New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-21

G ercrcnce with hat right for the punishment Of
fraudulent voting and Of intimidation OF voters a ,Hr su
for the trial Of election offenders in National courts
for the punishment Of state election Officers iot mr.,
nrs Of this bin not found in existing law, beside
carefully drawn penal section aEl's i Cur, Shall
decide The question Of the right 10 be placed ON IRE
roll Of the House Of Eepresent41ye. tee' Tss
feIictonsly said in report laid before us rom INC
Other House The only nm TO nc c Ge r ihe House Of
Representatives shall resi- on fraud And murder or on on
the judgment Of court ms hlI ''HA d A., n no
think bribery is generally believed 10 be southern Of
fence. II Is the offence Of large cities OF on n0n
has wholly escaped from IT, Unless ell'niormeH nm
much mistake, there has been a, least one cSe"
where II rained shelIcs even under the very shado"
Of Harvard College
ELECTORAL REFORM IN ENGLAND.
Tho history and satisfactory results Of electoral re-
form in England were reviewed and the judgment Of
ENGLISH statesmen was quoted. Continuing, Mr. lloar
said:
stance Unchanged. except 50 far a. the reconstruction
Of the judicial system has changed the style and urs-
dctlon Of the Judges 1t gives as have ,ye 81 nab, arb
trustworthy than mrsl Are the learned and able
who ador our bench incapable e OF te IuaIoa,
are al stake Cannot republican liberty be pre-
served under the forms Of republic a. well as under
English example to vndiCatc the wisdom Of this
measure. Let IT, enemies praise II. Within year
or two Of the passage Of the Statute 81 and ~ Victoria
Congress passed the act In relation to the election OF
members OF Congress which Is now the law; save
that the present provides that the National
Election Commis subject always to the authority
aud scrutiny of the Circut C9ur1 and 70 the iral
Judgment OF the House. shall make the certificate which
gives title to a place on the Clerks roll II differs
herr for offences bv the election officers themselves
and in careful guerding against excessive fees Other
wise. II Is even more moderate ana con,eVauVc.,
The senate is familiar with the condition OF things
tlo Il.I for he latV Of ~
struggling With Tweed Ne had i%s t 6GaSled th sd
d9d he voting There had been issued in the city
Of New York alone $4,000 fraudulent naturalization
papers all hut aboat $500 purpornG to be issued in
october These papers. large numbers q them being
in blank were scattered BROADCAST over New,I,ort
Naturalization but repeating, false per,onaton ballot
box Stufng. false counting and Other kindred crimes
upon G ,Srse Pe1td cty SSl NC ae more 1 e
10 an honest vote than 20 the calculation Of eclipse
me act OF 10 PrI atei b the 0 eedoH Of memhcrS
Of Congress by statonng at the polls officers II The
Tinted states. lie appointed hy the Circuit Court
who should witness and sclutnize the elections II
nc,dcd but two petitioner, to -ct the act IN motion
in cities or towns Of 10000 inhabitants, and but ten
elsewhere.
After quoting passionate appeals Of Democrats
AGAINST that ac;. Mr. Hoar noted the fact that had
entirely prevented contested elections OF CJnressmen
in Ncw-Yorl, aud quoted the strong testimony Of cN-
secretary whitney and the late ,. >. Cox in favor
Of the law and is administration by the Federal
officers. He continued:
OPERATION OF THE STATUTE or 1870
Tie statute Of $50 was designed specially b affect
cities having a population Of 10000 ~ upward. There
were ninety nine such cities by the census Of l7-o,
ali but twenty-five OF them in the North. The IA"
has bocu enforced in fifty seven o! these cite ~
ihrn, 10 Speak oi I'M 70. Il Sc 't'n' - ~ ,,,,.,
threat, bood,hed like NV SO lend on Alabama.
OF the war. Wa, chcItiag ~ elections an Issue 81
the war; D!d Jackson die. ga Lee 20 tlruIth qua.
hi, c0uniy aud hs love ior h,s state tha' nal,-
hove, michi b.. stu'fci. that naturalLato On papers
meht lc forsc Fat returns nSn1 Oo +. l
wrong upon the authors II this bin - say that u r.
opens the issues Of the war u !, lcn',r .''"'''
Tho necessity for some extension Of the PROVISIONS
Of rc czi-tiur law TO place, where IL has R9I hSrr
clarke 4 Aahona. IN an Garnet sp.rrch against tn
bin in tEe other House teclarc, Ih9 nero VOC
iae rot been wholly frc In NE S"9u, !. s"'u'
precincts IL ha, been kept from the pol. by the DONNA
lion Of the whites, In other' II ias not been ,uhe ~
cast lie goc, on q say That he iilhk t'a uo clH y
narrowing but that the vot" VIII -tll De- suppressed
In ,ome measure: but that elections IN " N"r,h
aud West ar A. bad aud thar IN many h'p"D'''''
Tho Charlcstowu Ncws and Courier, to i'ad,i y
Democratic paper Of the south. hnN asnln and a. am
admitted. sometimes eXcusing. sometimes dcP", 7,
The criminal processes BY which cecurn. naNe u
carried In s0uth Carolina; Henry ""t,rr'on hr
mcrly a Democratic member 81 the Oth,r nou,,c,
Editor Of "The Louisville tonrlcr J,urnAI' I 80
I'M, statement IN an article in " The Forum III an
,rtic,e in Inc Apr humble Of tho " Forum l7t-.
he writes should be Untitled 10 no Fspr', ~ ~
credit II pretended that there ], either = lar l",
or couut Of the vast overflow IN stale, where there
is a negro majority, or that Ia the nature vi '''-'
rhc Governor Of West Virginia. +. Wits Wilson.
,ay, IN hls biennial message to The Lc1,s ,a, a
$50: ~Reproach has been cast upon our s'at' a..
rover before by Illegal fraudulent and corrupt N3t'
in almost every conuty Niihn H. naTv' Tho rend~
ion. ~ i-ei wcrr 1873 522 and the entire vote. hl'l
me mot e-ve Pci',ca c,pAl y, , e1er wcr
and ne vpte ItnAiO. Tho difference IN th" ,tlnh
ton aud The vote IN l--i Wa 1000 III - W., VIZ
I2032 Tn, shows m ncfcas" Oh yoc1 ln i|,r ye'is
Il ai-53 which. u legitimate. would lhdlca" a
population " 100000: and an Increase IN io"r years
81 much more than 100000. IT j. certain tImt ho
ruch increase has taken Il~c.
WHY TIE rLDTION BILL - NOT "FoRCE'
But the decisive testimony IS found IN The reports
Il contested election In the other House From
the XXXVIIIh to- the LIN Congress there have boon
2O7 election contests II the evidence In those case
hall be- pr.eorycd later generations It VIII III tle
hearts u our postcrity with horror and shame Mt rs
picture Of republican government in our day IN
many " the cases the answer is rccrlmnailon rather
tian denial \ majority Of the people nrmiy I f,
,entaiivcs has boon usurPaiion and tt i2r iou u
20 transfer the asccrtainmcnt Of the VIII 81 the p"f
from thcs, prOccs>cs t. the court. We are lcl ~ u'
cry that We arc raising rae i',ue ana tIat IN, !.
a : rec I'LL There vas never more i"ns"teS utter
anco than b. call that Force bill whlch transfer
tire settlement Of great pubic question ron ,m
sbotCrlu 70 the cOurt. unlcss II be that Whlch cd
this bill b promote negro domination or 10 create
race issue. 1hs bill only touches elections ior Con
ere The NEGRO +, I'm large minority IN every
state I'm The Union lut fOTr. In the DAYS OF Re
nuhIican government I'm tl. south with i21 southern
Ecpr.senatycs there never but eight ncerocs n
once In the House, and never but two. In ALL In INC
senate WHIT tendency ha; II 10 put any state
uudeT the dominion Of the African. 10 provide that in
a national assembly b bo forever composed IN pro
nortion al least Of 80 IN l Of men Of the Caucasian
race the vote Of 100000 negroc, shall have In Tho
election their proporonatc weight and 10 more, e
that Of eight time. their number Of white mem
The Board Of Trade Of brunswick Ca, July |
1890 IN resolutions opposing this bill. which they de-
clare are united in by men Of both parties. but say
would b., equally appropriate II they we're all Demo
cratS. 90 10 say
That IL Is the sense OF this body that there Is nc
race problem 10 solve.
That the conduct of elections Is fair and II II were
not the remedy II 1t exists. is In division Of colorcd
men upon honest and patriotic lines Of party differ
ence which Will inevitably result In honest division
upOn the part Of all classes of our people.
Let us take these worthy gentlemen at their word