The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-12
P0ASTED Mr.. DEPEW
=, MEASUREMENTS AHoOsED
Br sOuTHERNERs.
lively DEBATE IN SENATE.
YORKER DEFENDED HIM.
NJ" SELF sKILFULLY.

SELF ShtLf UbbAs
cu;+fcised House for Loading
VeF an Important Question on
.ns senate without Discussion or
.,ora4ion-Depied That New
Voters Are Controlled by
and CorpOratiOns-BIac
90 kentucky Was Particular
.ere in His Reply, DenOunc-
none7v's Statements as Untrue.
,,,..bington. April 11.-Some remarks
IN Mr.. Depew of New York made
..ordav concerning the proposed
.ardment to the constitution provid-
FIR the election of senators by pop
80, vote in the course of which he
.;rorted to southern election methods,
~-.oinitated lively three hours debate
!. the Senate to-day. Mr.. Money of
mississippi. to whose state reference
nod hsen made by the New York SEN
..,r reDlied tartly to some of the
,+,,sments of Mr.. Depew and defended
+a suffrage clauses in the Mississippi
,orstitution. Mr.. Depew made a warm
,.nv and attacked the election meth
ods not only of Mississippi but of sew
oral other Southern states.
His remarks drew sharp fire from
several senators. Mr.. Money and his
colleague Mr.. McLaurin, explained
Mississippi election methods, and Mr..
Simmons of North Carolina pointed out
that Mr.. Depew had been entirely mis-
taken about the operation of the con-
stihltion of that state and that his
statements were erroneous. Mr.. Black
burn Of Kentucky warmly arraigned
the New York senator for his COM
ments on Kentucky elections.
Mr.. Money, in his reply to the re-
marks of Mr.. Depew, said he did not
quite understand why Mr.. Depew
should discuss the question at this
time, as it was generally understood
that the resolution would be reported
adversely to the Senate. He said that
Mr. Depew had selected Mississippi to
criticse for DISTINGUISHING it's citizens
and to contrast with the state of New
York. He did not know whether the
amendment proposed by Mr.. Depew,
or his remarks thereon, were intended
10 deter anyone from supporting the
a resolution, but if it were so intended,
ut E6dld fail of it's object. The rattle
Of small arms, he said, would brighten
nobody. He would content himself
with replying to the fire of the skir-
mshers with a promise that when the
heavy guns were brought into action
II would be the effort of his side of
Inc chamber to afford them entertain
nent
referring to 4 statement of Mr.. De-
pew he said that if. the vote of the
people OF a state was to be denomi-
ialed "a small oligarchy," was could
Oe SAID OF the influence of great cor
IOfatlons who had their representa-
yves IN this body? He denied that any
gllzen OF Mississippi was refused by
.le constitution of the state the right
to vote.
When state like Massachusetts
VI mississippi" said Senator Money,
Gays mat a man must be able to read
anu understand a paragraph of the
eGaasututlon, that is not a disability
ElIh the purview of the Fourteenth
Amendment"
Money Hits the Key Note.
replying to one of Mr.. Depew's ar
suments, Mr.. Money said he could
aV' understand how the sovereignty
vi d state would be invaded by the
@uVptiol OF an amendment to the
o ~ providing for the election
y. senator's by the people. but he
W . see that the efforts of corpora
o aos and trusts to crowd the Senate
,t r with their agents would be
ne explained that Mississippi had a
~ otss u vote of 125,000, but many
nil NJ mem did not vote because of the
b b,4 TAX OF 81. And he believed the
tb 9a' Polltlc was the purer because of
1' +, SeI-exclusion of such people
tb III conclusion Mr.. Money declared
1 o,a. II was not the Southern States
s @nion We're dissatisfied with the pres
s sa,s method of electing United States
o oy4S' but Republican states, which
rr anIy We're dissatisfied with their
"NAOl III tIllS cndmDer.
bepew Criticises House.
" MI II Depew took occasion Immediate
L. " reply to Mr.. Moneys remarks.
r1on edlu he had proposed his amend
tbo because he desired to get the
So important question before the
nj 80 az and before the country. Some
s st she legislatures of the country had
nr rUpIea resolutions in favor of the
ol" to elect United States SEN
tbors 10y the people, but evidently
of ~ Had been no proper consideration
ror o.ie question. The proposed amend
sem SEM Had passed the blouse of Repre-
arstiet.IFes without a moments consid-
mol or discussion, the effort SEEM
ti91S oelng to unload the whole cues
tbo. upon the Senate. He declared
W., lhe adoption of the proposition
NJ a open perfect Pandora's box
r7op Ildments, the end of which no
hael could see; yet the proposition had
Sam. passed by the House of Repre-
se,' on yves without a reason being pre-
NJ either for or against it.
os, aI' Depew said Mr.. Money had taken
+o Sue with his proposition that all sena-
.olta, should be elected by vote on an
ar @al oasis. He insisted that if sena-
he Ire. IRE TO be elected by popular vote
rou1d "ole question of their election
.redaa4!oe called up whenever their
.,1 vtg,ltlals We're presented.
hal 'Ieh the senator from Mississippi
10 ,,,o Coiiie mere, said he. land I hope
MIN LAY continue to come, the Senate
Me-" ant TO know whether citizens of
he ,ippl nave had the right, under