Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-10-09

Barnard He appointed 1,o2s deputy mar
| shais. who each received i've dollars a day
| for their services. ID irnaTd swears that
| they divided into tnree regiments,
| giving the names of the coloneis that
| those regiments We're suDdiyided into COM
| panies OF twenty and forty. Five Thousand
| seven hundred names were stricken from
| the registration lists; hundreds OF men were
! arrested upon the day OF the election ana
| kept in custody before Il United states COM
| missioner until the poll. wcra closed. And
| Barnard swcars that afterwards he took the
| bill Of expenses to Mr TAFT. the Attorney
| General, ut Washington City. ana Taft
| looked mt it and said To him: Was there
| any body else i'll Missouri that YOU cou!u
| have appointed deputy marshall We'll. ;"
| said Barnard. 1--WE did tue work effrctuaty;
We carried all three districts" There was
| some talk Cf importing negroes from Hi
| NOS. the postmaster -thcn Chauncey l.
Fiiiey-was accused of something of the
| sort. but of course it was not true. Nobody
would suspect that distinguished patriot OF
| any thing OF that kind. And" said Taft
| as he put his official Endorsement un an the
| bill, winch amounted to over 20oo,. Well. -
| lie said. MIR Barnard. You bring agood deal
| of sugar i'll your sptti.---'
THE PRESENT LAW.
My friends that is tne SWORN testimony of
| Mr. Barnard himself before Il committee of
| inquiry i'll this city, found in an executive
| document, ahd that was under the Election
| law now found upon the statute book, aud
| which is said t I, be the same with the pro
| posed Force bill now pending in the senate
| Let US see if it is the same. The Election
| law. under which Mr.. Barnard operated and
| carried three Congressional districts, simply
provided for the appointment of super
visors and deputy uarsha;s. with power to
| challenge voters, to examine registration
| lists, to make arrests upon the day OF cleo
| ton upon view-that is TO say, when the
| deputy marshal or supervisor cons idered
| Of law That OF itself is IA mon
| str us power. Under the present election
law now upon the statute book, if one of you
went 10 the polls with the Democratic ballot
in your hand. and prop psed to deposit 1t in
the exercise of your rsnts as a freeman, Il
deputy marshal could arrest you without
warrant. simply upon his state ment that
yon were violating the law; could drag you
before Il United States comlmtss Toner, and
hold you ,nere at the Will of the coInmis
sioncr: and il you resisted he could call
upon The army OF the United, States, if nee
essary. i'll order TO enfocce his arrest. That
law Is re- enacted eDecj fcall: in the present
pending Force bill. But ii has another pro-
vision in it. and cali your attention to it.
and want every Democrat, when he meets
Il Republ .c:tn + lend VINO is an honest man
and wants to do right. to put to MIN DELHI
erately the question whether he IS willing TO
indo rse this proposed Legislation IS to the
issue which now state The present law,
as amended, III one particular is So vital
that IT aS@ails the fundamental princE-
pies OF honest aud free government
this proposed law any 10t citizens of
St. Louis, voters. black white. ign
a petition asking that the law be put in
force and applied to the City of ST. Louis
In Il country district ANY !iity citizens Can
sign a petition to tie sala" effect " hen
that petition is signed the chief SuperT isor
for that Federal district carries the petit
ton to the Federal Judge, whose court must
bankruptcy court, ike the gates OF hell,
day sad night 1t can never adjourn for
the purposes of this law. At noon or mid
n ght that court must be open. When the
chief supervisor brings that petition to th.
judge it is made then the duty of the Judge
To declare on record that the law Is APP
plictbIe to this city or to the district Two
suprryi sors are then appointed to every
voting precinct by the cnicf supervisor, and
just many deputy marsntIs as he thinks
proper without limIt, in order to carry out
what lie believes the purpose of the enact
Ment.
THE FOREIGN BORN CITIZEN.
But the law does not stop there. When
the voter undertakes to register super
visor OF election is present, IN order to eX-
anime the registration, and il he is "A for
eigner he must exhibit his naturalization
papers, and after the registration list is
made out the supervisor can, accompanied
by deputy United States Marshal. examine
those papers, break open drawers, rifle
trunks, turn over women and children's
garments, do rs he pleases in any house
ho.d IN this city, in order to be sat
is1icd THAI taeSa papers are correct and til G
registration shall be had, L ask every
foreign born citizen here to-night-and 1
every one throughout Missouri and the Nj
ton-did You come to this republic foc such
a proceeding as that2 Cry of "Nevert"l
Did you leave the despotism of the Ola
World. where men are treated as cnaftelS
and pinned 10 the earth with bayonets and
taxes wrung from their hearts blood in or
der to support hereditary and titled fami-
lies-did you come from that country to this
to have deputy marshal, taken from the
Sums and purlious OF great city, to cxer-
cIse upon You this surveillance ana the des
potisnI which 3 unrIyaled even under the
sutocraeies of the Old Wurid2
But my countrymen, this law does not
stop there. You &C to the polls to vote, and
behind the judges stands the ever present
supervisor. ana round every booth are the
arIned deputy Inarshals to enforce his Will
Under the Australian system. II 1t prevails
in any State. when you get into voting
place booth YOU are accompanied by IL
deputy marshal; every letter that you
write, every motion that you make, is sub
ject to his inspectfon-to his control Ii at |
any time he sees proper, of his OWN sweet |
will, without appeal t. court OF jury, to ar
rest you and drag you before commission |
or for violating the law, his statement is
prima facie and in almost all case conclu- |
slye evidence that you are u criminal. But |
the voting is conciuded-such as it is.
VOTE RECORDED:
American treemen in the midst OF armed |
men, surrounded by the emissaries of the |
Federal Government. which is their own, |
and not their master, at last have their |
votes recorded. But these votes are in |
charge of the deputy marshals and the |
Ii a supervisor says: Swear |
that man." and judge of election. refuses |
to swear him-a Judge appointed by the |
State, one of your own people, "A man whom
you know and trust, and honor and love-,
deputy marshal says swear him. and if |
the judge says: No, it T. not ,, necessary , to
the supervisor: Il Will swear him.
and tie law gives hum the rrghs
own oath and returl it to the chief su
pervisor in order that it may be forwarded
ed Z he so-called election is over: The
vote is over, but that is not the end of it.
There are then three canyassers in every
STATE, all of whom are not to be OF the same
political party that Is to say, two are to be
aud one "A Democrat. And the
@ flee of that Democrat, the old fellow
sad who went to Andrew Jackson for a
Federal appointment, is a sine curee5,'
hat Democrat will never be troubled to do
any thing; the two Republicans in every
s tate vii! ca nyaSS the vote, certify what
that vote is, put upon record who has
been elected to Con srcss, and that vote is
to the House OF Representa- tives,
to the clerk of the House. and 1t
is imperative upon him to tax. that return
as prml facie evidence as to who has been
e lected in that CongI esS !onal district. In
other words, two men in every Stat. APP
laws a. to ;he certificate gwen to members
Of Congress, and return in every district who
Sh ali be tile Representative for the next two
years. Don& every intelligent man know
the object Of such Il law and how il will
operate? Take II in tn+ State OF Missouri. |
VI no would control elections here Evrry |
man III this autiience answers in his own
heart and brain the instant put the qu1s- |
l. Fliiey alone. He would |
write ont the name Of every Congressman.
He don't believe D .nlocrat has "a right to |
hold AN office. whetner he is elected or not |
He don'e propose that any Democrat shall
held one if he can he'll IL, and every district |
in Missouri would be filled by II OF his
choice as aDsol uteIy and perfectly as l com
lnand my hand might
THE SITUATION AT WASHINGTON.
Why. fellow citizens. the whole people of |
the United States are vitality, incidentally |
nteres tied in this subject. but the people
before me here Tonight most pecui iariy and |
as specially. What will be the operation of
this law which the Republican party in
gress? Let me give you in very few words |
4 sketch OF the political situation at Wash
ington City now When the tariff bill passed
through the House Of Repre- sentatives |
p..r limo of 81 Lt.r ppt /