The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-13
THE FEDERAL ELECTION LAWS.

The repeal of the election laws means the
restoration of the old rule of writing State
with capital and the union with small
letter.-Milwaukees Sentinel.
OF the two hundred Democrats in the
House who voted for the unamended Tucker
bill. it is safe to say that at least dozen
felt some sense of shame at declaring III
favor of crime and treaSon.-Detroit Trib-
une QRep)
BY determined and concerted resistance
TO the election repeal bill Republicans can
efrectually block it's passage under the rules
Of the Senate. No surrender of Republican
prlncipie The rights of American citizen
shin must be ma!ntained.-New York Press
| RepD
The repeal of these laws will remove the
last excuse for sectionalism and give
chance for good feeling and good will be-
tween all the States. War hatred cannot
long survive the removal of this last re-
hinder of the wrongs Of war.-St Louis
PoSt-Dispatch (Dem)
The repeal means nothing less than an
increase of facilities by means of which the
will of the people may be thwarted by the
Democratic party. 1t should be resisted to
the utmost extremity. The fate OF the Re
public may some. day depend upon the
maintenance of these lawS.-New York
Morning Advertiser Rep)
The vital principle of free government
never in the history of this Republic
more at stake than it is at this minute,
and the Republican who for single in
slant forgets his duty to support all laws
that maintain the purity of the ballot Ia
recreant to his party, to its frst principle
and its highest trust.-New York Tribune.
The beneficiaries of repeal will be the New
York Democratic machine and the Southern
wing of the Democracy. Tammany, with
it's Maynards, will henceforth-or after the
Senate and the President shall have ratified
the action of the House-manage the casting
and counting of the vote OF the State of
New York to suit it's own purposes.-Min-
neapolis Tribune (Rep)
Elections should not only be free and fair,
but the people should be impressed with
their dignity honesty and decisiveness.
Elections of all kinds should be above sus-
picion, and the safeguards of the ballot
| should not be diminished. To open the way
| for fraud in elections Is TO invite fraud and
| to create those conditions which induce
| discord and precede political commissions.
Chicago Record .lndD
They are to be repealed not because they
signify 'bayonet rules" and not because
| they tend to help the negro voters Of the
| South, but because they stand in the way
| Of Democratic election frauds in the large
cities of the North. That is the plain and
| controlling truth about the matter; and
| and to hold responsible for IL the party
| that expects to profit by it.-St. Louis
| Globe-Democrat.
| 1t is perhaps but proper to say that the
| Tucker bill repeats all existing federal cleo
| ton laws. If it passes the Senate Tammany
can return any Democratic majority il
/ pIeases in New York city, and Uncle Sam
| cannot interfere The Democrats of South
| Carolina and Mississippi can allow the ne
groes to vote not as they see fit, and
| there is no help for 1t. Democratic MAORI
| ties in Southern States or Northern cities
| can be made just large as Democratic
ballot-box suffers may consider necessary
| and no one can stop them.-Chicago Mail
| Und)