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Legislators Engaged with the Ma
iiOnaI Election Bill and
Other Subjects.
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Debate ON The National Election
BiiI.-rhe House.

THE rive CEsAaBERS-
Debate ON The National Election
I BiiI.-rhe House.
| WASHINGTON, June 20. - The
regular order being demanded,
T.cige Mass tegan d5o-te upoa
the National Election bill. He
made an eloquent speech ia favor Of
the bill and At its close was warmly
! congratulated 10y the Representa-
tivps.
Hemphill Is. c. argued the bill
was unconstitutional IL was no.
| national, but sectional. There was
no more luiguilous provision ia the
tiil than tine one Providing for tbs
appointment OF an uunumbered
number OF men, absolutely under
direction Of the supervisor. He ex-
! plained in detail the provisions re-
/ lating to supervisors, and said the
whole bill seemed framed against
the voters and in favor Of the
supervisors. 4 good deal had been
/ said about the New South, but what
| the country really needed was n
! new North, that viii take the view
! suggested by facts and not by pre-
conceived prgiudices: that does not
I believe il has all the virtue and tie
rest Of the country none; that would
not think the AuglO-SaX0n in the
South always in the wrong when Ire
had any trouble with an African.
I What was The use OF talking about a
free tIl.O. in Kansas when the
State hal been SO gerTymauderet
that the : &, 0JD democrats Of Kansas
bad never been represented on this
floor,
kelI Kan. asked: Glow 10 you
expect % get a Democrat here when
there are not four Democrat counties
in the SigIee''
Hemphil.-It does not matter how
many Democrat counties there are.
THE DEMOCRATS
have never been rsurescuted here.
lfthere were 4 fair representation |
on this floor the proportion would be |
1853 Democrats, l5i Republicans,
five PT0hibitiouis.4 nui two Labor |
man. When ibG Republicans cf the !
North had taken the beam out NJ |
their own eyes and fixed tine laws |
- the peoples WISHES might be
honestly eEpressCdi wien theg |
practiced As they preached, the
southern Democrats would receive
them with open arms. Under this
system, which it j. proposed to IT,
vive, the people Of the south had
been robbed some years ago by
picked villains II the North, usJSgd |
M by the United States armr. The |
South Old not want 20 Toe pJJ in That
position again.
eve" Mr.. Hemphill continued,
"knOw we must either save that
country or leave il. Now, for my
self, before tine people Of the United
States and before God, in all Tever-
euce, ] swear that We will not leave
il. Applause / do not hesitate
90 say Ina. the c0l0red man has -
many rights as / have, but
he cannot have his rights and
mine too, and this law is
intended 81 put him In control Of
the Southern s,Giesi u Is intended
to awaken that race prejudice which
Is fast driven out. it Is intended 70
cause constant irritation and clash |
between the two cOiJIs in the south.
which will retarj its growth anu be
destructive Of every principle Of
human government"
uENrHILL WAS LOUDLY APP
rLAUDED
by the democrats - he sae down,
and nearly all Of them pressed for
ward 10 congratulate him.
Rowell, I'D. addressed theHOuss in
favor Of the bill. He said the NUM-
Der was not few OF those who be-
lieved tina. Cleveland vas counted
into the Presidential chair by corrupt
officials ut the polls in.his ownStatc,tO
say nothing OF the suppression OF
votes in all the South, and the number
was increasing every day Of those
who believed II. II that belief hon
estly existed, ought il not 20 he the
duty Of every representative Of the
people 10 so conduct the elections as
10 make such a charge Impossible Of
belief in the future? IL was every
where ia the Northern circles be-
ANkHN ~ AANaAa ANAN hAAAh NhAt VI Aalt
Southern States was suppressed and
the fifteenth amendment nullified.
Oates Ala, Crisp lGa.), LOOMS
{ Miss aud others t0Ok occasion at
this point 10 state that tine elections
in their districts were perfectly fair.
ROwell declared that in some dis
tricts Of the South bodies Of armed
men went from poll to poll aud de-
stroyed the ballot boxes; in Others
THE BOXEs WERE STUFFED
and the true ballets thrown away;
in others military companies were
organized 70 fire cannon morning
and night ''tO let the darkies know
that there was going TO be a fair
election" The cabins Of negroes
were fired into, and II that we're
not successful and the negroes
turned out, the military officers
made the polls a target for target
practice.
Oates (Ala.l asked for the names
OF the districts and ROwell named
three in Mississippi and one in
Arkansas.
This brought McRle TO his feet
with strong denial and soon Row
ell and Breckenridge were talking
at the same time. When quiet was
restored ROwell finished his speech
and Lehllach (repl spoke against
the bill. Such n law would bring
about a conflict OF authority and a
state Of atkins.
fucker Val spoke against the
bill and the House adjourned.