This would
enable a multiplication to the extent of
the number of boxes. by any voter. and
yet we are informed that this bill is for
the purpose of securing the purity OF
the elective franchise, and OF seeing
that every man who casts his ballot
shall have the same counted, not once.
as was the old-fashioned way, but as
often as no desires TO put it in
CHARLES j. FAULKNER
Mr. CABLE FAyoRS THE MEASURE
NORTHAMPTON, Mass July lo. 1890
/ favor Mr.. Lodges Federal election
bill 1t will be force bill" in the
South only to electoral systems confess
edly designed and operated TO outwit
the weakest and most defenseless classes
Of lawful voters, the destitute thou
sands who can least afford TO lose the
protection OF the ballot
The Nation has waited for some sign
OF the reform Of these things for four
teen years in vain. These systems
have year by year fortified themselves
stronger and stronger in State constitu-
tions and statutes. and so far from pass
ing away, are receiving more to-day
than ever before the open approval and
support of the party now in power
throughout the Southern Statos.
do not belong 10 tho party support
ing this bill, but | dnd no reason able
ground to suppose that that party will
commit such a self-ruinous blundcr q.
TO allow this measure to be so used as
TO bring back tho abuses OF the recon
struction era. There arc thousands OF
Southern white men who. though losth to
commend the measure. are nevertheless
willing to sec IT tried. and would be
glad OF It's succesA hope the bill will
pass q. W. CABLE
The VIEWS or POPULAR PREACHER
Mr.. Lodges bill is another step in
the natural evolution OF National life
since Appomattox- At Appomattox tho
old federation OF States perished and
the Nation was born. Every Congress
that has met since the war has put
the Governmental plowshare into new
soil. Ono By one the rights. so called.
that once were vested in the States arc
abridged By Congress or absolutely
abolished by the breath OF tho Supreme
Court at Washington. which IS, IN fact,
now the only Supreme Court in Au1oricA
I do not personally object to all this
like g.
It means new NofioaaTSsn In which
Governments will play magnifcent
role. the like Of which has not been
seen in human history. The men WHO
are doing this don't know IL. but IS is
being done Just the same. The Application
Of this particular bill will be sectional.
not National. and, therefore. its results
will be evil and only evil Il will result In
bad feeling and race riots in the south.
ard bloodv-sbirtism and carnival Of
gbouls in the North. u is bittcr party
measure and viii be used Tor partisan
purposes ft VIII hurt the negro most
of all Tie Australian ballot srsteHa
would have been 4 manly, stafcsri an
like measure and oDght 20 b. passed by
Congress for the who.e Nation
TgowAs Dlxov. Jr
CRo-sForSr.- DoSsss HIS, STATES
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No emotion Isl Wholly wrong or base.
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