Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-28
THE pEFUNCT LODGE BILL.

That monstrous infamy, the Lodge
federal election bill, is dead, or may
as well be considered dead. 1t has
been given it's death blow, and the
obsequies will take place when the
congress meets again next Deem
Der. After being discussed with
feverish interest and excitement for
weeks and months, and after having
been adopted by the house OF repre-
sentatives, it has met its quietus in
the senate, Notwithstanding the fact
that Little Ben Harrison was frantic
in his efforts to have the senate pass
it through. Through the instru-
mentalities Of Boss Quay a postpone
ment of the vote on the measure has
been secured until the next session
of congress. Quay saw that it would
not be policy for the republicans to
pass the measure, which was univer-
sally recognized to be nothing more
nor less than base and unscrupu-
lous partison conspiracy on the part
of the republicans to perpetuate
themselves in power at the sacrifice
of patriotism, right, law and justice.
He dreaded the consequences; and,
seeing that the democrats had
the power by parliamen-
tary tactics to defeat considera-
ton of either the federal election
bill or the Mckinley tariff bill at the
present session or to prolong the
session interminsably, he effected a
compromise with them, whereby it
was agreed that the election bill
should be postponed until the next
regular session Of congress, in con-
sideration of which the democrats
were to raise no objection to the
tariff bill beng brought to vote
on the 30th Of August, which is next
Saturday. The BANNER repeats the
postponement of the election bill is
its death-knell. Next November the
entire country will go so overwhelm-
ingly democratic that the republi
cans, as unscupulous and as full Of
gall as they are, will not dare to
revive the Infamous conspiracy. The
overwhelming defeat of the 6. o. p.
will be voice of protest against the
action gifts party leaders and vote
of want of confidence in it. More
over, every day and hour that eIapses
adds to the weakness of the force
bill, and the time that was gained in
discussing and staving it off has
been fatal to its final passage, Re-
publican papers are as bitter against
the measure as democrats and do
not hesitate boldly to denounce the
injustice of it and the blind stupidity
of those of their party who advocate
it. The Philadelphia Telegraph, a
republican paper, holds the measure
up to everlasting infamy in the fol
lowing burning and truthful Ian
guage: 1.-The interests of the whole
country without regard to any sec
ton are hostile to this scheme. It
IS political measure pure anu SIM
pie, bold and desperate effort to
overturn the election customs of
century for the purpose of perpet
uating the personal power of few
reckless political leaders. Its at
tempted enforcement would create
perilous state of affairs in the South.
It would leave the republican party
with an odium that would imperil
its success in the Northern states.
It would disturb vast business inter
ests. It would rekindle the smol
dering embers of sectional hate. 1t
would intensity race prejudice.
It would put a speedy end to the
movement SO hopefully began in half
the Southern states to divide the
democratic party on new lines. 1t
would wipe out the Farmers Alliance
almost in a night. 1t would be pro-
ductive of infinite i'll and of no good,
whatever, to the republican party,
the colored man, the country or its
selfish and short-sighted authors"