Evening journal., 1890-07-01
THE WORK or CUr6nkSS
The Election Bill Debated bv
the House.
SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS : -

Agricultural Appropriation nsii r-~s
by the senase-status of other Appro-
priation Bills-Arguing for the Admis-
sion of idaho rs "a state.
WASHINGTON, July Lin the house the
credentials Of w. w Dickerson as repre-
sentative from the Sixth Kentucky distfics
to succeed Mr.. Carlisle were presented and
Mr.. Dickerson was sworn in
The debate on the federal election bill
was resumed Mr. Herbert (Ala) address
ing the house. Mr.. Herbert said that the
negro had been taught to distrust the
southern white man, and during the recon-
struution period the southern states had
been represented In congress by kepubli-
cans. Now they were represented by DEM
ocrats; hence the necessity for i national
election law. II the south were allowed to
work out the problem for itself the time
would come when the negro, being educat-
cd as the white man was, would be able to
take care Of himself as a taxfayer and o
citizen. This bill would have the effect of
arraying race against race again ia the
south.
Southern Republican speaps
Mr. Houk (renn.), Republican, $751;
It had been his conviction since he i.
read6ng Of the constitution that ,a
paradox to leave 70 the 81 ites the y,
Of the election Of national officers
Houk quoted from a report made
Springer ulls.l IN q contested electio-c
in which he claimed that Mr. Springer la' /
down the exact principle involved ia I
pending bill--that the laws Of every ST q
Of the Union should conform to the law #
the land The objection TO the bill u ls
not that the colored man was black, lut
that he voted a Republican ticket. Mr.
Coleman Q4a.) said That he was q Rep bli-
can both from conviction and from pf noi-
ple but was opposed TO the enactme,.t Of
the federal election law at this tim be-
cause he was certain that trouble and
bloodshed would follow the enactmelt of
the legislation and that the law wou "a fi.l
in its purpose Pass the law and the men
now ready 70 separate from the Democratic
party would get back into what thp5 were
told was the white mans parry rather than
risk negro supremacy.
For and Against the rili.
Mr.. Finlay (Ky.) spoke IN support Of
measure and Nj Turner (Ga) against ID.
Mr., Waddill lNa) favored the bin and sai l
that Virginia was safely Kepul,can with
fair count Mr.. Tracy On Y) eafnes
opposed the BILL which he asserted WITS an
attempt to continue the Republican party
in power in the Fifty-second congress ia
case the people Ia the election decided
otherwise Mr. Burroughs (AIich.l closed
the general debate He snid that If there
was anything IN the bill that ovcrstepped
the bounds OF the constitution let it bs
stricken out, but lot all stand together in
maintaining free ballot and a fair coua6
as the only safety Of the republic. He could
| forgive a man who in the hour Of passion
| or the hour of revolution fired on tho Lag,
but that man who crawled 20 the ballot
box whore reposed the latest born offspring
OF the sovereign will and teoS It's lifa was
an assassin. lie wanted 70 pass a measure
which would proclaim to the people that
the government had at last made true the
declaration Of the martyred Lincoln that
"that this was a government Of the people,
by the people, and for the people
status ~ Appropriation Bnls.
Consideration Of the election bin was
suspended 10 allow Mr.. Cannon (llls) 70
report joint resolution providing tempo
rarily (thirty days. for the expenses OF the
government He made the following state
ment OF the shuJus "a appropriation DilHi
Laws In the hands OF the president: Army,
military, academy, navy pension and
postoflice. Agreed on in conference Dis
trict Of Columbia. In conference.-the
nutic and consular, fortifications, legisla-
tive Passed senate Monday-agricultu
pensing in senate-river and harbo. -,
dim. Ia senate appropriations com
tee--sundry civil Not reported
cheney The joint resolution was pass (.
Mr.. Lehlbach's Amendments,
Mr.. Ilehlbach an. J) offered an amaiiA
ment providing that the chief super Il
for every Judicial district SHAH
such action as is requisite TO secure sich
supervision in each congressional district
as Is provided by the laws Of the United
States. He stated that tho object Of his
amendment was to make the law uniform
throughout the whole country. Mr. Rowel
mls) opposed the amendment, declaring
that it aimed to change entirely the salts
, factory system Of supervision.