The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-23
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Piard TO Keep a Quorum-yoorhees on
Election Frauds.

WASHINGTON CRY, Dec. PIN the Sem
ate the small attendance attracted the at
tention of the Democrats, and Harris de-
manded call of the roll As twelve less
than quorum responded to the call, the
sergeant-at-arms was directed to request
the presence of the absent members. In
the course of half an hour quorum ap-
peared.
The bill to establish a record and pen
sion Office in the war department was
passed.
The conference report on the Sioux
reservation bill was adopted.
The bill TO authorize the construction of
a building at Stockton, Cal, as agreed
upon in conference, was left as it came
from the House, which struck out the
clause making an appropriation.
Cullom, by request, introduced bill to
incorporate the Pan-American Trans
portation Company; referred.
HoaI gave notice that he would at 80
this afternoon ask a Senate recess until 8
o'clock.
The house amendment to the Senate
amendment TO the urgent deficiency bill,
striking out the appropriation for the pay
OF the clerks of fsenators, was non-concurred
in.
The discussion Of the elections bill was
resumed, Higgins taking the door. Com
mentlng on Stewart's opposition to the
bill, he said that the senator's objections
were not that it had faults, but that it did
not have faults. He discussed at great
length the management of elections in va
nous states to show the necessity for the
reform proposed in the pending measure.
As to the claims of Southern senators that
they could not endure negro domina-
ls1fs
day when the Southern white leaders could
not have had the hearty support and fol-
lowing of the black man of the South for
the asking. He had always considered
that one great service the Democratic party
had rendered, was its corralling and bring
ing into its fold all the people who were
least htted to discharge the functions of
American citizens; and why, he asked. had
not the Southern white Democrats done
the same with the blacks
Reagan replied that the reason was that
IN the reconstruction period the carpet
baggers made the blacks believe the
whites were their enemies and arrayed the
blacks in an oath-bound league 10 vote the
Republican ticket.
Higgins denied that the problem of man.
hood suffrage ever had chance at the
necessary and just. Ii would bring no
more violence than the present law. If it
dld the senators could not help it. They
could not take the responsibility of refus-
ms, to do right because others would do
Hrong.
Voorhees, opposed the bill. The open
ing part OF his speech consisted of criti-
clsm OF President Harrison for that por-
ton of his message 10 congress urging the
passage of the elections bill. Ii Mr.. Harri-
son, he said, should undertake to put on
the stage A School for Hypocrisy, - he
could not do better than dramatize that
portion of his message that related to fair
and honest elections. The rank corruption
of the election of 1858 was resting
folded away in ''blocks of FIVE, /" and was
still fresh and carefully preserved in the
minds of the American people Voorhees,
charged that within sixty days after the
incoming of the present administration,
an extensive, powerful and corrupt con-
splracy was formed to import certain
class Of voters from distant parts of the
country into Indiana, West Virginia and
connecticut in order to secure majorities
IN those states for the Republican ticket
in 1S93 Proof of it had been published in
the New York World on the 4th of October
last, including a letter from Huston. treas
urer OF the United States. 10 Mr. Lindsay,
author. Of the plan, declaring
himself heartily IN favor of
the scheme" and saying he
would SPEAK u the president about II. IL
was painful, Voorhees, remarked, TO reflect
that the man who knew Benjamin Harri-
son better than any other man IN public
life. and who had carried him and his for
tunes through the stormy and corrupt
campaign Of 1855 in Indiana. felt himself
warranted in submitting Tor his consider
alton and approval q corrupt project for
the overthrow Of honest resident maiori-
ties by the shameless colonization of black
voters from the South, yet that man Hrs-
ton retained his high office aud had met
with no rebuke. The names of Dud-
ley and Quay having been introduced
n connection with this scheme, Voorhees,
said he took no pleasure In commenting
upon the names connected with that con-
spiracy, but he woald not remain silent
when even the most exalted dignitaries of
the government we're found conspiring
plotting and hurToWing amid nlth and
corruption 10 overthrow the rightful ma
JoTlry in Indiana, and 10 place her people
under the rule of the lowest negro element
that could be brought and imported from
the South.
Voorhees, went on 70 read letters from
Quay and from some Republican represen-
fatlves from Indiana, approving Of the
colonization plan. as well as correspond
ence between Lindsay and his co-worker in
the enterprise. Whitehead. Of North Caro-
lima. giving some of the points of the plan
and suggesting shat ssfge of the 500 ne
grOes from North Carolina I've placed in In
diana. IN one OF the earliest episties of
Tip3S4-r y, HE Sss4 N-r-.1..s.s,