[The Cleveland Era by Henry Jones Ford]@TWC D-Link bookThe Cleveland Era CHAPTER I 8/24
This determination was announced is the Senate by Mr.Hoar and was assented to by Senator Chandler of New Hampshire, who had been a zealous champion of federal action.
According to Mr.Hoar, "no Republican has dissented from it." The facts upon which the force bill was based were so notorious and the bill itself was so moderate in its character that the general indifference of the public seemed to betray moral insensibility and emotional torpor.
Much could be said in favor of the bill.
This latest assertion of national authority in federal elections involved no new principle.
In legalistic complexion the proposed measure was of the same character as previous legislation dealing with this subject, instances of which are the Act of 1842, requiring the election of members of the House by districts, and the Act of 1866, regulating the election of United States Senators.
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