Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-14

the people of the United States. There
were number of States in the North
which would not have a shadow OF a
chance of being carried by Republicans
except for the colored race, and yet not
single instance had there been of man
elected to Congress who had tinge OF
color in his blood.
Hopkins, of Illinois, asked Hemphill
if he knew of Northern State where a
colored man aspires in that direction,
and if he did not know that the colored
men were taken care of in the North by
white men.
81 know that" cried Hemphill sar-
castically, 81 know that. l have never
known a colored man in a Northern
State who had the presumption to sup
pose they would elect him to office, even
| if he did aspire to it,"
This aroused the Republicans, and
Mesers. Cheadle, Funston, Owen,
Rowell and others were on their feet in-
mediately, plying Hemphill with ques-
tions which neither he nor any one else
was able to hear, on account OF the great
confusion in the House and the persist
ent demand for the regular order.
Finally Rowell's voice was heard above
the rest declaring that, in Illinois,
colored men had been elected to the
Legislature. Hemphill responded that
this was 30 common in South Carolina
that he would not thiDk OF mentioningit.
Hemphill continued to cite incidents to
show the bad treatment of the negro in
the North, telling of colored men en-
ployed in o tobacco warehouse in
Marion, Indiana, being ordered to leave
town on pain of summary punishment; /;
colored children turned out of white
, schools at Fort Scott, Kansas; white
people at Oxford, Ohio, protesting
against the admission OF colored children
10 white schools. In response to this
last assertion, Williams, of Ohio, declared
that Oxford was town with twenty-four
, hundred Democratic majority (laughter).
Hemphill continued by saying, that he
did not know any people more interested
in a free ballot and fair count, and
, some Just solution of the negro problem
than the people OF the South La Toilette,
= Wisconsin, said Hempill, had demon
t strated one thing clearly, that in the
' centres OF Democracy and ignorance in
+ the North, the behaviour toward the
, negro was just the same as in the South.
r He warned the gentlemen on the other
side that the majority would ultimately
/ control in every part of the Union. What
). would the gentlemen think if the colored
, men turned and said: "This villany you
, taught us we'll to execute, and it will &c
! hard if we do not better the instruc.
, tions?" From the bloodhound and the
C rawhide to the South Carolina election
lew was but little step.
}. Lodge, Massachusetts, said that Hemp
p hills argument was the old argument
that You're another" He went on tc
q review the methods which he said were
practiced in the South to stifle the voice
OF the majority. referring to the Clayton
case in Arkansas, and the Withholding o
: certificates from Republican Congress
Z men. elected OH the face of the returns
: in West Virginia and Tennessee. Die
: the gentlemen suppose that the people
> of the North were going to submit tt
= 3 such thing as that? After further de
Rowell closed the debate for the Repub
Y the assaults made upon it, Rober
S Small's majority Of l2O votes still lived
: Crisp, in concluding the argument fol
the majority, said that there was nothing
about the Southern elections that waf
}, not as fair and as we'll calculated to se-
! = cure an untrammelled expression ol
y views as in any other section. Johnston
l of Indiana, tried to interrupt, but CrisI
told him that in State where they re
: sorted to "blocks of five," perhaps they
i had better look at home before they wen
: abroad. This remark brought the Indi.
ana Republicans to their feet in indig
nant protest, but Crisp declined to per.
m infarrrptions opd in tho midst nj
! the uproar his time expired. Then
: ensued. The main aisle was thronged
with members from both sides
: who kept up an incessant demand for
the regular order, while Crisp attempted
to have his time extended and the In.
: diana Republicans continued their de-
mands for an opportunity to reply. The
,, Speaker pro tenn (McCreary) attempted
!. !. vainly to quell the tumult and was finally
compelled to call the Sergeant at.Arms
Then Crisp asked leave to extend his re.
! diana, objected, unless he could be given
!, the same privilege. Leave was finally
granted Crisp, however, and vote was
taken on the minority resolution declar
ing Smalls entitled to his seat. 1t was
rejected by party vote of I26 to l43
with the exception of Wilson, of Mime.
sofa, and Russell, of Massachusetts
who voted with the Republicans. The
majority resolution seating Elliot was
then agreed to without division, and
the House adjourned.
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