Show m BILL tho have passed the election bill in the house we hardly thought it would bo passed but the republican party sees in it an opportunity of adding greatly to their own strength and hence its passage the aim is to break up tho solid south that has been democratic for so many years it is claimed that fraud in election is to account for this therefore it is proposed to take complete control of nil elections of a federal character such aa the election of senators or congressmen which control is to be by the central government under the di reab supervision of congress A federal commission is appointed for each state which is to register count and certify to all election returns for congress the mode is something entirely unheard of ba fore in the manipulation of tho affairs of the government of the united states it has always been supposed that each state is so far as elections aro concerned and the right has been questioned of a stale sending to congress just such men aa lest suited its fancy ow however congress elects its own members and if we have a most fraudulent party be a hard matter to change existing affairs as tho party in er has virtually tho means of electing reelecting re itself the measure is intended to give congress tho right to elect its own members if it becomes law the results will bo disaster ons and may result in tho nation it would give the boath over to tho hands of negroes which fact will levoi bo tolerated by the whites of that region |