The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-12
election laws of Mississippi.

election laws or MississiPPi-
 Mir. McLaurin. (Miss.) read at length paragraphs from the constitution of Mis- sissippi and pointed out that It contained no grandfather clause.
 Mir. simmons (N. CD not having heard Mir. Depew's remarks about his seat, said he desired simply to say that II reported accurately, MT. Depew was mistaken as 70 his facts and his statements were in- accurate and unwarranted.
 Depew Compared to Bull.
 Mr.. Blackburn (Ky.) likened the New York Senator to the animal who IS used as a simile when disporting himself in china shop. He characterized the acton of MT. Depew in precipitatins a discus sion of the pending question as an un' prccedented performance. =.
 Perhaps" said he. it was because the junior Senator from New York wanted to be the first to wave the bloody shir' in this discussion and to threaten certain commonwealths with loss of representa-. tion in Congress"
 1, He read from the stenographic repor' of Mir. Depew's remarks about kcntuck! elections and declared he would oner premium to anybody who would hnd solitary statement with reference to Ken lucky in the Senator's speech which wal true.
 MT. Blackburn entered upon an elabo rate discussion of the elections and cleo. tion laws of Kentucky and taintainec that the Goebel election law had beer sustained by the Supreme Court of Ken lucky. He (BlackhurD was willing tt stand on that Judgment He said h' would not undertake to learn his law .'at the hands of worthy. distinguished and conspicuous corporation and rail road attorney"
 Nobody, he said, had maintained tha the Gocbei election law was, unjust o' unfair.
 '''I have been informed interrupted Mir. Depew, that one-third of the vots of the State of Kentucky was thrown out in a recent election. Is that true?"-
 Tt is no more true.' replied Mir. Black burn, .'than many of the other state ments the Senator has made about Ken lucky affairs"
 The Election of Taylor.
 He said that no returning board II Kentucky ever had held that Taylor hat been elected Governor over Goebel ant that the statements Of Mir. Dcpew were based. on an entire misapprehension o the facts.
 In conclusion, MT. Blackburn said sar CaStically that ne WOutu suggest d ifdH ner in which the New York Senator nigh be appeased If the amendment va. adopted, New York might be excepted ant then the railroads of that State ant especially the New York Central neet not be deprived of representation in thu Senate
 Mir. Depew said he thought ther' ought to be a federal election that thu people could have assurance that al Senators were elected by fair and i'm partial vote.
 Mir. Depew said he was proud of hi connection with the railroad interests O the country a connection which, witt one million of associates, he always hat considered honorable. He was quit. ready to submit his claims to seat fl the Senate to the electorate of New Yorl State. but when his present term shoul' expire he would have reached 2 periot in life when 1t was exceedingly doubtfn whether he would care to return to th' Senate. 9
 Consideration was then resumf q fh Chinese exclusion bill. Mir. Pen, 0fe oil tained an agreement to begin voting oi amendments to the bill next Wedn ssda, at II o'clock. the debate after that honl to be limited to the five minute rule. MT Teller spoke for the bill.
 The Senate, at 4:45 n. m, adjourned.