New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-01
THE CONSTITU7TON"NOT IN IT.
4 NEW FEATTRE IN DEMO- RATIO ORATORY
AGAINST THE ELECTION LAWS.
NEGRO DOMINATION NOW TIE BURDEN or
THEIR CRY-MR. INGALLS, CLEAR AND
LOGICAL ARGUMENT AND ME.
WARNEES WILD RAWLINGS.
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Washington Sept &c. The House was in session
only three hours and half to-day. Less Una"
three hours OF this time were devoted to the dis
cussion of the proposed repeal Of the fecuo"
laws At no period IN the course OF the discussion
was a quorum present. and empty galleries lookeu
down most of the time upon the scene beiow' ne
principal speakers of the day were MessTs' RAJ
terson and Warner behalf OF the Demociatc
side and Mr. Mccall for the Repubhcans' "i''
Mccall brought to the discussion OF the suoIeci ''e
experience gained as chairman OF the committees
-, Judiciary and or Elections In the Massachusetts,
Iouse of Representatives. and showed by the
Iucid and incisvc manner in which he treated II
his familiarity with the practical "ofkihS" oi Wv
laws as we'll ar a keen appreciation OF the p'''-
cal effect which their repeal would nave III '"'b'
cities The greater part Of his speech in fact, was
not devoted to an academic discussion OF thr Pol''
Of constitutional law involved but TO clear ana
,ocicaI and therefor, unanswerablc exposition OF
the motives underlying the feversh haste WIN
which the Democratic party in the HouS" SEEKS al
This time to force the repeal of this law upon n
practically helpless minority
MIR. PATTERSON IN UNTRoDDEN WAYS
Mr.. Patterson. of Tennessee made the Demo
cratic speech Of the day. He excited some surprise
hecau.. as a Southern statesman he left the Con-
sti,uton ont of a consideration Of the subject.
Instead he turned into the equally familiar thoueh
in This debate up to now untrodden path OF mig
ger domination" With good deal oil energy ana
with display OF feeling hardly commensurate win
tho ls.ess apathv depicted in the faces OF MS ai-
d,ence he varied the monotony Of the debate by eN-
tong the superiority Of the dominant race III '"c
south by kindly bestowing qualified praiS' upon
Abraham lincoln ard Andrew Johnson, ana by enc
ING In q dlatribe against these statesmen Whom he
held responsible for the policy OF recohs'uC'o"
The connection between the latter subject ana 'He
proposed repeal Of laws which are supposed 10 guar
ar,ee "a the voter his right to vote ana TO nave
that vote counted was not quite clear E"t MI
Patterson has n charming way when ne addresses
the Overwhelmingly he does rot 90 20 "i'ci' Oh
s,raving into by-paths and losing himself IN
,,,crs. NJ uncomfortable brushwood. He is entirely
harmless.
THE DEMOLITION OF JOHN I. 1s-NTNFoEI'
John Dewitt Warner is the first New-f orK 'o'i-
gresham TO be heard In this debate. MS sp'v,. y
IL not TO be taken seriously. Neither IL NJ. VII"
denunciatjon OF the laws and OF John !. paVeh-
mort uraccompanied b. proof or thrr ""'''
,,c,ousness or the vic!ousness Of the man TO whom
ths,r execution Is intristed. are not likely 10 APP
ne,l 70 the Judgment Of thoughtful men. 10
!, ,o,r 4, fact In one breath that they are
nars4ctlv harmless and in the next tha' nh'''
,ber cover "crmes have been comnlt'ed against
the liberties OF the people OF New-fork' IN com
harrison with which 'thc atrocities OF IN" p"N
NJ alva In the Netherlands are as ho'n'''s' ~
the p,,bllc has been told ovtr and over agar. ~,
,Sis drhete Is TO put little too great 'a XXI"
80, ~ I'M elect OF the average voter Net VIII
moi using the picturesque !hhsaSe ,a,nn aninc
Mr. Warner managed to give 'he S"''' "
II goes without saying that after ne c'95e' diT,i
little LEFT OF J2hn L. i, wns sought TO re-
peal were constitutional or not Tor on Il" moi M
that they w9re rh ,nfah jm Sir wsrners mind set
tied the whole case