Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-02-08
THE 53'RD CONGRESS.
FEDERAL ELECTION LAW REPEAL
BILL PASSES THE SENATE.
The McCreary Resolutions on Hawaii
Agreed to In the Housc by
Vote of III to- 10.

| Cameron (Republicam. OF Pennsylvania
presented a very large number Of reinon-
sirances against the Wilson tariff bill
from Merchants, boards Of trade manu-
| facturers. and operatives. representing
almost all the Industries carried on IN that
state He occupied the floor FOR fully fifteen
minutes in presenting them. one after
another. ana stating what they were. 1h,re
were al least nfty OF them in all. lie also
| offered an amendment t. the Wilson tariI
/ bill pCstI Oning the time when II IS 70 80
into effect from June. 1894, TO January
1896. II WAS referred - the Committee
| on Finance.
Mr. DGph offered resolution. which
won't over til tomorrow. providing for
the printing. az Il Senate document win
! appropriate headings. &c. of all the me
/ u o;1air, petitions, and communications
presented or 20 be presented 10 the 'nate
prior 20 the first OF March IN reference ~
| the Wilson tariff bill.
| 1T lZ.Jh the House bin 20 repeal the
| cdcral cicction-1ws WAS taken up, ana
| Mr Hoar addressed the Senate in opposi-
ton to it, In reply TO the charge made
| on the Democratic side that the law ol
! 'S11 was sectional. he sal, that that law
applied only 20 cities Of over Z0cD poru-
lauon. that when it was passed tnere
| were nftr-sevon such cities in the North
! aud but five IN the South ana that OF
those hfy-seven northern communities,
eleven were in the Commonwealth Of
/ Massachusetts.
How IDLE therefore was f.. he said, to
keep up the claim that the question was
g. sectional one. as If the brave and gal
laut mtn who represented tho cause Of the
southern COnfedcracy had fought and
bled and died for The privilege Of cheating
at elections.
Another objection made 10 the Federal
cilCtiOn-law was that II took away con-
| troll from the people Of the locality; but
the same thing had been done in several
Democratic states within the last ten cor
fifteen ycars-in Virginia. Maryland Della
| ware, Louisiana, ana other States. The
| right Of managing and ordering elections
! ha1 been taken from IN" people who
! gather at the polls. ana had been put I'M
! the hands Of the central power Of the
state MaIaRcl and welded hy the Demo
cratic party leaders
After some c0loquy on this point with
| Nir Hunton OomocuD. Of Virginia. Mr..
| foar exclaimed: THE records iu the ar
chiyes of this capitol make Of the history Of
/ elections in this country since lNI the
| bIackcet and worst history of crime since
tn world was created. We can only deal
/ with that subject in silence. when these
| reports are read. hlackcniug the fair fame
OF this land, we must walk backward
with aycrt,d saze and hide our heads in
shame This IS question Of fraud or mo-
fraud. and there Is nothing else to- it,
Il is a question whether the supreme pearl
and gem in the crown OF American man
hood shall not hav" the strongest force on
tho fac. If the caIth for its protection and
defence"
Mr.. Gray. cf Delaware. replied 10 Mr..
Uoar. Hc said Mr.. Hoar had mistaken
or misreprescntcd the grayamen Of Demo
cratic opposition to the eiection-laws.
| They wantol to wipe them out. not b"-
Cause they protected the weak from the
! strong, bat because Democrats believed.
from a bitter experience. that thes" laws
were not only nj war with every iradi-
ti0u OF local solf-g0Vcrnmeut; not only dii
. thav dccrade tho States of which they
were citizens but they buttres5'd up me
very fraud which they were pioiesa'iIy
intended 10 destroy.
Mr.. Allison d;cpublicam. of Iowa. ar
gucd against the bill. stating that. SO i"r
as he knew. there was no public opinion
demanding the repeal Of The Federal cleo
! tOn-laws
DANIEL SPEAKS AGAIN.
Mr.. Daniel. OF Virginia. WIS the next
speaker. lie admitted that he was mis-
D
the Democratic platform called for re-
peal Of he Federal clecton-laws. II Gii
r.t DO $50 ",o nomiuc,' but % dll ro Iu-
ferentilllv. in "a paragraph which he t"ai.
TIN. wluiuc ont Of that legislation. Whirh
was an aftermath OF the civil war. but
which bad proved itself an uritant ana
"a fomcuter of strife. was one of ih" great
measures for which The Democratic party
came into power. and be- should rejoice
"a Of ID Z.
one Of the paItys missions had been
performed.
Mr.. Bate Democrat. Of Tennessee.
closed the debate. lie made an argument
i'm support Of the bin. II WAS s1scep-
tiblc of demonstration. he said. that the
chief object of the reconstruction law.
Of which the Federal elrction-iaWs
formed part. had been 90 cape
tur- the electoral votes oi the
southern States and to secure Re
publican Senator's and Representatives.
Iyut the scheme had gone nwry and all
the plots had failed. The new allies had
deserted the Republican standard, ana The
Republican party had ceased 10 have
local hahitation in those States from
which four years after the war II had
had an their senators and all but one
of thoir representatives..
CHANDLER AMENDMENTS Reject
ED.
Al the close Of Mr. Batcs's speech, Mr..
Chandler withdrew the amendment here
tofore offered hy him. and moved am
other. the purpose of which was 10 make
The prou0sel r-u.al effective only to the
extent Of prohibiting the employment Of
deputy marshals at elections. This amend
ment was rejected yeas. p. nays, ~.
Th. three Populists CMessrs. Alien. Kyle,
/ and PrneD and one Republican (Nr.
stewart. of Ncvadal. voted with the
Democrats IN The negative.
Another amendment was offered by MIR.
Chandler for the purpose OF excluding
from the effect OF the repeal the crimes
sections Of tho Revised Statutes ia re-
gard to elections. This was also rejected -
yeas. 81. nays. IS TWO other amendments
were offered by Mr.. Chandler restricting
the scope of the repeaD and were re-
iectcd by similar votes.
4 taunting inquiry 10y Mr. Chandler as
To- whether Mr Stewart would contribute
his vote 10 the repeal of Law which
had been one Of the noblest acts o; his
, public life brought ont a short speech
from Mr. Stewart 10 the effect thar the
election act OF l>1u was passed just after
the nation had emerged from war. and that
now the nation had entered on another
war-that Of the Executive against the
producing classes.
!
f,rod the amendment Of which he had
given notice yesterday, allowing the elec-
tion-laws 10 remain. but coniining the
Federal supervision 10 cities OF 100000 in
hahitauts or over instead of 10 cities OF
as now 2oO0O The amendment was re-
! jccted-yeaS. q. nays. 49,
| Three additional amendments were Of
| fered by Mr. Chandler, and were rejected.
two Of them without a division. and the
third by vote of-yeas, =; noes, 60
THE BILL PASSED.
The bill was then passed: Yeas. 50: nays.
ga party vote. except that Mr.. Stewart
Rcpubncan), Of Nevada. and Messrs.
Allen. Kyle. ard PETER Oopulsts) voted
I with the Democrats in the affirmative.
The following is the vote in detail:
Yeas-Messrs. Allen. Bate Berry. Black
burn. Brice. Buler. Caffery, Gail. Cock
ren Coke. Coquitt. Daniel. Faulkner,
Gibson, Gordon. German. Gray, Harris,
/ I'm. Hunton. irby. Joras OF Arkansas.
I Kyle, Lindsay Martin M.!ls, Mitchell Of
Wisconsin. Morgan, Palmer, Pasco. Fef-
fer. Pugh Ransom Roach. Stewart Vest,
| Villas. Voorhees,. and White OF California
SO
Nays-Messrs. \ldr!ch. Nilsson. Gamer
I on. Carey, Chandler Cullom, DIX0m