Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-09-24

do their own counting Of the ballots. anu .s..
own esrtifcatlou Nhy,it wouia make d ~ elect
once, my feew-citisens, whom you ehouia esSss sr,
10 Congress from the Rchncnd Dsiric,s aasat
man whom tho representatives OF tue reoota, a,'n
chcse to certify w0nu tyr,,.sS
In the Congress OF me me. ,s.ie
States from this district. Now, my ieu9n-, ,.s
zsns, what dces oil that mean What Is me ioIuo
bill7 They call u bill 20 secure fair t9
] believe, Brother Wise-a bll 10 s.~ seeuLo is's az
elcctionsi IL Is about as mucn ,snS inisn 80 tho
the word "protectlon Is WHOM applied 70 ane
tarsI laws 81 this country. IL is using I" b"'1
word for a very bad purpose.
WHAT THE BILL Provides.
The force bill. marx you the bill when pas.sea
the Republican House with bat three disscnsink
Vofea provides that supervisors OF election snA.i
be appointed by the Federal courts. Inc SUI
peryisors have the power, undor that bill, 20 ap-
point deputy United states marshais w.nVet. W. ,,ea
limit Tho supervisors arc appointed ior me-
aud from their decision there Is a0solntey no ~
peal They have the power under that Jaw 70 scr
aside your State governments, so far as eiectons
are concerned. They can depose the ,Ia ni.n
whom yon haze selected under your State laws
for tue purpose OF conducting your electonn-
men entrusted under your State laws with the
conduct OF your elections can be set asiuei au1
tho elections conducted by agents oi the feuo-
raj AdministratiOn-men whom you 90 not kllyw, ,
strangers among you. They receive and couns
the ballots administer the oaths, certify the re-
au and certify az 70 who shall pretend 70 repre-
cent YOU in the Congress Of the United states.
Moro than that, thoy have the power under
that law 10 strike names from tho reglalr as'on
8, lust as they may deem proper. Ihey nave
the power under that law 20 invade the sihcll.y
OF private homes. They can examine tho cer-
tihcatss q natrralized citizens u in ther luus
ment they hayo been Improperly lssueu,
although ordered by your courts Iney nave
the power to cancel them and % deprive
the citizens of the right OF suffrage. This law 70
TO be put In force IN every city IN the Onlteu
States having population OIL ZU'OOO oi ~, ii 81
II may be put In force in every congressional
district I'm the United States. IT may DO pnl IN
force upon the petition of 100 men VINO clalh
20 De voters Of any district. 80 that' UPON
the petition Of less than j per cenI.
OF tho legal voters OF congressional district,
this vast machinery can be put into force az
every polling place from Maine 20 California,
from tho Columbia 20 the -. John. ana TINS, too'
without the least insinuation, the least lnllIha-
ton or the least charge that fraud, wrong, or IN
tnsiice il intended 20 be perpetrated upon the
people Of eny district
MANY OFFICERS AT GREAT COST.
This law, II put into general operation, as u
may 10 under this provision, ia every district III
the United states, would call into being an army
Of Orlce-holders Gggregating mcre man 3OO'Ouo'
surrounding every polling-place, In every pre-
nncf, in every congressional diBtrict IN inc
United States, ana this, too, at q cost 70
the people OF sl0,O0O,OOO at every Di-
ennial election for representatives IN Congress.
NJ
may got O little tired Of listening % this discus
sion but you are not half as tired ns gou viii be
II this force bill should ever 20 into enect pou9
applausel; for tell you II thnt Dill had passes
by the President. and II would be upon
your statute-bOoks to-day. and this
meeting tonight would be entirely unnecessary:
[Applause.l As 20 who should be the next
President Of the United States, that would have
been determined AZ tho Minneapolis convention,
and IL would have been unnecessary 10 go
through the form Of a general election 20 ascer-
tain that. What docs Il mean, my telloW-citi-
zons7 1t means this: II means the destruc-
tructon ot the night Of suffrage. II means
the destruction OF the right Of the people TO elect
their own representatives IN Congress, ana incl-
dentalIy to elect the other officers that you nave
the power under your State laws 20 elect. ln
other words, il means to Virginia, It means 10
North Carolina, II means 20 south Carolina, Ala
bama, Mississippi. aud Louisiana, and II means
to YOU fellow-ciizens, the return Of the glorious
days OF reconstruction. tApplause.l
HERITAGE OF HEAVY DEBT.
I viii not detain you by recalling to you people
Of the South what you have passed through; l
viii not recall II 70 you bccaube the recOllecuon
OF IL burns In your memories The days OF
humiliation, the days OF outrage, ana tne
dave OF wrong through which you passed rom
ISGS--and speak now OF period long after the
close OF tho war-I speak Of period under car
pet-bag domination, under Republican misrule
the period when men were set 10 tale
over YOU who had no interest IN common ",In m
YOU, but whose whtl interest from the mountains
TO sea was 20 plundor the people whom they pre-
tended 10 govern. loud applause
Do you not know that there has been lett "a
the people Of the southern states-nany OF the
southern Statcs-as q heritage OF Republican
misrule and carpet-i az domination, burdens oi
debt that your people and their children today
out OF their hard earnings, are payngI Inc
passage OF the force bill means return to the
DAYS OF reconstruction, OF misgovernment, and
of inisrule. IL means taking the power OF self.
government out OF the hands OF tho people, OF
the States, and placing IL ia the hands OF Federal
agents.
his MISSION TO THB SOUTH.
My felow-citzons tho force bill is general in
its character bus Il is aimed az you. Applause
And saw, as I did before, that trust no man IA
the Old Dominion will be misled by the cry that
II Is q dead issue. Lot Republican Congress be
elected-a Republican House Of Representatives,
a Repubiican President, and ali the depart
ments OF the government again be placed
in the hands OF tho Republican party-and
the force bill Will be passed. Tho re-
turn Of carpet-ba domination will come, and
remember 10 have heard Jeremiah ). Black, one
Of the grandest men and grandest Democrats
this country ever saw. lApplause.l heard hlm
when he argued tho Louisiana case before the
electoral commission. ! heard hie.description Of
the carpet t-baggers, and / heard him tell thai
commission how they had robbed tho people oi
the South, and be said " tho carpct-bagger'
reached out their long, ieOniOus fingers into the
pOckcts OF pos.erlty and snatchedits inheritance
from the unborn babe" lCheersl
ait possible, Mr. President, that It IL neces-
sary for mo 70 come from my homo 1000 miles
TO the westward and ask the people OF virginia
% stand by the Democratic party2 j am no
hore tonight for that purpose. l am here l0l
the purpose Of imploring the people OF tho Old
Dominion IN this great struggle whero constitu
tional liberty Il involved TO stand by your Owl
homes and your own wives and children. lLong
continued applause.l
Mr.. Stevenson is q calm, deliberate
speaker. He has but few gestures, but he
holds attention by his evident thorough
knowledge Of what he is talking about
and his clear and confident enunciation OF
his principles. He was listened to with the
deepest attention. When he came TO thai
part OF his speech IN which he mentioned
the force bill the house broke forth IN
storm of applause.
Fine Address by SIR. Rayner.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Steyenson's re
marks Mr.. Ellyson introduced Hon. lsldol
Rayner. who, he said, was an old college
mate of his. Maryland. he added, had NJ
more worthy citizen and the Democracy
no stronger champion than Mr.. Rayner. -,
Mr.. Rayner opened his speech by al
luding to q speech he had made at th'
University OF Virginia twenty years ago
We were engaged now. he said, IN strug
ole WHICH, II IL went uHhlusb Us, WOulhi h'
believed, deprive the people of the right tC
rule. This was a government of the peo
ple, and there was no warrant in the Con
stitutlon TO impose upon the people am
burden not necessary to carry on the gov
ernment economically. He showed tina
the government of the Republican partl
was a government of the classes and not o
the masses, and declared that IL we stood
upon the rock Of principle with falterlnl
footsteps We might as well take to tn
quicksands.
MONOPOLY AND MONEY lower.
Monopoly and the money power, he said
we're against us; but with us-stronge
than any combination-were the people
He antagoniZed the proposition that hlgl
tariff meant high wages and demonstrated
that nine tenths of the mechanics wer'
not employed in the protected Interest,"
and that the tariff protected the monopo
lies only. He gave facts and figures e
emphasize this, and illustrated It especially
by a statement in reference to the lumbe
and the wool interests. While the iumoe
lands we're being protected, he said, TN
men who felled the timber and corded II
the laborers-were freezing end starving
in the western wilds. He heard all alons
the line that the intelligent Republican
mechanics in Pennsyl wanna ana factory
hands in New England were asking theii
congressman where is the difference II
wages they were TO get when the higi
tariff went into operation. The day wa
comino he helieved when this ediflc0 O