The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-06
NO MORE TARIFF HEARINGS
If Senator VOORHEES, and Other
Democrats Can Prevent Them.
Decision to Be Reached by the Finance
Committee TO-Day-ANew Workers.
Currency Scheme.

or the senate To-Day. 0ndnQler
concluded his speech, which has extended
through the past two or three weeks and
was followed by Senator Palmer, who
argued that the law having entirely failed
of its purpose. and being generally Obnox-
ious should be repealed. An animated con-
troversy of the franchise qualifications Of
the State constitutions of Mississippi and
Massachusetts took place between Senator's
Frye and Hoar on one side and Senators
Gray and Bate on the other. and is likely
to be renewed tomorrow, when the final
vote is TO be taken on the bill
DR.. Milburn in his prayer. this morning
made touching allusion TO the life, services
and death of George w. Chids. the Phila-
delphia philanthropist. while the tollins
bell tells of the passing OF a noble soul
from EARTH" said he. I'VE bless Thee for
the country and national life in which and
through which a boy born in poverty and
obscurity, by industry, temperance and fru-
gality lifted himself TO affiuence and power
and shed beneficence upon every hand,
yielding happiness 10y the grace and kind
illness or his nature, and enriching all
mems lives with whom he came in contact
We render Thee devout gratitude that there
Is a land producing under the blessings OF
Thy fatherly love through Jesus Christ
such types of character. We pray that the
lessons of this mans life may he read with
kindly ard reverent hearts. by the young
men of the whole Nation, and so may the
mans death be richer in its effects than
even the benefcence and sweetness OF his
nfe.''
Resolutions from the Massachusetts Leg
islature protesting against the cotton
schedule of the Wilson bin were laid be-
fore the Senate and referred.
The bill to repeal the federal election
laws was then taken up, and Senator
Chandler continued his speech. He said. in
part: Freedom is a common heritage.
Controversies over silver and bonds are In
citizens. and the freedom. purity and hon
esty of the suffrage Is vital and must be
eternal II the Repy6le is 70 live , ! wish hrto to
of the country who stand sadiy In need or
national consideration and national protec-
'Wiu the Senator say" interrupted Sem
ator Palmer. that the laws which are now
colored people the rights which he claims
for themP
PERTINENT QUESTIONS.
lively tilt then took place between the
two Senators, after which Senator Chandler,
continuing his argument, reviewed the ante
war history of the country. and then. allud-
ing to the attempts made by the Democratic
party in recent years TO secure the repeal OF
the federal election laws. said: Where IN
| the Democratic party 10 stop If tomorrow
It rcpeals the election law which was adopt
| ed to carry into effect the fifteenth amend
ment? VIII they not repeal the fifteenth
amendment also? If they take away the
| suffrage from the black man. viii not they
| also, little by little, i'm this action come TO
| reduce the black man substantially 10
condition of slavery2'' Continuing. Senator
Chandler expressed regret at the defections
| on the Republican side on this question, re-
1 fprrinR eGDpCialiN to Senator Stewart. w1O.
| ne said, although the author OF the fifteenth
amendment, and the leader in the povement
| to pass the statute of May IS. 1870. the most
| valuable portions of which TO be re-
| pealed by the pending bill, now gives the
Senator Palmer followed Senator Chand-
| ler and opened with history Of the birth
OF the Republican party and tracing e, Its It's
| liberation and enfranchisement OF the ne
| groes; said it was now contended by the
| Republicans that the negroes should vote
| with them and for their policies because
| they liberated them" Upon the other side
| OF the chamber it was contended that the
| colored people I'm the South had not their
proper representation I'm the governmental
| affairs. within few days past" said Mr..
Palmer, we have been engaged in a dis
| cussion of the Hawaiian question. We found
| that the total population there numbered
about ninety thousand. The white American
| population is less than two thousand. and
yet these two thousand white men own
more than a per cent. OF the entire prop
| erty OF the Kingdom. The natives own but
eighty hundredths Of ! per cent. OF the prop
erty of the islands. Ilass than ID per cent.
| of the population OF that island has over
thrown the government and established an
other. and are about To proclaim, have
| proclaimed, constitution with property
heard one of the leaders Of the Republican
| party in this chamber declare that these
men who have overthrown the native gov
ernment and native supremacy were Rus
sells and Sidneys, and Washingtons. This
| IS the view of the party that now claims
\ TO be the champion and the preserver OF
the rights OF the colOred race"
TAAIMANY FRAUDS.
Senator Frye reviewed the history OF the
! presidential election Of 1865 and the Tam
many frauds in New York city 81 be-
lieve," said he, "that Tammany is just as
determined TO avail itself OF every violation
OF law to accomplish its purpose now as
in 1868 In that year. in less than twenty
days they naturalized over forty thou
| sand foreigners. They naturalized in Judge
Barnard's court 2.522 in one day. There
| were ten standing witnesses to $500 appli-
| cants for naturalization. Patrick Quinn
was a standing witness to 2.lO0 applicants.
| and he was afterwards sent 10 the peni-
tentiary for these offenses In these nat
| uralizations witnesses gave their names as
| Cornelius Vanderbilt and 'Chauncy De-
= pew'-men well known TO the Judges-yet
| there was no rebuke In that election
| Tammany had eight gangs OF repeaters,
| and some OF them voted as high as twenty
| five times. New York was carried by this
4
/ the United States was aroused by the con-
| duct. IL was such acts this that led 10
the enactment OF the federal election law.
Does the Senator from Illinois think IL
was the duty of the United States TO take
cogniZance OF these violations ard crimes
against the ballot in the Empire State.
| or does he think il was an attempt 70 crush
| freedom"
my answer" said Senator Palmer. lis
that the instance put by no means 1ustifes
| the law. The fact that there was crime I'm
| New York furnishes no reason FOR subject
| ing any other congressional district In the
| United States TO the act OF placing over
] them supervisors and masters. Nothing OF
that kind Justifes the placing OF the whole
| country under supervision
| II am disappointed with the senator"
said Senator Frye Il do not think he Is
| any better than other Democrats. I am
| afraid, as sometimes happens 40 new r.
cruits. he is even worse. Q-aughter) A
citizen or State Is the citizen OF the
| United States, and as such this Republic
owes that citizen some duty"
| Senator Frye then quoted the Constitu-
ton OF the state OF Mississippi and de-
| nounced its provisions requiring the voter
! 10 be able to read the Constitution or