Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-06
LOUISIANA CoRRuPrEoN.
Charging United states senators with
Buying Votes.

was his shrewd manipulation that pro-
I lOnged the reign of the McEnery combi-
nation for another four years term, and
| placed James b. Eustis in the United
/ States Senate as the successor of b. Frank
Jonas. The recent controversy over
the revolt OF Eustis and the charges
| freely made have naturally involved Mr..
Houston, and this mornings States con-
tains two-coumn interview in which
some strong charges are made against the
/ anti-ring chieftains. OF the Hon. Randall
| Gibson, the senior Senator. Mr.. Houston
says: "The amusing thing to me in Wash
! ington was the report heard that Sena-
| tor Gibson represented the best element
/ of the State of Louisiana. 1t is laughable
/ and absurd, because be has never re-
ceived a nomination as a member of Con-
gress excepting at the hands Of the ring
! and those gentlemen he now pleases TO
| term ward politicians. l distinctly re-
member that in 1878 he was only nomi-
| mated after a liberal and iudiciOus use of
money. | know this from the fact that !
was an eye witness to the payment of it
by some of his party managers. His cleo
ton as Senator was brought about by the
same methods"
OF Gibson as an original Cleveland man
Mr.. Houston says: "From all ! could
learn while at Washington it appeared to
me that Senator Gibson had elected him
self into the office of an original Cleve-
land man. OF course that claim could
only be made away from Louisiana, be-
cause the facts are well known that he
went TO Baton Rouge seeking to be elect
ed a delegate to the National Democratic
Convention as man strongly in favor of
Senator Bayard, and while at Chicago
argued with members of the Louisiana
delegation in the interest of and with a
view 20 obtain their support for Bayard."
OF his loyalty to his party during the
last campaign Mr.. Houston says: Il
was informed by gentleman to whom
Senator Gibson told the fact, that he had
advised James 6. Blaine, when he met
him, after his nomination at Chicago ana
subsequent TO MIR. Cleveland's nominal
ton, that il he desired to carry the State
of Louisiana he would have to change his
leaders, and suggested to him Blaine as
Mr.. II. g. Miner was a relative of his,
that be had better write to him and get
him to organize a conservative Repub-
lican party in Louisiana. 1t is an open
secret that certain leaders of the reform
Democracy of Louisiana contemplated,
in the event of Blaine's election and Kel-
lOgg's defeat raising the banner of con-
servatism in this State and making a
combination with the negroes. KellOgg's
defeat was proposed because they did not
desire the odlum attached to his name in
IulS. ObdJe 10 De tafTtbu by lu6 new NTOu
and morality party"
In reply to a statement that Sena tor
EusJls was elected by the use of money
bags and two radical negroes, Mr.. Hous-
ton SAYS: 1.-The two negroes spoken of
were from Madison parish, and were
elected on a ticket which was claimed to
be Democratic one, which had at its
head the names of all the Democratic
State officers. When,the Senatorial eau
III p.&r -
ton arose regarding the admission of
members of the Legislature who had been
elected as Independents, and who ran
upon ticket headed by Stevenson. the
Republican candidate tor Governor. Some
straightOut Democrats, desiring to work
the caucus, drew the party line straight,
urged that these two negrOes should 90
in, hoping thereby TO disgust the other
Democrats and force them to eject
Independents in that caucus.
and when it came to a vote they
voted for Senator Jonas, aud had they
| been excluded he would have received
Just five votes less than he did. TO the
utter amaZement Of everybody, the eau
Gus received the two negroes without OBJ
| lection, and | can hardly understand-and
| must say that am at lDss to con-
| ceive-how Senator Jenas' friends claim
! grOes. The cham carries with it the as
4 sumption of the fact that jonas friends
/ We're in majority in that caucus. Why,
! then, did they not object to tine admission
! Of those two negroes? | have been asked
| this question several times, but have re-
| Trained from answering it because 1 dis
/ like to engage in controversies of this
| character; but the truth ls-and 1 stand
prepared to prove it-that one of
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those two negroes, either $3.50
! or $500 each, and eXacted from
/ them no collateral. When the friends OF
/ Eustis in Madison Parish, from whence
the negroes came. found this out, th Y
went TO those negroes and had a talk with
them. The negroes stated that it was
| their intention to vote for Mr.. Eustis,
notwithstanding the money that'had been
given to them. After the caueus, when
it was learned that the two negroes
had voted for Eustis, the gentleman who
so kindly lent them the money called for
| IL and compelled them to return it
That there was money spent al
Baton Rouge in the Senatorial contest
5, don't deny. But l do positively state
that it was not by Senator Eustis
. friends. Senator Eustis' ability is tor
web known throughout the State o
Louisiana to require the useof money tt
elect him 10 the United States Senate.
This is the first time that have Spoken
in regard to that canvass, and / woull
have retrained from 80 doing new, hut
have heard Of this charge Of the use O.
money by the same men who did use i
and tried 10 use IL, and | knew that The
statement was without foundation. / have
no desire whatever TO assail the character
II OF senator b. +. Jonas, nor 20 charge
that he was cogniZant party to the
transaction, but / do feel called upon I,
tell the truth when the character of gen
tleman is assailed.'
Mr. Houston says be has been slow 4
make these statements, and RENAME,
silent until he could no longer stand th
attacks OF bis enemies without striking
back. lie gives them now TO the public
having weighed every word. and assume
the fullest personal responsibility there
for. II is stated here that Senator Fusti
!, len New York yesterday by the steame
Britannia 70 join his family in Rome
where his only daughter is lying danger
Ously i'll of Roman fever.
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South Carolina Crimes.
CHARLESTON. 5. c., May 5.-In Car
michael township, Marion county, OF
May /, during sudden quarrel hetwee
two white labOrers named Dean ant
Mays. the former killed the latter with