New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-29

charged however, that the election had been fairly
gondqeea Had Jt .,nna al bayc 9aS the
contest regularly Instituted In accordance WIN
aM ae h neo s nT'i bean oi TO take his
testimony. Having proceeded for three DAYS at the
at least there may have been moro, ciept by
stealth TO the window Of the room that he occupied;
and when lac was about to sit down to write letter Of
affection to his motherles ltie ones, poured INTO MS
neck charge of buchshot. - far as the testimony
shows he dled without groan. drowned in the LIE
blood that guIgled Ike Il stream from his cruel wound
The men VINO committed this Understandable crime "tbe
the partisanS Of Mr.. Breckenridge. The! ended tnc
contest. They made good, for time at least, the
contestee's assaed ccrtihtate lie made use OF II 10
Noiwthstandine the death Of CLAYTON, the loHse
committee investigated the ca>e. The testimony taaea
in the interest of the sitting menber ana that inc
votes thus lost to Clayton supplemented by those III
box sCe . Is supposed t by s ,s"" Tn .ca was
declared vacant his case was cAhauNtiveN deDatd
clustering was resored to. and only eighty OF .ie
TO- Democratic members OF tho House recorded thei
votes in favor of BrecMnrdgc.
Breckenridge has been 'vindHacd' because he mas 4
certificate of election TO the next congress NO
enc J., likely to overlook the iaCi ttu ne ulu uo' nay
Nj Clayton for an opponent. MOI will any Que ial To
remember thai the dter|s cruel fate furnished nttlc
encouragement 10 any Rcpnbncdh TO man q ViEoiou'
race There are some Instances III which vihdi'a-
lton IS IN agsis, nrecndGc " NAV Continue 10
be unique H. American bi>t"r'.
Because the unScatFd men OF the LINl tOnEr's
claim ~ have been returned to the LILO CoIsfe,N hsfe
for, the senator argues. her cJeciment l. proven l"
have been partisan and Illegal. This Is very cheap
sort logic let rather say very brilliant sort OF
non scqitlr l. will rake more than new ccr1icaic
frcn a Democratic Wns Virginia Governor Ia prove
illegal the ou,tng OF jackson ana more 'ha thc Ger
tincalc Of Democratic South Carolina Governor to
viudlcate Elliott at the bar of the American people
lone would suppose IN reading the senator's article
that all contested election ia the List Con
gre>s had been decided in favor of Republicans such
Is not the case. There eighteen contests III all.
OF those ten decided in favor Of Republicans. SIN
in favor Of Democrats in favor of an independent
and one remains. yet. undecided. This record
will compare favoably for fairness with the record
made ly any other Congress.
The XLVIlIth Congress was Democratic In II there
were thirteen contests, and these there were ten dc
c>Ons In favor Of Democrats and thr'c IN favor of
I'm 1t there Were only four contests TWO
were decided in favor of he Democrats and
TWO in favor Of IN" Republicans. The In
Congress was Democratic. ~ II there VIZ cigh'
Democrats. and only two IN favor of Republicans
Among the six decided in favor Of Democrats wa the
c.s. The With CpnV"' ~loldl District Of SCUM
Carolina a decision Incapable of justification Or de
fence since involved pain palpabie and dl~ErHe
FIJI steal Had Democratic p1cccdents been follower
i'm the List Congress the results would nave been u'
nuScAtng of greater number than were nn>cAt"h
c;tlm and IMPARTIAL review of the records IN the
t., v 10 the conservatism and fairness of the com
mitice on Elections The decision, Of the committee
were in all case sustained by the majority IN lhe
House J. j., certainly beyond belief ,hat th"rc were
men quite competent 10 decide what wa Justl"; III
any particular case. ~ j, man who wa NOT hcNO'I
II IN, body when the decision VA mhde. ana "h"se
claim L. fairness for which he has ai"ars Dccl
sticklol he himself has DESTROYED by NJ voluntary
.d ION over his signature OF whhl every one
knows to be the cheap capital Of a partisan press"