The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-15
COKE STANDS BY TEXAS.
HIS STATE DON'T SEEK TO GET
THE DROP ONTHE REPUBLICANS.

The Resolution of the Senate's Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections
Based on the Testimony of Men I'M
worthy of Belief-The Evidence of
Reputable Witnesses Suppressed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Senate at
2;l5 o'clock to-day resumed consideration
OF the resolution reported from the COM
mlttee on privileges and elections and was
addressed by Mr.. Coke. He mentioned the
pleasure with which he had listened yester-
day TO the ami ble and even-tempered
sta ement of Mr.. Evarts, and said he would
have said nothing if that senator's remarks
had not been supplemented by the report of
the committee on privileges and elections,
which had been published in to-davs
Record. But tnat report he could
not permit to go unchallenged. He de-
clared, on his responsibility as a man and
senator, that it was unjust, one-sided and
par isan. If the committeeman had been
prosecutors instead of Judges inculDatory
testimony could not have been more thor
oughly congregated in the report nor ex-
culpatory testimony more thoroughly ex-
cluded. The Sena and country should
recollect on reading the report that it was
politics.
WHAT 1T WAS BASED ON.
1t was based principally on the testimony
of three memorialists, Hackworth, Moore
and Schultze, and took no note of the testi-
mony Of tweuty-seven wit 1esses to the
effect that Hackworth and ScGultze wers
men of infamous character aud unworthy
of credit, and that Moore was about as bad
as the others. He condemned, as people
of Washington county and of Texas con-
demned, all violations of the law there aud
4 aaln sa1f hat . RIna a. A..
slbillty for them on that people had no
support except the testimony of ''the infa-
nous trio and their vilest coadiutors "
These three had tried to make it
appear that they were forced to leave
the county because of their politics, while
the fact was, he asserted, that they had left
1t because they were regarded as moral
lepers, unfit for decent associations. He
would prove that by reference to the testi-
mony Of witnesses which had not been re-
cited IN the report of the committee.
COATED WITH INDICTMENTS.
He declared t1at when the memoralists
lost the public offices which they had held
in the county, they were covered all over
with indictments for official malfeasalce.
Mr. Coke sent to ohe clerks desk and had
read a counter memorial of the citizens of
Brennan, painting in very dark colors the
characters of Hackworth and Schultze, de-
presenting the democratic side of the
troubles In Washington county. He also
sent to the clerks desk and had read testi-
mony in confederation of this counter
memorial. Without concluding his speech,
NJ. Coke yielded for other business
Mr.. Vance was, at his own request (pre-
sented through Mr.. Harris, excused from
further service on the committee on privi-
Ieges and elections, and Mr. Gray was ap-
pointed in his stead.
After a brief ex cutive session the Senate
at 5. 10 o'clock adjourned.
Mr.. Morgan offered an amendment to the
resolution reported from the committee on
privileges and elections, which was laid on
the table and ordered printed.
1t instructs the committee so
to form legislation on the subject
of elections that it shall not apply to any
state whose constitution and laws provide
ample security for honest exercise of the
right to vote. and for the just and impartial
counting and return of the votes.