Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-07-05
Views of Prominent Speakers on the
Election Bill

Views of Prominent Speakers on tn.
| Election Bill.
New YORK, July 4th.-Tammany Hal
had big celebration to-day, and isrg.
audience attended the exercises. The frs
| speaker of the day was Congressman
| Bynum of Indiana, whose chief glory is
| that he received a censure by the Republi.
can Speaker of the House of Representa-.
| tives.
The founders of the nation, said Mr.
Bynum, did not believe majority, how.
ever large, had right to deprive the
| minority, however small, of its natural
rights. 1t had right to govern, but only
with due regard to the rights of the minor
| ity. Never in the life of the nation has
such a deadly thrust at its liberty been
made as in the passage of the Fedreal elec-
ton bill. This law was not intended for
the South alone. 1t was intended for New
York and Indiana. Not satisfied with the
| unseating of honestly. elected members of
the House, the Republicans devised this
scheme to enable them TO count out the
Democrats before they could take their
seats. With voice. with pen, with sword,
the people should rise in their might and
prevent the enactment of such law.
Congressman Crisp of Georgia said the
Republicans sought by exciting prejudice
against the South. by assailing it with
ISLANDERS, to secure the passage of the bill,
but having made it law they would soon
turn it against New York, being ready to
do anything TO retain power.
Letters of regret were received from ex-
President Cleveland, Governor Hill and a
number of other Democratic Governors,
Senators and Congressman. The letters
from Messrs. Cleveland and Hill were fol.
flowed by loud applause and three cheers
for each. Then came number of short
talks by prominent gentlemen.
Governor Beggs of Delaware, referring to
the election bill, said he believed in letting
the colored man have his rights, but not
the white mans rights, too. This is white
mans Government, and he believed in sup
porting his own race.
Congressman Springer said the election
bill was an assault upon the liberties of the
people. and the day was not far distant
when the people may be called upon to
make new declaration of independence.
Congressman Mcmillan of Tennessee.
Allen of Mississippi. Kerr of PENNSYLVANIA,
Yoder of Ohio ana Manser of Missouri also
spoke.
A resolution was unanimously adopted
declaring that mass-meetings should be
called throughout the country to denounce
the Federal election bill, protest against
its passage by the Senate.
Ex-President Cleveland, in his letter,
said: The opportunities and temperatures
of presented partisanship have brought US
to time when party control is far too
arrogant when in public places. The tue
interests of the people are too lightly con-
sidered in this predicament. Those who
love their country may well remember
with comfort and satisfaction on Inde-
pendence Day that the disposition of the
American people TO revolt against NAL
administration still remains to them,
and is badge of their freedom
and independence, as well as their security
for continued prosperity and happiness.
They will not revolt against their plan of
government, for its protection and preser-
walton supply every inspiration of true
Americanism. But because they are free
and independent American citizens, they
will. as long as their love and veneration
| for their government shall last, revolt
| against the domination of any political
party which is intrusted with power and
sordidly seeks only its continuance, and
| which, faithlessly violating its plain and
simple duty to the people, insults them
| with professions of disinterested solicita-
| ton, while it eats out their substance.
And yet with all this we should not, in
blind security, deny the existence of the
danger. The masses OF our countrymep
are brave, and therefore generous; they are
strong, and therefore confident, and they
are honest, and therefore unsupecting. Our
peril lies In the ease with which they may
be deluded and cajoled by those who would
traffic with their interests. No occasion is
more opportune than the celebration on
the one hundred and fourteenth anniver-
sary of American independence to warn
| the American people of the present neces-
sity on their part of vigilant watchfulness
of their rights and Jealous exaction OF an
honest and unselfish performance of public
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