Daily Republican., 1880-12-02
Fraudulent Congress m en-.


Fraudulent C0nEressmeD.
When J. 3. Chalasrs, the hero {
the Fort Pillow hatchery, pre- 'ents him
self at the door of the next House o
Representatives to claim his seat ther,
is au almost absolute certainty that be
will be prompt, told to stand aside
This is not extravagant language 10
use when we consider that his own or
gan, the Vicksburg Herald, Democrat
OF the stllWart kind, says that II he
attempts 70 take his seat in the next
Congress he should be Kissed from the
House with contempt. OF course every
body that has read anything about it,
knows that Chalmers has been no more
elected to Congress from the "Shoe
string" district of Mississippi at the
late election than Pat Gar dner or Bill
Lse was, but at the same time he was
Just as fairly elected to the next Con.
Rress as he was to this one or the pre-
oeding Congress. The only difference
is that before they shot.gunned the
Republicans away from the polls, bu;
this time they allowed them to vote but
threw their votes on! Of the count. A
rstributien seems at last to have over.
taken the fellow who has for two sue
cessive terms been allowed to occupy q
seat in Congress to which he was never
elected. 1t will however only be Re
cause the Republicans will have ma
jority in the next Congress that ChsI
mers will bs refusel his seat. Tie
Democrats have sho En themselves vii
ling to prof. By any fraud, no matter
how black, SO that they could but
maintain their ascendency in Congress
II this we're not true, they would never
have allowed Hull Of Florida to have
retained his seat in Congress a day
70 ger than they could have investi.
gated his case and kicked him out.
Hull it will be remembered personal
ly sup srinteude1 the operations OF the
election returns, aud afterwards every
tribun .l from the board OF officers that
held the election up to the Democratic |
Supreme Court in ,Iuding the Governor,
also Democrat, decided that he was
illegally elected and held his certificate
by fraul, ye! in the taos of all this he
retains his ssAt in Con yrsss and makes
one Of the small Democra tic majority OF
that body. His seat is contested it Is
trus by Mr.. Blsby, but the Democratic
Committee en- Elections have been 80
bu " investigating the honest election
Of Mr.. Orth OF Indiana and Mr.. Wash.
burne Of Minnesota, that they have not
reached Mr.. Hull's case yet, and 1t Ia
not likely they will until the term Of
the present Congress expires. The
D smocrats will have no further use for
Hull then. This case is q very black
one, but here are quite number from
the South not much better. These
5outaern fraud Congressman will OF
course not be disturbed during this
term Of Congress, because the Demo
cratic party would rather be SUCCESS ful
BY fraud than to act justly ifby 80 do
ing they could not retain their power {
can now however lift up
heir hands and thank God tLat justice
Eiil be meted out in the next Congress.
rhe South Carolina, thu Alabama, the
Florida, the Mississippi, the Louisiana
md the Arkansas frauds will DO un
covered and exposed to the county in Q
III their naked deformity, and these 7
political fraud sCabs upon the body :,
'Olitic will be given tickets of leave and
honestly elected men will be admit tel Y
n their places. Daylight is breaking Il
nd joy cometh in the morning. a.