The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1890-07-09

Of the South and open old war wounds
long age healed.
Il will only intensity race prejudice and
sweep away the better feelings which have
been growing rapidly in the new South.
The colored man is now a wage-worker
and wage-earner, and he is interested q
deeply as the white man in the prosperity |
of the South. He has the right to testify
in the courts. He has schools for his |
children, and churches where ne may
worship God, and the same law spreads
its broad egis over him and the white man
alike. The eolored man loves the South.
He loves his people. He is fond of the
white man and the white man is fond Of
him, and he knows that his best friends
are in the South. Divinity and time viii
solve the race problem. Man cannot has
ten it, but he may hamper it.
Mr.. Speaker, no candid man can read
the pending bill and think of the circum-
stances under which it is introduced with
out believing that there was a purpose
which prompted its introduction other
than desire for free elections the pur-
pose of the Republicans in pressing this
bill is to retain power in the House of
Representatives. Each State now has
statutes which enable the voter to deposit
his ballot and have it fairly counted.
These laws are sometimes violated, both
North and South The proper thing 10
do is to enforce the laws now on the sta
ute books of the respective States, ard
not seek to put in the hands of the Repub-
licans now in control of the Government
such power as will enable it, even against
the will of the the people, to retain control
Of the Government.
1t is very natural and proper when a
man or a party asks for reform to examine
the credentials and look into the history
of the advocates Of reform. If the calci-
UNI light of truth is turned on the party
asking for reform, strange and curious
history will be presented.
My limited time will not permit me to
go into the remarkable and unenviabe
record made by the Republican party in
their efforts to illustrate the meaning of a
free ballot and fair count" I present
simply an extract from leading New
York dailv paper published a few days
ago. 1t is as follows:
The record of the Republican party from
Hayes to Harrison, from Dorsey to Dud
ley, shows that every one of the three Re
publican Presidents has been elected either
by fraud or the INSCRIPTIONS expenditure
of vast amounts of money. Rutherford
B. Hayes was counted in. Money elected
James A. Garfield. That fact was admit
ted in a memorable speech by Vice-Presi-
dent Arthur at the famous Delmonico
banquet given in honor of Stephen w.
Dorsey, February II, 1881.
The last Presidential election with its
"blocks of fve", its vast corruption fund
and multifarious questionable methods, IS
to fresh in the minds of the people to re-
quire comment. The record of the Re-
publican party in Louisiana, Florida and
South Carolina in 1876 was so tainted
with fraud it will never be forgotten. It
cheated the Democrats out of the Presi-
dencY and robbed pure and able states
man of an office to which he was legally
elected. Its record in Montana was fraud
ulent, and its record here in this House in
turning out legally elected members, one
Of whom came here with 1900 majority,
is not a record of honor.
The new Republican judges who are TO
assist in putting the proposed law into exc
cution are to be appointed by a Repuhli-
con President who made Swayne judge
in Florida and was the friend of Dudley
in Indiana, and the same crowd who ran
she campaign in 1888 are still on deck
thirsting for an opportunity to turn their
Republican supervisors and Republican
returning boards loose upon the country
to capture the Congress this fall and to
seize the Presidency in 1892.
Mr.. Speaker, represent district in a
border Southern State where there has been
no charge of corruption, intimidation, or
undue infu ences where we vote UiUa
UOce in every election except for Congress
man where a Republican judge of the
election and a Democratic Judge of the
election sit side by side while Republican
clerk and a Democratic sheriff in the pres
ence of men of all parties record the names
and votes of all legally qualified voters
who present themselves and then send the
poll-books and their certificates to the
county clerks Office as perpetual witness
of the fair and free election which has
been held.
Why should this plan of voting be inter
fered with Why should this time-tried
and time honOred plan in other states be
changed Why not let each State regu-
late the time, place and manner of elect
ing their Representatives as they have
heretofore done and as the Constitution
authorizes them to do I call on my
| friends on the other side of this Chamber
to pause and think before they vote for a
bill which strikes down the rights of the
States and violates the Constitution o.
the United States. The fruits of this bill
like the apples of Sodom, will turn to ashes
on your lips. The results might be pleas
ing to you for little while, but oh, you
get them at such heavy cost, and soon the
Supreme Court Of our country, in which
1 have an abiding confidence, and the peo-
pie, who love liberty and popular govern.
ment far better than degenerate party,
will rise in their might and the court vii
condemn your bill as unconstitutional and
the people will drive you from the temple
which you will profane and pollute if you
pass the pending bill.
Here the gavel FELL
The Speaker-The time of the gentle
man from Kentucky has expired.
Mr.. McCIeary-I only wish two min
utes more.
The Speaker-If there is no objection
the gentleman will be allowed to proceed
for two minutes. No objection is heard
and the gentleman from Kentucky viii
proceed.
Mr.. Speaker. in conclusion desire t.
put on record my most earnest protes
against the passage of the pending bill.
protest against the passage of this Bill
because the Constitution of the United
States in the first Article declares 9Th,
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