The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-01

anyone running for Office except member of
congress. Every one of those that was left
| in box simply counted one for the Demo
cratic member of congress and counted
nothing for anything else.
What does all this mean. 1t means simply
this, that there is determined effort down
| there to disfranchise the colored people of
the south. First they tried to do it by
| bludgeons, shot guns and ku-k]ux
clans. Failing in that, and getting too
| many OF them into the penitentiary they
| adopted this trick of tissue ballots and false
returns, and now in order to get the thing
sure they have struck another plan.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA GERRYMANDER.
Here is a map which will show you and
| which they were so mad about when l ex-
hibited it to them at Washington on the
floor Of the house.
Mr.. Horr here showed large map of the
congressional districts in South Carolina, a
copy of which is printed in connection with
this speech. MIR. Horn pointed out the Pc
culiarities of the noted seventh district,
which is shown on the map referred to.
Continuing, he said:
Did anybody ever see such a picture as
that for congressional district. 1t would
take crooked man, would il not to repre-
sent such district as that. Look at this
these little grooves and hooks and
corners they have put the towns
comprising as nearly as possible every negro
in the district. They formed district of
1877, 900 people that had a majority of %, 600
negro voters in it. In that way they could
get rid of the negroes instead of giving them
a chance to try and carry the other districts.
They simply carry out this diabolical plan
of preventing the negroes of the south from
having any voice in the affairs of this ma
ton. That is what We protested against and
l told them that would exhibit that map
as a stump speech throughout the north
wherever l went [Applause.] am now
keeping my pledge.
THE MORMON QUESTION.
They claimed that they were with
us on the question of Norm onism.
The Republican party said that in
stitution must be wiped out. We had
bill drawn by Senator Edmunds of YER
| mont and AZ Democrats voted against it and
not single Republican opposed it, When
we came to consider the question of admit
ting Mr., Cannon to seat, that man, who
over his own signature stated that he
was the husband of four wives, that he
lived with them and raised children
by each Of them, when he came stating
that he would violate the laws of the United
States by thus living and stated to us IN SO
many words that he intended to continue to
so violate them, when we came to unseat-
ing him the Republicans had to do it, for
almost every Democrat in the house voted to
sustain him.
THE CHINESE BILL
But, fellow citizens, did want to speak to
you on the Chinese question. have only a
word to say. Some of my friends think
was in error in voting for that bill. Now
am going to admit right Off that that bill
violates all my Fourth of July orations
that have ever made from my boyhood up.
1t is right in the face of the American ca
gle. 1t is contrary, in some respects, to doc
trines that / have always supposed to be
sound but will tell you in word why l
did it. 1t is because the Chinese do not come
migrants. First l found that the good peo-
pie on the Pacific slope do not want
the Chinese there There is no exception.
All classes, all parties petitioned us to stop
the ingress of the Chinese into that ccun-
try. But the thing, that weighed with
the whole 10000 in this country
there are hardly 10 who bring their
wives with them and raise a family. They
do not become citizens of this country. /
do not believe that we want them as citizens.
l do not believe that they benefit the civil
cation of this country. l like the civilization
of the United States that is growing up
with the race that we represent, and do not
believe that the Cinnamon would help us
any, for they come here simply for the pur-
pose OF living on nothing, accommodating
little money and then sliding out
to China with it. Not one of them
makes home, not one of them helps build up
the country except by his labor. Now, /
believe the homes of this country are it's sal
walton. [Applause.1 believe that any set
of men who do not come to stay with us and
become part of the community in which
they live will be of no benefit to the institu-
tions of this country, consequently l voted
for the Chinese bill.
THE NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM.
Our Democratic friends also in every pos
sible manner, with the exception of q few of
them, opposed our national banking system.
We finally passed the bill through the
gigantic efforts of our old Michi-
gan man, Mr. Grape of Massa-
chusetts, whereby we extended tho
charters of those institutions. We lid it be-
cause we believed that they were the best
country ever had, and l believe the Republi-
can party of this country intend to stand by
them in the future. Applause
No banks are more popular with the people
and no moneyd institutions in this country
ever had frmer hold on the business men.
They are going to stay with us because they
are needed and because they meet the wants
of our entire people.
DEED OF JUSTICE TO SOLDIERS.
There is one little bill that was passed that
/ want to call your attention to. That was
a good measure to pass it seems to me. We
have scattered all over this country few
soldiers who, at least some of them, served
through the entire war; When the war closed
they undertook to send these boys out
on the prairies to fight the Indians
Many of them felt that they had served
their country well and that they did not de-
serve treatment of this kind. They thought
their enlistment ended with the war, and
the war had ended. They protested against
being sent away into further service after
four years of service. They claimed that
they had fought until the close of the war,
end they thought they ought not to
be compelled to stay longer But they
undertook to send them away, and these
poor fellows who had been away from home
FOR four years, hundreds, and j believe per-
haps over a thousand of them in the whole
United States, lit out for home. They were
married as deserters, and none of them
up TO this day have ever been able to
get their back pay or bounty, or anything of
that kind. Many of them had served faith
ftIlly anil well at tha front MANY of than