The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-11-01
Repeal ana Re-snaotment

Fr1= tkc Chlo1so Intar ocean
raless The sens,e come 10 is rssus the
f-uitei siaies o. America soon viii be the
oalycigilIze5 country in The world in which
yaaonaI elections are wholly freed fron
Nst5enal supervision or c3atro- The repeal
ortbe Fzd=raI election laws 81 declaration
tha.the dangerous docrriue Of S-a,e soT-
sseizaiy. rhich thirty years ago be
cssaz cause q Eaf, and which Vas believed
10 have been overcome by tie sword, s,iil
.arss-as. and zurdTes Justify. i amoluis
70 this. thai s.ates IL Ebich elections uade-
1isbiy, rsy bossiflliy, arr carried by tbe
forcibie OF fraudulent suppression Of the
Totes of rrssj 51ity oi rssidsn: citizsas z.e TO
Be- permitted 20 ss1d lzF!essly elected Rep
rs-e1tafives aud Szua-o-s % Congress. and
oy 50 dong 70 give Nzsi0nzi suPrsnacy 70
a uzr,y that Is G National minority. i is .
zrsre evil that viii beisl us, ualess the
ssusle iaisTI9ss f5r riehlsorznea
4 Srsnesly, z aFpee-s that lie FoFulci
members q Congress voted io- the Tepezl O.
the AVS that Eere taeir sole defenses- Ths7e
VII not Be solitary Southern safe in
Eli.L any thiri party Populist, Silver,
Socialist. Labor. or Otherwise vii have 4
ehos. ofa chance IL any election involving
Nziionzl Issues II F-se-al protection b
xi,hdrzEn from vOters-
Bot the question involves issues hr supe-
nor 70 the fzte Of any political Iariy. AZ
the eE President Eeli pats Il, We cannot
have good and P1rs government without
h0nez- elections r Is impossible. L=gis-
lstors elec;e5 by force or fraud siil legisIzis
isvo-zbiy 70 the dangerous minority 10
shom tlley owe their places. rathtr than 20
the welfare Or the Nation. Lass made for
sectional Or f5r partisan purPoses, fJr the
5easit Of mia0Tiig. il fscf, Eiu fall inio
coz. .e,opt Of the uisj lriiy ani SiH be disc
beysd. strife Is an insviizble outcome Of
dishonest legislation, and dishonest legisia-
ton Is an inevitable o1teome Of dishonest
e.eciions.
VI. Harrison. however, looks hopefully
ahead. No natter If the Senate should
fJlioE the Hoase IL voting repeal Of the
election Jaws. the repeal viii be but fJE q
zhile. The people vii not permit it,
szys the late President They are too
intelligent and TOO patriotic to Surrender
The rights for which their fathers fought
Tbs is trae. TIE reFo.g.ieasry war was
f5r SELF go7erameat. tbe var Of the rebellion
va q Esr betKeen those who held to the
idea that Congress vas an assembly CT
ambassadors Of petty sovereign States and
those who held that It was al assembly Of
representatives, Of The people. In each case
victory was with the people It ever viii
b.
lis too Early 70 forecast the action Of the
psople in framing new laws for the regula
ton OF Sa,i5nal elections, in the event Of
tie Senaie's c5aGrming the repealing action
osths House. Blti;is not TOO early 20
prophecy tina: less then foaF years hence
there vii be a Congress and a President
pledged 10 the enactment Of such LAYS as
EiIi make it certain tina; a laborer hgilg in
Gsoreia shall have as fuil and as free = voice
in choosing a Senator or a aCoogEsssman who
is 70 lsgisiats on matters affecting bis wages
a. Is exercised By the iab3rer who lives in
Illinois.