St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-13


nounces the New York Machine
"A Slap at the "Newly Bap.
tized Democratic Secretary of
State"
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-The first gun
of the inevitable parliamentary battle
in the senate upon the repeal of the
federal election laws was fired today.
and it came from one of the opponents
OF repeal-Senator Cullom, of Illinois.
Senator Stewart, in short speech,
advocated the repeal Of the election
laws, and incidentally gave expression
to some of his well-known views on the
financial question. The resolution call
ing upon the president for additional
Information in the Hawaiian matter was
laid over until tomorrow in order that
Mr.. Frye, of Maine, might submit some
remarks.
After the morning business Mr.. Gull
lom (Rep., Ill.) took the floor to speak
on the federal elections bill. He re-
viewed the legal questions involved in
federal supervision of elections, taking
the broad view of the constitutional
power of the general government to
regulate elections for federal officers.
1t is, he said, state rights and state
sovereignty as against and above the
power of the United States. Shall the
elections of senators and representa-
tives in congress be subject alike to the
| frauds and outrages of the judicial
ruffians and ward bullies? Shall the
mandate of corrupt judge, the order
| of a Maynard. determine the complex
ion of a legislature which elects sem
ator to this body? Shall the Drawn and
muscle Of McKane. in defiance of
courts and laws. control next year the
election of a representative in congress
and congress have no power to protect
by law the integrity of its own member
ship? In other words, is there to be no
power in the
HANDS OF CONGRESS
by which 1t may maintain i'll degree
the integrity and purity of the deter
mination of its own membership, or
must it be ever subject to the frauds
and wrongs which state laws have failed
TO prevent? AS a Republican / would
much rather have such system of laws,
meant and intended solely for the
proper protection of the honest and
legitimate voter, even if every official
agency for their enforcement shall be
of the Democratic party. have not so
lost faith In American citizenship as to
believe that the sworn officers of any
political party will persistently ignore
the requirements of wise and just cleo
tion laws. Better such system, by
whomsoever it may be administered.
than to be without law and without
hindrance to the criminal acts of the
vicious and depraved class.
In the course of his remarks Mr.. Cul-
lom attacked the New York machine.
and especially Isaac H. Maynard, the
defeated candidate for judge. This
brought Senator Hill to his feet, and a
long dialogue was begun.
'ls the senator aware of the fact"
asked Mr.. Hill, "that the election case
to which he refers would not have con-
trolled the senate of the State of New
York?"
IF the senator proposes to Justify
that action" said Mr.. Cullom, ''by the
declaration that it would not have con-
troIled the politics of the New York
state senate, regard that as no suf-
ficient question to be asked in this case,
because, if
IT WAS A CRIME.
whether or uot it controlled the senate
in that state, the senator ought not to
justify it, nor should any other man."
to-
regular or criminal in the action in that
senatorial district is one question:" said
Mr.. Hill. 1--WE will discuss that at the
proper time. The senator from Illinois,
of course. does not expect me to answer
him now. The point that the senator
seemed to me to be trying to make was
that the action IN that district had eff
fecIed the control of the senate of New
York. Upon that point beg to inform
him that his statement Is not true"
"Whether the statement is exactly
true or not" was as far as Mr.. Cullom
got in reply. when Mr.. Hill exclaimed:
sit is neither exactly true nor substan-
TALLY true"
!. SIT probably required two or three
changes, in order to secure control of
the legislature" said MIR. Cullom, land
the election of senator friendly to the
senator from New York (HilD."
| "The election of the United States
SENATOR" said Mr.. Hill, ''had nothing
whatever to do with that question, ex-
sept in very slight degree"
s.Of course. / yield to the senator
from New York." said Senator Cullom,
$50 far as familiarity with the facts Is
cOnceaned."
Il do not say that the senator will
fully
Z MISSTATEs THE FACTS.
gI presume he has simply taken the
partial accounts in the partisan news
papers of our state" replied Mr.. Hill.
Mr.. Cullom-I have not relied upon
newspaper accounts entirely. l have
understood, and l think the country
understands, that the action of that man
Judge Maynard) inaugurated a scheme
which resulted in changing the char.
acter of the legislature.
Mr.. Hill-1n that respect / desire to
Inform the senator and the country at
the same time his statement is not cor
rect on the situation.
Mr.. Cullom then resumed the direct
course of his speech. He called upon
good people every where in America,
| regardless of politics. to join as one man
| 40 perpetuate to make stronger and
more efficient every guard and pro-
lection for honest elections.
Mr.. Cullom then referred to what he
termed the general situation. He spoke
efthe recent panic and hard times, but
had not proceeded far when Mr.. Hill
| again Interrupted.
Mr.. Hlll-Does the senator expect 20
prevent the country from realizing
these dire effects he has mentioned by
the continuance of the federal election
| laws?
MIR. Cullum-Their repeal is one of
1.-THE steps to be taken, the end of which
/ will be the destruction of the industries
lFand the very life of the nation.
DIR. Hill understood the senator
from Illinois a few minutes ago to
refer to
- THE RECENT ELECTION
III New York as condemnation of
certain political method or results.
understand him now to claim that the