The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-18
LANGSTON'S HARD FIGHT.
LAW EPUBLICANs OPPOSED TO
COUNTING HIM IN.

ala oy Indiana Makes a Speech
p-otesting Against the steal-He
1o.nts out That There is Not the
s,gbtest Doubt of the Legality OF
vsnsble's Election
,y,sHryGroN, Sept. 1.-THE House To-
dav began the consideration OF the Langs-
49, Venaple contested election case, and
s,+to,,ob some of the republican leaders are
,N4a-r,;ned to seat him, there are quite
1ur,ber of republicans. led by Mr.. Cheadie
- Indiana who will refuse to lend them
salvas to the proposed outrage on public and
;--a+a rights. The Fourth congressional
s;,,-ict from which the contest comes, con-
toins a very large black vote, and is usually
ronublican, but in the campaign OF 1888 the
.orrhlicans had two tickets in the field. and
tbo result was the election of the democratic
candidate. Mr.. Venable, by plurality OF
sI1 votes The republicans waged most
raIentlesg war among themselves.
LANGsToN's NOMINATION..
MI ooDvantion which nominated the
.oI,tastsnt Prof. John NJ. Langston, was
toit from the regular convention. The
,,,Iar po nominee was Judge Arnold, white
,Osn who had the support OF Gen. Malone,
NO 1la oonndidate for Governor, and all the
;n9nentiaI tue republicans throughout the
- Tangston is a colored graduate of
Nborlin college, Ohio. He rallied about
him the greater part OF the colored voters,
md drew the color line as it has never been
drawn in this country before. DE canvassed
the district, making speeches intended to
oronse race preiudices, and denounced the
rsCnlar republican nominee, simply because
teVas white man, in most violent terms.
Pv +ba advice of Gen. Malone no aid was
furnished Lamgston by the national COM
mittee.
MAHoNE's OPPOSITION.
Can Malone said plainly that the diff
cutv of building up the Republican party
in the south had always been the color line,
and it would only react if Langston should
Ina elected. He even went so far as to
connsel the white republicans to vote for
the democratic nominee. Prominent negro
leaders all over the country, convinced
that Langston's fatuous course would be
runous in Virginia, wrote letters to colored
men advising them TO vote against him.
Among these we're such men as Frederick
Douglass, minister to Hayti; Perry Carson
Of this city and R. L. Singleton, president
| Of the Virginia Republican Association.
| After the election Langston's own attorney.
| W. C. Lyons of Petersburg, couldn't figure
out his election. The committee on cleo
tiOns refused to make a report in his favor.
LANGsToN's LAST RESORT.
Thereupon Langston posted off to Indiana.
Ohio and Pennsylvania, where he had fire.
Quently been on the stump and was we'll
Known, and began post-election campaign
j among the colored men of those states. He
aroused so much feeling by his stories that
the republicans of the committees on cleo
tons were flooded with thousands of letters
from representative negroes, especially in
Ohio, threatening to leave the party unless
Justice was done to Langston. Under these
circumstances the republicans decided to
seat Langston, not because he " as elected,
but in order to hold the negro contingent
ID the north They may have difficulty in
doing this, however, as many Of the reDub-
liCans are openly denouncing the committee
fortheir cOwardice, and, like Mr.. Cheadle
Of Indiana, who spoke against him this af-
ternoon, are prepared to vote for the sitting
member.
THE DEBATE IN THE HOUSE.
by the Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.-In the House
this morning the reading of yesterdays
Journal consumed more than half an hour.
Mr.. Haugen of Wisconsin demanded the
regular order, it being the Langston- Vena-
able contested election case, but Mr.. Pay
son laterposed with the conference report
In the land grant forfeiture bill.
Mr. Howell, on behalf of the committee
on elections, raised question Of considera-
non against the conference report.
on standing vote, the result was 4S to
% against considering the conference re-
port, and MIR. OFerrall demanded and the
mouse ordered the yeas and nays.
Mr. Payson then desired to withdraw
sue report, but the speaker ruled that, the
be done
The house then decided, by vote of 81
ess to III nays, not to consider the con-
erence report.
sl uf' hsugen then called up the election
Se against which Mr.. OFerrall raised
question of consideration.
DEMOCRATS DEPART.
uuring the roll call nearly all the demo-
aAc members deserted the chamber.
ing out bare dozen present to look
s.'' tnelr interests. Before the.apnounce-
;1. "a. Oh the vote Mr.. OFerrali rose and
W. 'udG IL ne had carefully kept tally of the
he noticed that upon the recapitula-
49,, VIC name or Mr.. Morey of Ohio
my.ed as voting in the affirmative. He
.o.t soute that Mr.. Morey had not been
bos oG' Mnen bis name was called, but that
oyi IaI gwen his name at the clerks desk.
- o,u o~at!i rue speaker decline to investigate
|en 4rTssion uposl as to whether Mr.. Morey had
NV n ~ apeaKer said that the House had a
h w. W. Alo" whether the gentleman from
cops, ~s recorded at the proper time.
gentemans name would be INIT on the
|'TIs vlose @ present and not voting.
pno.i ieSul6 OF the vote was then an
53thg q as a, loo yeas to Is nays, the clerk
rie yona ,lousen Immediately demanded the
I'll dtrao uesuon on the election case and
I& dsn'oaan dvC,lon all go out" was given by
ESQ., atlc managers But it was not
<1&ce ~ 70 put this direction into
Cboad,a alcer an emphatic protest bv
Ba,e Gaule HI OF Indiana against sitting of
> NJ III naugen withdrew his demand
F'0'eeued with an argument OF the
~, DIE ENTITLED TO THE SEAT
On Suesdle ou5 opposed the majority reso-
Bo,'uI Bau declared that the republicans of
}. bs5s 90 could not afford to vote Mr..
\. biz, ~ 9IG ~ and Langston in. The Fourth
:, ILL., tto, Virginia was reliably republican.
- 1 leo.te oeen carried by the democrats,
}" i resden,t % OF the popularity of
ulart,.' Cleveland or the un-