The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-28
The Wm Of tho Psonle.

Senator hoar has stated several times re-
Gently, with fine show Of virtuous indig-
nation, that the democratio senators in
opposing the force bill were trying to defeat
the will OF the people. He seems 20 have
totally forgotten that there was a general
election no longer ago than last November,
and that in that election the republicans
were Overwhelmingly defeated The force
bill was one of the issues. II was discussed
in the papers and on the stump. The people
pronounced against it so emphatically that
il the force bill senators had any respect for
the will Of the people they would have
abandoned the force Dill long ago.
Senator Hoar's memory is 50 short that Il
almost justifies the suspicion that he is in
bis dotage. The will Of the people is the
will Of the majority of them, and no
one can deny truthfully that there
is unquestionabls evidence that the
majority are against the force bill. II
Senator Hoar had said that the democrats
were trying to defeat the will of the major
ity of the republicans in congress he would
have said what is true. But the ma ority
in the present congress do not represent
the majority Of the people. The majority
Of the next congress represent the will Of
the people, and that majority are against
the force bill II Sc ator Hoar is so
anxious to have the will Of the people
respected, why does be not favor leaving
the force bill for the next congress to deal
withl The reason Is that he knows that
there would not be ghost of a chance fer
it in that congress. He ought to give the
people credit for an average amount of in
teiiigence. That he does not is shown by
his remark that the democratic senator's are
trying to defeat the will of the people.
1t is quite certain that a majority OF the
senators would not be in favor OF the bill if
the will of the majority had not been de-
feated by force and trickery in some of the
new states. There are men occupying seats
in the Senate who have no right there,
and they would never have been admitted
there had 1t not been thought by the repub-
licans that their votes might be needed to
pass tho partisan force bill
The more the force bill is discussed the
more clearly does its iniouttous character
appear. 1t permits an almost unlimited
expenditure of money. 1t is estimated that
under it an election would cost at least Sl7.-
100000. Doubtless the Republican party
expects that it will enable its agents TO
draw vast sums from the treasury to organ
ize the blacks and provide the means for
getting them TO vote the republican ticket.
Let the force bill become a law, and the
South will be overrun with republican bull
lies and bummers, and their pockets will be
full of government money. By bribery and
bulldozing they will endeavor to get the
blacks to support the Republican party.
Labor will be disorganized. race feeling will
be aroused, and the south's prosperity viii
be checked. 1t was against the bringing
about of such condition Of affairs that the
people expressed their will last Noven Der.
And yet Senator Hoar says that the demo.
Gratis are trying to defeat the will of the
people. The senator is a ft subject for q
lunatic asylum.