The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-17


deprive the negroes of their full
right of suffrage. he quoted from a speech
made by Sherman Hoar Of Massachusetts,
to the effect that nominations aud elections
in that state were purchased, and said that
if politician could be mistaken in making
such charge, minister of the gospel
might we'll be mistaken about political
matters
BERRY DERoUNCRs THE ARTICLE.
Mr.. Berry asserted that if Mr.. Car
nochan intended by that article to have the
idea go abroad that any general system Of
fraud, bulldozing or ballot-box stuff
firg existed in the state of
Arkansas he stated an uutruth.
That gentleman was another instance to
prove that when a minister OF the gospel
dabbled in politics he spoiled preacher and
made a very poor politician. The things
which Mr.. Carnochan stated were not true,
and the remedy which he proposed
was an absurdity and one that
never would be adopted. Mr.. Berry
spoke OF Mr.. Hoar as a man who had passed
his life in stirring up strife among his
neighbors, the danger of which he never
shared himself. When he (Air. Berry,
thought Of the consequences of the pending
bill, it chafed him to hear senators seizing
newspaper articles that were not true, in
order TO SANDER the whole people.
brave man to pursue a fallen foe;
nor was it evidence Of brave and gener-
Gus man to be continually haunting those
whom he mot he. out his people, had de-
feated in battle. LApplause in the galleries,
which was repressed by the presiding Off
Ger, Mr. Frey.]
PASCo RESUMES ELS SPEECH.
After this diversion, which had occupied
over an hour, came to a close. Mr.. Pasco
proceeded with his speech in opposition to
the bill. He argued that the application of
the bill, il it became law, would not be
confined to any one section of the country.
The chief supervisor would find bis way to
the front wherever he could find signatures
to the petition provided for. Wherever the
party in power would require the aid at
elections OF dictator armed with money
and supplied with forcs, the dictator would
appear. How convenient would such an
agency have been, he said, in November
last, when the removal of a few
hundred voters at various points night
have reversed the majority and prevented
the election Of some wicked democrats. The
postponement Of the bill at the last session
had enabled the people TO enjoy one more
election free from dictation and free from
the unsavory and unwholesome influence of
the proposed legislation. He gave notice of
an amendment which he would offer, to
punish bribery by payment of money, or by
promise of procuring employment for
voters, and to punish the use Of pay envel-
opes intended to influence workingmen.
HoAR TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT.
He yielded to Mr. Hoar, who also gave
notice OF the amendments which he pro-
posed to offer to the bill; the effect Of them
being TO give TO the judge only power to
determine whether federal supervision OF
an election is necessary, and to give to the
| accounting officers of the treasury power to
audit the accounts of supervisors as in other
cases. He also yielded to Mr.. Hoar ia
report back the fertilization appropriation
| bill, with amendments. Mr.. Pasco again,
at 6:10 o'clock, yielded to Mr.. Wolcott, who
moved an adjournment.
Mr.. Frye demanded the yeas and nays
| and the result of the vote was Yeas ~,
nays SO, Messrs. Stewart and Wolcott be-
| ing the only republicans voting aye. Mr..
| Wash burn, who voted Wednesday night
against taking up the elections bill, rejoined
his party colleagues and voted no, as did Mr..
Plumb. who was absent when the vote was
taken Wednesday night.
HAMPTON TAKES THE FLOOR.
Mr.. Pasco resumed and spoke until $40
O'clock, when Mr.. Hampton took the floor.
An effort was then made to induce Mr..
Hoar to consent to an adjournment of the
debate until tomorrow. His reply
was a request of the democrats to name
an hour when vote might be
taken. This was not done and Mr.. Hamp-
ton proceeded to address the Senate In
opposition to the bill. He referred with
words of praise to some of the objec-
tons s4s made made against the bill by
Mr. Mr.. Wolcott, particularly as to
and as to the injurious effect it would have
on the colored people of the south. He
(Mr. Hampton 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..
be kind to enact a law, which in
the judgment OF many of the best friends
of the colored citizens would be to subject
the weaker race to peril and perhaps to suf-
fering? He certainly was not willing to
lend his aid to a measure which in his opin-
ion was fraught with evil to the whole
country, and would bring innumerable
woes on class which, he was sorry to con-
fess, had been too often made the victim of
injustice at the hands OF the white race.
THE CHINRsE ILLUSTRATION.
He imagined the case of the state of Mas
sachusetts being under the political control
of Chinese immigrants, and he asked
whether the people of that old common
wealth would submit to having their
heritage wrested from them by an ignorant
vicious people of foreign bloods
Would they surrender their inalien-
able and God-given right of self-govern~
mentG No, every impulse of manhood,
every inspiration of liberty, every instinct
of race pride would impsl them to scorn
the thought of such ignoniny. Even the
senator (Mr. Hoar), philanthropist as
he was, and firm believer as he was, in the
ballot as panacea for political evils, would
find some way, some method, Mr.. Hampton
knew not what for the white vote to gov
ern. His MIR. Hampton's) public career
would soon close forever. During its
long continuance he had never
sought Office and had accepted it
only when his people called upon him to
serve them. In appealing row to the senti-
ment Of fraternity. to the courtesy and to
the patriotism Of the senator's not to force
this bill, until, at least, the people could
reader their deliberate verdict upon it, he
felt that he vas discharging, if the last, the
highest public duty which he owed TO his
state and to his country. [Applause from
the galleries and from the democratic sena-
tors.
DIXON FAvoRs THE BILL.