The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08

WASHINGTON, D. O., Fob. 7.-The bill
repeating in total all federal laws regu.
lating tho control Of congressional cleo.
tions has passed both houses OF Con.
eress and only awaits the signature ol
President Cleveland TO become law.
After several weeks OF discussion, the
senate to-day finally came to vote on
the house bill repeating the federal
election laws, and 1t passed by vote Of
80 ayes and 29 noes.
Numerous amendments wore pro.
acnted by tho Republicans, but they
were voted down regularly and method.
ically, the Democrats not eyon taking
the trouble to join in the debate on the
amendatory propositions. Senator
Stewart, OF Nevada, voted with the
Democrats on every proposition. giving
as his reasons that he thought the
power OF the executive was already too
great and that the centralizing tendency
OF the ago should be checked at once il
tho republic is to survive. The three
Popul,sts-Senators Allen, Kyle and
PeLier-also voted with the Democrats
on orery amendment, as well as on tho
main bill.
The attention Of tho senate was occu.
pied for fifteen minutes by Senator
Cameron of Pennsylvania this morning
in the presentation OF fifty or moro
petitions against the Wilson bill and
the reading OF each petition by title.
They came from manufacturers, opera
tors and employees representing nearly
every Pennsylvania industry effected
by the proposed tariff reduction.
Mr.. Cameron also presented nm
amendment to the tariGbill pos,poning
until January l, 1896, the date on which
the proposed laws take effect.
a resolution was presented by Sena.
tor Dolph, OF Oregon, reciting that the
finance committee had refused hear
ings on tho tariff bill to those repre-
senting tho producing and labor inter.
ests OF the country, and directing that
all petitions, memorials and protests
presented to that committee and the
senate be printed as senate document.
This resolution went over under the
rules.
JUST LAW.
Tho federal election repeal bill was
then taken up and Senator Hoar (Rep.,
Mass.,l took the floor in opposition to
the measure. Hesaid he was one OF the
five senators now in tho chamber who
voted for this law in 1871. $
The law had been approved not only
BY the Republican party but by large
majority OF the American people. The
senator said that tho records in the
archives Of the capitol, making up tho
history OF elections in this country since
1855. show the blackest and worst
history OF crime since the world was ere.
atcd.
when these reports are read" said
he, 'blackening the fair fame of this
land, We must walk backward with
averted gaze and hide our heads in
shame. This is question OF whether
the supreme heart and gem in the
crown OF American manhood shall not
have the strongest force on the face OF
the earth for ita defense"
Senator Gray (Dom.) in replying to
Senator Hosr, said that these election
laws had in every instance promoted
and aggravated frauds instead OF ubat-
ing them. In tho course OF colloquy
between Senator Gray aud Senator
Hoar, the latter alluded TO tho elections
OF 1870, when tho oloctions in Now Yorl;
we're fair because OF the operation and
effect OF thesp very lava. Senator Gray
rotorted by reading from the report
cited by Senator Hoar another extract
alleging Wholesale, frauds in Philadel.
phia in tho same year, when the entire
local and national governments were il,
the hands OF tho Republicans.
Senator Cameron interrupted and nj
ter calling again for tho reading OF The
passage referred TO, said:
~ happened to have afgood deal Of
knowledge Of tho election OF 1876. |
was tho secretary OF war, rs the senator
will remember. The election in Penn
sylvania that year was as honest as
elections in any part OF the world. They
have been and always will be, because
We arc an honest people. But there
"OAN 1oA4S tlut year WIllttl
were not so honest, and rs secretary OF
war had to interfere. The result was
that Mr.. Tilden did not become presl.
dent OF the United stutcs." Laugh.
ter.
In opposing the bill, Senator Allison,
OF Iowa, said he had examined the
Democratic national platform and mad
not found the demand for repeal OF this
law which soma senators had alleged to
exist thare. ifsl
Senator Daniels, alluding to the Day.
enport discussion yesterday, presented
the published testimony of tho commit
tee on investigation, before which Day.
export had acknowledged, in answer to
question by Senator Hill, that he had
received $4,000 or S. 900 from tho Union
League members to be used in election
prosecutions. ls, vi,
After few remarks by Senator
Chandler. Senator Bate. of Tennessee,
took the floor in favor Of the bill.
THE VOTING. j.
At the conclusion Of Senator Bates
remarks, Senator Chandler present ted
an amendment (which provided tha,
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