Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-12
CONGRESSIONAL.
The smalls-LOtt Contested Election
Proyokes a Warm Debate.
The General Character OF and the Old Charge
Of Burglary Against smalls Raked
Up Again-Crisp Speaks Out.
Fiftietil Congress.
TIE SENATE


placed on file.
Mr.. Dawes presented a petition for
l20 Indians, residents of Hampton, Va. i,
against the continuances of the ration
system to Indians as an encouragement
tc idleness and recommending their
equivalent in farming implements and
stock. He spoke of the suggestion as
being wise and judicious and said it was
doubly remarkable from the fact that
the memorial was in the handwriting of
one of the students and was signed in
their own handwriting by all but
three of the 120 and was their
own unprompted idea 1t was
q little singular there should be any law
in the way of the Indian changing his ra-
tions into agricultural or other imple-
ments, so that he might, by his own Ia
Dor, support himself, but such was the
fact. He asked to have the petition re-
ferred to the committee on appropria-
tons, and hoped that the committee
would make the necessary recommended
tons. The petition was referred.
Mr. Sherman said he had been in
structed by the committee on foreign re-
made the motion, which was agreed TO,
and thereupon at 1925 the galleries were
cleared, doors closed and the senate pro-
ceeded TO executive session.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. IL On motion of
Mr. CaswelI of Wisconsin, the house in
sisted upon its amendments to the direct
tax bin and q conference was ordered.
On motion of Mr.. Morrill, of Kansas,
senate bin was passed, authorizing the
construction of a bridge across the Mis-
souri, river at Leavenworth, Kan.
After objection by Mr.. Oates of Ala
bama to the request Mr.. Johnston of IN
diana moved for immediate consideration
of the senate bill for the relief of
Warren Hall, and after brief passage
of words between Messrs. Hopkins of
Illinois and Hooker of Mississippi, over
another war claim bill, which was not
taken up, the house was called upon to
decide what business it would proceed to
transact.
Mr. Hemphill of South Carolina was
on the floor demanding recognition on
behalf of the committee ON the District
of Columbia, and Mr.. Blount of Georgia,
brought forth the postoffiee appropriation
bill for consideration.
Mr.. Crisp of Georgia antagonized both
these gentlemen, ana as a question of
privilege. called up the Smalls-Lott con-
tested election case.
Mr. Blount thereupon raised question
of consideration. The house determined
yeas, 13l; nays, 39-to consider the cleo
ton case.
Twenty-four Democrats, Messrs. By
mum, Chapman, Crisp, Cummings, OAR
Crorl HnnUpr Johnston
of North Carolina, Landes, Lawler, Nc
Donald, Mckinney, Moore, Morse,
o 'Ferrall, Cultivate, Spinola, Taulbee,
Thompson of California, Tracy, Walker
and Yoder, voted with the Republicans
in the affirmative.
Mr. Crisp quoted evidence to shoKafhat
the colored Republicans were opposed to
Small on account of the manner in which
he had been nominated, and on account
of his character. The minority OF the
committee made light of this testimony,
and charged the witness with perjury.
He protested against the assumption that
q man even though an ignorant black
man was not worthy of belief if he chose
to believe that q convict was not proper
person to send to the halls of congress.
He denied the assumption that
man, because he was colored, was nee
essarily a Republican. He admitted
politicians were, but declared that the
great mass of negroes were not politi-
clans. In South Carolina a good many
wrongful and violent acts had been com
mitted by Republicans. In days past
they had had supremacy and there had
been among their offceholders some of
the most unmitigated scoundrels that had
ever been fostered upon a defenseIess
k1,.Os,, l,e,e,
been that there began to be divisions in
their ranks and colored Democratic clubs
had been organized. Further testimony
was quoted by Mr.. Crisp to show
that colored Democrats had been
ostracised, intimidated and over
awed by colored Republicans,
and that the contestant, Smalls, had
taken a leading part in this action The
day was passed when colored people
would go up in body like senseless
machines to record their vote as they
were told to do by people who lived away
from them and had not their interest at
heart The day had come when they
were satisfied with the people among
whom they lived, people who
were their friends, peopler to
whom they always proved indus
trious AS they became more intelligent
they realized the improperly of being
represented by Mr.. Smalls and realized
that they were entitled TO a better repre-
sentative, and while he conceded to any
constituency the right to send man
here, he protested against the house in
terfering to defeat such man if it chose
TO do so.
Mr. Howell of Illinois, said the gentle
man from Georgia (Mr. Crisp had spent
time in proving that Mr.. Smalls had been
guilty of bribery while a member of the
state legislature. The proposition which
had been made had no more bearing upon
this case than the question of whether
the moon was inhabited. The gentleman
from Georgia had spoken about intimida-
ton of colored Democrats by Republicans
of the same race. The governor of South
Carolina had recently announced para
mount political question in South Caro-
lima to be the maintenance of Anglo
Saxon control. The paramount question
was not that a majority should rule or
that every legal voter might have his
vote cast and counted, but to maintain
and prove AngIo-Saxon control. That
was one patent fact in response to the
talk of intimidation.
Pending further debate the matter
went over until tomorrow.