Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-06-30
The Federal Election Bill Raises a
Breeze in the House.

The House went into committee Of the
whole on the federal election bill.
McAdoo of New Jersey, made q vigorous
speech in opposition to the bill.
McComss of Maryland, reviewed the vs.
rious election contest, during the present
Congress. to show the necessity for the
passage of such a law. lie supported the
bill At some length.
McComas having declared that the pro
rision that the inspectors m,ls be taken
from any part OF the congressional district
was nothing new in South Carolina, Till
man replied that the law required the in
spectors to belong To The same precinct OF
which they were inspectors.
Rowell said that not only had supervisors
not belonged to even the same county. bu,
had been taken from one congressional dis
trict to serve in another at the last election.
Where is the lawf Where i.
the law; There has never been such Law
in force in any State.
McComas-All the democrats of South
Carolina are rot like my friend All Of
them do not go out and irquire where is the
lsw. Thy only look Tor the results
South Carolina has law, and sought to
perpetu,te the old oligarchy of the State in
power. ard make it a parician white man 5
government.
Tilman rejoiced that this was rot true
and declared the election law in South
Carolina was just nov what it had been
since the revolutionary war. The republi-
cans now proposed to put the people down
by the bluecoats and the bayonet
McComa, declared that there was not a
bluecost feature in the bill. 1t appealed
Simply to the courts.
1ilman-It proposes to put the Judi
ciary above the State legislature, hose SUI
preme authority his always been q PROPOSE
ton above dispute.
MeComas- When the Legislative power
lakes from the people the inherent power
of local self-control, il is time to invoke
some power under the Constitution thai
will stand between the Vaccinations OF
legislatures and the rights of the plain and
humble people. and leave them free
Tillmsn-You would take away the power
from the people and put il in the hands OF
one man. Do not take to yourselves s1y
iiatterng JUNCTION that local quarrel among
Democrats in South Carolina means revolt
against the Democratic party.
AeComas--l have no doubt that the
rtibbkt IpNtI All lbht othtc v III
pu, down the uprising in the end. do not
take any fsttering JUNCTION that the black
man will get his rights in South Carolina if
the State be left alone.
Tillman mly)-Evsry decent white
man in South Carolina is q Democra,
Loud applause.
Continuing. McComas went on to "a,
that the result of the suppression of the
black man in the South had been the de-
morslization Of State governments, a. VA.
shown in the large number Of defaulters
Voters hsd to cast their ballots for bad
men, because they wanted TO keep the
blacks down. The triumph of the white
mans party in the South meant the control.
not only of the State but of the national
1 legislature. Against tissue ballots. sgains,
false counting. sg.inst night raiders. against
the shotgun policy, against intimidation.
the republicans array the dignity of ths
courts, the ma ajes'y of the law. the powers
nf the constitution, TO assure justice to ali
mau, white or black, in this country. Loud
applause.
| Bland Of Missouri twittsd McComa. for
having taken away from the black men o:
/ the d s;rics Of Columbia the porer of local
I
ing it to the nj again. This soon resulted
/ in an uproar on the floor. Bland and Nc
[ Comas shouted at the tops Of their voice.,
amid the applause of their colleagues and
I of the galleries.
AcComas declsred that. when the gentle
n an from Missouri stood on ,hi. floor ar,
/ affected an interest in giving suffrage "a
seCo or 10 Ooo black voters Of the District
and when b. recalled the fact that the gen.
tleman. during his long service here, had
never raised his voice in behalf Of the
S 90 COO or 10000 600 of poor and de
pressed black men in this country, he fell
like saving. in the language of the script
urs., Thou hypocrite, first cast the bean
cut of thine own eye"
Blard denounced McCormas a. unxorth,
of confidence. and vshemently denounceC
that it vas he snd his colleagues who wer,
the hypocrites in pretending for party puf
poses an unfelt interest in the negro.
At this point the uproar became - grea
that nothing could be heard save the com
mingled shouts of the debaters and the rao
ping of the Speakers sayel.
McCouas' time in the meanwhile had
expired, but, amid cries Of regular order
he mansged to make the state mens that th.
black men in his district we're treated lik.
the shires. ard he appealed to the peop!,
of the South to treat the blacks and white,
alike.
Breckenridge of Kentucky. When qaie
vas finally restored. requested the Speake
TO see that quiss vas obssrvei in the "a:
ieriss.
; Milliksn of Msine, suggested that thos
On the floor should set the galleries the e1
ample,
I Pstefs (in the chair adnon;shed the &C