St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-18
CHEADLE HAS COURAGE.
A Republican Calls a Halt on Seat
Stealing.

WASHINGTON, sept. 17.-ln the house
Mr.. Haugen, of Wisconsin, demanded
the regular order. being the Langston-
Venable contested election case, but
Mr.. Payson, of Illinois, interposed with
the conference report on the land grant
forfeiture bill. Mr.. Rowell, of Illinois,
on behalf of the committee on elections,
raised the question of consideration
against the conference report. On a
standing vote the result was 4S to 80
against considering the conference re-
port, and Mr.. O'Ferrall demanded, and
the house ordered, the yeas and nays.
Mr.. Payson then desired to withdraw
the report, but the speaker ruled that
the yeas and nays being ordered, this
could not be done. The house decided,
yeas 62, nays 117-nOt to consider the
conference report. Mr.. Haugen then
called up the election case. Mr.. Chea-
die, of Indiana, opposed the majority
resolution ana declared that the Repub-
licanS of the house could not afford to
vote Venable out and Langston in.
The Fourth district OF Virginia was re-
liably Republican, and it had been car
RED by the Democrats, not because of
the popularity of Mr.. Cleveland or the
unpopularity of Mr.. Harrison, but be-
cause of Republican division. 1t was a
perfectly plain and natural statement of
fact that the Republican party in that
district had been beaten solely by rea-
son of irreconciliable differences in the
Republican party. 1t had been a race
division, with all that such a division
could imply in the South. The Repub-
licans had been fairly beaten, and it
was beneath the dignity of the Republi-
can party to revise the figures of an
election which had been lost to it by
thousands of votes. Speaking politf-
cally, it would be suicidal for the Re-
publican party to seat man who had
led bolt against the regular Republi-
can candidate. He proceeded to eulo-
gize ex-senator Malone, and to praise
Republican party in Virginia, and
predicted that if his leadership
were followed Virginia in a few
years would be as reliably Republican
as was Vermont. Referring to the case
under consideration, he said that If
there was little law and less evidence
to sustain the contest, there was still
less Republicanism. He was confident
that there never could be strong and
effective Republican party in the South
until there were enough white men In
it to make it strong and effective. Sen
atOr Malone and the white men of Vir-
glnia had made the Republican party
strong in that state. and had secured
the election of six Republicans to con-
gress. The contestant, flying in the
face of existing conditions, had raised
the race issue, and the result had been
that Virginia had now only two Repub-
lican representatives. Ignorance could
not dominate and overrule intelligence.
The Republican party IN the South
could not be built upon negro votes
alone. He (Mr. Cheadle) was not his
| colleagues keeper; but speaking for
himself he said that they could not,
under his oath and with his knowledge
of the case, vote to seat the contestant;
and he hoped, for the good name of the
| house, and for the good name of the
| great party to which he belonged, that
there would be enough Republicans vot-
ing with him to retain Venable in his
seat. When Mr.. Cheadle concluded he
was greeted with applause by the Dem
Gratis. The case then went over until
tomorrow, Mr.. Haugan stating that he
would call the previous question at 2
o'clock tomorrow. The speaker an
nounced his signature to the river and
harbor appropriation bill and the house
took recess.
Mr.. Allen, of Michigan, presided at
the evening session. Senate bills were
passed granting right of way through
the Fort Lewis military reservation in
Colorado to the Rio Grande Southern
Railroad company; granting. right of
way across the Fort Marion mil
itary reervation in st. August
inc, Fla, to the st. Augustine
Street Railway company; granting
right of way across the Fort Riley
reservation in Kansas to the junction
City & Fort Riley Street Railway COM
pany; and, providing that promotion to
every grade in the army below the rank
of brigadier general, subject to exam
ination shall be made according to Sc
niorlty. House bills were passed au-
thoriZing the secretary of war to appoint
board of review to review the findings
and sentence of any court martial for the
trial of commissioned officer or enlisted
man where the accused had been hon.
orably discharged, authorizing the treas
! urer of the United States to keep on de