The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-05
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A Lively Debate on the Arkansas
Election Contest Case.
PARTISAN ATTACK ON DUDLEY
Who Is Defended From tho Rcpubli.
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WASHINGTON, D. G., March 4.-The
consideration OF the Arkansas contested
election case Of Featherstons vs.. Cate
was resumed in the House to-day. Mr..
Dalzell, Of Pennsylvania, taking the
floor. & 1. hT N.
In supporting the claims OF the con.
testant he said that In tho election in the
First district Of Arkansas, Winchester
rifles, revolvers and bowie knives had
played an important part. This district,
he said, was adjoining that in which Mr..
Clayton, a man OF national reputation,
when In the exercise OF a right which
belonged TO the humblest American citi.
zen, had been murdered in cold blood
at tho very foot Of the altar OF liberty.
Mr.. Dalzell confined his remarks princi.
pally to the election methods Of the
Democrats in Crittcnden county, charg.
ing intimid dation and fraud aud contr0.
verting tho statement made by Mr..
Outhwaite, Of Ohio, that there was no
evidence that the double action" ballot
box was used in the county.
Mr.. Outhwaite challenged the pro.
duction OF any evidence that the box
exhibited by him yesterday had ever
been used. i.
:. Mr.. Dalzell replied that tho conten.
ton of the majority Of the Committee
on Elections was that Il ballot box idcn.
tical with that presented had been used
in Crittenden county in at least three
polling places. The contestee, in hisbrief,
himself admitted that the "chiyalry" OF
Crittenden county were there armed
with Winchester rifles anl found 1t
necessary to drive out twenty or thirty
unarmed black men.
CRISIS DEMAGo6Y.'
Mr.. Crisp, of Georgia, submitted an
argument in favor OF the claims OF the
contestee, Gate. The case, he said, was
u peculiar one. The counsel for the con.
testant was W. W. Dudley, better known
perhaps as "Bocks OF Five" Dudley. It
was an interesting thing to hear that
notorious gentleman discussing before
the committee on elections the import
ance OF the purity of tho ballot and the
necessity Of giving the voter the un.
trammeled and free right to vote as he
pleased. To borrow the simile of the
gentleman from Massachusetts (Afr.
Greenhalge) when he (Mr. Crisp) heard
Dudley's statement he thought lie would
say: This is the devil quoting scrip.
ture," but it had occurred to him that
while the notorious Indianian might not
be, as his distinguished friend from
Massachusetts was, civil service re-
former, he was not the devil and he
knew what he was quoting to the COM
mittee was not scripture. [Laughter.l
Mr.. Cheadle, OF Indiana, entered his
protest against the attacking Of the char
acter OF man who in the field OF battle
had spent his blood in the defense OF his
country, and whose life he challenged
any human being to attack. Applause
on Republican side. Nobody on the
other side was able to prove q single
charge against the Republicans OF In
diana. Reuewed applause.
Mr.. Crisp was unaware that he had
said anything to provoke the outburst
on the part of his friend from Indiana.
He had spoken OF a mans reputation
throughout the Countrywide general re-
pute in which he was held, and he had
not spoken unkindIy. He had been H.
Illustrating the peculiarities Of the case.
That was all. TX
MR.. cRlsp's nuMoR.
He was showing that the counsel for
the contestant who had argued for free
and pure ballot had such q reputation
throughout the country that he did not
suggest TO the hearers OF his arguments
that he was not strictly In earnest in max
ing it. Did not the gentleman know the
different effect upon the public mind
the same words might make when COM
ing from different men. That was the
idea he had meant to convey. When
he had heard the counsel talking about
the importance Of u pure ballot and the
protection Of the people from corruption
at the polls, though he could not call
him the devil quoting scripture, he was
reminded OF the negro rhyme, preserved
by the Senator from North Carolina:
"De bigger that you see the smoke,
De less tho fire will be; ~
And dc leaStest kind OF postum