New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-23
THE FOURTH WEEK OF TALk
yNxRIC YET TO REACH A VOTE ON THE
ELECTION BILL.

nARp WORK TO SECURE A QUORUM TO FIGHT
AGAINST DEMOCRATIC DELAY AND oBsTRuc-
r,os-NR. H1GGINs's STRONG SPEECH.
fry TELEGRAPH InE TKIBUNE.l
,,.,r,o, Nee on-The debate i'm the senate upon
A., p,acton bill entered its fourth week TO day, with
en-. minority under Mr.. Germans leadership sui III
,t.nng that only the threshold of the discussion mas
h.en reached, and that no day can possibly DC HAV"
-, Cor The final vote. Mr.. IIoar gave notice early IN
the morning that he would move 10 hold an evening
ten i'm o,ier to give more time to the opposition 10
an IN with drehrv speeches but the Democratic >ch
stors shrank from the additional DuINeh Vi MIMI"
,hrr. or four more hours in dlatory deoatc' ana Nv
i,hholdipg their votes the roll call whch WIS ne
,ded when Mr. lIoar moved for recess rom
,clock 10 T. they forced the Election Comml'tee l"
,.,d "a an adjournment till u morrow morning. only
,,onty Republican senators were ON mana 10 support
Mr. IIoar in his request for nigh, SESSION. Whc o"O
acc Democratic senators went on record III we neg"
live The senate therefore nineteen snort oi
ouo,m. and at that hour. p M, it seemed clearly
,rrnosshle Ia bring in many recruits Inc "uocN
:, .he .,rscant-at- Arms accordingly not c'htN
Toto use and the proposed evening session was aD'h
SOned. - ,, .. ho,,,
The Republican senators who were on hand TO help
An. Election Committee in its fight against Hie 90
,c,ye tactics OF the opposition were MeSsrs Aidrch
-. Ca,ev Caom Davis. EdmuHds Fry. Hale liaW
,ev higgins IIoar Moody Power sanders SAWYER Scr
nan stewart Stockbridce Warren and WILSON, OF ""a'
r,ose who had left the capitol in neglect {" MI hoA'
notice or were not their seats in the senate AT All
during the day. failed 10 vote on account o. p"'s'
,cra A. follows: Mcs~r>. Allen. Alison 'aihor""'
,ssv chandler Dawes. Dixon. Doph. ENartS' tarWcll
,i.cock ingalls, Jones. of Nevada; McNllmi| Maiuer-
son Mitchell, Morrill, Paddock, PettSrew, rlar'o'
platt Plumb Quay, Spooner, squire S'ahioin l'li''
washburn and Wolcott. OF these Mcssrs AH'Son'
ingalls, and Jones. Of Nevada are Out %
,nr, ,biIe Mc,,rs. Evarts, SpoGer 'lahu
1cr Dolph Hiscock and several other l1e'">
NJ the Election bill absent Hoh "'-'"'
necessity The showing made on the rollcaii o' iHe
majority was unfortunate aud Disappointing me i've
Democrats who voted in the negative were N'NN'S'
ra,n German. Harris Reagan and Wilson. of Mary
land Mr.. Harris probably has scrlpie~ against HUI
voting 10 break quorum
The days discussion of the Election Dill We ~"
pp 10 two long and vigorous sci speeches one Oh %
Republican side by Mr.. Higgins, of Delaware an" u
other on the Democratic side, by the veteran h"o''c'
r,,or Mr. VOORHEES, Mr. Higgins has already made
An admirable record as debtter by his -peechtS q"
last session on the Education and Ia1h DIS dill" "o
found a large and attentive audience thlN @cTIioN'
ale spoke a. usual. from scattered notes ana VIII "'
vror and attractivcncss which comes from seilhe On
temporSneOus discourse. now 80 unhappy I1N III
bo-h branches of Congress Mr.. Higglns'S manner l.
free and ohhand. aud he tons with HiunieNs an"
point His speech today was directed against the un-
satisfactory election methods now IN vogue III INC
South and he showed convncngly how absurd II was
for southern Senators TO protest against circuit
Judges appointing election and canvasslng boards a.
a supervision of local selfgovernment. when III nearly
all the Southern states the right TO appoint al
election officers is vested in some similar central power
like the Governor or the Legislature. The eN''o"
nrartces rysorted to by the Democrats in Delaware
were discussed al some length by Mr.. Higgins and his
colleague, Mr.. GRAY, was pertinentU 40
vised to try to remedy evils existing III
their own state before attacking any general
election legislation as unwaIranted and an
f.rf-
fence Of the broad issues behind the Lodge measure
that of enforcing the rights given TO every voter by
the Constitution was sound and sdlwart, ana ne ue
nounced in singing terms, as the representative oI
Southern State politically al least, the conduct Of
Republican Senators from any part of the country WHO
were cowardy indifferent enough T. be WHINE "
betray the traditions Of the party through i~u "I
putting out Of temper the ruling element III the south
Mr. Higgins spoke in all about three hOlus ana a
half lie commented upon Mr.. stewards opposition
10 the bill and said that that senators objection 10
Was not that 1t had faults but that dlu AV' "'|o
fauts-no that force bill, but that 1t was MOI
force bill. Replying to some Of Mr.. Gray afIu
rnents AGAINST the bill on the ground that tn" appoint
rnent of supervisors was given 10 the Circuit Judges
Mr. Higgins undertook 10 show that in various ol'e'
Maryland. Virginia, North Carolina, and others
county comnlss toner's (whO Lad the appointment 81
who from nativity and other circumstances Were ti'
elected by the people, but appointed by tn Gov
eruor or the legislature; and that, III that respect
The pending bill not open TO ATTACK
,Ir Higgins discussed great length the present man
yenent Of elections in various states dDcluding Dcl
varc I'm order to show the necessity existing for such
reform a. is proposed in the pending measure II Ae
eould reach the iniquy Of such election fraud, by
Federal Election law he would like 10 do H. y 10 The
claim of southern senators that they feared ana c)N
not endure negro domination, Mr.. Higgins d'eii'd ho
belief that there never Wa day Wien the southern
White leaders could not Lave lad the hearty support
and following Of the black men Of the south Tor the
asking. lie had always considered that the one great
service which the Democratic party ad rendered Wa
is cOralne. and bringing into it, fold all the people
Wh1. from nativity and other circumstances were the
least fitted discharge the functions Of American ~
AM why, no ASKED. had not the >OutAef Wille
Democrats done tie same with the blacks lie denied
that the problem of manhood suffrage had ever mad
chance al the south.
Mr. Voorhees,, who followed, read hi speech from a
manuscript. IL consisted Of three sections. The first
was revival Of the stale sensation put In PRINT by
New York newspaper las october. involving various
prominent Republicans IN an alleged scheme t. on-
Stato Of West virginia, Connecticut aud Indiana I'M.
mares nest discovery fell entirely fat al The TINE Of
the publication, even in the cOursf % an active p0i
cal campaign, and lis recall % life a.tOui-hcd Os'
least have flavor Of novelty. The second part
A. glowing and indi, CTimnatc culOgY on the
South and it, political history since the war any
frcea ng orator could have been capable Of and a-
shameless cOndOnatlOn Of all the political crlu com
mitted that scCiiOn since the ku kuX rats began
a. might have been cx tccted from suspected mem
Der Of a dislOya secret organization. The ind
part, periodically enough wa~ an attempt 10 prove
that the negro the South exercised every political
right freely he could possibly bee under other con
dIiOuS.
The debate on the Election bill VII probably con
tinuc all through tomorrow. several more speakers
being still left the Vice Presidents LIST. When thH
list is exhausted, however. unless Christina Day
iutcTVeuc-, the fight over rule 10 close debate
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