Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-06-29
THE THIRD DAY
OF THE DEBATE ON THE FEDERAL ELECTION
BILL.
Mr.. McAdOO, of New Jersey, Takes the Floor in Op-
pOsi6on-Mr. Bland and Mr.. McComaS Have
Little WOrdy Set-tO-0therS
Who Participated.

to-day. Mr.. McAdoo, of New Jersey, took
the floor and made vigorous speech in op-
position to the bill. He based his opposi-
ton on the principle of home rule and the
right of the people to control their own
affairs without Federal interference. He
warned the Republicans to beware of the
experience of Walpole when Prime Minis
ter of England. Storm after storm of pro-
test had been made against the excise bill
which was pending in Parliament, but the
minister strong in his belief, that he could
withstand the people, declared he would
not give way to the beggars. But finally
the
WAVE OF INDIGNATION
grew so great that the people besieged par
lament itself, exclaiming Liberty, Lib
erty,n mo excise,n and finally Walpole
was forced to give up the bill, and, to save
his own life go out disguised in cloak,
shouting, Liberty, Liberty IN o excise. y
He begged the Republicans, he abjured
them by their own sense Of manliness, TO
abandon this bill before Il storm went up
for Liberty, Liberty. No interference
with elections
Mr.. Bland, of Missouri, twitted Mr.. Nc
ComaS for having taken away from the
black men of the District of Columbia the
power of local government and suffrage,
and never giving it 10 them again.
This soon resulted in an uproar, on the
floor MIR. Bland and Mr.. McComas shout
ing at the top of their voices, amid the APP
plause Of their colleagues and of the gal
leries.
Mr.. McCOmas declared that when the
gentleman from Missouri stood on this floor
and affected an interest in giving suffrage
to 5000. 900 or l0,000.0O0 black voters of the
District, and when he recalled the fact
that the gentleman during his long service
here had
NEVER RAISED HIS VOICE
in behalf of the eight or ten million of poor
and oppressed black men in this country,
he felt like saying in the language of the
scriptures, "Thou hypocrite; first cast the
beam out of thine own eye
Mr.. Bland denounced Mr.. McComas as
unworthy of confidence, and vehemently
declared that il was he and his colleagues
who were the hypocrites in pretending for
party purposes an unfelt interest in the
negro.
At this point the uproar became so great
that nothing could be heard save the shouts
of the debators and the rapping of the
Speakers gavel.
When quiet was finally restored, MI
Cummings, of New York, spoke against
Ilt Olll. ut DlAl W 10 Il oSNNANhtAi bAN. ~
was more than sectional legislation. II was
race legislation. 1t was a devilish device
aimed at devilish ends. The Republican
party proposed to make the negro chattel
10 be used as convenience whenever
necessary.
After further criticising severally the
provisions of the bill, he clossd with
PROTEST AGAINST THE BILL
as an unjust and tyrannical measure for the
oppression of the people.
MIR. Ewart, of North Carolina (Republi-
CAM opposed the passage OF the bill de
was aware of the penalty he should pay.
Unfortunately, politics had come TO such a
pass that under the rule Of King Caucus
men would vote for measures that deep
down in their hearts they did not believe IN.
They knew deep down in their hearts
that this was az damnable and vi
ciOus a piece of legislation as ever
was put on the statute books. As TO
the negroes political rights, speaking for
his own State, he unhesitatingly asserted
that no Republican in the State, black or
white, was prevented from casting his
vote. The elections there was absolutely
fair
Mr.. Buckalew, of Pennsylvania, believed
the bill to be dangerous in form and tend
ency.
Mr.. ButterwOrth, OF ONO, presented tue
disagreeing conference report on the legls-
lative, executive and judicial appropria-
ton bill. The report was adopted, and the
Honse took recess until o'clock.
At the evening session of the House de-
bate on the Federal Election bill was con-
tinued, and participated in by Messrs.
Baker, of New York; Gambler, of Georgia;
Brosius, of Pennsylvania; Sayers and
Stewart of Texas: Williams, of Ohio;
Kerr. of Iowa: Stockdale and Turner, of
Mississippi. and Dargan, of South Carolina,
and at l $50 the House adjourned.