The Portland daily press., 1888-08-23
ELECTION FRAUDS IN LOUISIANA.
Senator Chandler Vigorously De-
nounces the States Officials.
References to outrages In Washing
ton County, Texas,
Lead TO Lively coIIoquy with sena-
tor Reagan.

tor Reagan.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2i.-In the Senate. to-
day, Senator Chandler called up the resolu-
tions in relation to fraud and violence at the
last Louisiana election and proceeded to ad-
dress the Senate. He said that he would
state the facts and principles which required
and justified the proposed inquiry into the
Louisiana election os April last under which
two Senators would have seats in the United
States Senate. The first fact was the sus-
picious character Of the face Of the returns,
which showed 126. TAG votes cast, with a ma
jority for Nicholl Of "a. 1853. while the Presi-
Dental vote Of Louisiana, In 1880, was only
oz,04O. with a majority Of only 1913 for
cleveland. The returns also showed the
overwhelmingly Republican parish OF Madi-
isor as having cast for Nlcoll $3.50 votes and
lot Yarmouth none, while the registered
voters Of Madison parish were 270 white and
5,Ool colored. In SIX other parishes, which
he named, the whole six are credited with
16, 452 votes for Nieoll and 139 for Yarmouth,
while there were In those six .parishes
4,79o white registered voters and u, 74O regis
tered colored voters. There was some dim
Guilty in ascertaining the official count OF the
vote OF the State and no Official FORMULATION
OF 1t had yet appeared In any Democratic
newspaper that he was aware Of, but ne
6p--f56s, 4f~ %ses asIeans. WAeklT Pelican A
Warmoth, majority for NicOll OF 84,753.
He doubted whether any Senator would
hazard the statement that he honestly be-
lieved 136, 900 votes were honestly cast and
honestly counted for Nieoll. He denounced
the pretended vote as false, FRAUDULENT and
fictitious beyond all known record OF manu-
factured ma1orities. He denounced IL as the
result of a deliberate conspiracy Of wrong
and crime on the part Of the then Governor
McEnery and Of the present Governor.
Nlcoll, two stupendous Criminals against
Tree suffrage two instigators Of intimidation
and murderers Of voters: two leaders OF
thousands OF reckless, law breaking election
oficers and desperate, bloody and brutal
torturers and murderers Of black voters in
their own State. He denounced the record
as crime against the Republicans Of Louis
lana, not only against those who are living
but against those who are dead, butehered
government, McEnery and MeNicol,
In order to make Democratic victory,
he denounced IL as crime against the Re-
publican government which IL tended to
destroy. as subversion Of the Senate OF the
United States. which was TO be invaded as
one OF the results, as an outrage on humani-
~, which was being outraged and disordered
by frauds and f0rgeries and by the whip
ping and killing Of innocent citizens Of the
country Of boasted freedom and liberty in
President Of the United States.
Senator Chandler read good deal of cor
respondence and newspaper statements, not
OF Southern papers, on the subject of cleo
tion frauds in Louisiana, and also as to the
various crimes and outrages perDetrated
against c0l0red citizens at the South, not on
ly In Louisiana, but In Mississippi, Georgia.
Florida, and other States. 1t seemed THAT
there was an epidemic Of negro killing going
on at the South and which prevailed there to
far ovfa hat ofk .H.oI
yellow fever. One Of the lynchings de-
scrlbed, recalled to him the murder Of Judge
Chisholm, his son and daughter. They were
imprisoned In the jail. A mob broke into the
jan. Ihey thrust Their guns through the
prison bars and shot that innocent father,
son and daughter to a bloody death. and the
local newspapers of Mississippi said nothing
on the subject But the information came
by telegraph to some metropolitan newspa-
pers.
In the course of his speech Senator Chand-
Ter alluded to Mr.. Merchant, who had aban-
d0ned his home and business in New Orleans
and removed TO FL Paso, Texas, where he
might be safe, II not too active In politics,
because In Texas they preferred to hang ne
groes rather than white men.
Senator Reagan resented the imputation
on the people OF Texas contained In this re-
mark. and declared that Republicans In
Texas took their political positions and ex-
pressed their opinions as freely as the people
did in New Hampshire or other Northern
States.
Senator Chandler said he supposed the
Senator from Texas did not refer 10 Wash
ington county, Texas IL he did he was en-
tirely mistaken. In Democratic county In
Texas, Republicans were tolerably safe from
being murdered; but whenever Republican
county remained Republican In Southern
State, enough killing and numbering was
done to change 1t from Republican 20 Demo-
cratic. That was exactly the case In Wash
ington county, Texas. In the last election
there, In 1887, three negroes were taken from
jail by a mob, just as Judge Chisholm had
been put in jail, and murdered and Just In
accord with the southern method Of getting
rid of Americans. which was, first, to get up
a false charge against them, put them in jail,
and then break into 1.-THE jail and murder
them.
Senator Reagan said that he knew that
there had been disturbances in Washington
county but he was not advised of the actual
facts. There were 20 or % counties in Texas
where there were Republican majorlties. In
Harrison county, there was a Republican
majority OF about 100. There never had
been anybody killed, hanged or hurt there
for voting. Other Republican counties were
Montgomery, Walker, Grant, Wallace, Bra
zoria and two or three other counties below
Brazoria.
Senator Chandler-"About how many
colored voters are there in Texas"
Senator Reagan-'I cannot say"
Senator Chandler-"The State Of Texas
almost comes up in its returned majorities TO
the State OF Louisiana. think the State Of
Texas returns a majority OF about 1875, 600 but
/ will concede that It is not quite so dishon-
est return as the 81, 200 majority returned
Tor Nicoll In louisiana.
Senator Reagan-"The Senator Is reckless
and falsifes the facts when he talks about
false election returns in Texas"
Senator Chandler-"The Senator has ad-
mitted he does not know anything about
Washington county outrages. 1t would be
well for him to ascertain what the facts
are"
Senator Reagan-"I live remotely from
Washington county and have never seen a
word Of testimony ON the subject"
Senator Chandler-"I have no Idea that
the gentleman wants to, either"
Senator Reagan-''The gentleman ought
not to exercise such reckless Impotence In
making statements"
The Presiding 0ficer. Senator Ingalls,
"The Senator from Texas tranSgresses the
bounds Of parliamentary propriety and order
when he applies such ePithets to the gentle
man from New Hampshire.
Senator keagan-"I am willing 10 with
Senator Chandler-''Am at liberty to re-
ply to the use Of the word .'impudence?'
The Presiding Ofiieer-"The Senator Is not
unless he proceeds In order"
Senator Chandler-"I will endeavOr 10 rest
under that infliction. i am glad cannot be
subjected to any worse stigma than that"
The Presiding Omcer-"Ihe Chair under
stood the Senator from Texas to withdraw
the language"
The discussion about the Outrages In Wash
ington county, Texas, was then shifted from
Senators Chandler and Reagan to Senators
Coke, Spooner and Evarts.
Senator Coke expressed himself ready to
prove that what had taken place there was
more than equalled by election frauds In the
Northern States.
Senator Spooner admitted that there were
election frauds In the Northern States, but
claimed that they were perpetrated by Dem
Ocrats alone.
Without concluding his speech, Mr.. Chand-
Ter yielded the floor and the Senate ad-
journed. .,,
Senator Reagan today, introduced bill 70
define trusts and provide for the punishneht
OF persons connected with them.
rHIRrY-THREE DROWNED
n. .,.a SHAKING Of a Californta Enaat