Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-08-15
WASHINGTON.
THE SUBSTITUTE FOR THE
LODGE ELECTION BILL.
The Prospective Business in Congress
This Week.
Things Seem TO be Going Slow With
Our Law Makers.
WAsuINGroN, Aug. 12, 1890.

WASHINGTON, Aug 10, 1890.
Owing to the fact that many members
| have gone TO Boston TO attend the Grand
Army encampment, IL is probable that
| little or no business will be transacted in
the house before the latter part of the
week. 1t was the intention of the leaders
! to assign the week TO the agricultural COM
mittee, which seeks action ON the compound
lard and meat inspection bills, and TO the
committee on education, which is ready to
call up the bill to extend aid TO agricultural
colleges. But it is feared that no quorum
will be present, or that if there is it will
include a majority of democrats who might,
| by their action, derange the plans of the
| committees. The proceedings, therefore,
will probably be confined 10 action upon
conference reports upon the fertilization
and sundry civil appropriation bill, posi-
| bly, interspersed with recesses for a day or
| more.
In the senate the tariff will be discussed
until Friday, when it is expected that the
| river and harbor bill will be taken up. But
this is not altogether certain, as several
| senator's are opposed TO the tariff bill being
displaced by any BILL The discussion of
the tariff bill will probably be interrupted
| by the presentation of conference reports
| on the sundry civil appropriation bin and
the land grant forfeiture bill.
When the house took up the deficiency
| appropriation bill on Monday Mr.. Rogers
attacked the speaker and his rulings The
| code Of rules, he said. under which the
house is proceeding gave the speaker
power to stifle debate, gag the house. force
the passage of bills, avoid exposure, out
rage and misrepreseLt the minority and
bulldoze the majority.
Mr. Funston of Kansas suggested that
the speaker might be good bull dozen in
the south.
Mr.. Rogers thought he might be good
bulldozer in some sections of the country,
but he did not think he would bulldoze long
| III Arkansas.
Mr.. Alien of Michigan (sotto voce)-
They kill such fellows down there.
Mr. Rogers, continuing, denounced what
he termed the tyranny of the speaker and
the majority OF the committee on rules.
The house had degenerated into a state of
anarchy and chaos. II was suspected that
the speaker turned his back on full, fair
frank discussion, on opportunity for
amendment, on parliamentary decorum, on
official urbanity, on historic and patriotic
memories in order THAI &c might unlawful
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TO his support for the presidency the un-
scrupulous mass of ignorant and vulgar
partisans who practised the infamous and
corrupt maxim that the end justifies the
means He had degraded the majority
with full assurance on the part of repub-
lican members that if this scheme should
break down under the judgment of a liber
ty-loving people they would perish like
Samson under the ruins; but if it sue
ceeded he alone should reap all the glory.
Their want of patriotic courage was ex-
ceeded only by their suicidal stupidity. and
among them all had not been found a man
with the courage of Jackson, the patriot
ism of Henry, and love of liberty that in
spired the fathers who say, This is our
country; these are our liberties; these are
our countrymen, and you are our servants;
and we will not have the one trodden down
under foot or the other outraged and
wronged."
"No," he concluded, ''may tell you,
Mr.. Speaker, that they curse you and de-
spise you, and hate you, and when you are
assailed in private and in public they are
silent"
The substitute for tho Lodge election
bill which was reported TO the senate
Thursday is II pages shorter than the bill
which passed the house. Among the
changes which the senate committee made
are the following:
All reference TO that section of the re-
vised statues which it was claimed pro-
vides for the presence of troops at the
polls was stricken out, so that there is no
change from the present law in that respect.
The house toulouse canvass provided for in
the house bill was stricken out. The pro-
was omitted, leaving the law as at present
on the books. The penal offenses were
simplifed and were made misdemeanors
instead of felonies. The punishments were
modified, the highest punishment imposed
being three years Imprisonment and a fine
of 81, 900, as against Imprisonment for five
years and "a fine of 81, 600 in the house bill.
The Judge of the circuit court, before whom
| application is made for the appointment of
Supervisors, is authorized to appoint ne
supervisors any persons he may see fit,
| not being confined in his selection to the
list furnished by the chief supervisor. In
cases where ballots are cast in the wrong
box they are not TO be counted unless the
tally sheet shows that votes for congress
| men do not equal the number of'names on
the poll list then enough of the votes so
wrongly cast shall be added TO the tally
sheet to make the total equal to the whole
number of votes shown to be cast Where
the election officer refuses to administer
oaths to voters applying therefor, it is pro-
vided in the bill that supervisors shall adj
minister the oath and keep a record there
OF. But no effort shall be made TO have
the vote thus refused cast, the object being
merely to preserve the testimony of the APP
plication and refusal.