The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-08-29
SOLD AND SWINDLED.
CHALMERS PLEADS IN VAIN FOR THE
PRICE OF HIS SOUL.

Bitter Taunts for tho Republicans and
State sIanders Against the South-His
Conduct at Fort Pillow-Denied the Seat
by II Strong Vote.
WASHINGTON. ID. g., Aug. 22.-In
the House, DalZell. of Pennsylvania,
called up the Mississippi contested
election case of Chalmers VS.. Morgan.
The majority report finds in favor of
Morgan, the sitting member. Chalmers
was then granted permission to address
the A9aas fak an h8RE and half !,I In ,n his
josits rsrat; B sertsad bat there was
now. and had for years been, conspi.
racy existing in the South for the
carrying of elections for the Demo-
cratic party. That party was deter
mined to carry elections honestly if it
could, forcibly if it must. The State
of Mississippi was leader in that con-
spiracy. Men who dared to run on
Republican ticket or to make Republi-
own hands. That the black vote was
suppressed could not be successfully
denied. 1t was the suppression of this
vote that had justified the Republicans
of the House in the passage of the
Lodge bill. If the Republicans after
passing that bill should turn around
and accept the majority report in this
case they would set themselves in a
suspicious attitude before the country.
Before the meeting of Congress it had
been charged that the Republicans in
tended to turn out enough Democrats
to give them a good working majority.
nf hnf
decline to give him his seat they would
give color to that charge. 1t would be
said that when they were undertaking
to pass law to give them a chance for
a majority in the next House they said
that certain testimony was true which
in this case they said was not sufficient
to establish conspiracy in Mississippi.
He did not believe that the Republican
party could afford to place itself in
that attitude, and he did not think it
could do it. He then proceeded to eX-
anime in detail the evidence of fraud
and intimidation in the various coun-
ties of the district to substantiate his
charge that huge conspiracy existed
to defeat him for Congress. For the
House to sustain the report was to say
that the stealing of congressional seat
was nothing but political purchase
He said that in order to prejudice his
case the old story relating to Fort
Pillow had been revived. In the For
ty-s!Xth Congress charges had been
made against him in connection with
Fort Pillow. He had asked for an in
vestigation and it had been denied him.
When the truth Of history came to he
written calmly it would be seen tina:
had surrendered in the fort Every
man killed had been outside the fort.
But even If every one of the charges
against him were true he had not been
the commanding officer. If the charges
were true, they brought disgrace upon
the gallant Forest who stood by his
side. The fact that until the end of
the war he had served with that officer
as second in command was proof that
he was guilty of no conduct unbecom-
ing an officer and gentleman. No
gentleman on the Democratic side
would believe story which would
disgrace the brave Forest, and the men
who had served under Grant and Sher-
man were too manly to bring disgrace
upon an American soldier. Continu-
ing, Chalmers said that he felt that
this republican form of government
was in danger of being over ridden and
trodden under foot by Il Southern
oligarchy. For fifteen years the Re.
publican party had been fighting the
Northern Democrats in the open field
while exposed to a.. aiaqekc elkcnt9lEH FIR epef{ffHa fffHa
walls erected by fraud and violence.
They should see to it that the national
government was not controlled by
fraud and violence. A Southern gov
ernor who had without protest seen
outragcs like the killing of negroes ut
IaZoo and Carrollton grew frantic
with rage over fair fight between two
puguliStS. 1t was Il fair question
whether the Democratic party was not
going to the devil as fast as it could
and taking Mississippi with it.
Kelley, OF Kansas. offered a reSolu-
tion reciting the following paragraph
from the majority report:
with respect to the other seven
counties there is number of boxes us
to which no testimony was taken, but
1t may safely be affirmed in not one of
these counties. taken as n whole, was
the election an honest one. Fraud in
various forms, including intimidation
OF voters, corrupt manipulation of
registration, stufling and stealing of
ballot boxes and illegal voting finds
ample illustration in all Of them;" and
Iecommssng She case on YEth EhectpShs tpstT"G to
exclude from its count the uneyamined
boxes. Lost, 81 to 1856. The minority
substitute was rejected and the maiori
ty resolution. declaring Morgan en-
IlIieu 10 the seat, was agreed to with
out division.
FOrty-FIys Horses Burned.
NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-Fire broke out
tonight In the stables belonging to the