The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-02-15
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
THE FEDERAL ELECTIoNs RILL AWAITS
cLEvELAND's APPROVAL.
Passes the Senate by Vote Of 80 Ayes 10
% Nays-Ths Old Fossils Air Their
R collect ions Of By Gone Days.
Political Notes, Etc
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elections has passed both houses OF
congress and only awaits the sigma
ture of President Cleveland to become
a law. After several weeks OF discus
sion the senate today finally came to
a vote on the house bill repeating the
federal election law and it was passed
by a vote of 80 ayes to % nays Nh
merons amendments we're presented
by Republicans, but they were voted
down regularly and Intellectually, the
Democrats not even taking the trou
BILE to Join in debate On the ameuda'
tory propositions Senator Stewart
voted with the Democrats on every
proposition, giving AS his reasons
that he thought the power OF the
executive was already too great ana
thai the cantralizing tendency OF the
are should he checked nj once II the
republic is TO survive, me
Populists all except Kyle and Pelier,
also voted for repeal with the Demo-
Gratis and on every amendment. The
measure a. it passed the senate is
identical with the bill as it passed the
house, NJ committee amendments hav-
ing been proposed.
At the opening of the senate Senator
Cameron consumed about 10 minutes
in presentation of petitions against
the Wilson bill They came from
manufacturers, operatives and en-
ploves. representing nearly every
PENNSYLVANIA industry affected by the
nroposed tariff reduction. Senator
Cameron aslo presented an amend
meut to the tariff bill, postponing
until Jan l. 1896, the date on which
the proposed laws shall take effect.
A resolution was presented 10y Sen
ator Dolph reciting that the finance
committee had refused II heari < on
the tariff bill TO those epresenting pro-
ducers and laborers Of the country,
and directing that all petitions, memo
rails aud protests presented to that
committee and the senate be printed
as senate documents. The resolution
went over under the rule D.. The federal
election repe Il bill WAS taken up and
Senator Hoar took the floor in oppo-
sition To the measure. He said he was
one OF five senators now in the cham
Der who voted for this law in 1871
The law had been approved not only
by the Republican party but by IA
large ajority OF the American peo-
pie. The records in the archives of the
Capitol making up the history of the
elections in the country since 1885
show the blacklist and worst history
of crimes since the world was created.
When these reports are read, said he,
blackening the name of this fair land,
we must walk backwards with averted
gaze aud heads bowed down in shame.
This is a question of whether the SUI
preme pearl and gem Ia the crown of
American manhood shall not have the
strongest force on earth for its defense
Senator Gray, replying To Senator
Hoar, said these election laws had i'm
every instance aggravated lIauds in
stead Of abating them. In the course
of the cJlloquy between Senators Gray
and Hoar, the latter alluded TO the
elections Of 1876 when the elections in
New York were fair because of the
operation aud effects of these very
Laws. Senator Gray retorted by read
ing from the report cited by Senator
Hoar another extract alleging whole
sale frauds IN PHILADELPHIA in the same
year when the entire local and nation
al governments were in the hands of
Republicans. Senator Cameron in.
terrupted, aud after calling for read
ing Of the passage ref rred to. said: |
happened to have good deal Of
knowledge Of the election of 1876 |
was secretary of war as the senator
will remember The elections in Penn
sylvania that year were ms honest cleo.
tions rs in any part Of the world.
There were some elections Ia that
year which we're not 81 hon
est, and as lecr5tary of war
had to interfere. The result was that
Tildeu did become president of the
United States Laughter
IT. opposing the bill, Senator Allison
said he had examined the Democr tic
national platform and had not found
a demand for the repeal Of these laws
Senator Daniel alluded to the Daven
port discussion Yesterday, presented
the published testimony of the com
mittee on investigation before which
Senator Davenport had Acknowledged
in answer to a question by Senator
Hill that he had received $4,000 OF
$4,000 from union league members tC
be used in election prosecutions.
After a few remarks by Senator
Chandler, Senator Bate spoke in favo
OF the bill.
At the conclusion OF Senator Bate,
speech Senator Chandler offered al
amendment providing that only s.
much OF the existing laws rs provide
for deputy United States marshals a
elections shall be repealed 1t was de
feated by yea and nay vote
Senator Chandler presented auothe
amendment which he hoped would h
satisfactory. THAT any crimes agaius
suffrage in connection with congress
sional elections will still he punishahl
under It's statutes in the United State
courts Defeated by yea and ma
vote
Another amendment was presaute
by Senator Chandler TO restrict TN
scope Of repeal nv retaining n stl'
smaller mum her yf crimes provis
ions. but ii wa, too, rejected.
Senator ChPrdler then presented Al
amendment designed To retain Ger
tain act of MAY 81 $50 This was al.t
defeated. Senator Perkins lNalD Of