Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-17
THE BAYONET BILL.
DESPERATE STRUGGLE IN THE SEN
ATE OVER THE MEASURE.
Both sides Observation-Disclosures Fight
Ing Of the Democrats-An Ali-Night
session--The Outlook.
lBr telegraph % the pispstch.l

MT. OOrIuhn presenleu buppttihohIh pOt'-
tons against the passage Of the elections
| bill, transmitted through the New YORK Star,
from the States OF Arkansas, California, Della
| ware. Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, North Caro-
ina, New Jersey. New York, Oregon. Pennsyl-
| vania, South Carolina. Virginia, and West Viz
ginia embracing over eight thousand signatures
THE GREAT RIVER OF TIE NORTHWEST.
| On motion Of Mr.. Doph the Senate bin appro-
priating o., $4,000 for the early completion OF
| the work for the improvement OF the mouth OF
the Columbia river, oregon, and fsl6,Q00 for the
early completion Of canals and locks AZ the cas-
cades OF tho Columbia river, oregon, was taken
| from tho calendar and after short discussion
| passed.
Mr.. Call thought that other works Of equal i'm
portgnce In other parts OF the country should not
DO neglected, particularly those OF Pensacola,
| the nneA harbor on the Gulf OF Mexico.
| PAsoo AGAINST THE FORCE BILL.
At2 O'Clock the Vice President laid before the
| Senate as unfinished businessn the elections
| bill, and Mr.. Pssco proceeded " address the
senste IN opposition 70 H.
He yielded 10 Mr.. Hoar, who sent 70 the CLERKS
| deck and had read an article from the Anglo
! Saxon Churchpan, OF Little Rock, Ark, whose
manager, he said, was. a. he was informed,
conscientious and Intelligent gentleman oil great
| respectsbility. The paper was an organ oil the
Protestant Episcopal Church, one OF the most
conservative OF scots and one which was not only
Increasing in numbers in this country, put IN
influence and religious zeal He supposed that
| II he we're 70 rise Ia his place and make any ono
OF hsli dozen statements found In the article.
| ne should encounter pretty heated ana HhRry
reply. The article was headed
'sAFsTY WITHOUT RAsoALITY,"
and advocated suffrage requirement Of 1900
| ia property and the payment OF $40 poll-tax
The white people OF the stale have trreyocADiy
made up their minds that the negroes OF thht
State shall not rule. One statement In the ar
| ticle was that stuffing ballotboxes ana pilI-
doing the negroes we're making scoundrels and
rufllans OF the sons ~ gentlemen, and another
was that the plan lad dO wn in the new Constitu-
ton OF Mississippi Gesdins, or intelligence test
| was a transparent piece Of humbug, aud would
not defeat the negro vote unless fraud was prac-
ticed.
MR.. HoAR's GUN SPIKED.
Mr.. Jones, Of Arkansas, stated that the writer
OF the article, MIR. Carnochan, was not southern
man, but.thet he had gone TO Arkansas rev
years ago from Cincinnati. Ohio. He was
truthful, well-meaning man, but be had not
been long enough on the ground TO understand
| the matter, and, therefore, his opinion was
worth no more than that Of the Senator from
Massachusetts or that OF any other poorly-ln-
| formed man Cd the subject. lLaughter.l With
out in eGding 10 STATE anything untrue, Mr.. Car
nochan had been misled and deceived ana ne
| had used hasty and Incorporate expressions
Mr.. Jones denied that there was any effort In
Arkansas TO deprive the negroes OF their full
right OF suffrage. He quoted from a speech
| made by Sherman Hosr. OF Massachusetts. to
the effect that nominations and elections in that
State were purchased, and said that II poll
| tician could be mistaken in making such a
charge minister Of the Gospel might well Do
mistaken about political matters
THE PREACHER IN POLITICS.
Mr. Berry asserted that u Mr.. Csrnochan in
tended by that article to have the idea go abroad
that any general system OF fraud, Oulldozing,
or ballot-box stufling existed in tho State OF
| Arkansas he stated an untruth; that the gentle
m an was another instance 70 prove that when
minister Of the Gospel dabbled 10 politics he
| spoiled preacher and made very poor pontls,
| clan. The facts which Mr.. Carnochan stated
we're not true and the remedy which he pro.
posed was an absurdity and one that could
| never be adopted.
"wADNG INTO" HoAB.
| Mr. Berry spoke Of Mr.. Hoar as a man who
had passed his life IN stirring up strife among
nei gh bors. the danger Of which he never shared
| himself. When he Berry thought OF the conse-
Quences Of the pending bill II chafed him 10
| hear senators SELLING Newspaper articles that
were not true in order 10 SANDER whole peo-
ple Ii was not the act OF q bravo man 20 pursue
| a fallen foe; nor was II evidence OF brave aad
| generous man TO be continually tauntiog those
whom be (not he either, but his people) hsd de-
| feated in battle. Applause in the galleries,
which was reprovod by the presiding Officer Mr..
FryeI
nh. PAsco PROCEEDS.
After this diversion, which had occupied over
| an hour came 10 close. Mr. Paseo proceeded
| with his speech IN opposition TO the bill BE
argued that the application OF the bill, II II be-
came law, would not be confined 70 any one
| section Of the country. The chief supervisor
would find his way 10 the front wherever he
could procure signatures TO the petition pro
ylded for Wherever the party In power would
require the aid at elections OF dictator armed
with money and supplied with force the dicta-
tor would appear. How convenient would such
an agency have been, be faid. 10 November
last, when the removal OF few hundred voters
at various points might have reversed tho Ia
jority and prevented the election OF some wicked
Democratsl
AN AMENDMENT TO PUNISH BRIBERY
The postponement Of the bill at the last ses-
ston had enabled tho people 70 enjoy one more
| election free from dictation and free from the
unsayory aud unwholesome influence OF the
proposed legislation.
He gave notice OF an amendment which he
| would offer to punish bribery by the payment OF
money or by the promise OF procuring employ
| meut for voters, and 70 punish the use OF pay
envelopes intended TO influence workingmen.
AMENDMENTS PROM MR.. HoAB.
| He yielded 70 Mir. Hosr, who also gave no.ice
OF amendments which he proposed 20 offer 10 the
only the power 10 determine whether Federal
superyisors OF an election Is necessary, and 10
give 20 accounting officers OF the Treasury
power 10 audit the accounts OF supervisors as In
He also yielded TO Mr.. Hoar TO report back the
| forti1calions appropriation btu, with amend
ments.
TEST VOTE.
Mr.. Pasco again, at ten minutes past 0, yielded
| TO Mr. Walcott, w1o moved an adjournment
Mr. Frye demanded the yeas and nays and
| the result of the vote was-yeas, "a; nays, 81,
Messrs. Stewart and Walcou being the only
Republicans who voted aye. Mr.. Weshourn,
| who voted Wednesday night against taking up
| the elections BILL rej0ined his party colleagues
| aud voted No, as did MIR. Plumb, who was abb
| sent when the vote WAS takeni "Wednesday night
Mr. Pasco resumed aud spoke until b4O, when
Mr.. Hampton took the floor.
THE UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORT FOR TRUCE.
An effort was then made 10 induce Mr.. HoAr to
consent 10 an adjournment OF debate until to-
morrow. His reply was request OF the Demo
| Gratis TO name an hour when the vote might be
taken.
HAMPTON AGAINST THE BILL.
This was not done, aud Mr. Hampton proceed
cd TO address the Senate In opposition TO the
bu He referred In words Of praise 10 some Of
! the objections made against the bill by Mr. Vol
colt particularly TO It's stirring uplcivil strife,
aud as TO the injurious effect IL would have on
trs colored people OF the South. he (Hamptonl
was one who had witnessed the horrors OF
civil strife, and who had suffered his full
share of them; and he prayed God that
civil strife might never again stain with
fratricidal blood the soil OF the republic.
Would It. Mr.. Hampton asked, be wise, would IL
be kind, 10 enact law which, in the judgment
of many OF the best friends OF the colored citi-
zens subject the weaker race 10 peril and per-
haps to suffering7 He certainly was not willing
90 lend his aid TO measure which, In his opinion
was frauRht with evils 20 the whole country and
would bring innumerable woes on a class which,
he was sorry to confess. had too often been made
the victim Of injustice al the hands OF the white
race.
CASE SUPPOSED.
He imagined e case Of the state Of Massachu-
sets being under the political control Of Chinese
immigranIs, and he asked whether the people Of
mat old Commonwealth would submit 70 having
their heritage wrested from them by an iguo-
rant vicious people OF foreign bloodf Would
they surrender their inaienable and God-giyen
right OF self-governmentf MOI Every impulse
al manhood, every inspiration Of liberty, every
instinct OF e-pride would impel them 70 scorn
the thought OF such ignominy. Even the Senator
| CNr, Roar,, philanthropist as he was, and firm
believer rs he was Ia the ballot as panacea for
Ali political evils, would ind some way. some
method, he (Bsmptonl knew not what, for the
white vote 70 govern.
STRONG APPEAL.
His Wampton'sl public career would soon
| closo forever. During It's long continuance he
had never sought ONCE and mad accepted 1t only
when his people called upon him 70 serve them.
In appealing now 10 the sentiment OF fraternity;
10 me courtesy and 20 10 the patriotism OF sene-
tors not 10 force this bill until, at least, the
people could render their deliberate verdict