Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-06-12
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dissents entirely from the statements
and conclusions contained in the reporr
OF ia Shortly and presents their Swn
view of affairs formed from the testi-
monys of reputable and credible wit
nesses examined by the committee
They express tIis OPINION tKxs the in
vcstfaation. lwasgyofiginstedl and scpn--
Quoted for the purpose Of siding the
d aspie Canvass by fs7rihR tEs stor rs
of outrage and Crime which were SO ef-
fectuailW used in former political cam
paivns, and perhaps to furnish IN sex-
cuse # necessary. tor rejecting the vota
of Mississippilin the ELECTORAL College,,
and thereby defeating, .asowas done in
1876. the clearly expressed will Aof the
American people in the choice of PresiI
dent. They srefer to Eliza sPinkston's
gtofy and ksEsRAos behaves iit today.
and assert that this, and other SUCH
tales having lost their POTENCY. the DAM
Vile and. Copiah. Investigations were.
conceived and brought forth.
They say the majority report evi.
IDENTIFY igiiorad and purposely disre-,
garded tEe. sworn testimony 81 the most
Intelligent, Trustworthy and reliable
citizens of Copiahi County and gave
fun credence and belief to the state~
ments of persons some of whom were
shoynt to be 4destitnte Of chfracter for
yeracity and others apparently too.
ignurant to uuderstand and regard the
obligation. Of . the sroaths 70 taken by
The report Dor. states that the people of
copiah County are law-abidings and
that the number of crimes and viola
tons of law committed byiithes white.
people in that countysare less in num-.
Der and less aggravated in character
than in many portions of New England
and other Northern States that boast
their educational advantages and
superior civilization. They f'snalSze
the testimony before the COMMITTEES to-
show that the crimes investigated were
notlpolitical crimes. ltgyr ls,oa,s .,.,,g
With regard to the killing ,Qf, Mat
thews, the minority quote from the tes--
timony to show that it resulted from a
personal quarrel between Matthew's
and wheeler about politics; Il Ando that
Wheeler M.as ACQUITTED ON then plea. of
self defense Oh .Matthews they say:
: tile .carriedl arms 9 upon his person
and was regarded by many gAs ready
ST'i>''. 'a'H. - geGaus basil .
He was was Just such person al Would.
be likely to come in collision with
others, Sooner or later, that would end,
seriously if not fatally .'sxtrla - feFtd
lin regard to the. investigation pro-
posed by the majority at the next cleo
ton in. Mississippi, the minority say
it is a threat to disfranchise the, people
Of the State of Mississippi IN the coming
Presidential election, made with a. view to ~
deterrinS the citizens of that State from
c2stingsits, Electoral vote contrary to-
the party in power, and that "a, more.
fagrant and eabhorrent attempt to bull
doze an entire State by threatening to-
disfranchise its people and destroy it's,
aut6nofny can not be found id the an
nails Of constitutional sgUve1hment.o
In conclusion the minority sayaus
70 s'The duty iof thel undersigned istper-
haps discharged byI exposing the ami
mus of the recommendation, but they
feel justified in saying they little under
stand the spirit or temper Of the. Ameri--
can people who suppose they win faeain
submit to the defeat of their viii i'd the.
choice Of d President, as was 1.-THE case
in 1877. Neither an Electoral Commits
sion nor armed soldiers around this :
Capitol will prevent the installation in
the Presidential office of the man ele-
waited to that position by The votes of
his COUNT ymeh. The reproach brotfght
upon our system Of Government by the
OCCURRENCES which placed In the dChief
Executive Office OF the Government a
man VINO had been defeated sAt THE
polls is too keenly felt by the people Of
the country to, justify the belief that.
they will tolerate for . moment the sug-
gestiyn Of, their repetition. Aid the,
minority can but express their snf1prise=
1t the temerity that volunteers, How
sver covertly,. to avow a purpose ID de-
'truetive to the hopes and houor u the.
,otutry. ~soa fsH Oeas gslgaY nssaa7A
Theiireport is signed by ilMessrs.
Vance, Salisbury, Pngh and jones'
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