Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-07-03
WILL NEVER SUMMIT.
THE FEDERAL ELECTIoS BILL
TOO MUCH FOR AMERICANS.
Thinks Governor CanpbelI-How
This Outrageous Measure
Would Work The
sbS9C K Boidest Scheme vGI-
90. Yet.

ing - 3 Plain Dedier, special from CO-
lumbus: Gov. Campbell returned from
the east yesterday, and=whens asked
about the political position replied: II
was on the floor of the house of repre-.
sentatives when the debate began on
Mr.. Lodges so-called federal elections
bill. It Is really las may be easily inn
agined and is as well known by every
person in both parties who has ex-
amined it) a bill to take from the peo-
pie, especially in the south, the right
to elect their representatives. In congress
and turn the election over to the
judges, clerks and marshals of the Unit
ed States court who are appointed by
a republican president to the end that
these may have complete control of all
elections at which members Of congress
are to be voted for. It seems to me
that the people OF this country, partic-
ularly of the north, ought to express
themselves in the most emphatic man
ner upon this attempt to utterly de-
stroy local self lf-government In the south
and ultimately In the whole country.
So far as party issue Is concerned, we
as democrats, welcome the opp0rtuni-
ty to 60 before the country upon this
question and II 1t Is not enacted and
the issue madey then the next house
will have not less than 100 democratic
majority. Bear inmind the judges of
the federal courts are not elected by the
people nor responsible to the people
and thus the very first move is to take
away the control of the elections from
the people, 1t is notorious that the
officials of the United States courts in
af kko nns1th ok k,,o k1as - N n
decent white man can be q republican
have been OF the most corrupt and law
less character. The clerk of the house
OF Representatives at Washington is re-
quired to place upon the roll the name
OF that person who is certified to have
been elected q member of congress by
this clerk OF the United States court.
The state and local officials may certi-
fy that someone else has been elected
and their certificate is not worth the
paperitis written upon because under
this shigh-handed and, desperate meas
nre the clerk OF the United States
court has alone the arbitrary power to
certify to the election of members OF
congress. If citizen has been dis
franchised by federal officers or robbed
of his certificate of election the Lodge
bill cunningiy provides that the jury
TO try the case shall be selected by the
clerk of court, the very man who has
been empowered to make the return
and would naturally select o Jury from
among his friends. This startling pro
4 vision makes indelibly the real purpose
| Of the bill which is and can be none
other than to select republican repre-
lsentatives in congress from the demo
cratic district Of the southa and perpetu
4 ate by disfranchisement and bY yiolat
ing every principle Of home rule thu
4 power OF the republican party In thu
lower house of congress. The bill fur
ther provides that the United Statel
marshals shall be provided with al
manyldeputies as they think proper t
preserve order at the polls. In othe
words they propose that the Unitet
, States marshals at the expense of tn,
people may hire all the corrupt ant
purchasable voters of precinct deput.
marshaIs.
II Isay unhesitatingly thatan attemp
to control the election of congressmel
in the north by o force of deputy maj
7 shals armed with. bulldog revolver
and composed of the scums and out
pourings Of hell % were employe
/. In Cincinnati inthe election of 1884
would result in abloodshed at almos
: every polling place. 1t is an attemp
8 to Mexieanize this country, and I tax
: this opportunity as q citizen of th
D country toserve notice upon the re
publican majority in congress (whic
: seems to be crazy drunk with tempo
raFy power chat the people will neve
submit to it, I