Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-06
LANGSTON ALLEGES FRAUD.
He Talks Strongly About the Election
I'm His District.

In His District.
Special Dispstch to TIE EVENING STAR
PETERSBURG, Va, Nov. 6.-Representative
John NJ. Langston, in conversation with The
Stars correspondent in regard to the sisnif-
canoe Of the election, said: "Some people are
of the opinion that great mass Of voters are
Indifferent to the results Of our present con-
gressional election. It is fact that the people
are aroused on the matter OF protection and a
just ballot and are determined that the demo-
cratic party shall not come into power in the
House Of Representatives.
so far AS my own district 10 concerned" he
continued, ''in spite Of any influence that may
be exerted BY Malone and his disgruntied
white republicans who hate me because of nv
ability. Independence and color the people,
white and black. in an overwhelming majority,
are favorable to me.
THE CoLoRED PEOPLE ARE SOLID
In their purpose, without q single break. to
sustain me, and to their numbers may be added
very respectable class of white citizens, many
Of them democrats and some white republican
Office holders are for me. It may be the class
that the democratic leaders. supported by Ma
hone and those connected with what is known
as his political republican organization, may
succeed by fraud, intimidation and violence in
wrestling from me the certificate of election,
and, therefore, seat in the Fifty-second Con.
gress person who failed more signally even
Of an election than the democrat who ran
against me in 1888 But, as already intimated.
the law in the case and the facts connected with
my election in the present canvass will finally
insure me the seat have no doubt and nc
fears as to this result, and 80 far as the eiec
ton Of . President in 1892 ID concerned, thii
district will be found to be in such condition
politically that it will in its overwhelming vote
determine the political complexion of the state
as republican.
THE eUppORr Hr RrcRryrn
"It is due to the coiored voter of this district
as it is to certain intelligent upprejudiced
white loyal republican voters that should
bear my earnest testimony to the patriotic and
manly support which they have in this can
vass and the former borne to me, and l shall
take care that the vote which they have given
me shall not be lost So far as the reports
which have received already from the coun-
try districts are concerned the frauds which
were perpetrated in Petersburg in the first
precinct Of the first ward, In the second and
sixth wards, by the democrats and the Mahone-
ties against me will avail nothing against the
solid vote for me Of the various precincts of
the country sections of the eleven counties
composing this district
WILL NOT BE CHEATED OUT OF HIS SEAT.
Langston added that be intended to employ
the best legal talent in the country to see that
he was not cheated out of his seat in the Fifty
secouu SouSress ne was perfectly Wllun& 70
leave it to any honorable man in Petersburg to
say whether or not fraud was perpetrated in the
election in Petersburg.
Congressman Langston said that white men
whom he had befriended had voted and worked
against him in this political contest and he in
tinated that he intended to see that they suf-
fered for it. Langston's managers held an
election conference at his headquarters on Hal
ifax street at midnight Tuesday and about two
hundred negro men were allowed to cast their
ballots for the coiored Congressman. These
men claimed that the polls in the sixth ward
where they resided, we're closed before they
were permitted to vote.