The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-08-28
SOLD AND SWINDLED.
CHALMERS PLEADS IN VAIN FOR THE
PRICE OF HIS SOUL.

Bitter Tnunts for the Republicans and
State Slandcrs Against the Soutl,..iiis
by u Strong Vote.
WAsIIINGTON. D. g., Aug. 22.-m
the House, DalZcll. Of PENNSYLVANIA,
called up the Mississippi contested
election case of Chalmers vs.. Morgan.
The majority report finds in favor of
Morgan, the sitting member. Chalmers
was then granted permission to address
the House for in hour and Il half III his
own behalf. After criticising the ma
joritY report. he asserted tha! there was
now. and had for years been. conspi
racy existing in the South for the
carrying OF elections for the Demo-
cratic party. That party Wa$; deter
mined to carry elections honestly if it
could, forcibly if it must. The State
OF mississippi was 4 leader in That CON.
Splracy. Men who dared to run ON Il
fepubllcan ticket or to make HrpuI.!i-
can speeches carried their lives liz their
own hands. That the black vote was
suppressed could not be successfully
vote that had justified the Republicans
of the llouse in the passage OF the
Lodge bill. If the Republicans artrr
passing that bill should turn around
ana accept the majority report in this
case they would set themselves in =,
suspicious attitude before the country
l}ciore the meeting OF Congress it had
been charged that the Republicans in
tended to turn out enough Democrats
TO give them y good working majority.
after getting that majority they
decline to give HIM his seat they would
give color to that charge. 1t would be
Sald that when they were undertaking
10 pass Il law to give them Il chance for
Il majority in the next House they said
that certain testimony WAS true which
IN this case they said was not sufficient
20 establish conspiracy in MiSSiSSipni
lie dld not believe that the Republican
party could afford to place itself in
that attitude, and he did not think if,
could do it. He then proceeded TO ry-
anime in detail the evidence Of fraud
"nd intimidation in the various coun-
ties Of the district to subStantiatc his
charge that huge conspiracy existed
TO defeat him FOR Congress. For tie
llouSe to sustain the report was to say
that the stealing Of Il congressional Srnt
lie said that in order to prejudice his
case the old story relating TO Fort
lllloW had been revived. In the For
tN-SlNth Congress charges had hcpO
made against him in connection with
Fort Pillow. He had asked for an in
Nestigation and it had been denied him
W hen the truth Of history came to lie
/ written calmly it would be seen that
( not Il single man had been hurt who
had surrendered in the fort. Every
man killed had been outside the fort
BllI even IL every one Of the charges
against him were true he had not been
the commanding officer. If the CHARGES
were true, they brought disgrace upon
the gallant Forest who stood bv his
side. The fact that. until the end of
the war he had served with that officer
us second IN command was proof that
he was guilty Of no conduct unbccom-
ing an officer and gentleman. No
gentleman on the Democratic side
would believe a story which would
disgrace the brave Forest. and the men
who had served under Grant and Shcr-
man were too manly to bring disgrace
upon an American soldier. Continu-
ing, Chalmers said that he felt that,
this republican form Of government
was in danger OF being over ridden and
Irodden under foot by Il Southern
ollgarchy. For fifteen years the Re.
publican party had been fighting the
Northern Democrats in the Orrn field
| while exposed TO Il flank fire from
southern Democrats intrcnchcd behind
walls erected by fraud and violence
They should see to it that the national
government was not cOntrollcd bv
fraud and violence. \ Southern GOV
crnOr who had without protest seen
0utragrS like the killing Of negroes #t
laZoo and Carrollton grew frantic
with rage over fair fight between two
puGullStS. It WAS Il Fair question
"hclhcr lhc l}cmocratlc party was not
gong to the devil as fast as it could
and taking Mississippi with it.
Kelley. Of Kansas, Offered - rrsolu-
tlon reciting the following paragraph
from the majority report:
wv I'm respect to the other seven
counties there is number Of boxes as
10 when no testimony was taken, but
IT. may safely be affirmed in not one Of
these counties, takcn as Il whole, WAS
the election an honest one. Fraud i'm
various forms, including intimidation
OF voters, corrupt manipulation OF
! registration, StuIling and stealing OF
GailoL boxes and illrg voting finds
/ ample illustration in al of thcm:" and
| IccominlttinG the case with inStruc-
tons to the Committee on Elections to
cNrilldc from its count thc uurXamincd
| boxes. Lost, 81 to 1876. The minority
substitute WAS rejected and the maiori-
ty resolution, declaring Morgan en-
lltica TO the seat, was agreed TO with
out division.
F"riy-Ftvc Horses Burned.
NEW oEk, Aug: l1.--Firr broke out
ami fFh in