The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-01-27
Partisan
DEMOCRATS DOWN At CHARLESTON
Make an Attempt to Ipjure the
Material Welfare Of
the State.
7BB RESOLUTION is or OFRERED
To Boycott the Worlds Fair If
tho Federal Elections Bill
Passes Congress.
Col. St. Clair, n Democrat, ElOquently
opposes 1t aud Reads Ills Partya
Ltsson on PGlrlotlsn-A Bitter
Dcba!e-The Resolution
Killed In tho Senate
ST. Clnir's Brilliant
Speech.
THB RESOLUTION is OFFERED


s,,.lel Diz,uicl. to ne LaitlGeWr.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Jan. 25.-Tht
s,ora, cloud that began TO gather when
Daudridge's resolution was offered in
the House Friday burst to-day, but
hardly with the volume that was ex'
Deeted 20 far as tho House was CON
earned. The fact is, things teo& rather
a different turn from what was antici'
mated. Ikges expected that DandridGe's
original resolution would come up, and
Smith, OF Hancock, proposed to offer
substitute, ;he adoption Of which would
be warmly advocated by the Republican
side. When Senator Watts this lnorn
ing reported the adoption Of his resolu-
tiop Of similar character by the Senate
everybody smiled, bnt nobody said any
thing. A few minutes later Mr.. DAmd-
ridge offered another resolution that was
somewhat OF surprise to the Repub'
liCans.
JUDGE FRRavsoN's PROTEST.
It opened with some very elaborate
and lily constructed "whereases" and
wound up by resolving that West Vir-
oipia would make no Worlds Fair ap-
SToDy;ation in case the Federal Elections
Kin psssed. The frat member TO rise TO
mo situation was Judge Ferguson (Deln. J
He said: sIt any human being has the
gliyhtest ideathat anything We can say
or do will have any effect upon the pas
sage OF that bill in the United States
Senate, he knows nothing whatever
about politics, and I do hope that our
limo will not be FILTERED away in con-
7ideriug questions here that amount to
nothing in themselves aud will have no
etfecE whatever on anybody or anything
We are oil opposed to the passage OF the
Force bin, hut am afraid II we keep on
at this kind OF bn0iness We may STARE
the Republicans out Of passing it, which
| think, would Kill the party more
effpctualIy than anything else 1t can do."
Mr.. cambridge said the resolution
should bs passed. Tue United Ststes
Senate should know that the Democrats
Of West Virginia were In earnest IN this
matter.
FOR HONEST ELECTIONS.
Mr.. Lynch said: "The Democrats
need not be go solicitous about the Re.
publican party. 1t stands now and
slwass has atood for free, fair and hon.
est elec.ions. Desisive Laughter on
Democratic side The gentlemen on
the other side may laugh II they want
TO, but the history Of the party shows 1t.
The so.called Force bill proposes to pro.
,ect the lives Of honest ciuzsna in'Che
exercise Of their rights and Il that gus
the party let it die. 1t will die in
righteous cause. Il the Democrats are
not in favor olfair elections lstthem say
so and say it without the epithet taey
are using.
A LITTLE HISTORY.
"Here in ourown little mountain State,
under the eyes OF the gentleman from
Ohio county, there were marshals at the
polls at the election Of 1888 for tho pHf'
pose OF preventing people OF Wheeling,
honest voters, although their skins may
be darker than ours, from depositing
their ballots, aud they did 1t. The gen.
tlemen need not be 80 solicitous Tor the
Republican party. 1t has been and al:
Ways will ba able to take care OF ITSELF
ilr. Thompson, OF Summers, moved
the previous question, but Withdrew his
motion ct the request Of Mr.. Smith,, OF
Tyler, who made telling speech. he
said the gentlemen could dish up tue
Force bill il as many varieties as o
French cook could dish up potatoes
The gentlemen wanted ne 10 follow the
example set by the Southern States, and
in his opinion there was more honor IN
not following their example. They Se'
IN example once before--about 1SOO.
ITITA FORCE BILL.
The. ;entlemen talked glibly about 9
Force bill a7d he would admit 1t was
Force BILL" IL some respects' 1tpro'
posed to apply force to people who IN
undated honest EolsvB ct the polls
They proposed to force the states tna,
seeded thirty years ago to wtthnolu
their support from tho Worlds Ealr'
"Where Is tho loyal citizen" heasEedl
who does net sn5 amen and amen when
a measure is offered to force men q
spare the lives aud liberties OF their le!,
low meu2" The only object OF the Dill
is to make the way Of the trancgressoi
hard. He didn't care whether TennSa'
see, Arkansas, Missouri and Alabamf
were represented at the Worlds Fail
or not,
COLONEL WHITE GROWS ELoQUENf'
Colonel White then took tho floor
He regretted that the subject came up a
it did, and hsd not intended to speak
had not personal reference been made
to him and his county. He spoke o
the years Immediately following the
war and asked il there was free ballot
and fair count in West Virginia II
those days. He spoke OF the Hayes
Tilden Electoral Commission, and tha
Tom Reed said The Republican party
proposes to do it's oCn registration ant
It's own counting and it's own returning
The bilt was intended TO carry out thii
threat. In regard to Deputy ManhGl'
in Wheeling in 1888, he presumed tina
the gentleman had forgotten that ~
law WHICH made their presence posi- Oh
was pasSsd by Republican Congress
The Democratic msrshals did not pre-
vent legal voters IRON voting, but I'm
ported negroes from 01io. One ot then
vas a1Tessed aud KEEP. for months, am
when his trial came the Rspubllcal
managers OK the election who peEmltte'
him 10 vote could not be found.
col. FREER's HOT SHOT.
Col. Freer desired to ssy few word
on tho subject, and arose With 9 copy Q
Senator Kenns's recent speech on IN
Elections bill In his hand, and called q
leniion to the statement made tina
shortly after the war the Senator an
his friends "were driven trom their ayt