Show STEVEN STEVENS SONS ONYS TOUR NEW LIGHT THROWN UPON THE FORCE BILL conspiracy con erf mad hii Cur ninin s detail Kc tull th tho A arbitrary methods by witter it t wall wa through tho ellb 9 feied acl brauny abild Ef special YORK oct 10 in this city the campaign of adlai stevenson in kora carolina Ca has been watched with much in interest tereA senator david D hill shoal u of it in tho Wi irmest warmest terms mr air steven son made the force lill bill a vital issue the character of this bill was surpassed by the violence of tho the measures 3 adopt adopted cAl in tho the house of representatives t to 0 pass i it I 1 it WM was not until after tho the campaign of aw that the 11 republicans showed their hand band they know that by the effir official ial returns they had bad three majority in the next nest house louse tho the second session of ahe ll 11 f fiftieth congress which was democratic met in ill december following the election on feb 13 1887 the elliott contested election case cattle camo before tire tiia on house ouse 1 alen y cabot lodge in a speech on behalf ebal of robert smalls openly aau announced that the republicans republican in the next nest house intended to pa pass a f boico oleo bill they would have control of both houses house and the executive department of the government for the first time in 3 ean cars mr crisp of georgia ask asked ed lodge if the republican party claimed the right light to put troops at the polls under the pro tense that they were wanted to a fair election he fie replied that they did mr air fl arrison foreshadower foreshadowed fore shadowed the force foice bill in his inaugural message ries sago in in less than three weeks afterward ile ho also advised adVie jI the passage of such a measure in his firm message to tom reeds reeda congress which mot met in december 1889 the republic n majority majo rit in that congress meantime ud had been increased to eight by the admission ill of north aud and south dakota AIon tan anil and washington into the union the force bill conspirators were not satisfied satis floii with this majority it was too small for them to pass tile the bill desired there were confederate soldiers among hi republican members who would biot voto 0 for it to insure tile the passage of tile the ia bill they determined toine to increase reLo the then majority a bority in the house by throwing out democratic members end and placing ro publicans public blicaus ans in their seats to do this th most tyrannical measures wore were adopted on jan 25 before the house had adopted any ally rules inks the contested election case of smith against jackson was called judge jude jackson had been returned from west virginia by forty four official majority tho the instant the case wits was called up air crisp crisp of boor gia raised the question of consideration when the vote veto was taken the democratic members seeing that the republicans had bad no do quorum i infused to vote thereupon tom r reed bcd acting as ho he claimed under tinder general parliamentary law counted enough de bocra Ls present and not voting to lecurg a quor quorum tim this was in violation of precedents set by speaker dlaine blaine and others it waa the first time that a speaker had assumed tins this power since the foundation of the ur air crisp appealed from the action ot of the speaker and mr air rr riad ed acting still as lie ho claimed under tinder general parliamentary law refused to en entertain the appeal lie ile also efured i to enter tain a motion to adjourn clanning claiming that it was ivas a dilatory motion and that under parliamentary liw law ho be had a light to do so fo thus by the avi and unconstitutional tut ional ruling rilling of if the speaker the jackson case was forced before tho the house judge jackson was ousted from his seat but the republicans furnished a quorum of votes to oust liim him they were afraid to do it by counting democrats present and not voting because this would give tho the judge an opportunity to appeal to the supreme court upon tom reed s rulings under tary ary liw law dy cy the ousting of jud judge 0 0 jackson the R republican majority antho in ha house was increased to ten fearing that they would be unable to obtain a voting quorum antho in the other contested election casa tho the republicans were forced to adopt i ules for the government of the flou house one of these rules gave the speaker the power to count those present and not ilot voting to make a quorum put cut this iery ery rulo rule was adopted under tho the ruling luling of the speaker that lio lie hall had a right under parliamentary lia baw law to count such a quorum tho the rules were adopted on reb 14 on feb 27 mr pendleton another democrat from west virginia was turned out of ills bus beat by four our otes less than a quorum reed courting cou counting enough democrats present and not voting to wake a quorum Of official fiLial majority was 10 the republican majority in the house louse was thus increased to 12 on march 5 i mr gate cate of arkansas was unsealed unseated llis his official majority was 1 1318 48 tho the affirmative vote showed 21 less than a quorum the republican majority in the house was thus increased to 14 on march 20 barnes compton Com plon a democratic member fro from maryland mMaryland was unseated his official majority was ivas tile the affirmative vote was 8 less than a quorum tho the republican majority iu in the house was increased to 16 on april 11 georgo george D wise a democratic member from virginia was waa unseated uis his official majority was gl the affirmative vote veto was 4 43 less than a quorum the republican majority majority was thus increased to 18 on june jane 4 louis W turpin a democrat front from alabama wa was i unseated his official majority was the affirmative vote was thirty seven less than a quorum the republican majority hall bad time thus been increased from three to I 1 twenty with these stolen votes rotes tile the Re republic sum aus frit felt themselves ablo able to lass a force bill A As a foundation for the passage of rich bach a bill on april 13 15 by the tha throns at in of the committee on oil rules they had lastica within an ail hour and it a half a bill givins giving tile tho president of tile alio united states tl tho appointment of united states circio zu judges for life nine ino circuits in tho the united states th abo e eight supreme court jud budgett judg gett esi with ten circuit judges wro doing the work the bill relieved thu tight eight court judges from circuit work and left that work to the ten tell circuit judged arrendy iu in office and tile tho seventeen circuit judges to be by the president As tho circuit stool stood tivo five of tile the judges acro As the circuit would stand bland after tho the passaic piss of tho the bill twenty in ili 0 of tile twenty seven judges would bo be republican As there would be three judg judges ros iu in each circuit tho republicans public publio ans would thus have lave absolute control of each circuit tile object of this bill wn was shown when the ho clodgo lill bill carno came before the house bouse that bill gave tho the judges in each cach circuit tho the power to appoint a chiel chief supervisor of elections in vaai circuit 1 I for life this supervisor waa to appoint the supervisors aud and canvassers in each voting precinct in each circuit with tire the power of transfer and ren removal toval the circuit j judges also had the power to a board of canvassers in ill cach bbate v lio ho were to hold office for life these canvassers acted in the place ca the state board of canvassers and were to return certificates of electa election oil to the clerk of tile tho house of representatives he was to place the names of those whom the canvassers declared elected upon the rolls of the house under a penalty of fine iud and f fino 0 years year Vim imprisonment thus the character of the bill passed on april 13 15 wan wag fully exposed here are tile states composing the judicial circuits of the united states first circuit maine now new bamps libre mas SI idd and rhodo island S second circuit vermont aul and new york third circuit new jersey pennsylvania slid aud delaware fourth circuit mars maryland land west wes virginia virginia cal Ct calolina olina lolina and south carolina Cn rolina fifth circuit Geor georgin zin florida alabam i i mississippi louisiana ami afta texas six sixth it circuit ohio kentucky and tennessee seventh circuit and coasin eighth circuit minnesota Minne sot lor a ArLa Ar Lausa nebraska colorado kansas Kai isa now alco oklahoma and utah ninth circuit Calif california orilia oregon novaila nevada alaska anil and arizona the these so circuits cir cuita show what could have been done under the lodge bill and the cannon judicial bill A republican judge fitting bitting iu in vermont would have lave the power to appoint state boards ol of canvassers in tho the great state of new york for life A republican judge sit it ting in Mic michigan bigan would also have the power to appoint boards of for the democratic states of kentucky kentuck and tennessee to hold office for life A republican judge jud 0 O sitting in minnesota would also have the power to appoint canvassers for the states ol of missouri and arkansas to hold office fui for life now lut let us see bow closely the republicans in the house bouse ii figured aured as to tho the rna majority to pass the force bill it was passed by yeas nays bays exactly six majority the votes of the six republic republicans cans who were placed in the seats of th the 0 six democrats elected by tile the people passed tile bill without the ousting of these democrats tho the bill could not lave have been passed seeing the small leverage upon which they were acting and fearing the lesnet when the bill ca canio dio back from tile senate if it over ever came back tom reeds congress immediately ousted three more democrats clifton Clif tort R breckinridge with un an official majority of SIG william II 11 venable of virgini Virgi nit aud willum william elliott of south carolina this in creased their majority in tile tho house lio to twenty five and with this majority the they felt safe if necessary they would have turned out ten more democrats its to lave have accomplished their purpose the affirmative vote vole in case iva was s sixty two less thiu than a quorum venable and elliott clyott were ousted within three minutes by ii a viva voce vote while the democrats were absent from the house in an ail effort to copel compel the republicans to furnish their own quorum with such bills billo laws the conspirators could have retained control of the b house tor for fifty years AMOS aldos J ca |