The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-02
MATT QUAY'S PLAN
For Continuing the Control of
the Government
IN THE HANDS OF REPUBLICANS.
Southern Representation VIII be Reduced by
emitting Negroes From the Census
1t is Damnable Scheme.


PITTsBURG, May Mot until yesterday
was it disclosed that during the hours of
revelry political secrets were revealed.
The Americans club is emphatically Quay
organization, but numbers among its mem
bers not few adherents of Chris Magee.
1t was with one of these faithful followers
of Magee, though some other persons were
rotary and factotum of the chairman of the
national Republican committee, became in
VOWED in a lively argument some time after
the close of the banquet proper, in which
the conversation naturally drifted upon
Quay's leadership of the party. Then the
Magee man became indignant. He loudly
proclaimed that Quay had sacrificed the
organization for the sake of the November
victory; that the coming House of Repre-
sentatives would surely be overwhelln-
ingly Democratic and that foreseeing the
signs of the disaster the chairman was, &C
cordlng to common report, getting ready to
resign.
"Don't fool YOURSELF responded Leach,
in half angry, half plying tone. "That
meeting of the Republican committee on
May is called for different purpose
than the acceptance of Quay's resignation.
1t is called to take official action upon plans
which have been perfected by Quay, and
some of them are already well under way
and promise to insure the permanent con-
troll OF all branches of the government to
the Republican party.n
Leach stopped moment and then alb
ruptly asked his companion: "Who is tax
ing this census anyways"
SsRObprt p porter ap5 hic assistants
suppose" was the somewhat surprised
answer.
Eyes, and you can just bet that it will be
taken right was the reply sWhat do
you suppose Quay spent all those weeks in
Florida for. For fishing? Well, hardly.
Let me tell you," and here his voice became
at once emphatic and mysterious, "a south
ern negro will have to be very conspicuous
to be counted in the census this year.n
What do you mean?'
Just what say. The census enumera-
tors will discover very few southern ne
groes this year. The negroes will not kick
and nobody else will be allowed to. You
can see In a moment the result of this. We
expect to have the census completed byJune
20 Thanks to an amendment to the laws
on the subject proposed by Sunset Cox,
the certificate Of Superintendent Porter is
the basis that Congress will use to take ac-
ton for new apportionment.
'By our system of counting,n continued
the speaker, growing more and more en-
| thuslastic, I'VE expect the southern states
to lose at least eighteen or twenty Repre-
| Sentatlves. If the negro is not counted al
the polls he shall not be in the census. The
northwestern states will gain in Just abou,
the proportion that the southern ones will
lose. Minnesota will get three or -four
more Congressman, and Kansas and Ne
hrsnc .1- Arsr,t,., l1lf
| speak OF the DakotaS and the rest of them. !,
but can such action be forced through
Congress at the eleventh hour against all
| precedent!" exclaimed his listener in as
| tOniShment
cit can, and easily, too. You see
this is not a hasty scheme. 1t was de-
! cided upon as soon as it was found that the
Democrats would redistrict Ohio The
| McComas nti-gerrymandering bill will
not be passed 1t does not cover the ext
| gencies of the case. There is need fol-
more radical action. Everything that has
| been done in Congress so far has been a
part OF one great plan. With Reed and his
| rules we now have the House in such
shape that any measure can be rushed
through whenever and in as short time
| as may be necessary"
1.-THE Senate has still to be fixed, and
| that is why Chandler introduced his reso-
luton for the new rules many days ago
Morton has gone away and will not be back
until the battle is over. With Ingalls, in
| the chair and the improved rules in force
| the measure can be rushed through if the
Republicans are solid. Right there is the
only stumbling-block," exclaimed Leach
''There are always few old grannies in
the Senate like Edmunds, Blair and Eyarts
who kick at everything that is not done
according to precedent and tradition. But
| they must be pulled into line; the salvation
of the party demands it. The apportion
ment bill is not all of the plan, however
Special sessions of the legislature in Ger
tain states will be called under direction:
from the national committee tC
redlstrict for congressional purposes 81
as to make the most of the increased oppor
tunities. 1t will be of no use for the Dem
ocrats to attempt to follow this line of ac
ton, for, with the exception of one or two
states, they will find decided decrease
and not an increase, to deal with. Now
asked the speaker triumphantly, s'what d.
| you think about the next Congress! O.
course the same situation applies to the
electoral votes.''
This is the substance of the conversation
given in almost the language used Sum
med up,it means apparently that the censu!
enumerators are to be blind in the soutl
and see double in the northwest Th,
census is to be completed in a shorter tim,
than ever before and the new apportion
ment rushed through Congress immedi
ately thereafter. The Republican commit
tee meeting of May is called to duly au
thorize this course, so that any kickers il
either branch OF Congress may be forcet
into line by liberal use of the party whip
A Congressional Election Bill.
| WASHINGTON, May 1.-Representativ