Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1890-10-25

This was more than President
ever did with Attor-
hey General GARLAND, who al
though proven guilty OF having re-
ceived Pau Electric Stock appar-
entity as a bride and having en-
to secure a decision of the
Supreme Court of the United
States invalidating the patent
rights of the Bell Telephone Co.,
was retained by this same Demo-
cratic President to the end of his |
term. According to your own
admissions, how does Pre- ,ident
HARRISON compare with Ex- Presi
dent CLEVELAND.
But this shrewd Democratic
Chairman has the audacity to stand
boldly in opposition to the FEEDER
al Elections Bill, measure fran
ed with the direct purpose that
every citizen all have therighttO
cast just one ballot and have that
ballot counted as be cast it. Speak
ing of it, he says:
sits ostensible object Is to secure
| fair elections Of members of the House
OF Representatives. Its real object Is
to insure the election of Republican
members of Congress from southern
States"
Be that as it may. Ii it is so, it
is because fair elections will insure
the election of Republican mem
bers OF Congress from Southern
States.
There is not a self respecting
Democrat IN the land who would
have the effrontery 20 say that on
fair election this country would
not be overwhelmingly Repuhli
can. 1t is only 10y force, fraud
and blood shed that it is kept
otherwise. And yet this is how he
denomina'ed such a measure.
Read his language:
It's development in most malignant
form of a tendency to Capitalization
!. which Virginia rebuked in thunder
tones neatly a century ago, and is ALSO
Lutte in the encouragement 1t gives 70
!, illegal voting and in providing that th'
! supervisor and others CHI srged with car
5 rying it out shall be tools of the Repub
> lican party. Even the pretences
r makes 20 fairness are but so many fac
r tors in the sum Of the great iniquity,
{ mockery of State laws, an insult q
1 Democratic judges, and travesty upol
the right of suffrage. In short che bill
4 makes United states circuit judg'
. dictator as to the political complexion
4 Of the peoples representatives ia Con
. gress from the circuit over which he ha
Jurisdiction; virtually places the thros
Q OF every citizen in the grasp of pa;
i. tisan myrmidon, and would put th
y necks OF Virginia and her southern sis
d tiers under the heel of the Negro
a From the most fiagrant outrage this
could be contaminated by Republica
II henchmen, by virtue Of this latitudin
= Gus monstrosity there could be no ap
peal save from myrmidon to masterl
: Now what must be said OF tn
infamous Anderson-McC ormic
= Bill. measure so unpatriotIc
. It's designs, deviIish in its ingen
ity and ridiculous in its applicatio
20 as TO cause blush of shame
mount the cheeks of every ia
, minded man who can lay claim
a the title, VirgiDian.
ID The Democratic Anderson-h
Cormick Bill which this san
!, chairman favored allows a par
:. san Board made up entirely of Il
- members of one political party
control the election machinery.
The Lodge Federal Election b
"a provides that both parties sh'
- have a representation. The Der
90 cratic ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS B
Of allows iona fde property-ownil
- voters to be stricken from the lis
IA previous TO an election, thus {
% franchising them. The FEEDER
as Election Bill allows nothing of t
- kind
,al The Democratic Anderson
s, Cormick Bill was framed with I
purpose in view of disfranchisi
=, large portion of the voting pc
lation of this state. The Fede
=: Election Bill was framed with
!, purpose of allowing the freest
"a ercise of the sovereign right
90 every citizcn to cast just one bal
"a and have it counted as he cast
: And yet in the face Of these
10 ser ions plea is made for Rer
!, lican support
80 Republicans have no need to
=, deceived by such an address. Z
limo hoe Gonna mhon all aIo