Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-16

other States, made the declaration that
the Louisiana election held last April
was fresh illustration OF the suppress
sion OF the votes Of the majority in that
State.
Mr.. Hoar-will the Senator allow me
to ask him question?
Mr.. Eustis--I have no objection II it is
pertinent to what am saying.
Mr.. Hoar--I will endeavor to make ii
pertinent 10 what the Senator is saving.
Does the Senator deny that the language
which has been read here by he Senator
from Kansas Mr. Ingalls, and attributed
TO Gov. Mctnery, and the language
which was read here the other day by
the Senator from Ohio Mr.. Sherman)
and attributed to himself we're correctly
quoted?
Mr.. Eustis--I can only answer for the
quotation which was made from my
speech. That was strictly accurate, and
STAND BY EVERY WORD
That uttered on that occasion.
Mr.. Hoar--Now has the Senator no
knowledge or belief in regard to that
ascribed to Gov. McEnery?
Mr.. Eustis--I know nothing in re-
gard to the speech attributed to Cover
nor McEnery. / was taken sick soon
after went to Louisiana, and am not
well to-day. What | said was this
"fhat the Republican leaders Of this
are almost preparing the American peo-
pie for coup d'etdt" What do you
mean by stating that the President Of the
United States is illegally and unconstitu-
tionally in office? What do you mean
by stating that the Democratic
administration is an unsurpatIon
What does that mean except
that we have Government
which has been established and in
stalled by revolutionary methods and not
by constitutional and legal methods?
That we are reducing ourselves to the
level Of Mexico aud Central America,
and that you are going into the canvass
with the declarations which yon have
made by your conventions, proclAiming
that the President Of the United States
was elected, not by the free and honest
suffrage of the American people, but that
he held his election by virtue OF the sup
preston of the will of the majority and
by reason OF the violence and intimida
tion and fraud committed in the South
ern States at their elections.
Mr. President, am glad that this era
has at last arrived when Repuh ican
Senators rise in the Chamber, as do the
Senator from Ohio and the Senator from
Kansas, and advocate
FREE AND HONEST ELECTIONS
In the State OF LOUISIANA. Let them
look back, and what will they find from
1868 to 1878? In 1868, in 1870.
in 1872, in 1874 and in 1875
the Democratic party in Louisi-
and carried the State by an over
whelming majority. That majority was
suppressed, and bv the bayoneta govern
ment was installed over the people OF
Louisiana, and you admitted Senators
into this Chamber and members into the
other House who had not the shadow of
title to the seats. was in favor OF
honest elections then.
AS Democrat and Senator of the
United States could sit in silence and
listen to your aspersions and your ac-
cusations, Ieeming them unworthy Of an
answer, until you have cleared your
selves of the odium and disgrace and in
fanny and eaormity which attaches to
you by reason of your fraudulent cleo
tions in the State Of Louisiana. / could
tell you, as Peter the Great told Charles
XII, ii chose: "By defeating me you
have taught me the art OF war" But,
no, sir take no such position as that.
| tell the Senator from Kansas that he
does not know what he is talking about
| will teach him what an election in
Louisiana is some day.
will tell you that there is no reason
Why Mr.. Warmoth should have received
500 votes in the State of Louisiana in
stead of 10000. There is no reason why
a solitary colored man in the State of
Louisiana should have cast vote for such
a Governor as Warmoth. He has re-
cord as a Governor in Louisiana.
Suppose we did resort to Irregularities
suppose We did resort to fraud; suppose
we did what you accuse us of doing, and
what We know perfectly well we did not
do. What did you give us? By your
fraudulent elections you gave us gov
ernment which was disgrace to cvili-
zation. You gave us a government
which produced conflicts between the
two races. When society was torn up
by the roots, the white men of the State
OF Louisiana resisted the negro domina-
ton which meant dissolution, disaster,
destruction to every interest in our State.
When you failed to perpetuate
your political supremacy in that State
by the infamous Vaccinations and
the diabolical machinery which you
invented and which you have used,
then you rise to-day and in your
wrath asperse and traduce the Demo
cratic party OF the State of Loui 4iana. l,
as a Democrat of that State having taken
an active part in every struggle which
that noble people have made, tell you
that instead OF being abashed by your
charges and aspersions, | throw them
back in your teeth, and tell you that am
proud OF what the people of Louisiana
have done in their struggle for home
government, and for the redemption of
the State.
SENATOR GIBSON
Also made a long speech. He addressed
himself first TO MIR. Ingalls, remarks that
the Confederacy still lived in the South
ern Democracy, that the debt of Louis
lana had increased more under Democra.
tic than Radical rule, and that there was
more Democratic majority in some pre-
cincts than registered voters. He said
that the charges of the Senator from
Kansas were an aspersion upon the char.
acter and patriotism OF the Southern peo.
pie.
What tSouthernState had sought to revive
slavery? What Southern statesman now
advanced the doctrine of secession? Not
one. They all admitted that any man
whu took up arms against the United
States Government would be guilty OF
treason. The Southern people we're do
ing their best. With bene Violence, with
charity, wi h composure and firmness
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