Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-01-17
NATIONS CAPITAL.
A Busy Day IN Both The Sen
its md House.
Red6srs Of Ifiilsls Iakss 1 Speech
Elections Bll h lhs House.
Senator AitchslI's BiIl for Hsss b.ish
sment ot Govern msut IN A,a,lks,

Senator laitchslrs Bul ior Hsss b.i.h.
sment q oovsrrmsut In A,aaks.
WASHINGTON, Jan. l6.-At two o'c,ock
the Vice President laid efore the S. nate
a. ''unfnished business" the elections bill!
PAsco proceeded to address the Senate in
opposition TO it He yielded to Hosr. Who
had read an srticle from the Anglo-Saxon
ChnrchmAn, Little Rock. Arkausss. whose
mansser, he said, was. ~ be was informed,
a conscientious ard Intelligent gentleman of
great responsibility. This paper va, the
orgas Of the Protestant Episcopal church,
one OF the most conservative Of sects.
Fhe sriicle was headed Safety withou,
Rssesiity," and advocated q suffrage re-
quirement of el000 property and "a, ment
Of . Ioli tax, the white people Of that
state having irrovAcabiy made mp their
minds that the negroes Of that state shall
not rule. One statement in the article was
that stufing ballot boxes and buldozinQ
negroes we're making scoundrels and RUN ar .
Of the sons of gentlemen, srd another was
that the plan laid dom in the new consti.
tuition Of Mississippi (the reading or intel-
iigence test) was . transparent piece Of
humbng, and would not defeat the negro
vote unless fraud was practiced.
Hear said 1t was an editorial article.
Jones (Arksnsss) stated that the writer
of the article. Carnochsn, WAS not South
ern man, but had gene to AYkansas few
years ago from Cincinnati. Ohio. He was
truthful, well.meaning man, but had not
been long enough on ground to understand
the matter, therefore his opinion was not
worth no more than that Of the senator
from Massachusetts or any other person
informed on the subject Tlaushtsr1 and
not intending to state anything untrue.
Carncchan had been mislead and deceive d,
and had used hasty and insenperate express
siona. He (Jones) denied that there had
been any effort in Arkansas to deprive the
negroes Of their full right of snifrsge.
Berry ssserts d If Csrnochan intended by
that article to have the idea 60 abroad that
any general system Of fraud, buldozing or
ballot box stufiag existed in Arkansas, he
stated an untruth. That gentleman was an
other instance 10 prove that when minister
of the gospel dsbbled in politics be spoiled
the preaoherand made avery poor politician.
The facts Csrnochan stated were not true.
The remedy which he proposed was an
absurdity, and one that could never be
adopted. Berry spoke of HoAr ~ man
who passed bis life in stirring up strife
among his neighbors, the danger Of which
he never shared himself. When he Berry
thought of the consequences Of the pending
bill, it chafed him to hear Senators seiziog
newpaper articles that were not true
in order to slander the whole people.
1t was not the act Of brave man to pursue
fallen foe, nor was it evidence of brave
and generous man to be continually hound
leg those whom he (not he. but his people)
defeated in battle. rhe applause in the
galleries was reproved by the presiding
officer, Frye, and Pssco proceeded with his
speech
Hampton proceeded to address the SEN
ate in oppc sition to the bill. He yielded
to Hoas, who gave notice Of the amend
ments he proposed TO offer, the effect be-
ing to give the judge the only power to de-
termine whether the federal supervision of
election is necessary and give the account
ing officers Of the treasury power to audit
the accounts Of the supervisors as in other
cases.
Pasco at ten minutes past six yielded to
Wolcott. who moved adjournment.
Frye demanded the yeas and nays and
the result was: yeas, % nays, 80; Stewart
and Wolcots being The only republicans
voting aye. Washburn, who voted Wednes-
day night against taking up the elections
bill, rejoined his party colleagues and
voted no, as did Plumb, who was absent
whec the vote was taken Wednesday night.
Pasco resumed the floor ard continued
his speech. He said the people of the
South did not want il; it would make the
condition of the colored people Intimately
worse. All the trouble with the colored
people arose from intermeddiing and bad
advice and would disappear if 1t wss under
they must, like other people, stand on their
own feet and rely on their own efforts.
When the two races Of the South realiz- d
that they had to settle their own relations
toward 9each other, the first ssep would
have been taken toward the solution of the
80. called race question; the proposed leg,s-
lation was harsh, un-Americsu, expensive,
dangerous,
Pa.co concluded his speech at GAO when
Hampton took the floor and said he would
be under great obligation to the senator
from Massachusetts if he would let the
senator 20 home and rest tonight and COM
mence afresh tomorrow morning on this
important subject.
Hoar-Is the senator prepared to fx q
time for vote on the bill?
Hampton-Yes, sic. As soon a. every
senator Who has an, thing to say on the
subject ehall have expressed his views.
Hoar-That is not stating q time.
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print Of the bill, at least half dozen
of the prints being in circulation, each DIFF.
fering from the other in paging and num-
bering.
Vest proceeded to point out the incon-
gruises in the bill
Reagan argued that the bill was in itself
violation OF tire constitution, which gave
to the states the right and duty 10 fix 4
time, place and manner of elections. The ad-
ditional provision Congress might change
was merely q secondary power reserved
in case the states neglected to take action.
AT the close of Resgans speech at l0.15
motion was made by Hosr 10 lay Batler's
amendment n the table. The Senate got
into parliamentary snarl over the point
made BY German that the amendment. of.
be disposed Of. This poidt was over-ruled
by the Vice President
German appealed from the decision Of
the chair and attempted to state his position
to which Ednuuds objected. Is an appeal
was not debstsble.
Morgan asked the Vice President to state
for his information (ss he had been out Of
the chambers) wtat the question was. A
the Vice President got rather confused 10
making the statement lowing to a number
of que stions from Aldrich and the noise in
the chamber) Morgan remarked as the
Chair did not know il he was sure he
(Morgan) did not. After much confusion
. vote vas taken TO appeal and laid on the
table-yeAs, 81; nays. 10.
The qaessiln wAs taken up on Ms.
Hcar's motion 10 lay Buffers amendment
on the table Chat supervisors, canvxssers
and allegation of offices shall be regard.
ed as ministerial and not as judicial Off ,ers
a. agreed to. Yss, 80; nays. 20.
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