The morning news., 1889-02-10
MASON'SPOLITICALH HOWL
DEMOCRATS CHARG D WITH BEAT
ING SMALLS BY FRAUD.


Heel of Whites
WASHINGTON, Feb 0.-The House to-day
went into committee of the whole with Mr.
Crisp 4 Georgia IN the chair on the post
Office appropriation bill. Mr., Blouat of
Georgia explained the provisions of the bill
1t appropriated, he stated, $G6, sos, ,344, of
which it was estimated that $62, sos, 65S
would Pe provided by the depart
ment from its own revenue. The appro-
priation for inland mail transportation
was an iucre Sc of 50, l05. 600 over the ap-
preparation for the cIrrent year, and this
was in part accounted for by the fact that
the department had sent estimates of
deic ency Of 81, ,007. $40. The increase III
the free delivery system amounted TO 81,
| 0OO,001 This was rendered necessary ~
la passed for the classification Of car
rierS, for leaves Of absence and applying to
them the eight-hour law. But not With
sta ding this increase this branch of the
| service would be more than self-sustaining
PAY OF CLERKS.
There was an Increase ( 5000, 600 in the
appropriation for the compensation of post
office clerks. The appropriation heretofore
ma ,e had been to- small, and it had beeA
thought proper to iucrea o then. This was
one req on of the increase. Another rea on
would be found in the new Gals ,ificaton
which the bill provided for. There was no
reason why clerks who distributed the mails
aud give energy. vitality and efficiency TO
the business of the untry, should not havo
salaries commensurate with the work as
sig ed them.
TAKING UP THE sMALLS CASE.
Mr.. Mas N of Illinois said that he was
opposed to the bill, not 20 much on account
III. f.b# he
cago postoflice as for the effect it might
ha e upon the Seventh district Of South
Carolina. With TINS preface, Mr.. Mason
proceeded 10 discuss the Smalls-ElliOtt con
tested election case.
From his study Of the case Mr.. Mason
said that hc ad come TO the conclusion that
the most gigantic frauds and most outra-
geou- and disgusting schemes TO rob the r.
Dubicans of a representative in the Fiftieth
congress, ever known in mode II politics had
teen perpotracd in the Seventh district of
South Carolina The laws of South Carl-
lima had been framed for the express pur-
pose OF allowing the democrats to cheat the
republicans at the polls. The present gov
| ernor of South Carolina was a worthy ex-
ecutive Of corrupt law The governor
had said THAI God Almighty had stamped
| the imprint of inferiori on the black race,
and that the Anglo-Saxon must rule In
| Sonsh Carolina.
EXCEPTIONAL CASES.
He (Mr Mason) had been in South Caro-
| lima and had seen negroes, 50 called, as
| white as any man on tnis fl )oT. The father
Of the contestant had been as white as any
| man here Who was gong to aualyzs tho
| a Auglo-Saxon hlo3dl If the Anglo-Saxon
| blood was 70 vote, were there going to be
! blood testers, which would say to a maa:
| Fifty per cent. Anglo Saxon, 80 per cent.
| negrl, you can have haf vote" If a
! blood tester was ever invented there would
| be a corner in them, and every one OF them
would be in the hands Of the democratic
| inspectors 10 insure free ballot and a fair
count. The democratic governor was
wroag (, or the cons tuition was wrong. il
was not the law Of God that had put the
brand Of inferiorltv unoN the n gro race
IRON HEEL OF THE WHITES.
1t was the iron heel Of the Angio-Saxon,
| who had held them in slavery for.l00 years,
| but in this new birth Of freedom whicn hal
shaken the shackles from slaves there was
no skin contest Of citizenship, no blood test
Of Americanship. In the future
| if honesty governed. and the
constitution be enforced, men would
be measured by a higher and better stand
ard than the color OF their skin. he then
proceeded TO point out the manner in which
he declared fraud was re petrate in the
| Seventh district. II was grand larceny.
He had never learned to call spade an
agricultural implement.
LARCENY IS LARCENY.
Larceny was larceny. A man who would
| steal vote would steal horse il be got a
| chance. IL tho annels Of crime were
searched there " uld not be found ono TO
which the dem Gratis Of the Seventh dis
trIct had not res rtCd TO cheat the negro.
! The dis rict would not have been equaled
! had not Arkansas furnished an additional
crime. and served notics on the Seventh
| district that IL must look out for itself aud
murder, il necessary, to get IA majority OF
| democrats IN .is House. Al officer Of this
House taking evidence in the case, aud hav-
| ing in his possession ballot box had been
assaulted by the attorney II the cont 'stee
! aud the box taken away. IN his (df
| Mason', opinion. he should stand in con-
tempt before the bar Of the House until he
had purgsd himself
GROWING SARCASTIC
In tho evidence taken some democrats
! had declared that tney had been intiui-
dated by negroes Had any man zen a
canary bird in imidate a snake, a bootblack
| intimidate p p'llcenan, a roaring lamb rush
! into don Of co ,ering lions Tuen b. had
seen a South Carolina dem Jcrat intimdatel
by a negro II he (AIr. MasoH) had his way,
/ he would nave a froe ballot and fair count
| iu South Carroll a III took a regiment of
/ blue coats ia every county and every 20 ny
/ in the treasury. After reeOunting further
outrages which, he asserted, had esl
practiced in South Carolina, Mr.. Mason
! declared that he had no apologies TO mage
/ Tor what ho had said II tho gen'lenel
we're offended with him. let them take IL
/ out Of him aud not out Of his poor lorel
/ friend, Sma 8, who mad been waiting for
bis seat for two years
DEArHBYD REPENTANCE
The time of the dem crlcy was short.
! He had heard it said that even bad men,
! when th8y come 10 die, sometimes did an
| act of Justice He now n preached the
! death-bed Of tho De nocratc party and
asked that party to do an act " justice.
! he appealed 70 that party for ths sake II
! the peace aud comfort Of the people; he np-
pealed T. IL IN bshaf 4 generations b
come, TO rise above the party line; 10 ri,s
| above the color line; u uphold the law ald
| do even aud exact justice. Applause on
| the republican side.
MR. CRisP's BRIEF REPLY
Mr.. Crisp Of Georgia. chairman Of tho
| COMMITTEES on cleo ions, said that he would
| NOT at empt TO follow the gentle nan from
| Illinois ~ discussion Of the election case
/ upon this bill He denied that tho com
m.ttee had b sen derelict in pre- sn the case
/ forward. Lle had no doubt IL would soon be
| cons cred by tho House. He had only to
] Etrte that the record II the case did not