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

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M. Keys, the Peoples rartv
nominee for Congress, In bic
speech Monday, made light Of the
Force Bill, saying that Il wss .
mere bsgAboo hstchsd sp BY Wat.
tessou and others to scare the
Democrats In the South into hold.
ing the South solid. II 10 humili.
ating and distressing that a mon
Of Nj. Keys intelligence shoal,l
talk thus IN the face Of the faets.
The Republican platform do.
clsres:
I'VE demand that every eisisss Of he
Usi,ed States shsli b allowed 10 east ose
free sad uarestricted hallos IN oil public
elections, and that sueh ballot sAsli he
cousted end retsrsed % esss; thst ssoh
laws shall be ENACTED sad enforced 40 will
secure 10 every ei,isss.
We discusses The eos,inued ishunss
ouirages perps'ra'sd spon American ci,i-
sess foe political resscss 10 ssstsia Sss,h.
ere ssstes of the Csica.''
Now, what does this plank in
the National Republican platform
meant 10 IL 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
hvf Mr.. Harrison, the Repubh.
can President and present nomi.
nee, answers In bic message to
Congress. He sayG
IN ~ lsst s0saai mesaaes I suggested
thai the Development Of the existing Law.
prov idine n FEDERAL supervisioa Of Con
gressioaal slsslisss offered ~ effective
mode Of rsfosmise these sbusss. The
ssed Of sach . Lao hes unaffected Itself
10 many paris u the sssn,ry. 80 The
prest nj lsv stops short Of edeetiveness,
for u surrendefs TO the local saihoriiies
oil csstrol oses the GER iicsiioa which es-
tsblisAes the prios fscis risht 10 q sat
IL The House Of Representatives.. This
defect shoaid 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.
ventiOn assembled 1t Minneapolis
this year, aud re.a@rmed this
identical Force bill plank.
Mr.. Reid, the Republican nomi.
nee for Vice. President, and also
the editor Of the New York Tri.
bune, urged ito passage, and de-
clared that II should DO enforced
II it required . bayonet bshiHd
every voter ~ no msrshsd to the
polls. The Republican membess
Of Congress, with perhaps . half
dozen exceptions. declared then
~ now their party's purpose tn
psss such . law; and the largo |
majority Of the Republican lead. |
ors, speakers aud papers, except |
In the South, are daily re-anrming |
aud Reproducing this purpose. |
Aud 10 the face Of such On Or.
ray Of evidence 40 here cited, for
Mr.. Keys, . W!gwump candidate
Tor Congress, to assert that the
Force Bill 10 . mere scare. CROW!
10 bis mere assertion to outweigh
he positive declarations OF the
Republican leaders from Presi.
lent down, - made known thro'
Congress and their National Con.
ventionf
Besides, IL Il 10 . dead issue,
how 10 the best way to keep this
Infamous measure dead We IN.
uwer, vote for Glow Gland, the only !
candidate for President who open.
y and Internationally has dsolar.
I'd his purpose to kill 1t and keep
Il killed. /