Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-04
A Member Of His Own Party Makes the
OnsIaught-Yesterday Sensation
in the House.
Especial telegram to the Dispa,ch.I

sion that Federal election law should be
enacted. He made fiery attack upon the
senators who have been opposed 70 the
Lodge bill. For himself. confident IN the
doctrines OF the Republican party, fully
committed 10 the principles of that party,
he must forever dissent from the cowardly
surrender which hauls down the flag and
strikes the coiors Of the Republican party
20 defeated foe.
MIR. KENNEDY CRATES.
Continuing. be said: Speaking tor my
self. shall nail the banner Of the Republ-
can party at the masthead with the doc
trine which has become inseparable from |
the history of ITS existence, and which de- |
mands protection Of the humblest cltlzen /
in the right TO an honest ballot and protec-
ton of life and property, and stand ready |
10 defend that doctrine 10 the last"
TIE FORCE BILL KILLED BY REPUBLICANS.
That the election bill has been killed by |
Republicans or pretended Republicans is |
true. Without far treatment Dlll whlch |
the House Of Representatives SAID lmpera- |
tivelv was demanded for the preservation |
OF its own honor and for the safety and |
stability of its honor and for the protec-
ton of the whole country against outrage |
and intimidation and violence Ii delib- |
erately put aside without hearing ana |
without opportunity OF consideration;
When before, III all the past history or |
lberately put upon the other the marx OF
its derision and contemptI
PRETTY ROUGH TALK.
Consideration of this measure was de- !
manded bv every sense of decency and
honor. 1t was demanded by the House OF
Representatives that its floor might be
purged of those who are enabled to enter
by reason of violence and murder.
GOING FOR THE SENATE.
The Senate of .he United States will
| learn that there is bar of public opinion,
| and that at that bar II Is now beng trled:
| To have been senator in the DAYS OF
| Webster and Clay and Calhoun was TO have
| been part Of a body that won and held the
| admiration of the people North and South:
| To have been a senator III the days OF
| Wade and Fessenden and Crittenden was
| TO have been associated with men whose
| sense of honor would have scOrned the
purchase Of a seat and would have Denied
! companiOnship to one whose name was
furnished 10y even the suspicion oI MANY
| or corruption. If the Roman tOga had
| been bedraggled in the filth and mire OF
| centuries, surely the cloak of senatorial
| courtesy has been used TO hide the lniany
and corruption which has dlshonored and
! disgraced body which was once the
proudest in the land
| TOUCHING THE SENATORIAL ToGA.
The cloak of senatorial courtesy has be
come stencil in the nostrils and a by
word in the mouths Of all the honest clti,
| zens of the land. II makes cloak behind
which ignorant and arrogant wealth can
purchase its way TO power, and then hlde
| It's cowardly head behind the shameless
protection OF senatorial silence" IL
| means a cloak which shall cover mp from
the public gaze Of an outraged people ID,
| famies which demand investigation ana
/ 4 al nah a
broken laws and violated statutes. IL
means a cloak behind which petty party
bickerers may barter away party's prin,
| ciples and plav the demagogue in the face OF
! the people. Ii means cloak behind which
pretended fairness hides is dishonest
| head while in secret II Is trading ana trat-
ticking in the rights and liberties OF the
people. II means a cloak under which the
| tlmid and cowardly politician can cover
up his tracks and be either foul OF fair as
necessity demands.
SENATORIAL COURTESY MUST BE GONE.
The hour for senatorial courtesy has
passed. The old-fashioned team Of sena-
| torial progress must give way 10 the motor
OF n more enlightened and progressive and
determined age. Let the old ana thread
bare cloak of senatorial courtesy be hung
up with the sickle and the fail OF bygone
days"
| HFTFITNGTS TO REPUBLICAN JlDASLn.
Referring to the betrayal OF Christ by
Judas, Mr.. Kennedy said: II 1t was meet
and fitting that Judas should be paid thirty
| marks of silver IL was still part OF the
| eternal fitness Of things that having been
| ruilty of the basest crime of all centuries
he should 90 out end hang himself. His
tory ia repeating itself. The great party
of The Republicans having lived for thir-
tv-fve wears has never yet assisted IN rivet;;
ing the shackles upon a human beng ana
now when II was TO be expected tnat II
would redeem its pledges and be faithful
TO its history ~ Is about 10 prove talse, anu
its oft-repeated promises are not to be re-
deemed. IL comes victorious from every
field and if II fails now i finds III ITS own
party those who are faithless to the trust
reposed in them. II il IS to be cruclhed IL
is only because its chosen leaders nave par,
tered away its principles for the tricks and
nettv schemes Of politicians. The Judas
Iscariot of 1900 years ago is TO ma
counterpart in the Judas Iscarlot OF
to-day"
! oUAY THE REPUBLICAN JUDAS IscARIor.
Judas. who took the thirty pieces OF
silver and went and hanged himself, mas
left an example for the Matt Quays that Is
well worthy of their imitation. Some Tune
since ] stood up in my place on tins moor
and denounced the Senator from my, native
|
ruption and branded with infamy, he ana
not rise in his seat and demand investiga-
tiop and inquiry that should establish the
purity of his actions and his personal
honor.
one other, occupying a high place in
the councils of the party TO winch
belong, has suffered himself, month
in and month out, TO DE cn"rseu
with crimes and misdemeanors Tor
which if guilty he should have been
condemned under the laws Of this state
and have had meted out TO him the tnllest
measure of its punishment. This man Is
Republican. Shall l now remain silent
Is il lust and honest TO remain III my seaI
silent because one who Is accused OF
crimes and refuses to seek for vindication
is Republican, and that Republican the
recopnized leader of my party? Nelther
decencv nor honor would permit me 10
do SO.
PIERCE pENUScIATIoS OF QUAY.
| do not know whether the charges made
against the Chairman OF the National ne
publican Committee are true or false, Dut
do know that they have oeen mace py
Journals of character and standing again
and again. and do know thaL IN tne i ino9
of those charges Matt Quay has renamed
silent and has neither sought nor at
tempted 10 seek opportunity 10 Vlndlcate
himself of them. do know that as great
Republican leader he owed 1t to the great
p party at whose head he was either TO
b brand them as infames or to prove thelrr
falsitv or he owed il TO that party 10 stand
t aside from its leadership, He has not
done either. and for this denounce him.
QUAY BRANDED CRIMINAL"
The Republican party cannot ahord 20
follow the lead OF branded criminal. lie
a has failed to Justify himself, though oppor-
! hpen
!. He remains silent. His silence under such
circumstances is a confession OF guilt. An
6 honorable man does not long daily when
5 his honor is assailed. He has DELAYED to9
/ long to justify belief in his innocence, and
r he stands convicted criminal before the
bar of public opinion. Under such cir
= cumstances he should be driven from the
i head OF the party. whose very iiie MS pres
. ence imperils. The Republican party
v has done enough for its pretended leader
d Let him be relegated to the rear.
QUESTION OF THE LIFE OF THE PATTY.