The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-05
Northern Democrats Modify
Election Laws Repeal Bill
AnEoRo APPEALS FoR JUSTICE.
Senator Butler Predicts Compromise
on Silver Repeal Bill.
Butler and Blackburn Defend the Aa-
mfnsssratien-why Carlisle Does Not
Bay snver-The New Chinese Bill
Reported 60 the House.

wasHixsros Crry, Oct. 4-In the hous.
today, after the presentation OF severa
resolutions. Peel, from the committee or
public lands, reported adversely Bowers
resolution calling on the attorney genera
for Information whether the United State.
could be made party 10 the cases of this
Southern Pacific. now pending. to dis
possess settlers in California.
The house passed joint resolution ex
pressing to foreign governments partici
pating in the Worlds fair celebration ths
Acknowledgements Of congress
Under the call of Committees Oates re
ported the bankruptcy bill aud Mccreary
reported the substitute for the Evereti
bill amending the Geary exclusion acs.
After a rather heated debate on the pro
priety Of recognizing wax claims Of the
class OF which portion had been paid by
the Confederate government. the election
laws repeal debate was resumed by Comp
ton Of Maryland in support Of the meas
ure.
Sweet of Idaho denounced Cleveland 70,
his course on the silver question. and said
Andrew Johnson was inipeached for acts
less odious. Cleveland imagined himself a
dictator.
Lane of / linois maintained that armed
men at the polls should be Withdrawn now
and forever.
Murray, the colored Republican from
South Carolina, closed the days debate.
IF / oae allegiance to this government, =
said be, "then the government which
squeezes my life-blood out in taxes owes
protection to me. The goblin of state
sovereignty il again lowering about the
dome Of the capitol. submit that men
armed with rifles and shetguns who stand
at the ballot box to murder or terrorixe US
to prevent us from voting are as much
armed enemies OF the United States as an
invading army
just before the house adjourned Chair
man Fitch. of the COMMITTEES reporting the
bill, introduced a substitute which strikes
out thesection of the Revised Statutes EN-.
powering the military TO keep the peace al
the polls and repeating all laws regarding
the appointment of supervisors or deputy
marshais. The substitute would leave in
force the election laws relating to punish.
ment Of private individuals for bribery,
and. above all. leaves in force the
declaratory principles OF the fifteenth
amendment. The Northern Democrats,
after an informal conference, decided that
the Tucker bill was too sweeping, and this
substitute was formulated 10 meet thu OBJ.
iections. Adjourned.
IN the Senate.
WAsHISsros CITf, Oct. 4-When the
senate met this morning there were by
- u.
publicans present. After some delay q
quorum was secured. Morgan of Ala.
bama reported from the foreign relations
committee bill making appropriation
to enable the secretary Of the treasury to
enforce the Chinese exclusion act; re.
ferred.
Morgan offered q resolution, which went
over, instructing the committee on Judi
ciary to report what provisions. If any, oi
the coinage act of January IS, 1887, were
nov in force.
The resolution by Dolph, calling for in
formation as TO pensions paid persons re-
siding in foreign countries. was agreed to.
The repeal bill was taken up and Butler
of South Carolina addressed the senate.
He said 1t was apparent that 1t was the
purpose of those senators who favored the
bill TO force IL through the senate without
regard and consideration FOR the rights oil
the minority The minority were not
attempting TO coeree anybody and did not
intend to be coerccd themselves. There
was no despotism so oppressive as the
despotism of a majority unresirained. 81
arm asked" said Butter. what is to be
done. reply compromise. Compromise
a.. ~ -
are told comprouiise means defeat; sur.
render To the majority. Compromise is
the very essence of our form of govern.
ment. Not measure which is contested
in this house or the other becomes law
except as q result OF compromise" Butler
denied that there had been fillbusterinr
on the repeal bill. and ridiculed the idea
that the proceed ngs of the opponents OF
repeal were revolutionary or reasonable.
Butter then took mp the alleged interfer.
ence Of the president in legislative mat.
ters. lie could not believe the presiden,
had attempted to use his high Office to in.
fuence legislation.
Blackburn of Kentucky addressed the
senate in opposition TO the bill. He said
he was a bi-metaliist in the hroadest and
;ruest sense of the word. Repeal OF the
Sherman law would not cure the troubles
under which the country labored. The
tariff system must be revised aud the pro-
hibitlve features eliminated. Wider mar.
kets must be obtained for the products oi
labor. The financial system must be re-
modelled Gold aud silver must be made
the standard. Paper money must be based
upon this standard and issued directly oy
the government and not filtered through
the agency Of petted and fostered n.-
tional banks. The 10 per cent. tar on
state bank currency must De repealed.
The government must be economically
administered and the pension list purged
Of pecuiation and fraud. blackburn had
bat one condition TO impose upon com
promise: Unlock the doors OF the min,
TO silver me.al. The people are demand.
ing settlement oi this question. Black.
burn then entered into long defense oi
the administration.
Call spoke in opposition TO the bill, and
the senate adjourned.
Increase Of the Circulating Medlum-
WASHINGTON CTTY, Oct 4-Accordine
10 treasury ssaiementsssued BY Seeretary
Tsrfizia thu total anount OF .4,,,..,. - ,~{r.