The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-08
PASSED BY THE SENATE.
,orsr RTII F0R REPEAL or 1HE
FEDEgaL BLEcfiON Law.
Adopted by Vote of 30 to ss-Messrs' Hoar'
GRAY. Daniel, Auison and Bate
Close tho Debate.

,..inst the Wilson tariff bin from mer-
l.~,s 1,oarIs OF trade, manufacturers,
,.4 opcratives. representing almost all
a. industries carried on IN that State,
l. occupled the floor for fully fifteen
,,.rnics IN presenting them. one after
another. and stating what they were
more we're az least nifty Of them IN all
~. also offered an amendment TO the |
wilson tariff bin, pos,ponlng the time /
,,1sn II Is to 40 into effect from JVhe'
,.4l 70 January 1896. il was reielteo "
Die Committee on Finance .A,.h /
air. Dolph offered resointoh, "'',O ~
II over tin tomorrow, providing Io'
-stro a. "a senate document with ap-
..,riefe headings, etc, of all the mehV-
.1s netifions. and communications pI'-
-tf,a ar to be presented 20 the senate
...i'- 80 She ist of March In reference 10
,be Wilson tarin bal.
noar on election laws.
AZ 1880 the House bill 20 repeal ths
FEDERAL election laws was taken up an" |
Ar. Hoar addressed the Senate 50 oPp's'"
tion to A. -. ~, tha
rn reply 20 the charge made on tne
y.-.,,oo,.ti.. side that the law OF 1910 was
.'.ctional he said that that law appied
o,Iv to cities OF over 29.03 pop"'atloh'
4hat when IL was passed thcre were my
se,en eticlr cities IN tho North ana pu'
ave in the South. and thdt OF tho0e Hi'1
seven northern communities, eleven Ne'o
4, the Commonwealth OF Massachuael's'
igo,s idle therefore. was It, ne said, TO
keep tp the claim that the question was
I. sectioraT one as if the brave ana gar
iant men who represented INC '""s' "a
mo Southern Confederacy had fouknt ana
Mod and died for the privilege OF cheatns
al. elections. rs.s.,
r.sllon law was that IL took away con
trol from the people Of the iocaitSi pus
... earne thing had been done i'm several
nsmocratic States within The last ten
.r aftcen years-in Virginia, Maryand'
delaware, Louisiana, and other states
The right os managing ana ordering elee-
,tra had been taken from the people
,.to gather at the polls. and had been
,.'l in tho hands OF the central power Or
a.. state. MANAGED and welded Dy the
Democratic party leaders.
4fier some coioquy on this point with
Air. Hunton CDem., Na.). Mt hoar eN-
rioimei: "The records in the archiVes
az this capitol make OF the history OF
.iertfons in this country since 1850, the
ti.ol,esf and worst history of crime since
mo world was created. We can only deal
,,,tb that subject In silence. When
these reports are read, blaokened the fair
f4rre OF this land. we must walk back
ward with averted gaze and hide our
heads in shame This is question Of
fraud or no fraud ard there is nothing
.fse 90 H. il is a. question whether the
.noreme pearl and gem IN the crown ot
he American manhood shall not have the
.fronccst force on the face OF the elrth
f8r its protection and defence
Mes.rs. Gray aud Danivl speak.
Mr. GRAY Oel) replied 10 Mr.. Hoar
u4 said AIR Hoar had mistaken - mis-
,.oresented the gravamcn of Democratic
opposition 10 the election laws fhty
wanted TO wipe them out, not because they
,.,otectod the weak from the strong, If
s.,s becaupe the Democrats believed from
u bitter experience that those laws were
,..t only al war with every tradition Of
local seir-gOVernment. not only dd theN
degrade the States Of which they were
citizens but they buttressed mp the very
fraud which they were proiessedly IN
tended L. destroy From the inherent
NICE ln their structure they had been
necessarily, an auxiliary 60 the party
machine of the party I'm power IN the
Federal Government. In every city OF
5000 inhabitants they had been the ready
means by which during the twenty
years the Republican party had put It's
hand into the Treasury Cf the United
states ia order 70 defray the election
charges aud expenses of that party.
FN+t+e4
tnat statement
Mr. Allison Rep.. la argued against
the biii stating that SO far as ne knew,
there was no public opinion demanding
the repeal OF the Federal election laws.
Mr. Daniel (Va) WAS the next speaker.
he admitted that be was mistaken yes
terday In his impression that the Demo
cratic platform called for the repeal OF
The Federal election laws. II did not DO
N.rff fII la -A inf
ln q paragraph. which he read, The wlp-
ing out of that legislation, which was an
aftermath OF the civil war, but which had
proved itself an irritant and fomenter
0l strife. was one Of the great measures
l0r which the Democratic party came into
power. and hc should rejoice when this
bill was passed, that at least one Of the
fartyk missions had been performed.
SIR. Bates Argument.
Afr. Bate Qem.. Tenn) closed the de-
bate. lie made an argument In support
of the bill 10 was susceptible Of demon
stration. ne said, that the chief object
al the reconstruction laws (of which The
FEDERAL election laws formed a parD had
Aeen 20 capture the electoral vote OF the
southern States, and 80 secure Republican
e.nators ana representatives, but the
scheme had gone awfy, and aH the pfots
ha4 failed. The new allies had deserted
the kepublCdn StanQAiu anu ttc iNtP""
Ican party had ceased TO have local
naMtation IN those states. from which
four years after the war. it had had all
ther senator's ana all but one OF their
itprtsentativcs.
Whether those Federal elections laws
wefe or were not constitutional they were
Dlt4inly. in the year of grace 1884, IN
Wise and unnecessary. They embodied the
.ame ideas that had dictated reconstrue-
n0n. ana they should now be repealed
1her had inspired more fraud at elec-
tons than they had suppressed. They
should be repealed and the states should
ht ieit 10 regulate al elections within
ha.r borders thus giving emphasis TO The
lF nine of home rule, the only safety
oi a republic.
All OF the Amendments Defeated.
50 me close Of Mr.. Bates speech Mr.
Chandler withdrew the amendment here
t.iQfe offered by him and moved another
the purpose OF which was 10 make the
proposed repeal effective only 10 the eX-
l-ni or prohibiting the employment OF
e'poiy marshals at elections. The amend
mont was rejected-yeas. 27; rays. 40.
.nc three POpulists tAllen. Kyle and
ffheD and one Republican (Stevart OF
De'aiW voted with the Democrats In
me Negative
another amendment was offered by Nr.
handler Tor the purpose Of excluding
.'M the effect of the reYPal the crimes
none ~ the Revised Statutes IN reeafu
tfcions. II was also reJected--ye'F'
-. nays IS. TWO other amendments were
''''d hy Mr Chandler 60 restrict thF
p. " ihe repeaD and were rejected hy