The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-10

any election, to be cithor conducted or
controlled by Mcclure, could be fair and
honest. would laugh in tho face of him
who said it, and would say that such u
thing would be an impossibility.
At the conclusion of MIR. Berrys speech.
MIR. Aldiich end ,lvored to secure immo-
date action upon tho tobacco rebate
bill, but upon MIR. Plumb's objection the
matter went over.
The debate on the election bill was
resumed, and Mr.. Daniel addressed the
Senate In oppc ton to it. lie quoted
from Mr. lioar speech of last August,
that The bill struck at the North as well
rs the south. and also recitcd the motto
placed ut the oad of that speech, shall
we keep faitn with the peoplc?r and
said tnat wh> Their sincere or not. that
was !; striking battle crT.
The people had read that spcoch and
had answered it, All Of the thirteen
original States had upon it Che fiat of
their condemnation. The State az
Massachusetts. at which he struck, l..
distrust Of it. iVcai Offices and it's time
lonored customs. haze -,iven him its an
sWer. arr. did not wonder that tue
- nate" from massachusetts, should be
so inn Utlcnt by SON, method or orther
to get tho cJrps, taken from the
pres enc Of tn, senate. The cold fingers
dying ii.s Of sectional hate. The Scn;l-
tor illo',. had -. ciaimed hi, pur, so
to have tbs blil strike ut tho North as
Mell as - tho South and the North had
taken im Ut his word and had over
ruled n a., and TO nm he (Daniclj said
now: "Hhall you keep faith with the
American people, or will you play tine
part of the desperate gambler who.
having played for higher stake and
lost, prefers TO kick the fable over,
hlow out the lights and grab the stake
before the man who has won i; can
interrupt the proceedings.
II tho Senator proposed to snap his
fingers in the face Of that express.
emphatic, resembling condemnation, let
i'm DO so, but let him net insult the
reason or common sense by askirg the
question. Shall we keep faith with the
peoples" The Senator had not always
oppressed the high condolences in the
Judiciary which lie now profcsScd. lie
had made the speech in the Senate in
which he said that he had seen four
United States Judges forced to resign
thcir Offices iii order to escape the i'm
parchment.
After quoting somewhat extensively
from this speech, MIR. Daniel expressed
mis- regret that MIR. Hoar had vacated
his scat since he UDanicD had COM
lncnced to hold up Mr.. Tioars assault
on the judiciary rs being an unsafe Gus
todlan of the peoples liberties. The
Senator might continue to absent him
self from his seat, and might not care
to have his doctrines repeated in his
presence, but he (DanielS would point
ou1 10 the few Senators who did him the
honor to listen to him that to-day the
Senator from Massachusetts stood be-
fora The American people in that very
attitude which he had condemned in his
speech
Referring to tho uncertainty OF what
the report OF committee really WAS
Mr. Daniel characterized the bill as the
worst botched legislative Job that he
hau ever seen cmanating from Il COM
mlttee; and he said that the committee
on privileges and election ought to be
glad TO be pernitttd to take it back and
not send lit to the breathing world
scarce half made up" The presiding
genius of this bill, who was instigating
and nursing it. had received no ailusion
from the Senator from Massachusetts
save OF compliment, and yet he ODanicD
mad in his hand Il Legislative record
thc report of the committee of the
House Of Representatives, consisting of
Messrs. lynd, Forncy and Frye, from
which he deduced the conclusion that
BaNtn port was not ii man worthy to he
supervisor OF elections, but that he was
lu:t the kind of nj? n to whom the pro
motors and sponstcrS of the bill wanted
To i0fn over the sutfrages. rights and
privileges of the American people
Drice sought the floor to make an OK
PLANTATION stating that he had not signed
the report. but Mr.. Daniel declined to
Weld for shat purpose. IIcquotcd from
law report to show that Judge I;lach-
lord had condemned tho action OF Da-
vcnpcrt, but had declined to remove him
the oiicnse that no had committed
Was (Mr Daniel said) tcrrorizing and
lntimidnting the American citizens and
compc ing them To surrender their nat
raNa: ION certificates. who. he asked.
demanded the passage of the bill? Not
the tanners OF the country. for in thcir
convention at Ocala. Florida thsy had
Just protested unanimously against it:
moi 3hc colorcd people Of the South, for
they had, through their various repro
sentative bodies, declared tina. they did
not wish the bill to bo passed because ii
would disturb kindly relations that time
was establishing between the races.
lie closed his speech with the dccla-
ration that the language which the
American people speak is the only ono
chat has in it the word ..sclf govern
mem but chat, when this bill shall he
come law, the dictionaries should BE-
amended, and the word '.sclf govern
rncnt' should be erased from the vccab-
nlary which had no longer the institu-
lions OF liberty to which it applied, zap
planse in the gallery. Mr.. George OBJ
tanned tho floor. Mr.. Butler gave no
tlce OF an amendment to tho bill pro-
vldlng that the supervisors, canvasscrs.
AND all election officers be regarded as
ininisterial and not as judicial officers