The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-27
NATIONAL ELECTION
Law and the Debate in the House
Upon it.
THE WYOMING ADMISSION BILL
In the senate-Jones, of Arkansas, Opposes
it-Edmunds Remark Upon Free
dom of Debate.

passed granting fifteen days leave to clerks
In the first and second class postoffices.
The regular order being demanded,
Lodge, of Massachusetts, began the debate
upon the national election bill. Lodge
made an eloquent speech in favor of the
bill, and at its close was warmly congratu-
lated by the Republica u.s.
Hemphill, of South Carolina, argued that
the bill was unconstitutional 1t was not
national, but sectional; there was no more
lnlqultous provision in the bill than the one
providing for the appointment of an I'M
numbered number of men absolutely under
the directions of the supervisor
He examined in detail the provisions re-
lating to supervisors and said the whole
bill seemed framed against the voters and
IN favor OF the supervisor A good deal
has been said about the rev south; but
what the country really needed was a new
north that will take a view suggested bv
the facts and not by preconicved pre-
| JUDGES; that does not believe it has all the
virtue and the rest of the country none:
/ that would not think the Anglo-Saxon in
the south always in the wrong when he
| mad any trouble with the Africans What
was the use of talking about Tree ballot
IN Kansas when the state had been so
gerrymandered that III, 000'Democrats of
Kansas had never been represented on this
floor
Kelly, of Kansas, asked-How do Won
expect to get Democrat here when there
are not four Democratic counties in the
state.
Hemphill-It does not matter about how
many Democratic counties there are. The
Democrats never have been represented
mere. II there were fair representation
on the floor the proportion would be 1853
| democrats, l54 Republicans, 5 Prohibition
lists and Labor men. When the Republi-
cans Of the north had taken the beam out of
their own eye and fixed the laws so that
the peoples wish might be honestly ex-
pressed; when they practised as they
preached, the southern Democrats would
receive them with open arms. Under this
| system which 1t was proposed to revive
the people OF the south had been robbed
some years ago by picked Williams of the
north, backed by the United States army.
The south did not want to be put in that
condition again. 'sWe," Mr.. Hemphill con
tlnued, know that we must either rule
that country or leave it. Now, for myself.
before the people of the United States and
before God in all reverence, swear we
will not leave 1t. [Applause.] l do not
hesitate to say the colored man has as
AIduJ AlShtS as nave, DuJ lie cannot nave
MS rights and mine too, and this law is in
tended to put him in control of the southern
states. 1t is intended to awaken that race
prejudice which IS fast dying out, intended
to again cause constant irritation and
clash between the two colors in the south.
which will retard its growth and be the de-
structlon of every principle of human gov
ernment.n Hemphill was loudly applauded
by the Democrats as he sat down, and
graduate him.
Bingham, from the postoffice committee,
presented appropriation bill amendments,
and the House non concurred in them
Consideration of the election bill was re-
sumed and Rowell, of Illinois, addressed
the House in favor OF it. He said the num-
Der was not few of those who believed that
six years ago Cleveland was counted into
the presidential chair by corrupt officials
at the polls in his own state to say nothing
OF the suppression of the vote in all the
south, and the number was increasing
every day of those who believed it. II
that belief honestly existed ought it not to
be the advice of every representative of
the people to so conduct elections as to
make the charge impossible of belief in the
future. 1t was everywhere in northern
circles believed that the black vote of the
southern states was suppressed and the
fifteenth amendment nullified.
Oates, OF Alabama; Crisp, of Georgia:
LOOMS, of Mississippi, and others took oc-
caslon at this point TO state that the cleo
ton in their districts was perfectly fair.
Rowell declared that in some districts of
the south bodies of armed men went from
poll to poll and destroyed ballot boxes; in
others, the boxes were stuffed and the true
ballots thrown away; in others, military
companies were organized to fire cannon
morning and night ''to let the darlkies
know there was going to be a fair cleo
tion:" cabins of negroes were fired into.
and If that was not successful and the ne
groes turned out. 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 RoWeu and Breckenridge
were talking at the same time. When
quiet was restored Rowell finished his
speech and Lehlbach, Republican. spoke
against the bill. Such a law would bring
about conflict of authority and a deplor-
able state of affairs.
Tucker, of Virginia, spoke against the
bill and the House adjourned.
Representative Dorsey, of Nebraska,
from the committee on banking and cur
rency, to-day reported substitute for the
bill for the incorporation OF the Interna-
tional American bank. The substitute.
while preserving all the essential features
of the original bill, has been drawn with
the object of maintaining the largest and
most thorough control of the corportion
without making the government party to
or responsible for the business it may no.
In the Senate.