Show THE TOE HOUSE june ag A bill waa was passed granting fifteen daval leave of absence to clerks in la first and second class post p offices the regular order being demanded lod lodge ge of massachusetts began hie his deate upon the national election bill lie made an eloquent speech in favor of the bill and at its close was warmly congratulated by cans Hemp ll emphill bill of south carolina argued that the tile bill waa was unconstitutional it wag was net not national but there was no more in provision in in the bill than the p hviding tor for the appointment of an unnumbered number of men absolutely under the direction of the supervisor he ile examined in detail the provisions relating to supervisors arid and said the whole b bill i I 1 I 1 seemed framed against voters and in favor of sup A good deal bad had been as said I 1 about the new south but what the country country really needed wai a new 10 north I 1 th a north orth that will take tho view suggested augne eted by the facts and not by preconceived prejudices that does not believe it has all the virtue and the reft rest of the tile citi country none that would not think the anglo saxon in the always in the rang when be he had any trouble with the african what was as the use of talking about free ballot in kansas when the ecate had been so ger dered that democrats of kansas bad never been represented on this floor kelly of kansas asked how do you expect to geta geta when there are not four democratic counties in the state ll emphill it doea does not matter about bow how many democratic counties there are the democrats have never been cepres represent d here if there were a fair representation on this floor the proportion portion would be democrats P M republican Republica rip five prohibitionists two labor men hen heri the republicans of the arth N rth bad taken the beam out of their own eyes and anti fixed the laws BO so tha peoples wish might be honestly expressed when they practiced tract practiced iced as they preached Soul southern bern democrats amoc rats would receive them with open n arms under this system which ch it proposed to revive the people of the booth south had been robbed years ago by the wicked villani of the south backed up by the united states army the south did not want to be put in that asin ps position in again we sir air 1 ll 1 e emphill continued d lap ella lir know we m must u s either b rule rate that country or leave it now for myself before the people of the united states and before god in all reverence I 1 swear we will not leave it applause I 1 I 1 do not hesitate to eav the colored man has as many rights right as es I 1 bate base but he must not nave have his rights and mine toland too and this law is intended to put him again in control of the southern states i is is intended to awaken that race prejudice which is fast dying out intended to bring about bout again that constant irritation n and alaph between the two colors i in n the south which will retard its growth analo and be e destructive of eiery every principle of human bums n government hemphill Hern phill was loudly applauded by the democrats aa as be he eat sat down and nearly all of them pressed forward to congratulate him rowell lion ell of illinois Illino io ad the house in favor of the bill fie ile said the number was not few of those who belaev d that six amz years ago cleveland waa was counted into the presidential chair by corrupt officials at the tile polls in his own state to say nothing of the suppression ot of votes in all the south and the number waa was increasing every day of 0 those who believed believe it if it that belief honestly existed isted ought ft it not to be the wish olevery of every representative of the people to so conduct elections as t to 0 make these charges impossible of belief in the future it wasS in northern ciral a believed that the blaik black vote of the southern states was suppressed and the fifteenth amendment nullified gates oates of Alabama Crisp of georgia lewis ot ol and others took occasion at this point to state that the election in their districts was perfectly fair kowell rowell declared that in same some districts of the south bodies of armed men went from poll oil to poll and destroyed ballot boxes in others boxes were stuff d and the true ballota ballots thrown away in others military companies were organized to fire a cannon morning and night to let the darales darkles knew there was going to be a fair election the cabins of negroes were fired into and if that were not successful and n gr 0 turned out military officers made t the le pol polls Is a target for target practice oates of alabama asked for the n names ames of the districts and rowell named three in and one in arkansas this brought mcrae to ills feet feet with ith a strong d denial and boon soon kowell rowell and breckenridge n r idge were talking at the same time when who quiet was wac resto restored reci finished his spee chand lehlbach Leel bach republican Republic aril spoke against the bill such a law would bring about a conflict ef au dhority and a deplorable state affairs atTi afrA tirs irs tucker of vir virginia az I 1 a is a emoke pok es against it at no tt the h e bill and the house adjourned |