The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-07
DANIEL AGAINST FRYE.
gnEr LOCK HoHNs ORE lhh .,'D-
rRAI ELECTION L4F RbFbAL.
v,-s,n,an Advocates the Repeal oil the
law and the Maine Man opposes ~
Other Speeehes--rhe Vote To-Day

,snINGroN. ID. C.. Fcb. 6-imne-
...y on the conclusion OF The routine
,- b,,siness tie Senate resumed
,,ration Of the House hin to repeal
.,. Federal election laws and Mr' ha"-
1,.p Comb made an argument
f a. Everybody. hc said. knew
.. Gale Of thc bin The moment that
... Democratic party secured na'ionai
.tr,i IL had been evident that the re-
.f tine Federal election laws would |
one OF the first tasks TO which IL |
..oald set itself. Except the emergency
reiatin, 20 the repeal Of The sherman
..,er-purchasng act this bill was 'D'
..st distinctive party measure oi '"0
p.mocfaiic party.
lbe laws DOW go Dc fepe"i'' "''~
s.,si.y said made merely for the
.,,.rn States while nulihcauoh on
-t.rt ,f sunraee Was, in some sDh7-' J
',rsrt i'm fhe south. it was pro-i e7a
,, .bo Nortn. and the Federal ciecAoh
t..,s were lust as much needed ni
adm sections OF the Noitn as th'5 go" 10
aver been needed in the sohth' in'lS i., ~
49,, as audacious crimes against e"
.,r-,., committed within the last le"
49, I'm the North as in the South.
p.,.dus Had Heard No Eeasons.
,fr Perkins Rep. Cal) made am arsu-
mont against the bin. IL seemed 10 nm
mat those who had spoken in favor ol
ffs passaga had done so from i'''i"a
IN PARTISAN prejudice They had uonc
q, not influenced by any motive Of me
uublic good. lie had waited pailenus
f.r som. reason 70 Doc given why lhe
rederal election laws should be itpedieo
rfe had waited to hear tnai lheg Hau
lenrived some American ciuDrh9 "i "",
rleht of fairly casting his vote anu OF
having that vote honestly counted. lie
had boen waiting 10 hear that theN were
., American. and that they were cal-
.r.fod fo subvert the rights Of American
..I,ans Iiut ND TO this time only two
oceans had been given that had inn
rf..sed his mind. one ot those reasons
vas chat given by the Senator from
illinois Nalmor-that the laws had not
been enforced and the olher ""a va.
thcv had been passed by the Republican
Marty FOR the purpose of porpetuatng
itself ia Office.
Senator Daniel Takes n Hand
Mr. Daniel Oem.. Va). referring to Nr.
Perkins remarks that he had heard no
rssson GWEN why the election laws should
living during the last two years Had he
been out of the country that ne had not
read in the newspapers, or read IN con-
eressi0nal debates. that those laws were
TO De repealed by the kings comman j,
meaning by by king the sovereign peo-
ale of the United States They had put
up their candidates and given them their
instructions. Those candidates had gone
before the great jury OF the national
Commonwealth and had received IFS or
Csls t0 repeal those laws
1ir Allison Qep., la.) asked Mr. Daniel
80 read the section in the Democratic
raff1rnl which called l1f repeal OF the
Federal election laws
Nr. Daniel said that lac did not carry
sna. platform about with him.
AIr Allison said that De had failed 10
ilI any such section in IT.
Nr. Daniel supposed tuat the senator
from Iowa had not failed To- hear the
discussion of the question I'm the Presi-
d-nual campaign, and had not failed TO
hear The result of the election, i'm which
the repeal Of those laws was am avoWcd
and open issue lf Dee had done $50 he
would regard Aulsons case as incwable.
and he would not venture 90 suggest a
remedy. Tie OauieD favored the u-
peal OF tine Federal Election laws ir-
gIuse they were useless, We're very eN-
rensiVe and had a. tendency 90 sectional
friction s.ional irritation and sectional
auiHl0usm. These laws had been the
outeroWih off an ola Sectional untagonism
and as THAT autag0nism had DOW ceased.
as parties everywhere attempted to anne
lurlfc DO. ihs relic of the old anita
sonIsm should bee laid aside. and new
er'I of peace and harmony. compromise
comfy and frlternal consideration.
Frye Defends Davenport.
1lr. Frye Rop. AIe) opposed the bn
and quoted from Richmond Na) papers
the headlines 90 representations of cleo
f1n frauds in q recent election in that
State. He was asked by Mr.. Daniel
whether the Federal election laws had
anything 10 do with those frauds. They
lad. Mr. Frye declared. The claim had
been made that the Federal election laws
ought TO be repealed because the States
The whole OF them could De trusted 10
prevent election frauds.
lie was asked by Mr.. Daniel if there
never had been election frauds In Maine;
and he denied that there had been.
although there had been an attempt by
Democratic Governor TO steal Legis-
lature But he had taken the floor he
said not 10 make an attack on the
state Of Virginia, but TO defend the char
acter OF John i. Davenport who had been
tho subject of charges and calumnies
in the two houses for the last sixteen
Of eighteen years.
Mr.. Frye yielded at 2SO in order 10
allow "A proposition 10 be made FOR an
extension Of time for debate-seyeral
-enators having intimated a desire TO
speak. After many obstacles a PROPOSE
tl0n was agreed to that the general
debate on the bill shall close at 9 p.
81 tomorrow, and that the vote on the
passage shall be taken before adjourn
ment.
Mr. Frye's speech was almost wholly
devoted 10 the purpose he announced,
the defense Of Mr.. Davenport.
Senator Harris Remarks.
Mr.. Harris Dem. Tenn) said that II
he were TO consult his physical condition
he should be now in his bed at home and
that nothing short Of his appreciation
% the importance Of the pending ques-
ton should have induced him TO be I'm
the Senate Chamber to-day. He went
on 10 describe the rise OF the Federal
Government from the Boston Tea Party"
down TO the present time
ln the course Of his historical review Mr.
Harris referred 20 the opposition made
bv the Commonwealth Of Alassachusetts
in the early days 20 giving powers To The
Federal authority: and he expressed his
iosfct that the masses OF the present dav
d.1 not show the same spirit lie was
reminded by Mr.. Hoar that the State OF
tennessee had voted for the election laws
that were now 90 be repealed. Mr.. Harris
explained that by the fact that in 1871 the
intelligent people Of Tennessee had been