New-York tribune., 1884-01-09
MR.. spEER'S NOMINATION.
A FAVORABLE REPORT ExPECTED-UNREAsoNABLE
OBJECTIONS TO HIM.
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OBJECTIONS TO HIM.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-Mr Emory SpeerS, ap-
pointed as United States Attorney in Georgia, still
awaits the confirmation of the Senate: The ap-
pontment has been postponed under rule OF the
Judiciary Committee, though there can be no doubt
that it will be favoraby reported at tthenextmeetng.
Mr. Speer's prosecution of the South Carolina Bour-
bons aecusedo of violation the election laws, which
has made him obnoxious to the South Carolina SEN
ators who are said TO demand his defeat because of
certain obligations which some Republican SEN
atOrs are under to them for votes for combinations
which they claim must be returned in kind. This
is probably falsehood, far at least as any will
lineness by Republican Senators 20 become parties
to such bargain is concerned. The statement that
the South Carolina Senators attempted to defeat
Mr. Speer's nomination by such means comes very
near the truth, although Senator Butter is under
stood to have denied it.
Some interesting figures are given by Mr.. Speer
In connection with his election to Congress. He
was chosen as an Independent by the combined
votes of Independent Democrats and white and
black Republicans. The votes of the black men
were necessary to elect him. NEGRO supremacy"
he saws. as understood by Southern Bourbons
means the rule of majority, however
SMALL which would have been a mi
nority but for black votes however few.
III
voters in district, and the white voters are
equally divided, then that side which manages 70
secure few more negro votes than the other is said
to have put the negro on top, IN othef words,
II is negro supremacy" In 1873 Mr.. Speer was
elected by 10,S97 votes. against 1865. In 1850
he was reelected by l., ,653 votes, against s5s9 In
1852 he was defeated by 1856 votes to 1l,9lS.
ThepOpuatlon in his district is as follows: Whites,
l39 149; blacks, 43, COL. Only three counties have
have black maiOrites. In Georgia, according to
the census of 1850. 21.7S per cent of the whites
and 10. rs of the blacks are males of voting age.
In Mr. Speers district, the lNth), there are 2O3OJ
white and 1924 black males of voting agc-a to-
tai of 2S, ,929 men entitled to vote. In lsSO, the
total vote east in the district as shown above was
2I,242. or less than 90 per cent of the whole
In 1852 the total vote was 2G,4oI,
being 6S per cent. of the whole In 1850 he had
aOO0 more votes than there were black men Of the
voting age. In 1852 he had $500 more. If the
same proportion of blacks as OF whites failed TO
vote at each election and if he received every black
white and 4743 black votes, and III 1882 6,O04
white votes TO 3 ,S64 black votes,
There can be no doubt, however, that bulldozing
took place al the last election and that resulted
fn cutting down the b ack VOte. For every one
thus prevented from voting white one must be
added TO the estimate inst made to account for the
votes as cast for Mr.. Speer. Tie truth Of the fact
that bulldOzing was TesOrtcd to Is shown by the
number of outrages which followed even after Mr..
Speer had been defeated, and which had for their
victims men who had voted for him. Five Of these
offenders are now serving ont their sentence IN the
Albany Penitentiary. What is most strange, Mr.
Speer seems to think is that they have admitted !
their guilt though the admission did not come IN