Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-12
THE CONGRESS.
yHe MONTANA ELECTION CASE RE-
suMso IN THE SENATE.
rhc wsdd III Wise Contest Taken Up in the
House-Speeches on Both
Sides.
By telegraph 70 the Dwpa'ch.i
WASHINGTON. April IL. 1890.

senate.
After the morning routine business the
consideration of the Montana eiection
case was resumed and rs no senator souRht
the floor the yeas and nays were oiueIcu
on the first resolution. and vooe WIS
sbout being taken. when MI. warts iySo
and suggested that IL no senator on 'ne
other side desired TO speak no wouiu max IN
the closing argument in support OF the
committees report ,.,.
Mr.. Morgan said that he did not care 70
address the Senate, but aiter nearing .no
very able and distinguished lawyer from
New York he might feel himself required
20 saw something either in approval or as
approval. and so he did not wish 70 oe IN
derstood ne being embraced within any
agreement that the Senator from Ne" OK
ehouid now close debate IN the case,
Mr.. Eyarts said that there was always
understood the right of any senator 10
mako any remarks before a vote was taken.
Mr.. EvAErs on THE CASE.
Mr.. Tyarts said that the proposition on
the Democratic side was that the Senate
was to he canvaSsing board higher tnah
the territorial csnvassing board. WINE tne
proposition on the Republican side was
that the Senate had no slch power OF re-
vision. The latter. he said. was the propoc;
sition Of the Constitution. OF the saie'y on
the Senate, and of the equality OF the
States.
Mr. GRAY IN REPLY TO THE NE" iohAt"
Mr.. GRAY replied briefly 10 some OF Mr
Yyarts's points. and then Mr.. George .ooA
The floor He said that the Arguments
~ Tho case we're now concluded, and that
the point had been reached wren tiis
honorable court" was required 10 teunel
judgment. As member OF tnat coofx -.
desired TO state the reasons OF the 'o'o '""'
be would give.
PBrcrNCr NO. "a.
W "a in Silver
Row county. he asserted that under the
iavv nil the votes cast there were legal
votes and that the county board OF can
yassers who threw out those votes haN
committed an act of usurpatlop, ana ne
asked whether any member ;IIi o, Oh cot 'r ms
and saw that that act was authorized by
Iaw He said he would pause for re-
ply.p IAfter a pause.l There IS not one
member Of this court, he SAID. who IN the
face OF the American people VIII get uP
and saw on his responsibility that that
canvassipg board had the right to do what
n did. This was the first step III the
iniouitv. without that step no other part
of the iniquity could have been transacted.
THE cAvvAssISG BOARD OF HELI-ENA.
Coming 10 the Territorial Contrasting
Board al Helena. Mr.. George snd ne uiu
not know the correct pronunc'auon OF tne
name: but that from the conduct OF the
pronunciation was Heao1d ,.
Tho board. he said. these three beaIti-
ful specimens Of political rascality," had
"hastened to be Infamous" and would 90
down to history as having IurnlSheu Gu a III
stance not of concealed fraud, but OF sue:
cessful vilany, holding out the fruits oil
its crime and Boosting OF H. -
Mr.. Hoar gave notice that on Monday he
should ask the Senate to remain IN session
until the Montana case was disposed o.
saNa -
there might be an implied understanding
that Saturdays sessions were to be devoted
TO the calendar.
TIE QUADHo-CESTENSIAL.
Mr.. Hawley. from the select Committee
IN tho Ouadro-C Centennial Celebration. re-
ported back. with amendments. the House
bill for q worlds fair at Chicago, ana sara
ifanvthinc was TO be done IN the matter II
should be done Mt once. He Thought ~
would not lead 10 any serious debate and
hoped TO have it taken up and passed on
Monday.
After an executive session the Senate, at
555, adjourned illto-morrow.
House of Representatives.
Mr.. Lacey, Of Iowa. called up the con-
tested-election case of Waddlll rs. wise,
from the Third district OF Virginia.
MIR. Enloe. of Tennessee, raised the ques-
ton of consideration.
The House decidcd--yeas 12i, NAYS 1l3--
10 consider the election case, and Mr.. Lacey
took the floor with an argument in.iavor oil
the claims of the contestant
MR.. o'FERRAIL SUPPORTS THE MINORITY.
Mr.gOFerrall. of Virginia, supported the
resolution OF the minority OF the Commit
tee on Elections which declares the seat
vacant. After reviewing the case IN detail
he entered into q discussion OF the race
question: asserting the superiority OF the
Caucasian race, and criticlsing the kepub-
hcans of the North for having done no po-
ltical favors TO the colored men.
THE NEGRO IN MASSACHUSETTS.
This was denied 10y Mr. Morse, of Mas
sachusetts. who stated that colored men
had frequently sat III the Massac husetts
Legislature. and that the last valedictorian
of Harvard College had been negro.
AN ALLEGED CASE OF DEsERTIoN.
Mr.. Greenhalge, Of Massachusetts, criti-
c,sed the minority report OF the committee
for having abandoned the sitting member,
after asserting in their report that neither
he nor his friends had done anything
wrong. III the ground taken in the report
was correct, this betrayal OF a brother was
the most shameful case OF desertion that
had ever darkened the annals of the
House. He then proceeded TO argue III
favor of the contestant.
THE CASE OF MIR. WISE FROM A LEGAL STAND
FONT.
Mr.. Crisp. Of Georgia. gave on able pre-
eentation of the case of the sitting member
as viewed from the legal standpoint.
ApoTHEsIs OF sAMBo.
Mr.. f. II. Taylor of Ohio, said that the
negro might be an inferior race now, bu
wait a thousand years and see Gods pur
pose unfolded. But If thew were intellectu
ally inferior they were not inferior III thet
LEGAL rights As for the condition of at
fairs at the South be asked the House anC
the American people If II could always be
SO and the country exist. He was loath e
have a .tIong national law that would. GO
into the States. and still hoped tha
there was a power In tins countrl
that would bring about reform peaceahl!
and orderly He spoke in kindness and II
the hope that his words would find lodg
ment IN some minds. The black man wa
not naturally the enemy Of the white man
In 1862, when his master left him at tho ole
homestead to go forth and fight the arm
that he knew was coming to FREQ hun, ha
he abused the confidence repOsed IN him
He would rather have n Democratic Hous
here honestly elected than 10 have affair
"a they stand "If God is just, trembl
for nv country" he said, quoting Jeher
son: and in conclusion he said
"In the name of God, of my country
and of the Constitution, let IT be under
stood that the condition OF things shall b
better from this on"
The hour Of 5 o'clock having arrived III
House took a recess to 1.Y0 o'clock. tn