The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-05
TRICKERY OF POLITICS.
THE ARKANSAS ELECTION CASE
UP IN THE HOUSE.

0S4 OOAAl4-l0Es OutnW aus O6nl6S
that the Double-Action BalIot-Box
Wes Used-The End Not Reached
Yet.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-In the House
this morning the following committee ap-
pointments were announced by the speaker:
Messrs Tarsney of Missouri, and Reyburn
of Pennsylvania, on claims; Mr.. Brickner
of Wisconsin, on the Mississippi levees; Mr..
Cheadle of Indiana, on postof1ices and post
roads.
Consideration Of the Arkansas contested
election case of Featherston vs. Cate was
then resumed, MIR. Dalzell of Pennsylvania
taking the floor.
Mr.. Dalzell confined his remarks princi-
pally to the election methods of the demo-
Gratis in Criltenden county, charging
intimidation and fraud, and controverting
the statement made by Ar. Cultivate of
Ohio that there was no evidence that the
double action" ballot-box was used in the
county.
THE DOUBLE ACTION BALEoT-Box.
Mr.. Cultivate challenged the production
of any evidence that the box exhibited by
him yesterday had ever been used.
Mr.. Dalzell replied that the contention of
the majority of the committee on elections
was budO OdlAObrOO4 140ublCdl WIFI tudG
presented had been used in Crittenden
county at at least three polling places. The
contestee in his brief himself admitted that
the chivalry of Crttenden county, armed
with Winchester rifles, had found it neces-
sary to drive out twenty or thirty unarmed
black men. After the title OF the conte tee
had been secured by crime, the contestant
in the attempted exercise of his rights under
the law has been prevented by force and
yin1np0a from taxing farfiO1nnU iz life
has been put in jeopardy, his counsel had
been abused, his witnesses had been NAL
treated. Such reign of terror bad
been instituted that the contestant
had been obliged to cross the Mississippi
river to Memphis before he could take any
testimony. The gentlemen on the other
side said that the contestant and his wit
nesses would have been perfectly safe in the
district. So had John NJ. Clayton been
safe in his district prior to the time when
he was assassinated by mean and cowardly
hand.
CRISP SUPPORTS THE CoNTEsTEE.
Mr.. Crisp Of Georgia submitted an argu-
ment in favor of the claims of contestee
Cate. The case, he said, was peculiar one.
The counsel for the contestant was w. W.
Dudley, better known perhaps as "Blocks
of Five" Dudley. 1t was an interesting
thing to hear that notorious gentleman dis
CuSSlLS DelOIb luo OH 6leCUIOuS
the Importance Of the purity of the ballot
and the necessity of giving the voter un-
trammeled and free right to vote as be
pleased. To borrow a simile OF the
gentleman from Massachusetts, (Mr. Green
halge), when be (Mr. Crisp heard Col.
Dudley's statement he thought he would
say, "This is the devil quoting scripture
but it had occurred to him that while the
notorious Indianian might not be as his dis
tinguished friend from Massachusetts, was,
a civil service reformer, he was not the
devil; and he knew that what he was
quoting to the committee was not scripture.
LLaughter]
DUDLEY HELD UP AS HERO.
Mr.. Cheadle of Indiana entered his protest
against the attack on the character of a
man who on the fed of battle had spent
his blood in the defense Of his country, and
whose life he (Mr. Cheadle) challenged any
human being to attack. [Applause on the
republican side.] Nobody on the other side
was able to prove a single charge against
the republicans of Indiana [Renewed ap-
pause.
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 the mans reputation throughout
the country, the repute in which he was held,
and he had not spoken unkiudly. He had
been illustrating the peculiarities Of the
case. That was ALL 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
argument that he was strictly in earnest in
making it. Did not the gentleman know
the different effect upon the public mind
the same words might make when coming
from different men? That was the idea he
had meant to convey.
AN APPLICABLE NEGRO RHYME.
When he had heard the counsel talking
about the Importance of pure ballot and
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 sena-
tor from North Carolina:
'De bigger that you see the smoke de less de
fire will be.
And de leastest kind of 'possum climbs the
biggest kind Of tree.
De leader at de ole camp ground dat kin
loudest sing and shout
Is gwine TO rob some hen roost befo de week is
out" [Laughter.]
MIR. Crisp then took up the evidence in
the case, and argued that in its report
the majority of the committee had not
obeyed the law Of fair playa law which
was dear to the American people.
Mr.. Rowell of Illinois charged that the
apparent majority through which the con-
testee obtained his title to the seat was pro-
cured by crime of the highest kind, which
If not perpetrated would have turned his
apparent majority into minority.
IN A JUDICIAL CAPACITY.
MIR. Moore of Texas asserted that all the
testimony taken by the contestant in
Memphis, involving the question of con-
spiracy and the fraudulent ballot-box, was
e bcld, bald forgery in all its particulars.
We are, or We ought to be, judges" was
q declaration with which Mr. Buckalew of
Pennsylvania promised short speech, in
which he impressed upon the members Of
the House that they were sitting in judi
olal capacity, and should test the case upon
us merits, without being influenced by
personal or party bias. On the merits of the
case he argued thai the sitting member
was entitled to retain his seat.
Speeches were also made by Messrss
breckenridge OF Arkansas, Greenhalge of
Massachusetts,. and Mash Of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Springer thought that the case had
not been thoroughly investigated, and he
favored a resolution, which he would offer
az the proper time. appropriating 800, 900
10 enable the subcommittee Of the commit
zee on elections to proceed to the First dis
lrlet OF Arkansas and investigate the
election.
Mr.. Grosvenor OF Ohio said that he would
move to amend this resolution by doubling
the appropriation and by having the inves-
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