The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-13
THE GREAT CONSPIRACY.
vooTPRiY7S LEFT BY MEN WRo ARE
FET7ERING STATE SOVEREIGNTY.

srTheIr scnts-Bnrnes Compton's Mag.
,Ineent Protest - George ID. wIse's
O,,n Defense of the COMMUNICATING
of GeorgIn md GreeuhslE- OF Massa-
.husett- laundering in tile HouYe-The
r,s.ntnE Of Louis w. Turpiu tho
Growing Outrage of tho whole Series.
y1sH1SGToN July 12.-The Federal Election
xii was carried in the House 10y unseatinG six
pomocrats and placing ak Republicans in
their seats. The Republican majority in tho
House was thus increased from eight to
twenty In tho Fifticth Congress, when tho
Democrats we're in power. there were ouy four
Democrats contesting seats occupied by lo-
rphlicans Not u Republican was unseGted.
and in only ono case did the Committee on
Elections mreach the state returns. In the
Fifty.rrst Congress- as soon rs 1t was ascer-
,aned that the Republicans would control the
House, seventeen claimants for Democratic
seats came to tho frort. In four other cases
notices we're served, making in oil twenty
casss In Mississippi alone five Republicans
entered contests. 1t has been charged that
the contests were instiGated BY tho Republ-
ran National Committee. Certain it is thattwo
of them were abandoned before Congress met
and the other three have been condemned by
the Republican Committee on Elections.
The first Democrat was unseated on Feb. 3.
ue was Judge ackson Of West Virginia. His
ssat was given TO Charles b. Smith. Repub
lIcan. The Judge was unseated before any
rules we're adopted. The second Democrat un-
seated was John O. Pendleton OF West Nir-
9inia a relative OF the late George II. Pende-
ton. He was thrown out on Feb. 81. His seat
Vas given to George W. Atkinson. Tho third
democrat unsettled was William Henderson
Cate OF Arkans He lost his seat on March
A Judge Jackson had three majority. Mr..
Pendleton nineteen, and Mr. Cate 1,34s plural
ity on the face Of the returns. How these gen.
uemen were supplanted was told in The Sun
OF March 10.
u.-How BARNES COMPTON WAS oUsTEp.
Sixteen days after Mr. Cate was driven
from the House the Hon. William G. Cooper
OF Ohio. OF the Committee on Elections,
called up the case Of Sydney E Mudd VS..
Barnes Compton. Mr.. Compton's certificate
gave him ISL plurality over Mr.. Mudd. Tho
House delayed the consideration OF tho Pension
Aspiration bill to take up this case Barnes
Compton is now the Chairman OF the Demo-
cratic State Committee In Maryland. He was
graduated from Princeton College in 1851. He
had served several years In the State Legisla-
ture, and was at ono time President Of the
State Senate For over eleven years he was
State Treasurer; and he had served two terms
In Congress-.
The majority Of the committee claimed. first,
that two precincts from Charles county were
omitted from tho returns. Counting the vote
OF these two precincts Mr.. Compton was en-
titled to his seat by majority OF only thirty
seven. They claimed. however, that there was
Q mistake OF twenty-eight in the vote from
Calvert county. The majority Of the Judges OF
Election in this county were Republicans. A
Democratic deputy clerk, who made the foot
ing. was alleged to have made the mistake.
With this mistake corrected Compton
still had nine majority. Somebody, how
ever had stuck Mudds name upon o ticket.
50 that 1t appeared there twice. Under the
State law 1t was thrown out The Republicans
claimed this ballot 1t reduced Compton's ma
,ority to eight There was q scratched ticket
which was not counted. A Democratic editor
testified that he saw 1t. and that Mr.. Mudds
name was clearly upon It Nobody could find
1t. but the Republicans wanted It counted.
This reduced Mr.. Comptons majority to seven.
1t was also said that three votes-one for S. NJ.
Mudd. one for 8. Z. Mudd. and one for Mudd-
were not counted. Tho Republicans claimed
these votes. which reduced Mr.. Compton's
plurality to three. AS his was not enough to
seat Mr.. Mudd the Republicans claimed that
John Henry Thomas gave his name to the
Judges Of Election as Henry Thomas. and his
vote was thrown out because no Horny
Thomas appeared upon the poll books. So
with the vote OF David r. Brooks. whose nRme
was on the books as David W. Brooks. So
with the vote Of BENJAMIN +. Gamble, whose
name was given as BENJAMIN Gamble The
vote Of John Taylor was also rejected, because
his name appeared upon the books as John L.
Taylor. Isaiah Chester was on the rolls as Isaac
Chester. Lev Cure was not counted because
9is name Was on the books as Lem cure and
James g. oSmWSntsI because his name ap-
Upon this showing Mr.. Lacey OF the commit
tee claimed that Mr.. Mudd was clearly elected.
He added that the rejected votes were all Re-
Tho Democl ats. on the contrary. showed that
IN some precincts there were five or six colored
George HashlnRtons. and in some cases as
many as elRntsen or twenty colored men OF the
ropeaters. who voted the Republican ticket. |
Judge Moore of Texas. in an able speech.
S,Tet Voted h n gss dstre and that
the votes were all counted for Mr.. Mudd ~
nESEas he Rh P e Ss THO
days. The eloquent Greenhalge alleged that |
the neEroes, were intmidqtsd and tried to
was no ground for the charge. A feature oil the |
FIRST days debate was tho speech OF the Hon;
speech that has been male ia the present
extended. His sIoquence stirred the House 10
S S core he Is warm personal bEen tio OF hr
heart; Crowded galleries listened TO him with
breathless interest Barnes Compton himself
summed up mis- ChSe on inc SecpNu uHy. dr.
Compton was one OF the most picturesque ilg-
ures In the House, He has long gray hair.
ruddy face, and Roman cast OF counteGance
He is as straight as an arrow He wore II frOck
coat with a low, cut walstcoat go. ii watch
chain. weighted with an antique seal, swung
70 and fro as he appealed to the House for JUS
uce. senator German aud other friends sat
upon the floor OF the House lis ening To him.
his eloquence at times was 50 touch ing that
their eyes we're moISicned. His friend Gibson
Was touched 10 the heart. Barnes showed from
me ohciaI returns. as made UP by Mr. Lacey,
that he hal three majority. His peroration
was very touching.
=. lsuppose." he thundered that the Eulo-
tine Is ready and the axe is sharpened II that IL
80, Sir, the ic'im is reRdy, and while he will
ial with q hot breath aud an earnest protest
upon his lips, he will fail without n quiyer, !
thank God | am made Of INIT kind OF stun
which dos not know low TO crook the prog
pant hinges OF the knee that thrift may follow
fgwning."
AT this tho Democrats showered lin with
APPLAUSE. Mr. Compton luHie n GGrr""atlng
gesture and -ad " / would not Aaier Neplu
a. b, LiS trident mr. LoN9 for his BOWER 10 than
resign and Leave this O Nee us | hRVe every