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Show DKKKATKI), NO MAirKlt. At no time since tho opuniugnf the senate debate ou the election bill did we believe it would pass, so that I he defeat de-feat of it and of the allied closure rule yes terday is not a matter of surprise to us. Iiut whether successful or beaten, the principle involved in the measure is not shaken, and will force itself on the attention of the American people some day when it is perhaps the least desirable. desira-ble. Universal suffrage in the south is a farce and a fraud si long as a considerable consid-erable portion of the voters is disfranchised by intimidation and I violence. The question then is, how long will the majority of the people peo-ple bear this imposition without remonstrance? re-monstrance? As for closure, the incidents inci-dents of the last few days furnish the most convincing proof that the existing rules are inadequate for the prompt dispatch of the public business if a de- i termined aud unscrupulous minority sets its face against it. We note with pleasure that the bulldozing bull-dozing tactics adopted in the south in withholding tho appropriations for the world's fair until tho election bill shall be disposed of, had no influence whatever what-ever upon the vote, the bill being defeated de-feated by a smaller majority than it was laid aside two weeks previous for the consideration of the silver bill. So let the obstructionists rejoice. They have won a victory that iilsorue j day come hoifle.f,o plague them, I |