The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-06
SOME WARM SPEECHES
In the House on the Elections Re.
peal Bill Yesterday.
Mr.. MURRAYS EARNEST APPEAL
For Justice to his Race Attracts Close
Attontion-OtherS Southerners Sup
port tho BilI-Important Measures
Passed. by tho House--Senator Hill
Wants a new Rule Adopted.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 5.-Interest
in the elections debate in the house is
not sustaining expectations. 1t is lag
ging instead OF increasing. To-day the
only speeches that attracted any atten-
tion were those OF the colorsd man, Mr..
Murray, of South Carolina, and Mr..
Money, Of Mississippi. Mr.. Murray was
accorded unusual attention, largely per-
haps out OF curiosity on account OF his
color.
The public gallery was packed to the
doors with negroes who applauded his
utterances.
Secretary Morton was, by the bill
passed to-day, placed in the line OF
presidential succession. The position
OF secretary of agriculture had not been
created when the succession bill was
passed in 1887.
hebiii passed turning over the prop
erty of the Mormon church, now in the
hands OF receiver, to charitable pur.
poses marks the official winding up OF
the affairs OF the Mormon church under
the Edmunds-Tucker act.
Mr.. Oates called up the bill! disquali-
flying United States judges from sitting
in cases in which they have ever been
interested as counsel or ties Of Consan-
guinity, and it was passed.
Consideration OF the Tucker election
bill was resumed, Mr.. Murray taking
the floor for the completion OF the
speech he began yesterday.
The coiored man declared that no
gambler or conjurer" ever devised
more plans to defraud his victims than
were conducted by the Southern Demo-
cratic politicians to rob the men Of his
race of their votes.
He applied such epithets as "mur-
derers% thieves" and ballot box
rapers" to the southern Democratic
politicians. and appealed eloquently to
northern Democrats, western Populists
and patriotic Republicans everywhere
to resist tho passage OF this netarious
bill.
But, even ii this bill is passed, l
cannot believe but that the good and
philanthropic man in the white house
is too humane to strike down the legal
walls that protect tie black man."
During the progress Of Mr. Murray's
speech members crowded about him
and gave him close attention.
Mr.. Russell, OF Georgia, followed in
advocacy OF the measure. Speaking of
the decay Of tho Republican party and
the speech of Mr. Murray, he said it
was fitting that the requiem gun OF a
once great party should be fired by
son Of Ham.
Mr.. Money, OF Mississippi. was the
next speaker. He devoted himself to a
defense OF his state, which had been as
sailed by every Republican who had
spoken. He said that the Republicans
misunderstood the situation in the
south because they knew no more about
the African than they knew about the
Kaffirs OF South Africa.
In speaking about the passage OF the
"black law" OF 1867 in Ohio, Mr.. Money
asserted that the legislature at that
time was Republican. This aroused
General Grosvenor, who explained that
on the contrary the legislature was
Democratic in both branches. That
legislature elected Allan G. Thurman to
TO the senate.
Mr.. Money Well, Rutherford B.
Hayes was governor and he WAS not
Democrat. was he?
Gen. Grosvenor-The governor of
Ohio exercises no influence on leGisla-
ton he has no veto power.
"You can't tsay that Of the President"
retorted Mr.. Money. This reference to
alleged executive interference elected
laughter on both sides OF the chamber.
Mr.. Hainer, of Nebraska, opposed the
bill. At the conclusion Of his speech,
Mt $50, the house ndionrned.