The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-27
YESTERDAY IN c..

WARRINGTON, June 26.-Among IT,
reported from the committees and pls
on the calendar, was the house bill author
izing the secretary of the interior to sub
NIT to congress proposals for the sale of the
western part of the Grow Indian reservation
in Montana.
The house bill for the admission of Wyo-
ming as state was taken up. Jones, of
Arkansas, addressed the senate. He de-
clared himself in favor of the admission of
Wyoming and all other territories, except
Utah, when they had sufficient population
and sufficient wealth to justify the assuhp-
tion of state governments. But he was un-
willing to see Wyoming admitted in the way
now proposed, and proceeded to state his
reasons why. In his opinion the passage of
the pending bill would be exceedingly un-
wise. There was no authority for holding q
constitutional convention, Jones said, and
he opposed the participation of women in
frage, for the holding of real estate
by aliens. and for compulsory education.
In conclusion Jones declared himself in
favor of passing an enabling act for all ter
ritories except Utah and admitting them as
states after they had complied with the
provisions of the act, and he moved as a
substitute for the pending bill one for such
enabling act. Stewart replied to Jones and
said it would be time enough to act in the
cases of other territories when they were
before the senate. They were not before it
now. Reagan opposed the bill. He ar
gued against the provision for woman suf-
frage, the effect Of which was, he said, to
make men of women and, correlatively, to
make women of men. 1t was only latterly
that people had become wiser than their
Creator and wiser than all the generations
that had preceded them. At the close of
Reagan's speech an understanding was
reached that the vote on the bill and
morrow.
In the house the bill passed granting if
teen days. leave to clerks in first and Sec
ond class postoffices. The regular order
being demanded, Lodge, of Massachusetts,
began debate upon the national election
bill. Lodge made an eloquent speech in
favor of the bill. and at its close was
warmly congratulated by the republicans.
Hemphill, of South Carolina, said the bill
was sectional not national. A good deal
has been said about the new south, but
what the country really needed was a new
north, a north that will take the view sug-
rprejudioes; that does does not not believe I Il has ali
the virtue and the rest Of the country none;
that we would not think the Anglo-Saxon
in the south always in the wrong when he
had any trouble with the African.
"We," Mr.. Hemphill continued, "know we
must either rule that country or leave it.
United States and before God. in all rever-
ence, swear that we will not leave it. [Ap-
plause. do not hesitate to state the col
ored man has as many rights as have, but
he cannot have his rights and mine too. and
this law is intended to put them
again 1.+o in ,eaaS control Of the h.. south
prejudice which is fast dying out, intended
to bring about again that constant irrita-
tion and clash betwean. the twocolors in the
south. which will retard it's growth and be
destructive of every principle of human
government" Hemphill was loudly ap-
plauded by the democrats as he sat down
and nearly all of them pressed forward to
congratulate him. Rowell, of Illinois, ad-
dressed the house in favor of the bill. He
said the number was not few Of those who
believed that six years ago Cleveland was
counted into the president's chair by cor
rupt officials at the polls in his own state,
to say nothing of suppression of votes in
the south, and the number was increasin z
every day of those who believed it. If that
belief honestly existed, ought not it to be
the wish OF every representative of the peo-
pie to SO conduct elections as to make the
charge impossible of belief in the future.
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lieved that the black vote of the southern
states, was suppressed and the fifteenth
nullified. Oates, of Alabam a,
Crisp, of Georgia, and others took oc-
casion at this point to state
that the elections in their districts
were perfectly fair. Rowell declared that
in some districts of the south bodies of
armed men went from poll to poll and de-
stroyed ballot boxes; in others the boxes
were stuffed and the true ballots thrown
away; in others military companies were
engaged to fire cannon morning and night
to "let the darkies know there was going to
be a fair election" The cabins of negroes
were fired into, and if that was not SUCCESS
full and the negroes turned out, the military
officers made the polls target for target
practice. Oates, of Alabama, asked for the
names of the districts. and Rowell named
three in Mississippi and one in Arkansas.
This brought McRae to his feet with a
strong denial, and soon Rowell and Breck-
enridge were talking at the same time.
When quiet was restored Roweu finished
his speech.