St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-13
SNIALLS WANTS A SEAT.
The Chances Are, However, That
He Won't Get 1t.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-The house to-
day continued the discussion of the
Smafls-Elliott election case. The senate
bill to enable the president to protect
the interests of the United States in
Panama was referred to the committee
on foreign affairs, and leave granted to
the committee to report to the house at
any time. The house resumed the con-
Sideration of the Snialls-Elliott contest
ed election case. Mr.. O'Ferrall, of Vir-
ginia, a member of the committee Oh
elections, defended the majority report.
He answered the criticisms made by
Mr.. Rowell. of Illinois, upon the cleo
ton laws Of South Carolina, by
the declaration that in many
respects they were the laws
framed under Republican adj
ministration. He then proceeded to
mans skin was black he necessarily
voted the Republican ticket. Mr.. Kerr.
of Iowa. inquired whether the gentle
man did not know that Lincoln. had
written to Hahn, of Louisiana, in favor
of giving the negro vote, as some day
in the future it might aid in keeping the
jewel of liberty in the family of free
dom. Mr.. O. Ferrall replied that he had
never heard of it. He did not know
that Lincoln had written poetry. Mr..
Kerr-He did write the letter. Mr..
Cooper, of Ohio, denounced the election
law OF South Carolina as partisan, and
declared that the contestant had, accord
ing to the election managers, more than
1000 majority. Mr. Spinola, of New
York, inquired whether the gentleman
would
RECOMMEND A COI.oRED MAN
for cabinet position. Nil. Cooper
am ready to recommend any man who is
fit for a place in the cabinet. Mr..
Johnston, of Indiana, who followed, de
clared that the elections committee had
done SmallS a great Injustice, as, by
its own findings, Smalls had 227 major
ity. Mr.. McComas, of Maryland, said
that after eighteen years of negro suf
frage, this was only q striking case of
usurpation of power. After two dec
AIDES of negro suffrage. the white Dem
ocratic representatives in congress from
the black belt declared that the blacks
were to be forever seryile. The intelli-
gence, character and property in the
black belt had confined the flower of its
youth to discus sing afresh the old ques-
ton of negro Servifity, and annually re-
solving by the election that this was a
white mans government. One white
man in the black states on this floor
equaled five white men in the North
in representative power. Its infiu-
ence during the four years past
had controlled the executive and
this hall of representatives. MIR.
Cultivate, of Ohio, analysed the
evidence in the case, commenting on it,
and drawing from it the deduction that
the contestee was entitled to retain his
Smatls, WIS then accorded the floor to
advocate his own claims. He had sup
posed. he said, that the case was to be
tried upon the evidence taken, but he
found that he was placed upon trial for
an act said to have been committed III
1873 in South Carolina. 1t was
TRUE HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED
in 1877, charged by the Democrats of re-
ceiving bribe in 1878. He was as in
nOcent of that charge as the gentleman
who now presided over the delibera-
tons of the house (Mr. McCreary). He
had been convicted, and had Appealed
to the United States supreme court, and
the appeal had been doeketed. Pending
the appeal Gov. Simpson. without re-
quest from him. directly or indirectly.
had granted him pardon. He had de-
nouneed Gov. Simpson for granting
pardon pending an appeal to the SUI.
preme court. Gov. Simpson had APP
pointed him captain of militia for
'smeritorious SERVICE" The governor
would hardly think that taking Dribe
was ''meritorious SERVICE" Reviewing
tile case. he commented on the fact that,
though in South Carolina every judge
was Democrat, every prosecuting
officer was Democrat, every constable
was Democrat, not a man had been
I brought to court for all this bulldozing
and intimidation which had been
charged. Let gentlemen on the other
side examine the record, and If they
come to the conclusion that he had not
been honestly and squareiy elected to
this house, let them be honest in their
convictions and vote against him. He
supposed he would have to 60 when the
vote was taken tomorrow. He would
go good-naturedly because he would be
up again next year. and look and see
some of the Democrats going out, too.
Laughter.
Pending further debate bill was
passed authorizing the commissioner of
internal revenue to refund to Harden
county, Kentucky, certain moneys col
lected on dividends of shares on stock
owned by the county in the Louisville
d Nashville Railroad company. The
house at $50 adjourned.