Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-14
A HOT DEBATE.
TIE CONSIDERATION OF THE sMALIs-
ELLIOTT CASE.
A Field Day for the souih-speeshss oil
BemDhin, Crisp, and
Others.
B, telegraph to the Dispaich-l

/ sentaiiVte after the declaration OF the vote
/ for President and Nice-President that body
resImed the confederation OF the Smalls-
/ Elliott conteted-eleciIon case, Mr.. Hemp.
/ hill. Of South Carolina, fixing the door.
( Tie said be bad never teen the Republicans
20 delighted as when they had the privilege
| Of abusing a great section OF the country.
/ As 70 The registration law Of South Carolina.
/ he desired 10 say that I, bad heen put upon
| the statute books ~ the Republicans, and
/ was fair ana just law. In one district
I where g, 0GO colored men were claimed bT
! the Republican party onlv twenty-five we're
/ refused registration, aud not one 81 them
appealed from the decision of the registrar.
| Al tbis gabble and talk about the unfair
/ registry law % South 1arOlina was the mefcst
/ t@adde, and was Intended 10 affect results
I different from those Involved IN the case,
! He denied that The election laws o. South
| Caro'i0l were intended fas had been a.
sert.d) h. cheat the Republicans ont a Their
| rights. BE dld no, say 'hlt ther were
/ framed FOR The purpo'e % putting Rfpnoi-
| cans into power. The pc0p,a OF south Caro-
/ Ina believed that tac white mln was as good
A. the negro. They believed that the nero
I should have all bis rights. but they did not
believe that lie shou have al bis rights and
the white mans rights too. aud they DID not
intend tbst be should have them. NJ
plause1 some gentlemen worked themselves
/ into great passion I'm ia'king about The suQ-
/ prcsN0u y votes IN TIE southern site. TIE
/ gentlemen from lihnOi, iNi,ssfs. MansO1 and
/ RowelD mad delivered phihpics against the
soltherG people and deel rcd That tAe pe)-
/ Die Of south Caroln1 stood convicted
| before i1e people of the United States Of a
/ greet crime in deriving the negroes ri their
! right 10 vote. The speech made bg The geu-
tleuan from ilhpois (Nr. Eo7elD and the
great passion he had worked himself INTO
was proof th>t ne did not have very much
fl'th in the strength Of he case. lie bad re-
sorted TO the Old plan ~ abusing the PLAIN
tT when be bad nOlbing IN the shape 81
f,cts to present to The jury. Referring -
the charge that a part OF the yole in the
south bad been suppressed, hr. ll'mphi'i
I said that IN 1881 California had cast SIS per
cent. OF her vote; Ala1aina. 90; COnnecti-
| cut. IA, AMI Florida - per cent. Maine.
the home Of the Greatest living statesman IN
the opiulon ~ many m'n. had cast GIl per
cent. and Tennessee 1910 per cent. The
southern states had cast l2.2 per cent. more
votes in proportion 10 population talu an
/ equa number ~ Stttc- In the North. Down
I'D Florida 1t tool, 2S.2G5 men lo eject men,
her 40 tIs lIOuse; but ln A1.sa"luseits,
land in which the brtczes Of he1ven d'd
not bcein 10 compare IN freedom "ifn the
ir eGom Of her inhabitants, lt took Only
1 20.fiD men Ia send q representative to Con-
eres-.
How MANY does II take in south Carolina?
qgcricd Mr.. Minkcn, of Ms.nc, amid Re-
publican appliance.
Will answer thst. responded Nr. Hemp
hiH. do not SAY We cast % nilny votes IN
south Csroirg. for we have about come 20
The happy state smOng the white and black
alike that when the people get good Demo
crsi ia they et BIN stay M and make no op-
position to hin. [Appause and l.ughfer.l
In Rhode Island, continued Sir. lIemphill,
II took 1850 votes % elect repre-cnittlye
from the FIRST district, while II took lJ,C3D
votes to elect a representative from the
Second district. According 70 Repu llican
logic there Wass suppress on of votes some
where about here. II the people OF the
south were doing the same thing The gentle
men from Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
could not say there were doing anything bet
Ter. II because TIE people ~ south Caro-
lima did not choose % cast Their bii'
lots the gentlemen were going % argue
uoOn the census that there lad been 2 sup
preston Of the vote, let them apply the same
ruiz to Massachusetts and Rhode Island. All
the people OF the south asked wa. far treat
mcnt II cOl1red men were s0 dear 10 the
people Of the North (Aud hc was not going M
eXpre.s any undue affection for thcml, why
did not some Of the northern states elect
cOl0rcd m1n - Congress, and make hylng
example OF bis fitness 10 make laws Tor the
people oi the United SaiesY There were
number Of Sistes in the North which would
not have . glimmer OF achance 81 being car
ried by the Republicans except for tue cole
orcd race Colored people bad been full
Il, 4. ,.fff 81 1899 and In fNp
northern states which had = col0red vote
which could keep the Republican party In or
turn il out. not single instance had there
been OF man elected TO Congress who had
q tnge Of color IN his blood.
Can YOU name northern state, broke IN
Mr.. Hopkins, Of Illinois, Whcre the c0iOrei
vote il % per cent ~ the entire vote;
Oh. replied Mr.. llemDlill, then It comes
10 this, That unless there are I'm the district
enough negro votes 10 nut in man OF color
he never gets there. Applause and laugh
teri II You want The cOiOred man 10 vote
for awhile man. and II the colorcd man j.
rs good Is the white man, why does not
the Nhite man occasionally vote for the col
ored m1nE lLaughlerl
Mr.. Hopkins: DO YOU know o. a northern
State where the colored man asplres in inat
direction. Do YOU not know that the white
men there take care Of the colored mca!
on, cred Mr.. Hemphill, -aTclstcally.
know that. l have never known cO.ored
man in "a district IN a northern state who
pad the assurance or presumption 20 suppose
that they would elect him TO Office, even q be
DID aspire 10 1t. Applause on the Demo-
cratic Side
This lat remark OF Mr.. Hcmphii's
aroused the Republicans. and Messrs. tn,a-
die, Funston, owen, Rowcil, and others
were on their feet plying Mr. llemphi.l with
questions which neither he nor ANYBODY else
was able 10 hear on account OF the great con
fusion m the House. The minglins n voices
and the persistent demand for the Irregular
order" Finally Mr.. ROvelps voice W.,
heard above the rest declaring inst in lie
inos colored men bad been elected TO tho
Legislature.
we elect them 10 the Legislature OF South
Carolins, responded Mr.. Hemphll, 20 COM
monly that ! would not Think about men,
tloning n. rLaughter.l We elect them on
The Republican ticket and on TIE Demo-
crntic ticket. aud toe first time was ~ the
Lesislature both my colleagues from my dis
trlct and our senator were colOred.
Mr.. Johnston Of Indiana, suggested that
the county should have elected another col
ored man at the same time. (Laughierl
/ do not saw, continued hr. Lemphill,
that the cOlored man In The North does moi
occasionally creep INTO the Legislature. but
m the south be gets into the Legislature All Tie
time, and know that since ls6S there has
not been = Legislature IN sOutn Carolina
that has not contained colored men-both
Democrats ana Republicans.
Continuing, Sir. lIemphll said that be
proposed to show from Chicago paper
published 10 1887 that the cOlored man bad
not as many rights IN Chicago as in Mobile
and New Orleans.
rhis brought Mr.. Adams. OF Illinois. 10
his feet with the demand for specifications.
Mr.. HemphllI replied that be would spe.
CITY, aud he quoted from the paper to show
that in Chcieo cOlored boy could not get
into the trades union and could not learn 10
be mason or o carpenter.
Dir. Adams: Neither can any American
boy.
II that is 50, exclaimed Mr.. Hemphill,
Chicago is worse than | thought II was.
(LAughter.l II is Tad enough TO treat poor
oarkv that way, but when you treat every
man that way 1t is worse than thought.
[Lsughter.l
agree With you. was Mr.. Adams's COM