The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-20

scented and which was known to be the
dumb bell" district.
rillman spoke in his own behalf but ad-
dressed himself especially TO the propriety
of the house deciding upon the election
and return OF its members. He thought
that the great fault of the constitution lay
in the provisions to judge of the election
OF It's members because the gentlemen had
party politics eternally exciting prejudice
and making them determine contrary to
law, evidence, and justice. There was an
| other cause why justice could not be done
and that was on account of a new creed of
propagandiSm, in which the republican
party had been engaged twenty years, to
the effect OF the universal iatherhood of
God, and the universal brotherhood of
man. In espousing that doctrine it had
attempted to reverse the law of God Al
mighty and 1t had failed and would con-
time TO fail. That doctrine would
lead to the enfranchisement of the
Asiatic hordes who could overwhelm
our very civilization. For these and
other reason il was impossible for the house
to Judge impartially of election cases, and
he favored creating a court to determine
the facts in each case. He then proceeded
to reply to Horr, whom he characterized as
having played the builoon. While that
gentleman had been prancing around like
clown in circus, pleading against a
wrong which had been done to the negro
and the redistricting of South Carolina, he
(Tillman) could not help remembering
that there were 10000 voters in
Michigan who did not vote the
Republican ticket and who were gerry
wandered out OF any representation on
this floor. Unfortunately since 1876 the
people in South Carolina had collected o
little property and he was afraid, from the
unCerimonious manner in which the
choices of the people were kicked out of
thls body that there was another ring form
ing to sweep down upon them to rob them
of what little substance they accumulated.
II republican went on, as does now look
like IL, Ti.lman said ~ will drive HIM to
all political meetings and / will beat him
on the stump and do il by democratic ne
gro orators" In reply to a question AS to
legislature i'll putting all negroes into -,
new congressional district, he said
amid much laughter that it was in order
that colored democrat might be sent 10
congress.
Tillman then proceeded to criticize the
methods of the republican party to keep it,
self in power. 1t ought to hang its head in
shame and not get up on the floor of the
house to pray and go around the streets
pray ing with Puritan Jesuitism, like the
Pharste of old. 81 thank God Pm better
than other men," Any party who robbed
the employees of the government as the re.
publican party was doing, now ought never
to say Il word about little gerrymander-
ing in South Carolina. He, however, gave
the republican party credit of having cour-
age OF its opinions, and of standing up to
man lske smalls, and he contrasted the way
in which the republicans stand by their
men with the manner in which he had been
treated 10y his own party when couresting
the seat in the forty-tfth congress lis re-
marks were relished by both lilies of
the house and listened to with az interest
not often exhibited. Her descrip y of the
hopes and fears of au eXpectant W very,
very amusing and were greeted wth great
laughter. In conclusion he earnestly COM
mended "in the last speech | will make to
this congress" the adoption of some plan
whereby an election case shall be decided
in some other tribunal than the house OF
representatives.
Briggs, of New Hampshire, submitted an
argument in support OF tue claims of the
contestant. After stating the election laws
of the state and United States statues, re.
lating To the supervision OF elections, he as
serted that in nearly every precinct of five
of the counties comprising this district, the
state aud national laws were trampled under
foot by election officers. He gave. instance
where supervision appointed under the
United states statue had been interfered
with, driven by violence from the post of
duty and prevented from performing the
functions of that Office, lie called
attention to the vote certified TO governor,
aud upon which Tillman's election certiii.
cate was based, comparing the size of the
same with the population OF several coun-
ties, and showed that il was largely in ex-
cess of the actual voting population of these
five counties, He then described the frauds
which, according to the testimony. had
been perpetrated, and the violence and in
timidalion resoriel to in the various pre-
cincts of this district TOR the purpose of sup
pressing and destroying the republican vote
therein.
The previous question was then
and the debcloscd by Mil
Ter, of Pennsylvania, who reviewed in
debate the testimony in the case, and
that Smalls had been legally
elected.
The minority resolution declaring Till.
man entitled to remain in his seat, was
defeated without division.
The question required upon the first res.
olution of the majority report, declaring
that Tillman was not elected, 1t was agreed
to-yeas, li5; nays, exactly u quorum.
The next resolution, declaring Small en-
titled to the seat, was carried-yeas, III;
NAYS, 81. Ford, of Missouri, Rice, OF Mis-
souri,, Harderburg, OF New Jersey, Jones,
OF Texas, and Cal<ins, of Indiana. Calkins,
in casting his vote in the negative, said that
he did SO because he conscientiously be.
leved that elections should be relegated to
the people, which led Randall TO regret
that there were not moro conscientious men
on he republican side.
The speaker then stated that in footing
up the former vote yeas, li5; nays y the
clerk had made u mistake, and that the
vote should have been; yeas, IN; nays, |.
1t would, he said, have made no difference,
because the chair would vote in the aillrma-
tive, thus making quorum.
Randall objected to the speaker voting, as
being against all precedent.
The Speaker-The chair is informed that
he is only following precedent.
Caswell, Of Wisconsin, said that the pre-
cedent had been set by the gentleman
nom Pennsylvania himself when speaker
and quoted from an occurrence In the forty
fourth congress. The circumstances of that
case were as follows; On suspension Mon
day bill was passed by exactly by two
third vote. On the following day Plais-
tead, of Maine, stated that he had voted in
the negative and Fuller, of Indiana, that
he voted in the affirmative, but neither
vote was recorded, This left the
measure lacking one vote OF
the necessary two-thirds and
Speaker Randall thereupon claimed and
exercised his constitutional right to vote ON
any question before the house, and voted