The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-29
THE FIFlY-FlRST CONGRESS.
FIERY DEBATE IN THE house ON THE
FEDERAL ELECTION mn.

waves the EnSnnpuined Garment, and
Declares Himself In Favor of Bullets ms
well as Bnyonets mt the Polls In tho
South-AbIe and Temperate Speeches
Against the nIn by Messrs. McAdoo,
dumminEa, BuCknIew, aud Ewnrt, IA He
publican from North Carolina.
WAsu1NGToN, Juno % When the House met
Mt II O'Clock this morning Mr.. En'oe Dem,
Tenn moved to correct the Journal go aS 10
strike therofrom the titles OF number OF
private pension bills passed by tho House Iast
night lie claimed that the bills were passed
before the House went into Committee CT the
whole mud were not properly before the
House. Tho House however, refused to agree
TO his motion. SO tho bills stand passed.
Tho House then wont into Committee OF tho
whole MIR Peters Of Kansas in the chair on
the Federal Election bill.
Mr.. McAdoo u cm., n. j. took tho floor and
made vigorous speech in opposition TO tho
bill lie based his opposition on tho principe
OF home rule and the right OF tho people 10
control their own affairs without Federal IN
1erforcnce. Ho referred to the founders OF TINS
Government who had suffered in the land
which they had left the deadly effects OF
strong centralized Government, buttre ssed bv
the Ubiquitous foudal land tenure. and Of thor
determination In tho vast and uneXplorod rc-
Giohe VI t'',' ~" "a. -, IT,, L. di,,,I,, a
sa &c . W 'n,"" ,ai,,ns,r,hn Aror.
siO0A'' 80 - -, ,,i rho onrdi
toan ,I,.'ir ,,.n,,on ,nortv yhich
10 ,aI ,,,o, ,n ,ho Amerlcan Con.
Nney NV Ira,,r,l nri,v local GOV.
ereignty and individual liberty. 10 tho
Irish patriots who had suffered for zoo
vaora for uherty md nationality these grand
.os,i,,ol nrir,,i,,,os heron, ike the cross of
Cnnstnntine, with its motto. In hoe signo
Vinces" lie had no doubt whatever that the
rr,osnra ,pns against tho letter AS well as tho
Spirit of the Constitution inns Oil "ou'u 'aho
substantially from tho States tho power TO
control their elections, and handed that power
ovor to n few SUPERVISORS OF eierI!oHs appoint-
ed for life All the citizens of the United States
were ~ w .l' , aaiu Io.r aitizan b"d
by the bills but the ioreign-poTh citiIen hau
been especially singled out by 1rovi-
sions when lookeu 10 30 ninoI h "naTy,
hhce' 50 nueh esiion a,'" ~ 49, NV. hc
by the hlreu spies ol inc hoNerh'"eu', 'hi' io
would be intimidated from casting u free bal
H., u ,ron,sd IN sov To rentIrmen on the
w, H tI., t,,ir ,nintot ,ron ~, tho
other side-to honest lair-i hihuou lncn vi 'he
other side. that if they passed this measure
,hov would NOT pot tho votes of foreign born
'ioy WIZ NV hy o,,v su,h ,Irns-
tic and revolutionary measure. They had come
1othis couutry. as a peope. to oscane from
strong government had sworn arrogance 10
our flag had sworn in themselves to avail
thomsoiyns Of IN, fulest liberty which was
Ano'no'iNes " w r,i,,,,i ,,a,,,, ,ho,, ,,oro
guaranteed by the CONSTITUENTS anu 'ney wore
to be met with revolutionary. dangerous, aud
t,ros,ic meosrre which could not lie passed
Crastic hie"sule' M.'Cn ny ", H.
IN nee parilaheht IN EurJ i toid"y: o M M
pause o a.!u a.. ~ Tia ayr"rianca
Of "alrole. when fr'inc Minister OF EnEInntu;
ototm a!iet St"iin q! Pahrl. ma- oeii 40
IariameHt, but We Mhlser st [ Ia dS 10
llel that ne couIu T'.ns'"nu VIZ pe' ,h u9
claleu int no moIha nor fJ VIZ ~ ,";v
CARS. h9 iIhuiiS tno o!nsnG ParIiamEsnt
50 sreaI tnht ihe Peopie peSeEthu e
a ise eMd ny Woin1i, was forced TO Nv.
MS The iii" Iii and to save his own lilo, 70 ont
ulseHlseu IN H'oIh, 1nom.idE ..ont
y. 20 iio EIse n1 ~ ,nnt
ne apJ ur. !tii y XII $500 81 ~ IN, ,rnt
mes: 10 huanunn hu.S WI th
ny OF Liberty liberty. NO interference win
eiee'ious' ,,,co>,s r,srs sropv
=, MCoMHS nAi', A., 800" ''o., 49,.
Mr.. McComas Rep. Md reviewed the va
rious election contests during the pi resent Con:
gleSS to show tho necessity Tor The passage OF
such a Jaw. The result OF the suppression or
the black man IN tho south lie SAID was the
dsmopa1aion it Stae nHTeFnmeHts az was
Voters had to cast their ballots Tor bad men
because they wanted 70 keep the blacks d, down;
u
South meant the control. not only OF
the States. but OF the national Legislature.
hEansI tiHs S pnin a,inst tTa
1oiiey, against intimidation, the EepuDlicans
array the dignity OF the courts. the majesty Of
the law the rOWers of the Constitution to
assure Justice 10 all men white or black, In
This country, II oud npplauseI
MIR Bland Dem Mo- twilted Mr. McComas
for having taken away from the black men OF
the District of Columbia the power OF local
Coyernment and OF suffrage and never giving
Il TO them again
This soon resulted in nm uproar OH the floor.
MIR. Bland and Mr. MGComas shouting at the
tops OF their voices, amid the applause OF their
colleagues and OF the galleries. Mr. McComas
declared that when tho gentleman from Mis-
S0uri stood on this l,our and affected an inter
ct in giving suffrage to 5000 or lOOOO blnck
fact that the gentleman. during his long SER
OF the eight or ten millions OF poor and or
saying. in the language of the Scriptures :
thine own eye"
worthy OF conlldenee, and vehementIy declared
hypocrites in pretending. for party purposes,
an unfelt Interest In the negro.
At this point the uproar became so great that
shouts of tho debaters and the rapping OF tho
meanWhils had expired, but amid cries OF
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