The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-12
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Statement in His Remarks.
NEW YORK SENATOR BITTER
Thinks His People Should Have Say
In Mississippi Elections, but Asserts
that New York Can Manage
Her Own Affairs-Three
Senator's Reply
to Him.
(By Associated Press }

(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., April u-eomf 8
remarks which Mr.. Depew, OF New Tork
made yesterday concerning the proposed
amendment to the Constitution providing
for election Of Senator'S by popular vote.
in the course of which he adverted to
Southern methods, precipitatcd a lively
three hours debate In the Senate to-day.
Mr.. Money. OF mississippi, replied tartiS
| 10 some OF the statements OF Mr.. gDe1ew.
and defended the suffrage clauses in tha
Mississippi Constitution. Mr.. Depew
| made warm reply. and attacked tha
| election methods not oniy OF Alisslsstppi,
| but OF several other Southern States.
| Ills remarks drew a sharp fire frons
several Senators. Mr.. Money and his cot-
! league, MIR. NlcLaurin. explained Mlssls-
| spp, election methods. ana Mr.. Simmons.
| OF North Carolina. pointed out that Mr..
Depew had been entirely mistaken about
| the operation OF the Constitution of that
! State, and that his statements were err
roneous. Mr.. Blackburn. OF Kentucky.
warmly arraigned the New York SENATOR
| for his comments on kentucky elections.
VOTE WEDNESDAY.
When the Chinese exclusion bill was
| taken up an agreement was reached thaI
| d vote should be taken on 1t next We'd
| neSday ut o'clock.
! Mr. Money said he did not know
whether the amendment proposed by Mr..
| Depew, or his remarks thereon. wero
| intended to deter any one from support
| ing the resolution, but II 1t were SO in
tended. it would fall OF it's object. The
rattle of small arms, he said, would
/ frighten nobody.
Referring to a statement OF Mr.. Depew
he said that If the vote OF the people Of
a State was to be denomtnated "a small
! oIigarchy'' what could be said OF the In
fuence OF great corporations wing had
their representatives In this body! He de-
MED that any citizen of Mississippi WIS
I refused by the Constitution Of the state
/ the right to vote. When a State. ike
Massachusetts or mississippi said he.
..says that a man must be able to read and
write and understand a paragraph OF the
Constitution, that is not a disability with
in the purview of the fourteenth amend
ment.
/ In conclusion Mr. Money declared that
it was not the Southern States which were
/ dissatisfied with the present method OF
electins United States Senators. but Re-
publican States which evidently were dis
satisfied with their representation In this
chamber.
DEPEW REPLIES.
Mr.. Depew took occasion Immediately
/ to reply to Mr.. Moneys remarks. He
said he had proposed his amendment pc
cause he desired to get the important ques-
ton before the Senate and before the
country.
He declared that the adoption OF the pro-
position would open perfect Pandora
box of amendments, the end of which
no man could see; yet the propoSftion
had been passed by the House OF Repre-
sentatives without reason oeins pre-
sented either for or against IT,
elected by popular vote the v hole aues-
tion or their election would be csiled up
whenever their CREDENTIALS were, present
ed.
..When the Senator from NL,eissippt
shall have come here, said Mt. DepeW,
"and I hope he may continue to come
the Senate will want to know whether
the citizens OF MISSISSIPPI nave h1u ~. -.
right to vote for or against him. II any
of them have been deprived OF that right.
the Senator will have hard road TO
travel when he takes his seat
Mr.. Depew suggested that Mr.. Money
| had intimated that the voters of New
York were controlled by trusts and cor
porations. He had no disposition to m
/ terfere with the local affairs Of any South
ern State but when the men OF New
York. had cast votes in accordance with
manhood suffrage they had a right to de-
mand to know that similar votes had
4 been cast in Mississippi. He declared
that the registration boards In Mississippi
were selected for one particular purpose,
viz: to prevent the negro from voting.
DOES HE KNOW.
He declared that IL there were man
hood suffrages in Virginia, Kentucky and
!, North Carolina. there would be Repub-
lican Senator's in this chamber from
those States. He said there had been sna
fear of negro domination in North Car
DINA, yet for the purpose of keeping
, Senator T'ritchard (sepubIican) out Of
) the Senate and to secure D>,n5cratic
Senator in place Of Mr.. Butler (Populist).
> and for no other reasons. the grandfather
l | clause was inserted in the new constitu-
, | ton of that State He sharply criticised
> the Goebel election law in Kentucky. by
: / which, he said, Mr.. Taylor was deprived
: of the governorship. As to Mississippi.
I he asserted. the boards OF registration In
4 Sfiesissippf determined :he -es,t1e nf :sEv
!. election before the vote was cast He
! did not believe that s., 900 votes In Afissis-
a sippi should count for as much as I5l0,dr
: votes In New ork;
3 II referring. in conclusion. to an init
!, | nation that the people Of New York wess
: dominated by corporations and trusts.
:. AR. Depew declared that people OF New
:. york could deaf with trusts according e
their own desire
= AT the conclusion OF Mr.. Depew re-
!, marks Mr. Money corrected what he
7 = termed ..some OF the mIsstate.e-tss.sso OF
!. the New York Senator resa 60 { sss
!. election laws OF Mississippi Sc
II = anrin. of Mississippi, rc;.h tie
!. constitutfon of mississippi ar iss:sl
{ out that it contained TO = s:es
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