New-York tribune., 1890-06-18
THEY DO NOT LIKE THE BILL
SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS AND THE NEW
ELECTION MEASURE.
CRISP SAYS IT Is OUTRAGEOUS '-GORMAN
DECLARES THAT IT Is VICIOUS AND
MLKEAKY tALLS TT DANUEhUI>'
fBY TELEGRAPn To T:IE .~tBrNE.,

MCREARY CALLS 1T DANGEROUS.
tBr TELEGRAPH TO TIE 1'"rBUSE;
Washington. June IL" 1t j. intended only TO ap-
ply to the SOUTH says Mr.. Crisp of Georgia respect
Ing the bill to amend the United states election
laws and the assertion is repeated by southern
Democrat in Congress and every Democrat and
Nugwump newspaper in the country. The as
scrton is not true. as everybody knows who has
read the bill. which is designed simply to amend
and make effective the laws now on the statute
books laws which have been enforced IN Northern
States and cities for about twenty years. and which
as every respectable citizen who favors honest clec
on.. whether he be Democrat or Republican. knows
have done much To prevent fraud. If Mr. Crisp and
hi, southern colleagues shall continue howl hyStcr
cay about the proposed amendments good many
people. who have hitherto taken the southern Dem
ocrats at their word, and have tried tn believe that
elections in the south were fair and the returns
thereof honest will begin to think that there Is some
mistake about il: TO think that they have been dc
ccvcd. Already they begin to ask: II tho clectonS
and returns fair and honest what has the south to
fear moro than the North! Why does the Empire
>ta,c Of the south fly into such a passion at inc
prospect Of legislation when the Empire state oil inc
NOrfh and the country. remain calm ana serche III
the face Of the same prospect
The truth IS that the southern Democrats act ana
talk Just as men might be supposed tn act ana 'aH
leyed that the proposed amendments were ain'ed AZ
Them and who feared that future frauds and thel'S
would be prevented or punished
Here is what Mr. Crisp says: II Is the moS'
outrageous and niqutous measure ever bro"St oc'
fore Congress for passage. IL - - drawn a' not 10
be enforced except upon p"tI'ion o' wv NoVI'
in , district NJ frv voters in county parish ~
such petition only be gotten up IN the e"uUh
among negroes scalawags and carpet -baGccrS. 1t Is
tn south. II i SIMPLY a
LEGAL measure bv which the Republican leaders eXpec
IA steal many southern districts, whether tey ''c'o
the requisite number of votes or not, ana th'Icb'
perpciuatc their power 49,,
II is fair to infer that Mr. Crisp has not taken ''
tronhlc carefully to read or study the bill lie Is
an able and acute lawyer. and If he had done 80 l''
coud not have 80 completely misapprehcnded mo
.,ouc and purpose of the measure which AIMS only
tn secure by free and open cooperation oi u'
authority Of the General Government WIN H'it"
afhnritics free and fair elections and honest returns
thereof ~ far A. Ecprc- cutaycs IN Congress are con"
c,riic,I. Whom does Nr. crisp call the "-'ai""a1'
ri the Sonthi Are they such men a General Long
street General NcIaw, and other prominent citizens
OF his own state Who the carpet haSSera Ne
t,ey ihe Northern men WHO have lived In Georgia 'oF
twenty years or morr who have invested millions "'
dollar, 70 develop Georgia resource, ana Industries
and Who happen t. be- Republicans Dc, Nr. 'rSp
de.r, n 10 be- understood that the only persons IN
tho "uerro.- -calawac, and carpet basserN'l
~ course a good many people understand why
GEORGIA Democrats should be extremely sensitive w"
fair election, ard honest returns ar mentioned 1t
NAV De- remembered that IN l--G Georgia ca"t only
r. $50 vote, in order to elect ten Repre- -cnaiiveN
In Conclrss-al Of whom voted for free trade Wliic
each ore Of seventeen Coag-, districts In the state
of New YnrA east larger number Of votes and while
Connecticut expended 12:.Ol5 vOcs to elect four Rep
rc,cntatyc in Con.c-, against 27,52o votes cast by
Georgia tp elect ten Representatives.
lcfo' tie wlh.7 Mr. roombs Of Georgia. boa,tcd
tha, one southern man could whip five lanlcc>.' '
The boa, va- not made good on The battlefield. but IN
l--G. a, the returns show, one Georgia Demo
crat had a, much voting power IN the House ~
HI Connecticut NluhccS. Thc number Of Georgia
votes required to send Nr. crisp 10 the Lth Congress
was 7Oi i tool, ~ Oii vote. more than eighteen
times many vote, 10 send Air. Reed, of Maine 10
,hc same Conerc,, lnr even in Kentucky more than
seven times a, many vote, were required 10 send Mr.
Carlisle 10 Congtc-, the Gcorsa Democrats found
to BE- necessary in Mr Cri,p- case. Bnt such com
par.sou- might hc annoying and should not b. ~ng
cr-t'd oftcuc than may be- h','-'ii3. Every b'N
know, that ucorca Is a proerr-''e state
Nr crisp l- not the ouy Democrat who has spoken
Tor publication In regard 70 thc ne" nhI Uat
doughty champion of re" ballot ard a FAR couut
senator ArihIr T.. German. oi Mary hand SAYS me
oh eo c Hon" under the Circumstance, IN passing
ar election bill radical and y,llu. a. the ouc pro
LAIN southern elections, and Is crcatc political
capital for Republican campaign orators 70 ara"
II b, no nor, than fair TO suspect that Mr. German 5
fear, That II the h hcrpn q, law, u sill be- extremely
difficult for h, political tool, tp vot" the graveyai'iS
Of Baltimore for Democratic candidate, for Congress
hcrlfirr and. moreover. that II viii not De altogether
Pheasant task Tor i.al'imo' Dem rate r'u-' her
after 20 Oycrrun the counties ot Howard and Anne
Arundel election day and debauch the baothoNco;
80 wonder German ward, ~" bill a, tadlcal .nd M
vloou, ~ the extreme which S."k> 10 deprive the
Maryland Democrat, II one II thcir chief sources Of
| happiuc,- AID pl'a>uIr
tut Gorman +, yorc conservative than Representa-
! tive M,Crary. of NcntucLy Who denounced the pro
proposed legislation unjust and outrageous and
DECLARED regard the bin a- the most dangerous IN.
'roduccc n m" lpu-" AZ I'M session. No measure %
Reconstruction time, va, upn' tsriuuical than tI-.
It. object D, o" etv" Republican majority N the ncN
House. which otherwise would Dee Demo- rattle II f. A
sectional hill which viii tend 10 riot and blvdscd
Colonel McCrcary probably h'- not felt worse since
he wa confined 300 the ohio p"uit"ntiry some years
aro. A representative On part" of the dark and
Bloody grouud7 IL was. of course. proper and appro.
| prl,ie for him 10 suggest that "A law Of tn: United
S,atc- -vIII tend To riot and blood-hcd' Probably
Mr. McCrrnry viii lr sOIry for thdt sentence when he
read II boz cold print lc &, rocd ior III, ralmu'>,
| he viii realize. when h" comes To reflect ul"h inc
! subject that the man In CongIcs, or cl-'"h"re who
suggest uctc- violence against IN" officers charged
with the enforcement Of a Law ot the utfd states
may l-ly drift the uncuvidblr position OF mere
vulgar onepirator and criminal subject to prosecution
aud puuiohinc
yORvIN GREEN AND THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH.
| Washington, June I7.lT. Noryin Green. tho
prc, idcnt Of the Western Union Telegraph Company.
va, time ago requested by the House Commit
tee ON Po,tOfcc, and Postroad, to make statement
in writing He has done in the form Of letter
to the committee. and thl, ha, been printed for the
use Of it, members In it Dr. Green says:
| What Government under the sun ha, ever cstab
ll4LOi postal telegraph WithOut first taking ana pdy
Ing for fair and full valuation. all existing tcie
! rriph propcrtic-. where there were any IN it, do
! min ttONpTunHNt