The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-01
THE HOUSE.
The Day Consumed in Debating the Federal
Election Bill.

Election Bill.
WASHINGTON, June 30.-In the House
this morning Dickinson of Kentucky, sue
cessor to Carlisle, was sworn In.
The debate on the Federal Election Bill
was resumed, Herbert of Alabama being
accorded the floor.
Herbert dwelt on the history of the re-
construction period and said at that time
the negro had been taught to dstrust the
Southern white men. The negro was now
learning that it was for his interest to array
himself against the white man and the
white man was doing everything in his
power to teach the negro this lesson. If
the South was allowed to work out the
problem for itself the time would come
when the negro. being educated as the
white man was, would be able to take care
OF himself, both as d Taxpayer and as a
citizen.
Houk of Tennessee said his advocacy of
of this national election law did not grow
out of any supposed emergency or neces-
slty, notwithstanding that there were va
rlety OF reasons that the power of the Gov
ernment should be asserted. Strangers lis
tenlng to the debate might think the object
OF The measure was to arrest the whole
Democratic party. What harm would re-
suit from an honest election? Had the Dem
ocrats from the South practiced dishonest
elections so long that ii would break their
hearts to stop them? 1t was said the bill
would cause race prejudice, but it was not
race prejudice the Democrats were COM
Dating. Ii was political prejudice. The
objection was not that the colOred man was
black, but that he voted the Republican
ticket.
Coleman of Louisiana announced himself
as a Republican both from conviction and
prlnclpie-a Southern man by birth, educa-
IOn and aSS0clatlon-but he opposed the
Enactment n EauuroI ala 10 or
tine. lie would heartily support ma
tlonal election bill if he thought its enact
ment would secure an honest ballot, but
the supposition that the passage of such
measure at this time would have this effect
was based on false impressions and on ig-
norance of the true state of affairs in some
portions OF the South. He did not wish to
stimulate any trouble and he was as GER
tain that trouble and blood3hed would fol-
low the enactment of this legislation and
that the law would fail in its purpose as he
was that lie would vote against it in this
House. He wanted to see the Solidity of
the South broken, and there were signs of
disintegration in the Democratic party but
if the House should pass a Federal election
law the men now ready to separate from
the Democratic party would 90 back into
what they were told was the white mans
party rather than risk negro supremacy.
The debate was further continued by
Burrows and Chipman of Michigan, after
WHICH some IOrulal amendments were
agreed to.
The debate was interrupted and the joint
resolutions adopted extending the provis-
ions of the present appropriation acts un-
til the pending bills become laws.
The Election Bill was then resumed and
Lehlback of New Jersey offered an amend
ment providing that the Chief Supervisor
of election for every judicial district shall
take such action as is requisite to secure
such supervision in each Congressional
District as is provided by the laws of the
United States. He said if it was desirable
to control Congressional elections by tue ma
tonal Government let it be applied to every
district 10 this country alike.
Gheadle li IL si9n8 favored the amend
srss 9 ls abs voted Tor this measure he
no represeutsd. S-ssla q - di2.. 1T l,i-'-A
Mills spoke briefly against the bill and the
House took recess.
At the evening session several addresses
were made for and against the bill, and an
adjournment was taken until tomorrow.