New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-20
Nr. STEWART ANp THr rLECIloN BILL
WHY THE <av,pN SENATOR orr"''' Ut He
fNouN-I~TENr POSITION.

WHY THE NEVADA SENATOR 'IP'''N ID "''
INCONSISTENT POSITION.
w,-nirrton Dec 10 -p"cipl.- Tho de5a'" in ih" sen
a on tip. Election bIll ran along TO-DAY "HH l'' "u"
,,,orou,.y and 1t H. -na HE pa" HuH I'' 'n '"'
f.,,.o ,.lru Nr -to,,art - Ncynda. t'oh iir Moor
,,,,l, ,,b, lee va. di.ucluci - vote Tor 10, pa
-,... r0. Nevada senator, hostility To th" measure
l.- Lc.n we'll known LUt many senator ou b"h -l'c'
vc.c curious T. hear th" ground- "n winch u" "'''n
n., rpurran,r 90 s.. 81. stewart boldly too" inc
tack ,lcvcrly suggested bv vi. Quay and announced
ilui Nj, 81. opposition 10 the hlll g"w OUT "i ~ 'A
cc-,ivc modcrton f. fatal lack Of force and -"vrrt'
II. provisions M stewart thought w"r" inn"'n""'
and uug.tlry: H. method too entirely h"moco
paiuic Tor him eli hc saw go virtue TN % ema,'u
lated "a scheme 10 y-or 10 The negro ~ TIE ~onth MS
uow vanished right Of suGfaSc. To enforce honest
election, -outh Of M's0n aud pNons hne' he w'uih
r,lol.c the AID If much more drastic m"hsum--the
.i pension ~ tho Ialc,. Corpus act military occupa-
ton of Congrc ,oual d, trcts, the reduction OF the
representation Of offending state His would be a
polio, # blood and iron d return. In fact to tho
methods 81 early reconstruction days.
Whcthc, Mr. stewart is entirely sincere not IN h.
devotion ~ radical scheme for upr1oung southern
election f'ud-. h- attitude on the pending bill rs
/ slated m hi, speech 10 day is neither loalcl
! nor sensible. because the H"leuie 10 secure
honest elections proposed by the senate COinmitt'~.
seem, q him Ineffective account Of us consary
ism. Ice joins fore, at with the opposition Who
are irving to defeat 1t Oh accodnt of II, rdicaisn and
the. danger it threatens h. continued Democratic III
pgcmacy iu the south There are many Other Repnb
lcan~ who viii agree with Mr. stewart that the pending
bill is f;'r. being stringent in lis provisions ~ i
might be. bu' because H. dos nD 20 quite far a
their own views they do tot hasten 10 inject the IN
| dcuiablc bench; 20 be derived from 1t In the WAY Of
improving present election method and of purgng the
choice oi cpIcs in Congrcs, IN great major
rs Of al the southern dlstrcts from the faint ~ fraud
Nj. stewart seems to be believer. however. In tn,
philosophy Of the Who'll, loaf or none.
Two other .pccchc, were made earlier IN The DAY
Mr.. Bat. finishing h. remark Of y"-icrdN aud Mr
Gibson. Of Louisiana. following with moderate good
tempered argument against the bill.
The debate either Oh the Lodge measure or the new
Financial bill promises 10 proceed without utter
rpOn until the early part of next week. the ekac
time for the introduction OF y previous question I1
not having been fixed yet. The election u the twt
new senators Idaho may delay of I'D IL
| tiunal DAY before the attempt j. - be mad
! - force through the rule. ON their arrival tlu
Republican majority will be increased 10 fourteen am
the chance u detection large enough 10 defeat ruiz
- close debate or any other party measure Will b
/. reduced h. a minimum. Tho senators ara not 60
Dected 10 be h-c much before the end Of neat week