The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-12

" tne olaeeS IN the matter of represcn-
tatlon had been invaded and in fact
denied. Mississippi and South Carolina.
Win II vote of 9l.139. sent fourteen
members to the House of Representa-
tives, while Iowa, with voting popula-
ton of a93. 255. sent but eleven mrmbnrs
In the name not only of the State of
IOWA. put OF its individual citizens. he
hoped that an earnest effort would be
mate to remedy this tlagrant iniusticc
me people of the country would not
oeilevo that the people OF Mississippi
aru south Carolina were rs free to use
the ballot rs were the people OF Iowa.
-,or would the people be content until
absolute safety WAS assured to the citi-
zen In his use OF the ballot and until
fairness and good faith were shown in
every State in the Union. When this
END should have been reached. then the
country would have free ballot and n
tair count, and not till then.
Inc interest of parties and the for
tunes OF political leaders sank into utter
lnslgniiicance i'll the presence OF such
an issue. No more important subject
no" commanded tho attention OF the
pcple OF this republic. low would Con
gress deal with tho subject? Would
partisan passion aid in it's solution lIc
thought not. \ little conservative con
sderation would disclose tho fact that
the pcrpleXitics which surround the
subject had their origin in this charac-
ter and passion, and instead OF being Il
help, would prove u hindrancc to their
solution.
The constitution had determined who
were citizens and tho character and OK
tent OF their religious privileges ODE
dlence to the constitution was Il duty of
citizens; it was Il duty OF the State
The Republic would not abandon the
principle of equality upon which it
rested, and to which it owed its phcnom-
inal progress.
Fraud, intimidation, force and assas-
sination might, for a time, prevent Il
free and equal use of the ballot. Such
instrumentality might prolong the
journey the Republic must take before
it reached the end which would give it
peace. What must the country do? 1t
must do ris'ht. Let every citizen. be he
white or colored. cast his vote. as is his
right, and have it counted as it is east.
III Congress obeyed thetdictatcs of duty.
II would establish peace throughout the
Republic. If it refused, it would but
involve tho country in the pcrils of re-
trlbutive Justice, which Was ever the
ally of the oppressed.
Mr.. Frye said tlat in his speech OF a
few days ago the Senator from Virginia,
Mr.. Daniel, had made reference TO the
Lyndc report. The reference To il
seemed to point to the conclusion that
he tFryc) joined in the report. Mr..
Frye explained that himself, Forncy
and l.yndc had composed Il sub-commit-
tee sent to New York by the Forty
NTH Congress to investigate Daven-
port. Iynde had drawn up and signed
Il report containing his own views. 1t
had been presented To the House. or
dcrcd to be printed and rc-committcd.
1t had never seen the light OF day from
that hour to this.
Al. Frye then passed a high eulogium
upon Davenport. and went on to say
that the pending bin was not one-tenth
part stringent enough; not onc-tenth
part drastic enough i'll its provisions
If. in order to secure the right of an
American citizens to freely east his bal
lot and have il counted as east il was
necessary to put the bayonct behind
every ballot he would put the bayonct
behind it. (Minglcd applause and
misses in the galleries. which was
promptly suppressed by the Nice-Prcsi-
dcnt)
Mr. Daniel commented upon Fryc's
declaration as To the assertion Il
bavonct with evcrv b,llot and ,h,t .rf-
it"Tcs si'ou' ~, We uvpositct III inc mtiHZic
,ar. i,n,.,fr ,' w "''' WV 1vl"-
bayonct and ballot side bv side Hut
that was not the conception of u rcpub-
lie which its founders, and was not the
conception of II republic which the
American people had to-day.
Mr. Frye said IF it was necessary