The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-09-24
Surprised and a Quorum Of Re.
publican Members Shows Up.
TWO MORE ELECTION CASES
Settled in Short Order...The Re.
publican Majority in Congress
Appear In Full Strength Suddenly and
Be,t Tho Alinorlty's Tactlcs-A
Great bay III Tho lIouse-Yexcd
DemDcrats-Two Col0rsd
Men Seated Yesterday.

WASIIIEGToN, Sept. 23.-Congressman
laughcn won his fight to-day. 1t is
nearly two weeks since Mr.. IIaughen
moved in the House to proceed 10 the
consideration of the contested election
case OF Langstou verses Venable. There
was no quorum of Republicans present
at the time tho election case was first
called up, but. m election case is case
OF the highest privilege and it was not
necessary to set apart any day specially
for consideration, and it cnuld be called
up day after day and hour after hour
until i! was disposed OF.
o.. DIDN'T WANT A "NIGGER."
The Democrats without exception de-
termined that Langston should not be
seated. They did not want any more
"niggcrs" in the House, and gave out
tbat they would fight until December
rather than permit the seating Of this
Objectionable coored man in chair,
which then was occupied by one OF the
T. +. Vs., but Haughen persisted. Many
Republicans were in favor OF abandoning
the contea, for the present and allowing
other business OF the House 10 proceed,
but MIR. llauehen was not built that
way. He wss determined that the
House should do justice to the colored
man, even il every absent Republican
had to be dragged in with the aid OF the
Sergeant-at.A Arms. The result has been
that roll cali after roll cali has succe eded
roll call and the House has been under
call for almost week at a time and
nothing has been accomplished beyond
the approval Of the Journal on two sep
crate daye.
A QUORUM AT LAST.
Yesterday the strongest possible
efforts were made to bringa quorum in.
Most imperative kilograms were sent to
tho absent members. The result was
that lGG members were present to vote
on the Laugston case when it was called
up to-day and the resolutions declaring
langston entitled 10 the seat went
through with rush.
Then, having increased their quorum
by one, the Republicans were prepared
to 60 on and clean up the calendar OF
contested election cases. They had
given the Democrats an opportunity to
discuss the questions for two weeks,
but the Democrats had been hiding in
the cloak rooms and In out OF
the way places, and were not ready.
Consequently the Republicans did not
propose to fool with them any longer,
aud when Mr.. Rowell moved to take up
the only other case that was ready,
namely that OF Miller yersus Elliott,
from South Carolina, there WIS no dis
cussion, but the resolution. declaring
Miller entitled TO the seat went through
in twenty minutes.
4 SAMPLE CASE.
Two colored men who were this morn.
ing private citizens Of the great army of
voters OF the United States were declared
Representatives OF their respective States
in the American Congress. Langston
took the oath Of office at once, but Mill
Ter is absent in South Carolina and
probably will not take bis place until
Monday. The Miller case was sample
OF the methods OF tho Democrats in the
South. BY the census returns it is
shown that there are $4,000 more adult
male colored men in that particular dis
trict OF South Carolina than all the
white male adults, and yet Miller was
counted out by the Democrats and his
<aat .,;,,a+, IN bio nomnntitor Elliott