The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-03
And MIR. Barry for the Democrats and Col.
Cooper for the Republicans Open the Debate
Favorable Outlook for Captain White.
Prohibition Leaders Adopt New Line
ofAction Against the Liquor Power.
Big Appropriations of the Public Mon ey to
little Southern Townsville Labor Bu-
reau's Useless Inquiry as to Divorces.
CAPTAIN WHITES SEAT.

Mr.. Barry Presents the Democratic View ana
Col Cooper Argues for the Republicans.
Special to the Indianapolis journal
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2-It has been q long
time since such absorbed attention was given q
subject in the House was to-day o1ded the
Lowry White contested election from the Fort
Wayne district. 1t was 2:30 o'clock when Chair
man Crisp called up the case. But few min
utes were required to decide upon the time to be
gwen to debate. 1t was agreed that four hours
should be allotted to each side, eight hours alto
gether, and that Mr.. Crisp should have charge
Of the time on the Democratic, and Mr.. Rowell,
of Illinois. another member Of the COM
mittee elections. should control the
time given the Republican side There
was ripple of merriment when
Mr.. Crisp announced that he yielded his first
hour to Barry, of Mississippi. who is an ex-con-
federate and q member of the committee on
elections. Barry was firing rebel bullets at Cap
tain White when the latter fell wounded on the
field at Shiloh; now he came to the front to fire
equally as malicious and rebellious missiles, but
under far different circumstances. Barry was
elected to Congress from the Fourth district of
Mississippi by q vote of 1864 against 122 scat
tering votes-altogether scarcely 500 above Cap
tain Whites majority. White received about
$4,000 votes, and altogether there were cast in
his district $4,000. against 5000 in
Barry's district; and yet Barry argues
for the whole House in arbitration OF
Whites election. Even Chairman Crisp
received but /, 704 votes when elected last year
from the Third Georgia district. and hs had no
opposition. Barrys speech was confined to an
effort to show that law required White to prove
his naturalization by record proof. He said he
had tried to dismiss all partisan bias in consid.
erng his case, but since he was but human hs
would not claim to have wholly succeeded He
was himself a Democrat, and that fact might
have had weight in forming his conclusions; he
would not say il had not.
Colonel Cooper. of Ohio. a Republican men,
ber Of the committee, representing district
which cast at the election last year over 81 900
votes. next spoke. He completely answered
every argument made by Barry. and his refer
ences to Whites acts of citizenship and his
service for his country were received with en-.
thusiastic applause in the well-flled galleries
and on the floor o. the HOUSE. Nearly every
seat on the Republican side was filed, and half
of the Democrats were present and followed
Colonel Cooper through his speech. which was
mastery.
It looks tonight as though the majority re-
port of the committee will be rejected by very
positive majority Several Democratic members
said to-day they would either vote to retain
White in his seat or not vote at all, and we'll
known Democrat, who has talked to many on
his side Of the House, has made q wager that
White will not be unseated. Lowry is an at
tentive listener and worker on the floor Of the
House. 1t may be that vote will not be reached
before Saturday evening or Monday.