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desire being. he said, TO present every
legal phase of the question.
MUST DO IT'S DIiTY

aesire bcing. he said, to present every
legal phase Of the question.
MUST DO ITS DUTY.
Every State" he said "should be noti-
fed in language that cannot be mistaken,
mat its permanent representation in this
body shall depend upon 1t electing a Leg
islature that Will do its duty. Let Il once
be understood. he continued, that these
contests are not personal questions and
will be decided on legal and constitutional
grounds. and the bringing of contests
here will soon cease. In my experience
cannot now recall an honest division of
a Legislature on party lines. There are
nearly always three or more ambitious
candidates of the same party who create
all the trouble. In not one single instance
in seventy-five years has a Senator been
admitted here who was appointed by the
State Executive after the Legislature
had had an opportunity to elect, and
never in the history Of the government
has a candidate been seated when the
vacancy occurred during the session Of the
legislature
On unanimous consent the case was
then postponed.
When the Hawaiian btu was taken up
Mr.. Culom offered several minor amend
ments, and one striking out the property
qualifications of those who desired 70 vote
for representatives and senators in the
Hawaiian Legislature.
Mr.. Tlllman argued that his amendment
submitting the suffrage privileges OF the
islands was. IN all senses, q better DrnNlS-
Ion than that offered by the committee.
Mr.. Tillman said: "The people OF South
Carolina. in their constitution, have done
their level best to prevent the 'nigSers
from voting. What I ask you to do is
to give the Ni;nakas and Portuguese OF
Z tla ell Io Of
suffrage as we in South Carolina have
given the .niSsers.
ENOUGH SNEER1NG.
In reply to q question of Mr.. Spooner's,
Mr. Tillnlan said that the $500 property
qualification had been put into the South
Carolina constitution for the benefit of
the negro No provision was needed for
the whites said NJ. Till1nan, because
the whites would get through anyhow.
We have some conscience in the South
as to treatment of the 'nisger.' You have
been sneerinS at US long time and I
don't like it,
Mr.. Spooner deprecated a discussion Of
the racial question, and added: 1.-THE Sen
ator has said that the people of South
Carolina has sedulousiy excluded the ne
gro vote. They are now accomplishing
their purpose through the State constitu-
ton. but they did not always do it by
constitutional amendment
Adyerting TO the pending amendment of
Mr.. Cullom. Mr. Spooner said: 81 don't
like a property qualification for Voters.
There is something of reason in an edu-.
cational qualification. but manhood suf-
frage is one thing and dollar suffrage is
quite another
He then appealed to Mr. Tillman to
lay aside the bloody shirt
Mr.. Ti.man replied that his only reason
for rehabilitatins the bloody shirt before
1t was finally and irrevocably laid at rest
was that he wanted the position of the
Southern people TO be understood
I'm getting tired of these taunts and
sneers,' said he. "You won't let us
alone
1.-THE Senator won't let us let him
alone" suggested Mr. Spooner amid
laughter In every state where the
whites have divided politics between the
Democrats and Populists, and it is so in
every Southern State except South Caro-
lima, the 'niggers' held the balance of
power. As such they stand there as 4
menace to a pure suffrage and to good
government, because they are 4 purchas-
able quantity, educated or uneducated
We are charged with fraud and corrup-
ton and ballot box stuffing. Finally. after
the bayonets had come to use again III
1876 we rose in righteousness and might
We took the government. We stuffed
balIot-boxes we bulldozcd the 'nigsers
and we shot 'em. And we are not asham-
cd of It
Leaning over toward Mr.. Spooner and
shaking his tinegr at the Wisconsin Sena-