, 1890-07-03
IDAHO A STATE.
The Bill Has Passed
Both Houses
WYOMING IS ALSO IN.
The President Has Not Yet
Signed the Bills.
But He WILL BEYOND DOUBT
A Groat Deal Of rime Devoted to
tho Federal Election Bill in
the House.
But HE WILL BEYOND DOUBT
THURSDAY.


To-day the bill was passed granting fif-
teen days leave 10 clerks In tho frat and
second-class postofiiocs.
Tho regular order being demanded,
Mr.. Lodge made an eloquent speech In
favor OF the national election bill, and
at lis close was warmly congratulated
by the rspublicsns.
Mr.. Hsmphill, Of south Carolina, ar
aasd that the bill was unconstifutiona
and vas not national. but sectional.
He sxsminsd In detail the provisions
rslating 70 supervisors. and said that the
whole bill seemed 20 DO fraud against
the votsfs. and In favor Of the supervis-
on. A good deal had been
said about the new South, but
what the country really needed
was New North"-a North that would
take the view suggested By facts and
not By prsooncsived prsjudics, that
did not bslisvs it bad all the virtue and
ths rsst Of the country none. II would
not b thought that the Anglo Saxon
In the South was always In the wrong
whom he had any trouble with the
Affics.i. What was the use Of "a. king
shout frss ballot In Kansas, when the
state had been 90 gerrymandered that
the $4,000 democrats OF Kansas never
had been represented on the hoor?
M Kelley, Of Kansas, asked; ''How
did you expect to got . democrat here,
whsn thsrs ere not four dsmoorstic
counties In the statsr M
Nr. Hemphili--It does not matter
about how many democratic counties
there are. The democrats nevcr have
bean represented here. II there were
. fair representation on this floor, tho
proportion would be i6s democrats, i6<
rspubiicsnss 8 prohibitionists and la
bor men, When the republicans of the
North had taken tho beam out Of their
eyes and hxsd the laws 30 the peoples
wishes may Be honestly Expressed, and
when they practice - they l.reach, the
Southern democrats will receive them
WITH opsn arms. Under this system,
which II proposes to revive, the people
Of tho South were robbed some years
ago by the picked Villains of the North,
backed up by the United States army.
The South does not want to be put In
tina, position again.
Mr.. Iemphill continued: I'VE know
that we must either rule that country or
leave II now. For myself before the
people OF tho United States and before
Col. In all revere nee, swear that we
will not leave 1t. Applause. ] do not
hesitate 20 soy that the colored man has
as many rights az have, but he can not
have his rights and mine too, and this
law is intended to put him again In con-
troll OF the Southern states, intended to
awaken that race prejudice which Is Just
dying, and Intended TO bring about again
that constant irritation and clash be-
tween the two colors In the South. which
will retard its growth ami be destructive
OF every principle OF human govern
ment"
Mr. Hemphili was loudly applsuded
by the democrats as no sat down, aud
nearly all OF them pressed forward 70
congratulate him.
Mr.. Bingham reported the postoffico
appropriation bill. with the senate
amendments. and the house non-con-
CURED In them.
The consideration Of the election bill
vas resumed, and Mt. Roweil. Of Illinois,
addressed the house In favor Of 1t. He
said that the number was not a few OF
those who believed that six years ago
Cleveland was counted into the presi-
dential chair by corrupt officials at the
polls In his own state. to ssy nothing
OF the suppression OF the votes In
all the South, and the number was
heved H. IL that belief honestly existed,
ought II not to be the wish OF every
representative of the people to SO con-
duet the elections AS to make the charge
impossible Of belief7 II was verywhere
In the North believed that the black
vote OF the South was suppressed, and
the fifteenth amendment nullitied.
Nessrs. Oates, OF Alabama, Crisp, of
Georgia, and Others took occasion at
this point to state that the elections in
their districts were perfectly fair.
MIR. Rowell declared that in some dis
tricis Of the South bodies of armed men
went from poll TO poll and destroyed the
ballot boxes. In others the boxes were
stuffed and the true ballots thrown away.
In others military com panies were en-
gagged to hre cannon morning and night
10 let the darkies know that there were
going 10 be fair elections. The cabins OF
the negroes were fired into, and II that
was not otsuccessful and the negroes turned
out the military officers made targets Of
the polls.
MIR. Oates. of Alabama, asked for tho
names Of the districts, and Mr.. Rowell
named three In Mississippi. and one in
Arkansas.
This brought Mr.. McRae to his feet,
with q strong denial. and soon Messrs.
Rowell and Breckenridge were talking at
the same time.
When quiet was restored, Mr.. Rowell
finished his speech.
Mr.. Tucker, OF Virginia, spoke against
tie bill, and the house adjourned.