Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-16
CONGRESSIONAL.
-, o,urrANp VANCE AGAINST THE
FORCE BILL.
ms and the Constitution Also
Brousb, to Bear Against the i"'q'
Yankee Monuments Galore.
rBy telegraph tc the Dispa'ch.l
WASHINGTON, December To- 1890

Senate
The Senate met at 10 O'clock tniS
morning. About dozen senators were
present. ,ho rud;
ciarv Committee was granted leave to si'
during sessions OF the Senate.
The presiding officer stated tha' the
regular order of business was the con-
sideration Of the calendar.
THE DoLPH RESOLUTION.
Mir. Morgan inquired what had become
of the Dolph resolution. -, A., :.
The presiding officer replied tna' IL
was subject to he called up.
Mr.. Morgan said that Mr.. Dolph na''
in his speech made some Statements
which sbould be replied to. lie Nor
CAM did not desire to call up the resoiu-
tion but this was the second day thaV
the Senator from Oregon had peen ao-
sent. and If the gentleman was not pres 81
ent tomorrow he (Morgan) wouid Gull
up the resolution. o1on-
Mr.. Edmunds presented the creuen-
tials of election of his colleague JuS'iH
s. Morrill,. Laid on the table.
REPAIR OF OLD FORT MARION.
On motion of Mr.. Call the bill was
passod appropriating $40, 600 for the re-
pair of Fort Marion, st. Augustine, + Ia.
The bill subjecting oleomargaarlne 10
tbo oneration of State laws, the Pad,
dock pure-food bill, and the Conger laru
bill having came up in their order were
laid aside without prejudice at the re-
quest of Mr.. Farwell.
AGAIN AFTER DAvRNPoBT.
Mr. Morgan offered resolution call
inn on the Secretary of the Treasury 1or
information as TO the claims for compen,
sotion of John |. Davenport as Ohlei
Snneryisor. when the bills were presented
for allowance and when PAID alS0' lh'
formation as TO what payments nave
baen made out of the Treasury Tor the
fees on services OF Davenport as Circul'
Court Commissioner. Mr.. Hoar oOJcoV'
ing. the resolution went over.
coLourrr AGAINST THE BAYoNEr BILL
The Senate then proceeded to the con
alteration Of the elections bill, the nooi
being taken by Mr.. Colquitt.
After referring to the material pros
noritv andadvance Of the country during
the past century Mr.. Colquitt drew,
BRIGHT pictnre of the future, when the
nation would be limited only by. boun
dories of North America and when II
would contain a population OF 6OO,OOO,'
600. But this picture had oarh sue 81,
Would the country develop into ano5hel
hinge China? Under the iron tread Q. o.
corporate power and gigantic wealth
would we drift back into the monarchlca
re0jne with but semblance OF Tree
dom &? Our dangers we're all internal
The country was threatened with th'
noverful influence Of an extended plu
tocracy. While all the people OF th'
United States spoke the same Language
the race question which was presence
was full of more intricacies than the SAME
question presented in Europe.
AN APPEAL FOR UNITY.
He made an earnest appeal for th'
abolition of sectionalism, to unite INT
sections on all matters OF the country
interest. and remit to the people and The
States all power not delegated to th'
General Government by the Constltu
ton. He characterized the elections bll
as a complicated and misunderstanding
system OF political machinery. 1t ere
ated an irresponsible power unknown z
tbe Constitution. 1t confounded all tn
departments OF the Government. 1t con
verted merely ministerial powers int
executive and judicial functions. 1t ere
ated swarms of petty Offices. 1t appro
priated millions out of the public Urea
snrv for the creation Of q corruption
fnnd in the form of larger fees and sala
ries. 1t was a scheme to take possession
Of the southern States and subject then
by indirectIon and false pretences AM
diguises to negro ascendancy and part
despotism. 1t was ascheme to take pos
session of the whole election machinery
canvass the districts, and to whoop u
reluctant voters. Could sectional fanatl
cism, he asked, go further?
STATES PROPERTY CoMMo
CARE.
The rights and well-being OF ever
State in the Union should, Mr.. Colqui'
said, be common care. The party
press. or individual that sowed dlscoor
should meet with the seyerest reprobi
ton. And yet honored and inhuenti'
men in the Republican party were see
continuing to pursue the game OF do
traction and evaporation. 1t surpas
ed human belief-as it surpassed a
human folly and wickedness-to SUI
pose that men claiming to be patron
and statesmen could hope to advance
to save tho Government under IL
guidance OF such a mischievous spin
Ii the philanthropic patroits who stoo
with ga FOOLS Grand" In one hand an
a bludgeon in the other, for the nurtul
l and admonition of the South, woul
keep cool enough to think OF II
amount of human nature there was
, its people they would soon realize u
!. fact that kind words would start mo-
tears and draw more good resolves fro
them than all the gibes and denunci
tons that truculent uncharltablene
: ever uttered.
ABRoApER NATIONALITY NEEDED.
= What we needed was closer union,
r broader nationality, aud what was term'
, in classic phrase: Idem SeIatentiam
Republioue. He believed that tn
would come. He would not despair
: the future. He did not despair of vi
s Messing the time when the South won
no longer be victim of vituperatioI
a and when the spirit Of the North and Il
spirit of the South, in mystic unto
would join the reverent exclamation
son how beautiful are Thy tabern
Giles. What people at last Is like un
Thee ?"
LAW AND CONSTITUTION AGAINST THE Bill
Mr.. Wilson, of Maryland, made
legal and constitutional argumel
: against the elections bill. II thisrevol
: tionary bill, he said, should become
fo,r - would anriD - from an inter fO