The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-01
CONTROL OF THE BALLOT.
The Election Laws Born Of the Recon-
StraCtiOl Period.

South-Anglo-Sax Supremacy a
Necessity-The Australian Ballot
System the Remedy for Existing
Evils.
Washington, Sept. 3O.-About fifty
members listened to the chaplain's prayer
in the House this morning.
Mr.. Sayers asked unanimous consent
for the present consideration of a Joint
resolution extending until June 30, 1894,
the time for completing the work of the
eleventh census. There was no objection,
and the joint resolution was passed.
There was no result from the call of
the committees and the House resumed
consideration of the federal election re-
peal bill, the passage of which was advo-
Gated by Mr.. Patterson, dem, of Tennes-
see. He deprecated sectionalism in the
discussion; and he criticised the men who
would endeavor to stir up fraternal
strifeby bringing up memories of the
war. He had nothing to say against the
Republican party. 1t was a party of
great achievements; it was party which
had produced great statesmen; but that
the country was peaceful and harmonious
now was the glory OF the national democ-
racy.
SUBMISSION OF THE CoNFEDERATEs.
When the confederates laid down their
arms and returned home they had re-
turned submissively. They had returned
with no other purpose than to obey the
laws. The greatest calamity which had
ever occurred to the southern people had
been the assassination of President Lin
coin. His policy to rehabilitate the
south had been the correct one, and it
had been followed by President johnson.
He then criticised the reconstruction
acts of congress, which he declared
was not in accord with the views of an
union man, but in accord with the views
of the secessionists. Those laws had
been passed on the principle that the south
was conquered territory and must be
governed by the laws of conquest They
proceeded on the idea that the sovereignty
of the southern states was gone.
He then went into history of the en-
actment of the reconstruction measures,
and traced from those measures the pass
age of the federal election laws.
DIXIE AFTER THE WAR.
The condition at the close of the war
| left the south with two races, one the
sons of the grandest race the earth had
| ever seen, the other the most helpless and
/ HlOSb lOED6dIluk anu lL6 ulOSb Ignorant.
| The superior race should take charge of
this helpless race. He admitted that
there had been fraud and violence. No
snch revolution could be accomplished
without fraud and violence.
Mr.. Henderson, rep, of Iowa, read a
| letter from friend of his, whose name,
in advance, he declined to give, mention
ing five counties in Western Tennessee,
| where wholesale fraud and violence had
been committed by the democrats in 1888.
| Mr.. Patterson entered a general denial
of this charge. The republican party as
| sumed that every negro was a republican
| and that If his vote were not counted for
the republican party, there must be fraud
! and violence. That was an entire mis-
! take If there had heen fraud, it had it's
origin in these federal election laws.
Those laws were in the south practically
dead letter.
! ANGLo-sAXON SUPREMACY.
The alternative forced upon the white
people of the south had been simply awful.
Even the republicans of the south on
| economic questions voted the democratic
ticket. A few days ago a gentleman from
his district came to Washington to argue
before the ways and means committee on
| behalf of the republican view of the tariff
| He had asked the gentleman why he was
advocating the republican view, when he
! NObCu tuC uGulOCIdblC llCh6G. Inc reply
| had been that it was necessary to vote
the democrat ticket to sustain Anglo
Saxon supremacy. This was a question,
| continued Mr.. Patterson. which dominated
| any economic question. The Republican
| party by its legislation had succeeded in
| drawing the color line, and so far as the
white people of the south were concerned
it was a sectional line. The Republican
party would never be able by organizing
! tho inf q rfxr 10 70
| of the southern states. AS long as that
| party kept up the race issue the Anglo
SaXons would stand asEone man and one
| party AS long as the color line was
maintained the white people would main
tain their supremacy.
THE AUSTRALIAN SYSTEM THE REMEDY.
! He thought that the remedy would be
| found in theAustralian ballot box system
If that were adopted, thousands of ne
| groes in the south would vote the demo-
cratic ticket and thousands of white men
who now voted with the democrats
would be found voting with the republi-
cans. Let there be kept away from the
polls the army, the supervisors, the mar
| shals and let every citizen, whether he
| be black or white, go into booth and de-
| termine by himself for whom he would
vote.
In response to question by Mr. Dal-
| zell rep, OF pennsylvania, when Mr..
| Patterson was advocating an educational
| test of suffrage, Mr.. Patterson said that
| if the alternative were given him of ac-
! cepting unlimited negro suffrage or limit
| ing representation he would choose the
/ latter. In conclusion ne declared that
| the federal election law should be re-
pealed. Applause.
POLITICS IN THE MOVE.
| Mr. Mccall, rep. of Massachusetts, op-
posed the bill. He would oppose it at
this time, even if he believed that the
! statutes should be wiped out. The con-
| gress had been called together for a
| specific purpose, and he thought this an in
opportune time to send this measure else
where. There appears to be some poll
! tics in this move. 1t looked as if it
was intended to draw the attention Of the
people from the silver question.
Mr.. McNagny, dem, of Indiana, advo-
Gated the bill, holding that the judgment
Of the American people was that the
federal election laws should be repealed.
Mr.. Warner, dem, of New York. asked
In behalf Of New York state that the fed
eral laws should be repealed. They were
absolutely unconstitutional and almost
! as unconstitutional as they were infam-
Gus. Applause. The country was to-
day enjoying the blessings Of a free gov
ernment handed down to il by the faith
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