The Anaconda standard., 1890-06-27
THE cOLoRED VOTER.
Legislators Who Don't Think Women {
Negroes should Vote.

Legislators VINO Don't THINK women or
Negroes should Vote.
WASHINGTON, June 26.-A bill passed
granting fifteen days leave TO clerks in
first and second class postofiices.
Aregular order being demanded, Lodge
of Massachusetts began the debate upon
the national election bill.
Lodge made an eloquent speech in favor
of the bill and at its close was warmly
congratulated by the republicans.
Hemphill, of South Carolina, argued
that the bill was unconstitutional; il was
not national but sectional. There was no
more inquitous provision in the bill than
the one providing for the appointment of
an unnumbered number Of men abso-
lutely under the direction of the super
visor. Tie examined in detail the provis-
ions relating to supervisors and said the
whole bill seemed framed against the vo-
ters and i'm favor OF the supervisor. A
good deal had been said about the new
south, but what the country really needed
was new north, a north that will take
the view suggested by facts and not by
preconceived prejudices; that does not
believe IL has all the virtue and the rest
OF the country none; that would not
think the Anglo-Saxon In the south
always i'm the wrong when he had any
trouble with the African. What was the
use of talking about n free ballot in Kan
sas when the state had been SO gerry
wandered that 14I,0O0 democrats of Kan
sas had never been represented on the
floor?
Kelly of Kansas asked: "How do you
expect to get democrats here when there
are not four democratic counties in the
state?" Hemphill of South Carolina, said
il does not matter about how many DEM
ocratic counties there are, the democrats
have never been represented here. il
there were fair representation on this
| hx.
Gratis to 154 republicans, five prohibitions
lists and two labor men. When the repub-
licans of the north had taken the beam
out of their own eyes and fixed the laws
SO the peoples wish might be honestly ex
pressed;. when, they ,practiced as they
Under this system which II is
proposed to revive, the people of the
South had been robbed some years age
by picked williams of the North, backed up
by the United States army. The South
again. "we," Mr.. Hemphill continue
"know we must either rule that countr,
| or leave il. Now for myself, before the
| people of the United States. and before
| God, in all reverence, / swear we will moi
leave il. (Applause.l l do not hesitate
| to say the colored man has as many right,
as have, but he can not have his rights
| and mine too, and this law is intended Il
| put him again i'm control OF the Southern
| states; intended to awaken that race
| prejudice which is fast dying out; in
| tended TO bring about again that constant
irritation and clash between the two col
| ors i'm the South which will retard IL,
growth and bc destructive Of every prin
| ciple of human government"
Hemphill was loudly applauded by ths
democrats as he sat down, and nearly al
| of them pressed forward TO congratulat,
him.
Consideration of the election bill wa.
resumed and Rowell of Illinois addresset
the house in favor oft. He said the mum
ber was not few OF those who believed
that six years ago Clevelant
was counted into the presidential chair
by corrupt officials Mt the polls In his owr
state, to say nothing of the suppression o.
votes in ali the South, and the number
was increasing every day Of those who be
lieved IL. III that belief honestly existed
| ought il not to be the wish of every repre-
sentative of the people to SO conduct elec
tions as to make the charge impossible o
belief in the future. IL was everywhers
| i'm Northern circles believed that the blacl
vote of the Southern states was sup
pressed and the fifteenth amendment wa
| nullified.
| Oats, of Alabama. Crisp, of Georgia
Lewis. of Mississippi, and others tool
occasion Mt this point TO state that TIN
election In their districts was perfect,
fair.
Rowell declared that i'm some district
in the southern cities armed men wen
from poll TO poll and destroyed the ballo
boxes. In others the boxes were stuffes
and the true ballot thrown away. II
others military companies were organizes
TO fire cannon morning and night ito lie
the darkies know there was going 20 he
fair election" Cabins of negroes wer
fired into and IL that was not successful
and negroes turned out the militar,
officers made the polls a target for targe
practice.
Oats Of Alabama asked for the name
of those districts and Rowell named thre
in Mississippi and one in Arkansas.
This brought McRae TO his feet with
strong denial and soon Rowell and Breck