Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-05-03
7o6. colored. 6.604: WILKINSON County,

1926, colored, 5,604; Wilkinson County,
white S55, colored 1861; total, 1887
white In the district and 33,940 black
not counting Sharkley - over $4,000
majority Of colored men.
In 1869 the republican vote of that dis
trict was 20, 9I9, the democratic vote 1914.
At that time think there were four or
five more counties In this district. In
1872, when the district was the same,
Lynch. the colored man, had IL, l0l; Cas-
sidy, the democratic candidate, $500.
Lynch's majority G,592.
Mr.. Farley.-Will the Senator allow me
to ask a question for informationr Are
there not other States in the Union besides
the Southern States where as great chang
es as that suggested by the Senator have
taken place? Did not the State of Maine,
in 1876, give the republican candidate for
President about 10000 majority, and did
not the State of Maine in 1879 defeat the
republican candidate for governor there by
small Majority Why this great change!
Mr.. Frye have not got through with
this yet, Mr.. President. There are chang
es, of course, in all States.
Mr. Farley.-I was about TO suggest
further TO the Senator that In my State,
the State OF California, in 1864 and 1868
tn. republican candidates received $4,000
IN ,jority. In 1867, Mr.. Gorham, your
Nominee for Secretary of this body, was
the republican nominee for governor OF
that State, and he was beaten 10, 900 votes
Two years before that the State had gone
Is 0UU republican.
Mr.. Fryc.-Mr. President, the Senator
will pardon. me for not mixing with this
statement any changes In Other States.
ain going 10 show that there has been no
real conversion or change in this district
In Mississippi before get through.
In 1856, ''the Mississippi plan" came
IN. In 1876, Chalmers, mJority was
, ISL. In 1873, the whole vote cast was
less than 5000; d democratic 6,663. and re-
publicI IN, ! $40. That is a change with
vengeance Chalmers majority, DDS.
In lss0, Chalmers had 9,l12; Lynch, tcol-
oreO 1893 Chalmers majority ,3,7'9.
Now. let u look at 1880, the last cleo
ton. am going To take A few countirs-
seven counties In that district--and l do
not pick them out for any special reason
except that the elections In those seven
counties were quiet aud peaceable, aud
reasonably fair There is the same rrla-
tive proportion OF blacks aud whites IN
all OF them. In these seven counties,
where the election was fair, this last year,
the registered proportion of white demo
Gratis aud black republicans was three 10
one in every one OF them. Let me give
YOU some OF then: In Warren Co, the
registered black vote was !, 23S; the regis
tered Whit vote, > 2l1; Lynch's vote,
2OsG; Chalmers vote, 1904. is>aquena
county. registered black vote, $50, regis
tered white vote, 31l: Lynch's vote. lis,
Chalmers vote, l73. Bolivar county, reg
i,terrd black vote, 5000; registered white
vote, ,OS0; Lyuch's vote, l,1l5, Chalmers
vote. 403; and 80 on through the seven
counties, they giving Lynch nearly 1000
majority. The other i've counties with
the registered vote In the same proportion
OF white aud black, they voted under 1.-THE
Mississippi plan" and those five counties
oyerCame Lynch's mSjority OF between
four and five thousand IN the seven conn
ties. and actually gave Chalmers, ny the
count, 1000 majority In the district!
What does the senator from California
think about that kind OF a conversion!
Can that be found In any other State OF
the Union: Even democrat, soutern
democrat. who does not believe IN negroes
being permitted 10 yote--aud very likely
should not either i'll lived down there;
th-r,. Is good deal of human nature about
is-a white democrat, n member OF the
House, admitted To me-Do he did not all
init it, he said IL plaiuly-"the election In
that Shoe string district was an INFAMOUS
farce, aud when 1t comes TO the vote
shall vote So" lie was confederate, aud
Is democrat TO-DAY.
But the democratic Senators say that
H. r. tod
plea they put ln-converted 20 vote the
democratic ticket! They are sometimes,
a. have told YOU. Let Us see ir there is
auy chance OF pentccostal conversion
here. They have had them in Louisiana.
oh, YES bwn In the parish OF Orleans, In
l.Gs IN the spring there were II 600 repub-
lican votes cast, aud In the TALL Grant got
LIS That was a pentecostal conversion.
In Caddo Parish the same spring, le5c,
there were 9s7 republican VOTES, and In
the fall Grant got |. In Saint Landry
Parish the republican majority IN the spring
OF ls6s on the registered vote was l.O1li
the actual majority 6.s In the fall 6rhnt
oil not get singc vote In Saint Landry
Parish. aud the democratic candidate for
President got ,7s7 votes, being just eN-
actly the whole registered vote or that
whole parish, white aud black. That was
conversion. No real conversion took
place in Lyuch's district, as l will proceed
10 show You.
Vicssburg, the principal city, Is in
Warren County. Mr.. Chalmers claimed
10 live there: his partner does live there,
and was chairman OF the committee 10 run
the contest on the democratic side. In
Mississippi, ~ they say down there, they
did not care ">hucks" about the electors
They knew Hancock WAS all right, the
electors OF Hancock would be elected any
how. while members OF Congress and coun-
" officers must be looked 10. Chalmers
was in great danger. lie lived in a district
where there was about fifteen thousand re-
publican majority, and even In Mississippi
with Is 600 rrpu plican majority the demo
cratic candidate was In some danger, To
say the least. So they undertook To take
care of him; ana this partner took charge
OF Warren County, determined To give Mr..
Chalmers heavy majority over the Han
cock electors. They went 10 employing
negroes, large numbers of ''loaiiDg ne
groes" around in the city Of Vicksbnrg.
They employed every man they could they
put them To work: they made out Garfield
ticket with Chalmers on IL. They did not
dare make a Hancock ticket. Even loaf
ing negro would not vote Hancock ticket;
but they thought If they could get Gar
field tickets into the hands of colored men
with Chalmers name on them, they might
forsooth get them TO so vote, and they
labored .'in season and out of season."
with money and without money, with
threats and with cajolery, in every posi-
BILE way known to the white democrats of
the South, they labored TO run Chalmers
majority up in Warren County. How did
they succeed? The highest vote for the