The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-08


of President Cleveland to become
law.
After several weeks discussion in the
Senate, today finally came vote on
the House bill repeating the federal
detection laws and it was passed by
vote of 80 to %.
Numerous amendments were present
ed by the Republicans, but all were
voted down The Democrats did not
even take the trouble to join in the
debate on the amendatory propositions
Stewart, of Nevada, voted with the
Democrats on every proposition, Civ
ling as his reason that he thought the
power of the executive was already
too great and the centralizing ten
dency should be checked at once, if
the republic is to survive.
Three Populists-Allen, Hyle and
Peffer-also voted with the Democrats
on every amendment and on the main
bill.
The measure passed by the Senate
| is Identical with the bill passed by the
House.
Cameron presented large number
of petitions against the Wilson bill.
Cameron also presented an amend
II, 1896, the date for it to go into effect
| Dolph presented a resolution reciting
THAT the finance committee had refused
hearings on the tariff and directing
that all memorials and protests be
presented to that committee and the
same be printed as a Senate document.
It went over.
The federal elections bill was then
taken up and Hoar took the floor
against it.
Gray OemocraD, replying to Hoar,
said the election laws had, in every
instance, promoted and aggravated
frauds instead of abating them.
| In the course of the colloquy between
Gray and Hoar, the latter alluded 10
the elections of 1876, when the cleo
ltions in New York were fair because
of the operation and effect of these
! very laws.
Gray retorted by reading from re-
ports cited by Hoar and other extracts
alleging wholesale frauds in Philadel-
phia in the same year, when the entire
local and national governments were
in the hands of the Republicans.
Cameron interrupted, and after call
ling again for the reading of the pas
sage referred to said: II happened to
have good deal of knowledge of the
election of 1876. 1 was secretary of war,
as the senator will remember. The
Ielections in Pennsylvania that year
were as honest as elections in any part
Iof the world. They have been and al
ways will be, because we are an honest
Ipeople. But there were some elections
that year which were not too honest,
and as secretary Of war, had to inter
fere. The result was that Tilden did
not become president of the United
States" daughter.
In ODnOciro tho hill Allison ca III bo
lhad examined the Democratic. national
platform and had not found demand
for the repeal of this law, which some
senators had alleged existed there.
/ Senator Daniel, abiding to the
Davenport discussion yesterday, pre-
lsented the published testimony of the
COMMITTEE on investigation before
which Davenport had acknowledged
lin answer to Senator Hill, that he had
received $4,000 or $4,000 from Union
League members to be used in election
prosecutions.
After few remarks by Chandler,
lBate took the floor in favor of the bill
lat the conclusion of Bates remarks
lChandler presented an amendment
which provided that only so much of
the existing election laws as provided
for the deputy marShals at elections
be repealed.
L lie yeas anu Hays were demanded
on Chambers amendment. It was de-
feated-27 to 40, Stewart Repubhcan
} and Allen, Kyle and PETER Populists,
voting with the Democrats.
Chandler then presented an amend
Iment, the effect of which was to ap-
lply the repeal sections of the bill tC
supervisors and deputy marshals. but
: leave on the statute books "the
{: crimes section. Il hope this amend
Iment will be satisfactory to the Other
| lside." said Chandler; ''by it the vari
Gus sections of the existing law, pro
) viding for marshals and supervisors
will be repealed, but we shall still have
1.-THE crimes act and crimes against suf
frages in connection with the con
eressional elections will still be pun
Iishable under the United States statues
and in United States courts
Again the yeas and nays. were de
lmanded, and this amendment, too
was defeated-the vote being q to 80
Another amendment was presented
Inv chandler to restrict the scope O.
tbe repeal by retaining a still smaller
number of the Grimes provisions
B1lt IT. too. was rejected-28 to 80.
Chandler then presented an amend
lment designed to retain certain pro
visions of the act of May 81, 1870. anC
to this amendment he said he asked
, 1.-THE special attention of Senator Stew
Tart. 'sAfter the senator from Nevada,
: lsaid Chandler. had succeeded, as thu
: grand champion of freedom in tn
ISenate chamber, in securing the adop
: ltion of the fifteenth amendment to thu
constitution he followed it up by thu
t passage of this statute. He declared
Then. that the constitutional amend
lment was worthless. Congress made
: law to enforce it Does he intend t
: contribute vote here to strike dow
a portion of the greatest and mobiles
lacts of his life?"
cat the time this bill passed." sal
> Stewart, I'VE had just passed throug
a civil war We were in a process q
reconstruction. Many things were nee
essary then that are not now. TIL
2 Estates must assert their rights; the
must be upon the side of the peopl,
e I don't think they have any protectio
2 against the federal government. An
l lsocial law that might be supplante
. lby a state law 1 want to see wipe
from the statute books.
This amendment, too, was. rejecte
Iby Is to 50.
Perkins, of California, offered a