New-York tribune., 1890-06-27

-, averacc Of two and quarter commune" P'a''
for each Representative from the uIcV ~ |
naued-thc average vote OF each ol'''''' o, ',.., |
and AN average Of one and three-IIar'r' ''',,'' ~,
places for each Representative III inc '',,' ~ No.
yorh whcr. the average total vote per o''ar' w..
-, 49,, 80 roro than seven times a. great The traI
., s,o,o. had two members Of the Elccuo'' ''"
,i,too. ver York had none. They h'u o"o w
sentative ON Ways and Means; New lorn n'' -
They lad three members Oi forc's" ~
York had one member. - .i,.,,,
+, j. not often that the speech of a cohP''"'''o'S
,,o,, member enIists the attention oi 'ic "
,. - deem AN impression did the Hpco'h Vi
~, Iodqe today Mr.. Hcmph VINO loi""c" MN,
ros evidently embarrassed. lie reprcaon' -
,hoso districts in the south in when inc Nor
T.. lost interest in politics" in l51O-ior re"so" "''
n,or. of the red shirt clubs ali hnow-a ana h'Vo
not since rcganed H. in looo '', ,'e"i ,rn,I
against scattering in district which nus '','""
p,l,icor majority of some 5000, and lhe No'e
tood. Hcnlphl 4,60l; SCATTERING S'"e
uemph "a majority Of 4,Go0 woes ~, - w.,
was a revival Of interest in Mr.. llemph'l u'S.''''
lie received $500 votes, ana hr' 0'"''''''S ~
celved - votes-gying lcmphill c""ior'"''O NV
,oritv of O. 532 OF course it was perfectly consistent
ga aI,ocetber appropriate for this ho"cr Oh inc
,hole.oue nolltical civilization of south 'droHha 10
denouncc the "disfranchisement' "i peh.o''"'' :"
Kansas Iowa and Maine, ana also io' mn" ~
uouuce gerry Wandering III Connecticut anu Wv"
York-Jf not in Ohio-in the hope, pcfm'ps' ''''
r,ieh make pcoplc forget that unique south '''"iH'
rerrymander which, in order to unlie IT. many a.
noss,e Of the Republican precincts in Sihs; '"h
-c district tied that district together by S'rp "t
ea.beach Sand twenty-five miles LONG, over WIN"
fatboms of the Atlantic ocean rise at llgh u"''
The speech of MIR. Rowcl Of Illinois, t!lc ven h''"n
chairman Of the Committee ON Elections calacd seat
oi'dl'"i" W - - ,,, southern Dcmorrats Nr.
porc il one Of the foremost lawyers IN thc House,
and II /, his habit to apply the prime oipes "i IA" anu
,ho rules of evidence to subjects Wmcl '""o "i'''
linn for investigation. When he reaches ''H'",''
c Is always able 10 give good reasons Tor IT anu Nv
~ or obliged to resort to tricks Of rhetoric. II Is
On account Of his habit in the regards mcnuo"eu ''t
tho ahe,t Democratic lawyer, in the House dslho
-, encounter him in debate subject "hch NC I'a'
Investigated one after another they Sought - ""r9
him to dav and one after another Trey were Do"Icu
down. 49,.
Among other things he said that The b'i "1' Io
new departure in legislation. but an ch"i -'H' III VI
I,y upon the statute books since i7'l. when Hau
been repeatedly put In operation c'peciSlN J" uo
,,r,i districts, 1t was not revolution ~ govern
uort but simply the exercise OF "A power vested u>
the Constitution in the very beginning III 'o"-''''
II The people rest secure ia the hchci tuat Representa-
lives are chosen through the free ana W'"iI""'"
ballot then thero j. respect for law. lie ""u"
not discuss the constitutional question OF t' l"N'
~ Congress TO enact this law. II wHs res "d!ndi' 'lA
ur, I'm, fact that Congress had the power "ao CON
cu>iyc OF the necessity for u,ine that power II
fr,ud, AGAINST the ballot we're occasional ana 'po'du''
the worl, Of criminals 1t might not oc So ou' j uV'
were general and continuous, and II tine P'"pc W.T.
unwilling or unable 10 cope with The cllh''' '''H "
sbould not only be the duty, Lut tue wi~h' o every
representative OF the people to u'c Whatever I""''
wa, found in the Federal Constitution 70 c'r''' inc
wrong ,, ,,.
rbc number was not few Of those who believed that
six wear, ago Mr.. Cleveland was counted INTO ulo
Presidential chair by the corrupt oNho'"' at we pom
in his own state to say nothing Of the Nuppc-I'" o
,tc IN All the south. And the number vas ln'i'a'-
inc every day Of those who believed 1t. IL u''
hcllcf honestly existed ought IT not to be IL" WISH "l
every representative Of tho people so to 'ond"'i '''
lions A. IA make the chairc impossible of h'ri lh u'
future. Il was every where m Northern b''' "'
ueve, that the black vote of the southern cidi'' Was
suppressed and the Fifteenth Amendment hN"A'''
II that belief true. 1t Ma 'ne H"'I'-' " ''
hin 10 show the fact by in-uring to every man. N"
matter whore he lived or what Ai' Color Nv '"''''
| The Constitution guaranteed that M'mut' ~'" '''
oath to support that Constitution. pd u'l u" ''
rt,b a mental reservation as 10 some rcct"n-l Ito
affirmed that the belief that the black vote was sup
pressed in the south wa> well founded. And more
over If was the expressed intention Of the men WHO
controlled that section of the country that i' sup
prc,,ion should continue, ia spl'c 81 law. NH'"''''
YOU found a great body Of men absent iI'm 10, r",
Oh election day you might set II down a. d" & u." [ ',
i9 Iynorv,r @ lad been done then at SOME PIE
codifg time, to keep them away. ...,.,.., and
know OF my own knowledge that II - not trt. handy
Mr.. DWELL replied that be- dld no, ''1 f h., r'lrr
| took to say that il The universal ~ IN i'
observation Of unpre ndi,"d men, because
| nnlv up1n that denial could there Dee an dc' ~
f,r the almost universal absence from u" 'l.' "l %
| iIarx mon I'm many southern states iaa U' uI"' p,
men voted in South Carolina at the ht li',lu'i',.ai @
nIcrtio1 A majority of 10000 votes would have been
| cast for Inc Republican clcctor-, ana t"rr "ouln
! have been "a solid Republican delegation IN tNs , ~,
| II 600 to a Congressional District. and me toi1i
Of which was cas' in one district. ,,,,.. ,,,o q,
Mr. Rowel proceeded to refer H. similar Ai. s,s,n a.,
other southern s!ae1 ,r, M1 atb aR'o" ,oicuen HAT
In hi, district the elections were fair-that there wa
10 charge to the contrary, although his vote asfIr
Wr LcIis Of mississippi also declared that no man
on earth had ever utmacd that there Wac any tWHS
unfair the elections In his district ana hc d"f'u
any man to make the assertion .....,. dana. -
lie did NOT know ANYTHING about the ccutlcmans dis
| trct bnt he did know what had proved u bc true
| Mr. Wheeler uf Alabama, also denied that there
| wa, any ground for questioning Alabama elections.
his own state said that The light In off year.
and there small Republican vote. lccause there
| was no organized Republican party IN that state
| Mr. Rowcll replied that that fact was proof ~ me
disfranchscmeni OF hepnocan rcSoes. , ana IT. ,h""i T.,
| the south, who had made It impossible to maintain
an %rga9led EeRG.@ IA @d py how @ %rGSa tG2 made il inn
possible. The gentleman produced no fact, not oven
| a ncwspapcr statement
| Mr ROwcn replied that he knew that II he found q
certain condition Of affair. unnatural and improper
| there must be Il reason for H.
Mr.. Crisp was asked why 30 per cent Of the vote OF
| Maine and Massachusetts silent.
Mr. Kowcll replied that IL was not In Presidential
year
10 account for H.
Mr.. ROwc -ad that he had The highest respect ana
esteem for hi, colleague from Georgia. and could only
say that he wished the latter came here with .0co'
votes Instead of ! 900 Mr. Ro"cll dr'Hrrd uiIl W
from r0ll to poll and DESTROYED the ballot boxes III
other. boxes were stuffed. and true ballDts thrown
away in Others military companies were organized tr
| fire cannon morning and night " to lct The darhl"'
know there is going % bc fair clcct0n.' The cabin
| of the negroes fired into and, II that wc:c moi
| successful and tho negroes turned out. the military
officer, made polls target for their target practice
Mr. Oatcs, of Alabama, asked for names of dlstf.'i-
| IL ..uI ID lln.n - -fLnI