The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-08

cEee II fae republic " as to SarTirs Tn zee
foraissss, Alien. Kyle and Pe.fer also
voted With sts Democrat. an every
amendment ard or the main bill. TIA.
naeasurc thai passed the senate Is identi-
sal siih the bsll as il rassexi the house.
Hosr Was The sirst speaker today in op-
position 20 The bill. Gray. Dem. renaYinw
TO Hoar, sasd the elsct,on AVS hsi in
every Instance promoted ard aggravated
Frauds instead CT abasing them. In the
course Of = cosioquy between GRAY .na
Hosr the lsster alluded ia the elections al
lss6. when tae elections in New York were
fair hecaa sc Of tfe operation and sa,.ct Of
these very Laws. Grzy refo.ted by reading
from Fepor; cite4 by Hoar another ex-
tract. alleging wholesale frauds in PaAa-
oelphia IN the same year. sh@ri the entire
local anu national governments we're in
the hands of tIae Republicans.
cameron interrupted. and after calling
again for the reading Of the passage re
ferred 70 said: Il happened to have
coed deal OF knoxiedge OF the election of
lsso. | was secretary of war. IS the SEN
aior viii remember. The elections in
Pennsylvansa that wear were as honest
as elections in any part of the world.
they have been and always viii be. be-
cause We are an honest people. Rnt there
were some elections that year which we're
not 50 honest. and - secretary Of war I
had to interiere. The result was that
Iisden did not become president of the
United States" Laughter
In opposing the bill Allison said be had
examined the Democratic national plat
form and had not found the demand for
repeal OF This Law which some senators had
alleged existed there.
Daniel. aiiuding to the Davenport dis
cussaon yesterday. presented the published
testimony OF committee on Investigation
before which Davenport had aeknowl-
edged. in answer 10 a question by Senator
Hill. that he had received s. 900 or s. 0oo
from Union League members TO De used in
election prosecutions After . lev re-
marks by Chandler, Bate took the door in
favor of the bill.
Chandler presented an amendment which
provided that only so much of the exist
iag election laws as provide for deputy
msrshals at elections shall be repealed.
The yeas and NAYS being demanded hr
Chandler on the amendment. it was de-
feated, q to 10, Stewart. Allen, Kyle ana
Peifer. Pops, voting with the Democrats
Chandler then presented an amendment,
the effect of which was to apply the repeal
sections OF the bill TO supervisors and
deputy marshals, but 10 leave on the
statute books the ''crimes" section. II
hope this amendment WILL be satisfactory
to the other side. said Chandler. by it
the various sections of the existing lag
providing for naarshals and supervisors
will be repealed, but We shall still have the
crimes act, and crimes against the suffrage
in connection with congressional elections
will still be punishable under U United
States states statutes and in United States
courts" Again the ayes and nays were
demanded. and this amendment, too. was
defeated. the vote being "a TO 81
Another amendment was presented by
Chandler. to restrict the scope of repeal
by retaining still smaller number Of
"crimes" provisions, but Ii, too, was re-
iected, Is to 20
Chandler then presented an amendment
designed 10 retain certain provisions of
the act of May 81. ls7o. and 10 this amend
nent he said he asked the special atten-
ton of senator Stewart. After the sena-
tor from Nevada" said Chandler. .had
succeeded as b grand champion OF freedom
in the senate chamber in securing adop-
tion of the fifteenth amendment to the
constitution he followed it up by passage
of this statute. He declared then that a
constitutional amendment was worthless
unless congress made a law TO enforce IT,
Does he intend to contribute his vote here
to strike down portion of one Of the best
and noblest acts of his lifef"
At the time the bill passed, said Stew
art. I'VE had just passed through a civil
war: We were in process Of reco nstruc-
tiop. Many things were necessary then
that are not now The states must assert
their rights; they must he upon the side
Of the people. do not think they have
any protection against the Federal gov
ernmeni. Any Federal Law that
might be supplanted by state law want
TO seewiped from the statute books" This
amendment. too, was rejected by vote of
% to 80.
Perkins of California offered an amend
ment making the Federal election law ap-
plicable TO cities of 10000 or over. instead
of cities OF 70, 900 or over, as provided by
the existing laws. The amendment was
rejected. q To -. aud several other amend
ments next presented by Chandler were
rejecied By viva voce vote. A vote was
taken on passage of the bill at 6 o'clock,
and adopted by vote OF 80 yeas, 2s nays.
The detailed vote was as follows: