The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-08-07
NO TROOPS AT POLLS.
THE REVISED FORCE BILL A MUCH
MILOER MEASURE.

| i"hr Says the Provision for Troops uas
hccn Stricken Out-Edmunds Still Holds
Gut Against IL Change ef the Rules.
Inc Washington correspondent of
the Macon Telegraph writes as fol-
lows:
The Republican Senators were not
numerous at church today. They
were at homo, reading the siytv-nogo
substitute for the s,'ventyhve page
Davcnport-Lodge force bill, which
Nlessrs Hoar and < ;,ooner have pre-
pared The change. were made by
these two Senat,.", without much
consultation with their Republican
colleagues on the election committee,
McHir*. Frye. Eva, t. and Teller, but
III difference to thci; well-known de-
H'r"s for Il mildcr mc lsure. The es-
periHi desire Of Mess s. Frye, Evarts
and Teller WAS for IN elimination of
the provision for troops 1T the polls.
lhls, MesSrS. HOar and Sherman say,
they have stricken out, but it does not
80 appear from the copies of the reso-
luton they hlvc furnished their Re
| publican colleagues. The section re-
ferrcd To, which rc-puarts the civil
| rights law, remains mnltnrcl.
| \ MITCH NllLI'NN BILL
| The other important changes have
been stated aS the work was being
done. The bill is SO much mildcr
that 1t will receive all but few votes
at the caucus tomorrow night, provi-
| dcd HOar and Spooner demonstrate
that the provision for troops at the
pools is really out. But it's passage
Is "tlll most predetermined, for it can
, not be passed without changing the
| rulcS.and Elm,nlS still leads heroic
| little band Of opponents to any such
action. SO long at he stands firm it
Will not be done.
ONE or IT'S WORST FEATURES.
"Onc Of the most dangerous pro-
visions Of the Federal election bill is
the possibility of the appearance once
more OF Tmtcd State troops at the
polls, which may be pot under the
marching order of any United States
marshal or Oiliccr,' said Representa-
tive Aiutchlcr Of PENNSYLVANIA to the
Sunday Gazette.
view which was enacted by the Re
publican Congress- in the heat of war
times to put Il stop to the outrages
against the elective franchise COM
mttcd by United States trOODs on
the border states should furnish tho
first pretcXt for the exercise of that
power, but SO it IS. The act in ques-
ton was designed to restrict the use
OF troops. 1t has. however, been pros
Gtuted to PARTISAN purposes. so as to
destroy the very object for which it
was enacted, and tho little clause to
keep the peace at the polls has served
rs Il preteNt for the numerous infu-
cnccS with state and federal elections
| winch were SO numerous until the
Change OF policy inaugurated by the
Hayes administration.
NOT CONFINED TO THE SOUTH.
The use Of United States troops
| at the polls on election days has not
been confined to the South, as some
people suppose to be the case. They
were used i'll Pennsylvania Mt state
| election III 1870. Without the request
Of the State or municipal authorities,
al armed body of United States ma
rlllcs wore brought to the polls in the
fifth ward Of Philadelphia. took DOS.
session of them, kept thom closed for
an hour. and exercised the right of
challenging voters. Gen. John w.
Genry, distinguished Republican,
who was governor at the time, pro-
tested against this high handed out
rage, and in a message to the State
Legislature denounced it in vigorous
| language. The occurrence cited in
Pennsylvania was at an election for
State officials
| TROOPS AT NEW YORK POOLS
~ more dangerous attempt was
made in November, 1870, in Now
York, under the provisions of an act
which it is now proposed to revive,
only i'll Il more dangerous form, to
orcrawc voters and State officials, and
but for the tirmncss of Governor Hoff-
man and the yielding of the President
to milder cOunscls on the evening be-
fore the election. scenes of riot and
of blood6hed and conflict between
State and Federal troops might have
occurred that would have startled
the country"
Too Great Il Risk.
| Father: John. why don't S,3,, ~,