The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-14

ing something wrong. They thought, after
tire war which freed the colored mau, that
they had bouAd him to them forever, that
he would continue to nd men here for the
northern republicans to use.
INDIFFERENCE OF THE NEGROES.
They did not understand that great ma
10 ity OF the colored men OF the south cared
very little which party was Ii power, that
tn we o ut erlv different to the great
issues which occupied the gant'enon in the
nor b. When the repub leans found at
there was a great mass of voters
v hich they had ex2ected to
control indefini- ely for favors
they had granted, bat could not, the asked
what was the reason. The one pc y
and insinuating rogue, to get -imselt an
office, devised the slander which had been
circulated IN The nor5h. There had been no
regular republican orga izatiol j. The
south for years except to n inmate dele-
gates to the national colventt n. II oId
not become him (Mr. Cri p) 70 state the inc
duce.nent they had u send delegates to
these conventions. [Laughter.l
Mr.. Crisp then turned his attention 20 a
speech made in Ohio way Rapres ntative
Kennedy of that state in winch he is rep
resented as censuring Speaker Carlisle for
constructing the elections committee which
decided his own contest.
STICKS TO HIS STATEMENT.
Mr.. Kennedy interrupted to ask whether
1t was not a fact that the speaker mad
first selected the committee. Had
he not then, asked the House to select
the committee, aud had not the democratic
side simply ratified the choice of the peo-
pie! "a cuorus of "Noes" from the demo-
cratic side.
Mr.. Crisp replied that here was a gentle
man conslde ed fit to represent a z eat state
congress. He came to the Houie as
representative and either through the
gro set ignorance or m lice, he sought
not only to misrepresent him Mr.. Girls J,
but to misrepreSent the distinguished
ge ltleman who presided over the delibra-
tious of the House. democratic lplause.
Everybody knew that the statement was
Inaccurate Mr.. Crisp, resumiug his line
of argument, stated that tho Republican
party had disfranchised the District of
Colum ia because the negro vote.
Mr.. Miiliken Of Maine challenged the gen.
tleman to read the entire record of the
treatment Of the negro by the Republican
party.
Mr.. Crisp replied that if he quoted the
whole record il would bring blush of
shame to the cheek Of that gentemal.
Democratic applauSe.l TIere never had
bean party which uad perpetrdted more
ouGrages. The majority of the committee
had endeavlred to try this case according
to the evidence. The Minority put at de-
fiance all rules Of evidence and began aud
e-dyd their statement with newspaper
articles.
The vote was then taken on the minority
resolutiau declaring Smals eutitled to the
seat and it was rejected by party vote Of
126 yeas to l43 nays, with the exception Of
Messrs. Wilson of Minnesota and Rus
sell of Massachusetts, who voted with the
republicans. --+~,- -
The majority resolutions seating Mr.
Elliott was len agreed to wffh ut division
and the House at 6 o'clock adjourned.j
MR. RUssELLs VOTE.
Mr.. Russell says in explalrtion of his
vote for Smal5 (a4d Mr. Wilson says
su stantially the same) tnat it was the re-
suit of much deliberation, during which his
conscience urged hi n to it. He became
convinced that SnallS was elect,d, aud
tnat he ought to be seated, and then, Of
purse, that he ought to vote to seat him.
Tue intenperate republican speeches did
deter him. but at last he determined 10
vote, spite of then, as his conscience
dictated. So his vote indorses S4nalls and
not the speeches.