The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-11-15
FINISH THE GREAT WORK.

w give OuF tulIbIIai p'CC I'-bnJ
to a clipring from the New York
Sun. II is better said than a"ythirg
we could say on the subject, and il a.
timely as anything we might choose.
1t reads a. follows:
"From this time on, the Democracy
mas work on hand as long rs a YES
tige remains of the Federal statutes
warranting DsvenpOrtism in any
State or city of the Union. The
most urgent duty before the party is
the repeal of the partisan Republican
laws on the subject of supervision of
elections, passed in 1871 and 1872 by
the FOrty-first and Forly-second Con-
crosses. They must be wiped out
utterly and finally; and until this
has been accomplished and the con-
troll of all elections has been restored
to the States, the Democratic party
must not pause for rest or sleep.
THE time is Opportune for deter
mined assault upon the whole hate
full machinery of Federal interior
enee with elections. Until now, the
y rtv Of free government and home
"a ge would have been met at the out
st of such an undertaking by the
false cry that il was endeaV0ring to
unsettla the results of the civil war
aud to uullify the Constitutional
amendments. Fortunately the day
has passed when such cry can pre-
vail. The bloody shirt would excite
ridicule if it were again exhibited.
AS for the pretended need Of guard
ing the purity of elections in cities Of
more than 80, 900 inhabitants by the
presence at the polls of an amy of
tramps and loafers and crooks like
the horde mustered on Tuesday in
this town by Davenport and JacO )ns,
that pretence is altogether too Earcl-
cal to be contemplated by honest
Republicans with any other senti-
ment than disgust.
I'm the past, the Democracy has
been sufficiently occupied in prevent
ing a further extension OF the OdiOus
system which the party Of fraud and
force fastened upon the statutes when
it was all powerful at Washington.
The fight against the new Force btll
has been fought and won. Now is
the time for the party 10 advance
from Resistance to aggression, from
prevention to remedy. Now is the
time to assert the broad and sound
Democratic principle that Federal
supervision of elections held under
State laws can be tolerated in no
form and upon no preteuce whatever.
Let the Democracy, holding the
ground il has already won, proceed
openly aud boldly 20 the accomplish
ment Of me reueal of the outrageous
laws under which the Republican
Davenports and Jarobuses corrupt
the suffrage by Intimidation and
shameless wholesale bribery.
son, then, for the repeal of the
Davenport laws! The attention If
the country has been directed to thu
general subject Of the recent fight
against the Davenport-LOdg Force
bill. The right foundation for legis-
lative activity in the direction OF re-
form has been afforded by the investi-
CATION OF Davenport's methods, go
ably conducted by the Hon. Ashbel
=. Fitch's committee of the Fifty
second House. The enOrmity of the
scandal and outrage has just teen
illustrated 10y DavenpOrt5 latest per-
formances in the interest OF the desN
perate leaders of the Republican or
ganizatiOn. And the strong prOb4-
bility that the Fifty-third Congress
will be Democratic in Senate As well
as in House, with the certainty that
Democratic President will be in the
White House to sign an act rel ealing
the infamous Election laws of 1871,
encourages the Democracy to prompt
action.
Finish the work! Down with
Davenportfsm and Federal bribery Of
electors"