The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-08-12
KEYS AND TIE FORCE BILL
Il It . Mere Bugaboo ?

Mr.. Keys, the Peoples PArty
nominee for Congress, In biz
speech Monday, made light Of the
Force Bill. saying that Il we q
mere bagaboo hstchsd sp By Wat
tersou and others to scare the
Democrats In the South into hold
ing the South solid. II 10 humili
ating and distressing that . man
Of Mr.. Keys intelligence should
talk thus In the face Of the faets.
The Republican platform do.
clares:
I'VE demand that every eisisss Of he
Usi,ed Ststes shsli h allowed 70 east oae
free sad uarestricted ballot II oil public
elections, and that sueh ballot shsil ~
cousted and retsrsed ~ esss; thst ssoh
laws shall be eascted snd enforced 40 will
secure TO every citisss.
We desouace The cos'inued ishunss
ouirages perpstra,sd upoa American eiii-
sess foe political rsssoes IL ssrtsia 0ss'h.
ere States u the Csioa.'
Now, what does this plank In
the National Republican platform
meant 10 it placed there because
they like the existing election
laws under which the people have
been voting since this hes been
10 Government, or because they
intend to mako . new election
hwf Mr.. Harrison, the Repubh.
can President and present nomi.
nee. answers In bic message to
Congress. He sayG
IN ~ last saasai messaes ! Suggested
thai the Development Of the existisg Law.
prov isiine q FEDERAL supersisioa Of Con
gressiosal slsetiess offered ~ effective
node Of rsformise these sbuses The
seed Of sach Lao hes unaffected Itself
In many psrts u the sssutry. 80 The
prestnt lsv stops short Of effectiveness.
for u surrendess TO the local authorities
oil csstrol over the GER i6cstioa which es-
isblisAes The prias fscis tisht to q sat
IL the House Of Representatives,. This
defset should b cured"
Further illustrating what their
platform means, the Lodge Force
Bill was introduced with Harri.
sons urgement and approval, aud
passed the Lower House Of Con.
gress With . solid Republican sup.
port and q solid Democratic Op.
position; and II was killed In the
Senate by . solid Democratic vote,
aided BY . few Republicans, the
latter thinking more Of free silver
than they did Of the so. called
Lodge free election bill.
Furthermore, amer this country
was aroused from center to cir.
conference over the Republican
effort to psss this Lodge Force
bin, the Republican National Con.
vsntiOn assembled st Minneapolis
this year, and 70 smrmed this
identical Force bill plank.
Mr.. Reid, the Republican nomi.
noe for Vice. President, and also
the editor Of the New York Tri.
bune, urged rts passage, aud d.
clsred that II should be enforced
II it required . bayonet bshind
every voter ~ no marched to the
polls. The Republican members
OF Congress, With perhaps . half
dozen exceptions. declared then
- now their party's purpsse tn
pass such . law; and the largo
majority Of the Rspublicas Iced.
ers, speakers and papers, except
In the South, are daily rc-anrming
aud Reproducing this purpose.
Aud in the fsce Of such On Or.
ray OF evidence 80 here cited, for
Mr.. Keys, . Wigwump candidate
FOR Congress, to assert that the
Force Bill 10 . mere scare CROW!
10 his mere assertion to out weigh
he positive declarations OF the
Republican leaders from Presi.
ient down, - made known thro'
Congress and their National Con.
ventiOnf
Besides, II Il 10 q dead issue,
how 10 the best way to keep this
Infamous measure dead 7 We On.
swer, vote for Cleveland, the only
candidate for President who open.
" and Internationally has dsslar.
cd his purpose to kill 1t and keep
II killed.