Daily Republican., 1882-08-30
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST SO. 1889.
Cnalmeru az a Republican.


massacre, and who was recently Dootee
out of a seat in Congress, which he hat
usurped for three successive Terms
went homo and seeing the rising TIDE o.
iudependence in Mississippi, cast in his
political fortunes with it and appealed
to the people he had before shamelesOly
persecuted to vote for him, to send him
hack to Congress, as he was no longer
aDemocrat, and, the shameless looter,
even promised that in the event of bis
Hlection he would vote for a Republl-
can Speaker of the House. There is
about as much effrontery and brazen
impud ence in Chalmers as can easily
be imagined. Of all the Democratic
bulldozers of Mississippi, Chalmers
was considered the most terrible, the
most unrelenting, the most cruel. In
the shoe.string district, which derived
its name from the crooked gerryman-
dered shape given it in lay ing it out to
include the largest Republican vote
possible, so that it would be the only
Republican district in the State and
the rest all surely Democratic, this
man Chalmers became Democratic
candidate and by his peculiar mode Of
slectioneering he overcame $4,000 Re-
publican majority and had himself
elected by several thousand. Of course
he was permitted by the Democratic
Congressman, to hold his seat, but he
was not 30 fortunate in the present Re-
publican Congress. His Objectionable
practice of using force and his patent
rotary process of counting votes to ex.
press different result than what was
intended became the subject of Con-
gressioual inquiry and Chalmers was
at last brought up on short turn and
quite a large number of the more
decent Democrats united with the Re-
publiclns in ousting him out of his
seat. 1t seems like some strange fiction
10 read of his candidacy now against
the Democrats and his bid for the Re-
publican vote. Strange as it may seem
yet it is true that for some weeks this
redoubtable Chalmers has had every
thing his own way and Republicans
who once few from before his red
shirted shotgun army were tiocking to
his support. The old shoe-string dis
trict has been disarranged by the late
Congressional apportionment giving
Mississippi an additional member, and
Chalmers finds himself now in the
Second district with a number of Coun-
ties of his old district, but his old and
successful competitor, Lynch, is gor-
rymandered out of the district,
and consequently will not be in his way
anymore. But after all, Chalmers Is
not going to have things his own way.
Though he has got clear Of Lynch
smother colored man named Hamilton
G. Carter has arisen to oppose his cleo
tion and has himself become candi-
date. AS Carter is an educated, intelli-
gent Republican, having served with
distinguished credit in the Legislature,
Chalmers finds he has got about as
dangerous a rival for Congressional
honOrs as he had when Lynch opposed
hiIa and beat him. Mr.. Carter has
been in Washington to see if he could
be aided by the Republican Congress
Bional committee, but strange to say
he is said to have discovered that the
committee was aiding Chalmers. If this
be so it presents strange anomal in
politics. One committee controlled by
Republicans reported him not entitled
to seat and a number of Democrats
agreed with them in this and he was
expelled and low we are told that
another committee of Republicans ia
aiding his election. We are confident
there must be some mistake about this,
for there is no possible ground upon
which Chalmers can be considered a
Republican candidate. AS Bourbon
he stole seat in Congress three times
by devices 80 open and outrageous that
even Democrats were unable to defend
him. When he perceived that the
Democrats would no longer uphold
him, be deserted them and became an
Independent. For such man to re-
Geive aid from Republicans would be
simply shameful.
Mr.. Carter in coming before the peo'
pie puts the case well in an address he
has issued to the voters of his district
He says: "Conceding TO my party all it
claims to have given to the colored race,
&sedOm and the ballot, it has done
nothing emitting it to bind us hand and
foot and turn us over to the leadership
of the man whose hands have been the
deepest and reddest in the blood of
Southern Republicans" This is brave.
ly and truthfuIly spoken. This is pre-
Oisely what Republican support of a
man like Chalmers does, and for that
reason we can hardly believe that aid
has been given Chalmers. 1t is said
that Mr.. Carter, whose address is ample
evidence of his fitness ospeak for him
self, is so popular that he is at least
likely to divide the large Republican
vote of the district and allow the Demo
Gratis to elect their candidate Better this
than the election of man like Ohal-
msrs who is totally without decent
principles. Chalmers in Congress as a
DaGoCrAt was bad enough, but was