The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-28
In the House.

| WASHINGTON, June 81. = Dockery, of
Missouri, made a motion to reconsider the
vote by which the postal clerks leave bill
was passed yesterday. He had been in
formed yesterday by the gentleman who
called up the bill (ketchum, of New York; /,
that it did not involve an appropriation,
whereas he now learned that it would IN
volve an expenditure of Sl16,0OO AS
ketchum was not present Dockery was
permitted by unanimous consent to enter
his motion leaving it pending for the pre-
sent. Consideration of the election bill
was resumed, Haugen, of Wisconsin, ad-
dressing the Honse in support. The bill
was further discussed by Covert, of New
York, and Flower, of New York in opposi-
ton to it.
Smyser, of Ohio, said the cry of the south
was that 1t wanted TO be left alone to work
out its own destiny. That had been tried
| for fifteen years and he protested against
! 1t seeking to work out the salvation of the
north on the same line. What the south
wanted was to be let alone to appropriate
the negro's rights and do with the black
man as it pleased. He protested against
| that
VauX, of Pennsylvania, said the bill vir-
tually overturned the constitution and de-
stroyed our form of government. This bill
made slaves of men to federal office hold
ers. Our forefathurs brought on the revo-
lutionary war and separated from Great
Britain because they did not believe in tax
atlon without representation. He warned
| Congress that the time might come when
| legislation depriving the people of repre-
sentatlon would drive them to another re-
volt for the same principle. Loud Demo
cratic applause.
Kennedy, of Ohio, said it was idle to say
the majority had ruled in this country and
the fact was splendid illustration of the
| patience and forbearance of the people
when it was considered that the ballot box
| had been trampled under foot for the pur-
pose of defeating the majority of the peo-
pie IN the exercise of a constitutional right.
All pretenSe that Grover Cleveland was
elected by majority was subject to the
further statement that at the election a
large number of qualified voters who would
have cast ballots against him were not
| permitted to do so. The constitution was
mandatory in requiring a reduction of rep
resentatives of the states which permitted
| the rights of citizens to vote to be unlaw-
fully abridged. When the apportion1nent
was made under the new census it was
the duty OF Congress to make this reduc-
ton in case these southern states persisted
| in deprlving their citizens of the right of
| suffrage. If the ignorant black man is un-
worthy to exercise the right of suffrage,
lou Hlih uO SGlAChcu lIOAH tllc llSU as not en-
titled to representation and with him let
the ignorant white man be stricken from
the list also. If ignorance is the rock of
danger, let US erect light houses OF popular
education.
AT this point the conference report on
the legislative appropriation bill was con-
sidered and a further conference ordered
on some minor points. The speaker an
nounced the appointment of Conger, Walker
and Bland as conferees on the silver bill
Orders were entered setting apart Satur-
day and Monday nights for debates on the
election bill. The House then took recess
The House at its evening session passed
los private pension bills and at 10 80 p. m.
adjourned.