New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-15
DEMOCRATS GROW RECKLESS.
AN ATTEMPT IN THE HOUSE TO PRECIPI-
TATE A PARTISAN DEBATE.
THE REPORT OF BILL TO REPEAL ALL FED
TEAL ELECTION LAWS ONLY PREVENTED bh
prTrPNINFD REPUBLICAN STAND.

THE REPORT OF BILL To hEfEab Nil rHD
ERAL ELECTION LAWS ONLY PREVENTED BY
/. DETERMINED REPUBLICAN STAND
Washington Sept. 1.-THE Democratic majority
IN the House to-day emphasized three iac's' i's
hostility TO honest money and sound system OF
erance. ia contempt for the wishes and the policy
Of the leader 1t placed the hite House and the
unqualified and absolute ascendancy hereafter Vi
the South In all matters of Material legislation FIX
cept as pointing still more strongly thah uld 'he
Speakers committee appointments what may pe
expected from the majority in the LllId Congress
the dav was practically wasted The Democracy or
the South, free from all restraint, reckless as 10
consequences. unmndful OF every consideration OF
fairness justice and decency attempted 10 precip-
tate at a time when the country is beginning TO
hope for a revival OF business. and at period when
the least political friction may imperil the success
Of legislation demanded by the country. partisan
debate which, of necessity. must raise bad blood
and which cannot help but beset the Adminstra-
tion's - ncia policy with new difficulties. That
the representatives Of the Southern Democracy did
not entirely succeed to-day in infictng this new
outrage upon the country is not so much due to
the efforts of "A handful Of men devoted to the
President and the cause OF sol nd finance which he
represent in his party as TO the determined stand
Of the Republican minority In the House, which
very properly resented the impudent attitude of the
Democracy now crying to the Republican party for
help at one end OF the Capitol. and assaiing its
prncipes and besmifching It's record at the other.
IL may not be long that the Republican minority
can hold out against this onslaught 1t is probably
only n question OF time before it Will be compelled
TO Yield. Sooner or later the Democratic majority
in the House will record it's determination to wipe
the last vestige OF legislation off the statute books
insuring honest elections and fair count. But the
nght will be then transferred to the Senate where
the rules permit the minority TO make a more
effective stand. perhaps. than Is vouchsafed the
minority In the House. The National Election laws
will not be repealed at any rate, without de-
termned protest on the part OF Republicans in both
branches OF Congress.
The days work begun In the Committee on
the Election OF President and Vce-President OF
which Mr. Fitch. OF New-York. is chairman. Mr..
Fitch Is absent account of serious illness in his
family, and In his place Mr.. Tucker, OF Virginia.
acted as chairman OF the committee. There are.
aside from Mr. Fitch. on the committee six Demo
Gratis and five Republicans. The Democrats. know
ing. at best suspecting. that attempt would be
made by the Republicans 10 prevent action In the
committee to-day by breaking a quorum. made
strenuous efforts TO secure the attendance OF all
the six Democratic members. In this they sue
ceeded. though being compelled TO scour the town
for OF their friends who arrived just before the
vote was taken on the proposition TO report the bill
repeating all statutes referring to elections and
their supervision by Federal authority to the