Los Angeles herald., 1890-06-28
IN THE HOUSE.
The Federal Election Bill Under Con-
sideratiOn.


sideration.
WASHINGTON, June Pin the house
today, Dockery of Wisconsin made a
motion to reconsider the vote by which
the postal clerks leave bill was passed
yesterday. He had been informed yes
terday by the gentleman who called up
the bill (Ketcham of New York;, that
it did not involve an appropriation,
whereas he now learned that it would
involve the expenditure of $316,000.
AS Ketcham was not present, Dockery
was permitted, by unanimous consent,
to enter motion, leaving it pending for
the present.
Consideration OF the election bill was
resumed, Haugen of Wisconsin, address
ing the house in its support.
The bill was further discussed by
Covert OF New York, and Flower of New
York, in opposition to it.
Smyser, of Ohio, said that the Cry OF
the south was that it wanted to be left
alone to work out its own destiny. That
had been tried for fifteen years, and he
protested against its seeking to work
out the salvation of the north on the
to be let alone to appropriate the ne
groes rights and do with the black man
as it pleased. He protested against
that.
Vaux, of Pennsylvania, said the bill
virtually overturned the constitution and
DESTROYED our form of government
This biz made slaves of men to federal
office-holders. Our forefathers brought
hn 11ti Ta tnd
from Great Britain because they did not
believe in taxation without representa-
ton He warned congress that the time
might come when legislation depriving
the people of representation would drive
them to another revolution for the same
principle. Loud Democratic applause. !
Kennedy, of Ohio, said it was idle to
say that the majority ruled in this coun-
try, and the fact was splendid illustra-
tion of the patience and forbearance of
the people, when it was considered that
the ballot-boX had been trampled under
foot for the purpose of defeating the
majority of the people in the exercise of
their constitutional rights. All pre-
tense that Grover Cleveland was elected
by majority, was subject to the further
statement that at that election a large
number of qualified voters who would
have cast their votes against him, were
not permitted to do SO. The constitu-
ton was mandatory requiring reduc-
ton of the representation OF the states
which permitted the rights of citizens
to vote to be unlawfully abridged.
When the apportionment was made
under the new census it was the duty Of
congress to make this reduction in the
case of these southern states if they per-
sisted in depriving their citizens of the
right of suffrage. If the ignorant black
man was unworthy to exercise the right
of suffrage let him be stricken from the
list entitled to representation, and with
him let the ignorant white man be
stricken from the list also. If Ifignorance
was rock of danger let us erect
lighthouses of popular education.
At this point the conference report on
the legislative appropriation bill was
considered, and further conference or
dered on some minor points.
The speaker announced the appoint
ment of Conger, Walker and Bland as
conferees on the silver bill. Orders
were entered setting apart Saturday and
Monday nights for debates on the cleo
ton bills. The house then took a re-
cess