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


M. Keys, the Peoples Partv
nominee for Congress-, In his
speech Monday, made light Of the
Force Bill, saying that II we .
mere bugaboo hstchsd up BY Wat.
terson and others to soars the
Democrats In the South into hold.
Ing the South solid. II 10 humili.
at!ng and distressing that Q man
Of Mr. Keys' intelligence skouI,l
talk thus In the face Of the fAets.
The Republican platform Dc.
clares:
I'VE demand that every eisisss Of he
Usited Ststes shall b allowed 10 east ose
free sad uarsstricted hallos In oil public
elections, ssd that such ballot shall h
cous,ed and retsrsed % esss; that ssch
laws shall be enacted aad enforced 10 will
secure 20 every ciiiiss.
We deuouace the coa,inued ishunss
outrage. perps,raisd upon American eiii-
SEES foe political ressoss In ssrtsia 0os,h-
ers States u the Csioa.''
Nov, what does this plank In
the National Republican platform
meant IL IL placed there because
they like the existing election
laws under which the people have
been voting since this hes been
. Government, or because they
intend to make . new election
iswf Mr.. Harrison, the Repubh.
can President and present nomi.
nee. answers In bis message to
Congress. He says:
IN ~ last snssai messase I suggested
thai the Development Of the existing Law,
providing n FEDERAL snpersisioa Of Con
eresriosal slsssieas offered ~ effective
mode Of rsformise these abuses. The
need Of such . lsV hes mauif itself
10 many parts u The sesntry. The
prestnt lsw stops short Of eGeetiveness,
for u surrenders 10 the local auihorities
oil csstrol over the GER i6cstios which es-
tsblishes the prins fscis risht TO a sat
10 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 IL 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.
vention assembled 1t Minneapolis
this year, aud re-si1rmsd 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 ns passage, and d.
clared that II should be enforced
II it required . bayonet bshind
every voter ~ he marched TO the
polls. The Republican members
Of Congress, With perhaps . half
dozen exceptions. declared then
- now their party's purpose To
pass such . Law; and the largo |
majority OF the Republican lead.
srs, speakers aud papers, except
"a the South, are daily re.ai1rming |
'nd Reproducing this purpose.
Aud In the face Of such On Or.
ny Of evidence ~ here cited, for
hr. Keys, . Wigwump candidate
or Congress, to assert that the
Force Bill 10 . nero scare CROW!
. bis mere assertion to outweigh
he positive declarations OF the
Republican leaders from Presi.
lent down, - psde known thro'
Congress and their National Con.
Besides, II Il 10 . dead issue.
low 10 the best way to keep this
Infamous measure dead We On.
,wer, vote for Cleveland, the only
for President who open.
y and uRcopditi0nslly has dselar.
ID HE purpose to kill It and keep
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