New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-05
PUGH HOLDING FORTH.
CONTINUATION OF THE DEBATE ON THE
- ELECTION BILL.

THE ALABAMA SENATOR'S UNSUCCESSFUL EFF
FORT no PROVE THAT NEGRO SUFFRAGE is
"A ZIG GEN FROM Mr.
rURPIE's SPEECH O. wEDNEs-
~DAY-sENAroR HoAR TO
PRESS THE BILL.
rbY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRfBUxEl
Washington, Dec. A small additional advanoe mas
made to-day in the Senate with the feoefai n10'
nh about enough, II the same rate OF prosroSe - ~
continue, 10 Justify the hope OF reaching . y :"
ia measmre bv the END Of January. Only one spesh'
=. " p,sn % Alabama, Was ready TO so ahead with
IA debate. ana rs no finished early, the Senate. aser
an Intellectual attempt to do something WIN INC I"xn~
Hour Claims bin, had to I'LL in the resi- OF ue IL"
with work on the regular calendar.
Mr.. Hoar promised better things fof inc ."."'o'
b.vcver. and from tomorrow, he says, he VIII Keep
~. r,sc,,on hin before the Senate, to the exclusion OF
"a sother business. The resolutions passed oy inc
permers, Alliance Convention, now In session IN
r,orlda IN condemnation Of the Force Dill, as '"c
detrncters of the measure persist IN calling ~ ~
NOT unexpected heN, for 1t was well KNOWN snse p'onr
5nent Democratic leaders had been negotiating WIN
the managers of the Alliance in tho sou'n =
such expression Of opinion. AS 'he ocaio n,o'"
a. comuosed chiefly Of Southern Democrats. VINO arc
Cm acting within party lines, the adoption OF the
veso,utions was easily accomplished. But such ON
omen declaration OF sympathy with Southcrn eeo"
methods is likely TO prove far from paiatap,e =" .s
members of the Alliance In the North ana "es' A.. a..
-. Democratic leaders who are now manipuia,ns .o
49,. onnv.nt,on may soon End that their dictauoh
has Aone moro harm than good. The Repnphcahs III
congress cannot be frightened by so Transparent I.
rnse ana some other and more plausible me'"ou -
,nNpencine public opinion against majority ruie J"
congressional elections viii have to be trieo.
Mr.. Pucl's speech to-day on the Election pn "a
nm nfire UNIV
moderate and vet not very convincing ehor. =" J.
that porro suffrage was q m0nstrous bluhoci' ""
.vI affects the Southern States should be lei. lux "
nullify as best they could. Majority ruie III TO-
Southern districts. Mr.. Pugh said, woula DC 49,
eyen IL 1t were limited to the simple eholce "
sentatives In Congress. The Elecuoh pMi ,n
h insure such majority rule. therefore IL vas as ~
.shnous ana ahNorrept as the XVIII Amendment. Every
democratic argument against the bill seems III TACT ="
reao,ve itself into an attack upon the last OF the shenu'
ments to the Constitution, which some southerh ''".'
men like Mr.. George, of Mississippi, may SOON U
demonstrating to be not only oppressive In " sppn."
lion. hut unconstitutional" In its intent ana PURPOSES
Mr.. Pugh's speech had one decided merit ~ wac
free entirely from the Hamboyant rhetoric ana 'o
unworthy bubbles Of Mr.. Turpie's orauoh Oh ycSveI.
day. 1t is surprising, indeed. that an cAoei"""
LAWYER like the Indiana Senator should descenu N |"
set speech to such cheap sophistry as thaV VIZ" a.
several columns of "The Record this morning. INV
cDlOfeQ vOtC Is SuppCScc III eS SVN
admit. Rut what of that? In the North they sup
nress the colored voter. The meaning OF this cpigram
is simple enough. The colored man, MI. iuipie
argues, has by law the right TO vote anu tno Hhns "
hold office. The Southern whites viii not ft mn
vote: but the Northern whites DO not leu Min hou
ofice. Therefore, he is treated as badly IN one pace
rs another. The black man, Of course, has no right 10
hold office at all. He Is lawfully eligible TO once,
II he Is a citizen. lust as any white man is. Inc lac'
that he may not be chosen to Office, although ensioio'
is no deprivation of. right, and to compare suo "
failure 10 hold office to the denial OF the Hgns W 'ooo
is a mere Juggling with phrases. Mr.. Iurpe' 10 maA'
GOOD his fanaitul parallel, starts out with the exuaVa-
Ont assertion that in the three great Republican States
nj pennsylvania. Ohio and Illinois mo colored man mas
ever been nominated or elected, or has servoh as
Governor of the state, or in any elective omciai capac"
,y In any department of the Government OF the State'
county or township
This generalization is as sweeptng as IL Is uh'
founded, and the same broad assurance chafac'eri1es
The whole speech. Mr.. Turpie. also. has q serio"s
Quarrel with the XVIII Amendment, which ne 'hnks'
az ,dently. is an obstruction far in advance OF puonc
sentiment and demoraliziug and dangerous In prAc-
hce. The extent of his indignation at those VINO
would seek TO enforce this amendment by sla'u'e
may be gathered from this extraordinary ou'o"'''
near tire close Of his speech!
1.-THE future will intone a malediction exceedingly
rare and vehement against certain men OF this DAY
who would betray their own race 70 sub1ngatlonm
white ~apo.tates charred with the bend sinister a
lineage 1eirs Of ~perditiOn, doomed to r%epreaSna, which .iINa
viii dsrken an infamy as the past reeedes, unul tune
Shall cast their miscreant names a prey TO the o"m0
foreetfulness Of oblivion n .v;.
IDENTIFY, Of falling a victim to any "dumb forgeaui-
ness of oblivion -, u., ..,or mn Mr.. pupl
addressed the senate In opposition TO II. In tne c4u fns
Of his remarks he said that the country atG 1 sSald not Of i ine
proposed legislation. 1t was never intended 70 ot
t tSaH Wss II Z State election Officers might be watched
rusrdsd and ,o Ove err, sa,. because s9sse ' II was se unsafe to trus'
them. Under It's operation there would not p nse slgsts
s:tIiet, il ne e E gm6,eS st iSss n aTS% T nos Be e ssb5sss {
supervision by partisan R S3n Scans. won ane be woD,
Election nashinsry Of the e on1ied S'a TSs w wSois oeneep
bon Of the bin was a transparent and audscious scheme e
H6s sTmI0ossrs as 0s alstri ena and p1 tneiS transfer a I'M to the pc
publican party in Congress. to be used IN perpesnau"
Its n ssp Ssolsced u that ssH sns inteli iss white people 81 u,
South would prefer the rule OF Army oince!s anu ~Ms
soldiers .ut to the \. ip taSnsa leo rule upon Od 'n them snl" through d1t tn
outrageous election machinery pro o ' Senator IN rhs he ex x
Dressed his conviction that there was not a state On TN
south in which. as q rule. 1t was not se no smr Mann sm,
s ssn ss S SeS,rr 3 and n for Presidential electors. and tina
there were not so many exceptions to the rule u sHn.m
sn ,. states .sS s sna ais'rif If the ne syste Of d local self gov
srnment was not an established failure, then II WA
manifest that the 1nteihRcit anu ~" "nO fSofh
- the Somfh and the state governments OF the south
which were Immediately interested and s sorelS aaHe'f +
X allowed to meet and mitigate the. evil as Tar q
possible: H undertook to say that .n.d inc f,e elae Mob psSpP p
IN The Sortb nnder like conditions; and ne declared
IN Conclusion, that the wisest and safest course 10
10th races was TO trust to the policy OF nohlhieriercho
nv the Federal Government uou,
Mr.. Hoar gave notice that after Io,eay re Mout
laid aside for any other purpose whatever until q ma
vote ives reached.
DEMOCRATS AND II ALLIANCE.