Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-07
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY I, 1888
Tne Lewry vs. " h,te Contest.

TUESDAY. FsBRUAaY I, 1883.
The Lewry vs., " White Contest.
Last Sundays Call, which arrived
here yesterday, had the following
among it's dispatches from Washing
tm:
The White-Lowry contested election
case was debated in the House to-day,
and vote will be taken on Monday.
There seems to be no doubt that the
report of the majority Of the Commit
mittee will be rejected by the House,
and that White will be confirmed in
his tile to his seat by Democratic
votes.
There are about 100, 900 natural
lied voters in the United States who
have lost their papers through
casualty, such as fire, or by careless
nees, and in many of these cases
there is no court record of the ma
turalization. Senator Beck has no
naturalization papers, they having
been lost Representative Farquhar
Of New York says his papers have
been lost, and it is reported that there
are other members of the House in
the same predicament. No objec-
tions however, has been lodged
against their qualifications to serve.
White had been regarded as citizen
Of the United States for thirty years
in the community in which he lived,
and he produced Witnesses TO estab-
lish the fact that in 1855 he took the
final oath and received his papers.
If the House refuses to unseat
White, AS m jority of the Elections
Committee recommended, it will
have an important bearing upon the
California contests. With White Sc
cure in his seat it gives Republican
majority by States in the House that
cannot be overthrown or tied by un-
seating FELTON, and Vandever, even
though the successor of the late repre-
sentative Motatt of Michigan should
be q Democrat. 1t insures the prob
able settlement of the remaining con
tested election cases on their merits,
and eliminates from their considera-
ton and political factor that has here
tofore seemed paramount. To-day
Cochran of New York and Wilson of
Minnesota spoke in Whites favor and
it is reported that Collins will speak
for him on Monday.
The case came up yesterday in the
House and was settled by White Gre
publican) being allowed to keep his
seat. The vote stood 1877 in favor of
this measure to los for depriving the
member of his seat. The total men,
bership Of the House at present is
324 The total vote cast in this case
was 292, indicating that 80 members
we're not in their seats. The
House is politically divided into
160 Democrats, 152 Republicans
and 3 Independents. If then, all
the Republicans and Independents
had been in their seats, and had
these all voted for White, and had
al the absentees been Democrats,
there must at least 80 of the last
named party members have voted in
favor Of the Republican member keep
ing his seat. Our supposition is an
xtreme one, improbable, almost i'm
possible. The probabilities are great
that some so Democrats voted in favor
Of Mr.. White. jd
For months we have heard great
deal of clamor from certain journals
80 the effect that all contests before
the House were to be decided in an
ex-pdrfe manner in order to secure
vote in the House sufficient to elect
President an the event of that duty
devolving !, on that body. The vote
yesterday puts q quietus ON these
maliciously false representations. But
ntill the other cases are all prejudged in
10 same manner by these journals.
The CdH is particularly reprehensible,
= that it falsely poses as an indepen-
lent paper. in order to mislead cer-
1nin Of its subscribers. 1t is as bitter
I'D narrow a thick-and-thin organ as
ZINES to this desk. AS matter of
net it is wrong about the way this
White case leaves the House. The
|ID1Iowing is the political complexion
H that body on call of States where
nch Commonwealth has one vote:
muoonAno STATES. REPUBLICAN STATES
<51hsma California
1kansas 0l0rado