The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-01
NE0KO SUFFRAGE.
NKVNO HUIENAVE.
Enters Largely Into the Debate On the
Elections mn.

Enters Largely Into tho Debate On the
Elections mn.
WARRINGTON, Sept. 80.--The house oom-
Inittes on appropriations presented for tm-
mediate oonslds, alton n bill 10 extsnd shs
sims for ths completion OF ths eleventh
census TO June 10. 1894. II was passed.
Debate on the bill 10 sspssl the national
sleoaion law was resumed and Patterson. OF
Tennessee. spoke la snppost Of the measure.
He maintained that President Lincoln went
10 hts grave never dreaming Of universal
negro sU6tAao, that not y soldier who fol-
lowed the tag OF the union and fought iss
battles dreamed Of II during che war o
immediately after. He declared that had
Lincoln bssn permitted 70 live and carry out
his policy there would have bsen peace and
prosperity In the south twenty Ave years
ago. Liuooln'a assassination made II poa-
siblo for ambitious republican leaders 10
place their heels on ths neck Of shs ssuth.
denomination legislation Was passed ON
the theory. that the aovorstgnty OF the
states was gone; tha. the southern states
wore oonqusrsd territory. Ovs, $500, 900. =
GOO were piled on to the dsbss OF tho south
stn ssat+a In n few ysArs. Rum. dsvaata-
tion. lnwlsssneas, frauds and corruption
reiRned supreme.
Henderson. Of Iowa. interrupted 10 read
a letter from an unnamed individual In
ties in that state Wholesale fraud aud In.
timidatton 10 practiced. Patterson replied
hv rscountinQ the history Of the attempt In
1889 to punish election frauds; called At
sention to the condition OF nnairs In the
south before the Wal, when a man who
would corrupt or spend money in elections
was dishonest. II IL had been otherwise In
the south since tho war It's origin muas b.
looked for In thsse election measu %. II
the republican party had praotloed tho
policy placed by Lincoln in his letter 10
Gov. Kent, Of limited suffrage for the
neg o. it would have been vastly better for
the negroes aud for every section OF the
Warner, Of New York, supported the
measure. II do not care 70 defend the
state Of New York." said he, "against
ISLANDERS hurled ut her from every corner
of this chamber by republicans. We val
como them. The facts are that New Yosh
city was the first to adopt y model system
of registration election and count, that .
system 40 perfect that on the night OF III.
election from one end of tho country 10 ths
other the result in New York was knowr
and accepted. We in New Yo city COM
pelled the county districts to nccept thu
same sc,unity of elections which we volun-
IA lily put on ourselves yeara ago"
He went OH to refer contemptuously I,
Justice Wood. who had, Warner said, re
versed himself In order to keep Dudley on
Of jail and prevent official investigation o
the "blocks of tivs" letter. II resent,
shouted johnson, of Indiana, sprinaina 4
his feet. "Justiee Woods decision was Il
accordance with the law in tho case."
ut was neither law. morals nor deosnoy,
retortsd Warner; ''it was al illegal decl
sion TO WHICH Judge Woods waa driven b.
political necessity"
johnson sought TO readl the opinion q
Justise Harlan, bearing on the case
Richards, OF Ohio, then took the floor an
IN ade carefully prepared and 70, ceful ar
Rumsnt aReinst the constitu.ionality Of III
election laws.