The daily gazette., 1879-05-17

It were possible that eight men would
make SO much noise as was made Oh that |
occasion.
Mr.. Thurman said those eight men
were inspired. (Laughter.) They stood
up for the constitution and for honest |
elections, and naturally made a noise
and something beside noise. 1t was ar
gumsnt, and the argument has had its
effect. 1t has filed these seats and in
creased the number OF democrats from
seven, as when he first came here, until
they spread ont and reached over into the
promised land.
ORIGIN OF THE LAWS.
Hs did not believe, at that time, that
these laws were passed to protect tho
freedmen, and history had shown his in
credulity to be well-founded. They
originated in the city or New York, In
the Union League Club, o partisan poll
teal club. He read from report Of the
Committee on Expenditures In the De-
partmont Of Justice Of the Forty-fOurth
Congress-. The. Testimony of Samuel j.
GLEASON before that committee showed
him to have been the chief counsel en-
ployed by that club to get up these laws.
and, therefore, he willbe acknowledged,
by the other side of the Senate at least,
~ respectable man. Howas assisted by "a
man not 30 respectable, ,..and who has be-
como quite historical one John /. Dav-
export. Mr.. Thurman read from the tes-
timony at length, sho wing what measures
the Union League Club took to procure
the passage OF these laws aud the cOnnec.
ton of Davenport Herewith. When the
laws were first proposed they Contained
many provisions not ultimately passed.
Az first propO~ ed they almost disfran-
chised every naturalized citizen In the
United States, made II almost impossible
to be naturalized, and gave no natura-
lized citizen security In his right to vote.
Mr.. Thurman called Senator MOftOn's
attention to these provisions and said:
"MOrtOn, you cannot support those sec
| tiOns."
He said, after examfng tn sm, "Cer-
talnly, cannot" and he used his influ-
ence against them and 30 they were de-
feated.
HOW THE MoNEY..wAs SPENT.
The laws originated in the Union Lea
| gue Club. and were passed for party pur
loses and not at all for the protection OF
freedmen. He would cite some figures
to support his assertions. In 1876 there
were 4, 1863 Supervisors Of Election ap-
pointed under these laws, Of which !,
YOrk-noarly One-half the whole num-
ber. There were II $40 marshals-more
than one-fourth Of them in New York
The ms'n point Ia, where did the money
go? In that year there was expended
$285 ,92l IL. HOwmuch was expended
to protect the poor freedman down in
the country where tho night rider, the
White Lacquer and the Ku-Klux op-
press him. In the Southern States there
was expended $48, ZIG 06 and in the 9th
| er States $237 ,25O was disbursed. that is
to say, about one-sixth of tue money
wentto the South aud hve-sixths to the
North. That is the way the freedman
was protected. They made the South
give the negro the right to vote, but
United States for every dollar they gave
to protect him they spenL five dollars
to corrupt elections al the North and to
deprive men of their right to vote thei o
The Senator from New York (Mr.
Conkjing) had carefully enumerated va
rieties of thugs, shOulder-hitters and
roughs which forrnedpart of his constitu-
from Harlem to the >kIattery there could
not be found in 1t q worse set of men
than tho deputy marshals selected IN 1876
and 1873 to executs these laws. OF the
S2H, ,25O spent in the North in 1876, $780,
OOO-beinE more than One-half-was sent
to New York State. The roughs of ad-
jacent States did not like to see their
brethren In New York getting all the
money, SO, to pacify them, some was sent
out of that State. Tbirty-seven thousand
dollars wen. to Pennsylvania. That was
enough, because the LEGAL managers OF
the machine in Philadelphia knew how
to manage elections perfectly, and did
not need any help from federal supervi.
sors to secure the electiOn OF republicans
But $37 600 was spent in Pennsylvania &c
satisfy the clamor OF the roughs. Then
| t1,nx otfahttnn tn Rn1 iy,n
and sent $4,000 I'd Maryland. Jersey
City was an important town and got S12,
276-not much, but 1t helped to pacify the
brethren. So these four States-New
York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
Maryland bod $2i7 900 of the $685.
900 leaving S6s, 900 for the other thirty
States. In 1873 there were 1881 snpervi-
and 1862 in Pennsylvania, leaving only
,OG6 for all the other States. OF the 4 ~
, marshals more than half were in New
, York. The expenditures were $222, ,714.
20, of which only $l8,Al went South
The gains of the republican party in Nev
York, New Jersey and Pennsy lvanl'
!, will show why this money was spent II
E the North. In ono single election fou
1 teen Representatives we're gained, and
o singularly enough, the greatest gain wa
where the most money wss spent.
I ELEcTIoN IN NEW JERSEY.
Mr.. Randolph, (dem.) of N. j., her,
asked leave to state that the Jersey Cit,
district, which had for many previous
sessions elected a democratic Representa-
. tive in Congress by from 5000 to 100,
: majority, was now represented by re
s publican, and most of the money men
0 toned by Mr.. Thurman AZ going to Jer
: sey City had been spent In that district.
a Mr.. HOar, (rep) of Mass, asked Mr.
e Randolph If there not two democratic
= candidates in that district
Mr.. Randolph said he did not so under
2 stand it, There was but one regula
o democrstic nominee. He was proceed
ing to explain, bat Mr.. Thurman did no
II wish to yield the floor further.
! Mr.. Randolph said Mr.. HOar's question
q WAS not tair under the circumstances
and should take some other opportunity
;, to answer it. He would state again tina
u this money was spent corruptly. II
: selecting deputy marshals person
a thought to be purchasable were sent TO
+ and asked II they would work for the re
d publican candidate, and upon prOmisin nj
Il to do so they were appointed deputie es
r In this manner large democratic majo
|. rites we're destroyed in certain districts
. If the democrats were to obtain powe
II March 4, 1881, and there were such
i blessing as Democratic President, til
}, republicans would clamor for the repea
i of these laws more loudly than they CT,
n now against it. They would not trus
i such power over the public purse an,
= officers with q democratic Presiden,
another OK would DO gored then.