The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-05
ALABAMA'SNEW MEMBER
TURPIN sHAMELEssLY ROBBED OF
HIS SEAT.

No Applause When His Successor
Took His seat-McDufie Described
as a Sorry Looking Fellow-Lang-
ston and Miller VIII be Seated in
the Same Manner.
WASHINGTON, June 4-McDuffie, a
sorry-looking fellow. was elected by a re-
publican majority this afternoon to the
seat in the House given to MIR. Turpin of
Alabama by a majority of 10000 votes in
his district. When McDuffie was brought
forward to be sworn in all the members of
the House were in their seats, and silence
prevailed. Silence continued to prevail,
for none of the republicans applauded after
McDuffie had taken the oath, except as it
was broken by a voice on the democratic
side, thought to be that Of Mr.. Gambler Of
Georgia, remarking in an audible whisper
by way of an addition to the oath: "For
which you were neither elected or quail
fied.n
REMAINING CONTESTS.
Langston, Miller and Chalmers, who ex-
pect their cases to be brought forward next,
are lobbying on the floor for votes every
day. Langston and Miller will be seated
In spite of the opposition of Malone and
Bob Smalls, but Chalmers has no chance.
Action has been suspended by the House
elections committee in the case OF Bullock
of Florida, because of his illness, but an
adverse report in favor of the contestant
will soon be adopted. Jim Hill, the third
negro contestant, is prowling around the
House end of the capitol every day, and
expects q favorable report from the COM
mittee.
DETAILS OF THE STEAL.
In the House this morning Mr.. Osborne
of Pennsylvania presented the conference
report on the army appropriation bill The
report was agreed to.
Mr.. Morrill, reported a disagreement of
the conference committee ON the Senate de-
pendentl pension bill. The House insisted
on lbs amendment providing service PEN
sions), and a further conference was
ordered. The House then proceeded to
further consideration of the Alabama con-
tested election case of McDuffle against
Turpin.
Mr.. Wilson of Missouri, in advocating the
claims of the contestee said that this case
was intended to pave the way for federal
election law. The verdict in this case
would stain the record of the House for all
time. 1t was monument which would
stand forever of the greatest injustice ever
wrought on this floor since the foundation
of the government.
Mr.. Turpin spoke briefly in his own be-
half
RowELL SUMS UP FOR MDUFFIE.
Mr.. Rowell of Illinois summed up the
case of the contestant. In the course of
his remarks he said that the time was
coming when all over the United States it
would be as much crime to stuff ballot
box or falsify a return as it would be to
commit felony. The time was at hand
when it would no longer be decoration of
honor that man was fruitful In resources
to falsify returns. In conclusion he said
that the committee on elections had done
its duty faithfully and well. 1t had found
the district honeycombed with fraud. An
act Of justice was about to be done in re-
versing the wrong perpetrated in the dis
trict where certificates of election were
obtained by counters, and not by the vote
Of the people. The first vote was taken on
the minority resolution, declaring Mr.. Tur-
pin elected, and it was rejected-yeas Id,
nays 1S0.
M'DUFFIE SEATED.
The majority resolution, seating McDuffie,
was agreed to-yeas 130, nays 113-and
MoDuffie appeared at the bar of the House
and took the oath of Office.
Mr.. Mckinley presented a concurrent
resolution directing the enrolling clerk to
enroll in the customs administrative bill
what is known as Senate amendment
81 in regard to the abandonment
of goods to underwriters and salvors
Although there was no opposition to the
correction being made, the democrats,
carrying out their programme of making
the administrative bill test measure as to
the power of the speaker to count quorum,
were unwilling to give even their tacit
assent to any feature of the bill Therefore
when the speaker ordered the yeas and nays
the democrats refrained from voting. The
resolution was agreed to: Yeas 127, nays S,
the speaker counting quorum.
The House then, at 4;05 o'clock.
adjourned.
A republican caucus was announced to
take place Immediately.