The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-13

lliSna strict raIIy vote. An southern Rerub
MgtMnS interested In the southern war claims,
WhlSn were nrst on the calendar and which
could only como vi on private bill day. were
Wnipred into the marty traces.
publicans. Ho claimed that not less than 5i7
hhenuoilean votes were, Kept out Of the ballot
ocratic lawyers delayed thU Voting by these
votes ,we.e shut out. Two hundred, aud ilfty.
nye 81 these voters were standing In liue IN tho
Fist precinct o. Jackson ward when tho polls
closed, A Federal Commissioner then az.
these 22i men put thoir bpllots into tho box.
In tho Third prec net Of the same ward the
the p %erS Ti SSH y,s
In the Fourth precinct he took l9j ballots; All
TSTS aGPTslfHab GGG It's The
tho regular, polls had closed might not have
THROWN ballots a second time into the SUPER
Col. 0'rerrall OF Virginia replied to Mr.. Lacey
Greenhalge. as usual scared into the realms
OF eloquence. Here Is q specimen:
inactive goGet :" 6psL law az s sfnI n ' Sm
sty MY hat In Inc "T i've same smS sn 70 LAY !"
r..a e MI la; ~ VT SPSs;s1 ,s head aid
yh,sh rsgeIled ne Hn's. o. NGpoyon Wateiioo Gn
S sfa mean. ns .nE ms from S 10
aud human freedom as he memorable nan red line at
lca:S docs no, 10 astSs sss5y ,SS u
ond and Count every vote there tsnGsred lien to
nSnS ns n Of G,.yso@rg were nothing more than
only sounding brass aud a tintns cymhal
Mr.. Crisp Of Georgia followed with speech
hristling with facts and logic. The gem of
the debate. however, was the speech Of Mr. Wise
well-knit man, with thin gray hair lie has
clear voice aud nm emphatic, manner. He took
his stand near tho main aisle and began talk,
ing in trennlous tone OF voice. The Record
SHOWS the following opening:
Mr. wise-Mr Speaker. did not intend to follow tho
Ss OF tho tSnnse on Essuoas ' in iaSs S out SS
w. @ aIss h' m 5sn
Virginia in purSng tho polls to paste notices and then
MF. MSatSn-So. not custom. will not say that
p4r.nsa and have paper ~Si eGGo "n''n mas o''n
sS6s 70 s
Mr. Hs1EeneThat was true, and tho gentleman was a
W..1YoS s ,:d that was party to it and
vSIia sSs
Nj w,s:-f object to your putting any fHlsohood in
,Mi kSTel,.Thep object to the aoPuneson ota
Mr. wiSo-Therc Is no Court OF Record.
Mr.. Wise then continued his speech. Mr..
RoWe Cooper BCWden aa sd HAGEN MSst tbs
opposite side, Of the aisle. He became much
s aG5ss ss Mt r SSs n6 Rs p
sive to Democrats sitting among the Repub-
fortunate that Mr. Wise did not hear him;
Otherwise there might have been lively and
Waddill sprang to his feet and claimed the at
tention OF the, Speaker. He, seemed to think
and Invested with ali Rem6er r. p IH
was apparently 90 inREessssd with NJ; Wlse's
DqHoPW ss ss hT bn IO e sp Hs again co in
Of the Wevo Congress districts 6f Massachn
sets, It was more than were cast in Green
han the NSe % poe hs
were poled. The fairness Of tho election
TSs not ,mPeaShssd save in the First
vat1 nS staeass a53
Is fE h
mony that one Wilson Loney was egistered In
be also cast bis vote in the surervisor's box.
George Washington Brown. another negro
Tss s dp st B
BY tho Constitution and statutes OF Virginia
the light to vote He read i from oenS inf
containing the names Of 1000 coiored
Hon Tor Infamous offences Deduct them rom
the coloreq registration Of o Richm9nd. and you
eooreS Soe Thee ae
counted for the contestant nearly 1000 more
than that 69m5eF He the Of
c0nvicts and thieves. whose votes were regis
tered and received, Tho negroes voted upon
vote was received had voted both in Texas and
In New York city In the same year ANOTHER
PHILADELPHIA The speaker read the names
of hundreds OF negroes on the lists who were
Gnn ~ hV n fitI la a q n ny nhnri
within the sound Of his voice. His perora- |
tion was as follows:
brave aud generous people who have 90 often honofed
T s s te and I'd @ G
ts o tho aSyS term sts
s DS Hs star Tar 1
sn5i:R q S;srsasslon our f.s.Is teuEsi 10 ..
the Of Virginia will never surrender it
There was prolonged i, applause on the Dem
Mr wise Was 1 hpown e out and Mr. wadd
party vote. Mr.. Wise seemed much disap.
had tntimated to him that they believed no
was fairly elected.
IV.-THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS CASE OF ALI.
was made until juno 4. The Federal Election
bin was 3 .Fave end mere Republican yo.Ss
Sp tho Contested oiectlcn case Vo Of MeDuTae
lRainet Turpin,, Louis ". TurDin, a Democrat
By a certificate OF .l53 majority,
Mr.. Comstock OF Minnesota led of In debate
Tor the Republicans He read the 70 -ult OF the
election as certified 70 by tho Secretary OF
ion OF the district by the census OF 1880 The
figures showed that 24.407 votes were cast in
he Congressional district with a population
81 ,1G8,727, Of this this population $3.50 were
or each five Inhabitants there were four COL
1red voters to one white voter in tho district.
i is what Is known as the Black district In
Nabama. 1t sent Ropublieap 70 Congress
rom reconstruction days until 1850. Then
charles u. Shelley arTeared os a Democrat
With an apparent majority OF 2,G5l. His seat
vas contested and he was thrown out by
RenubllcaH ond House. viii, He appeared n
ma ,ority Of 3'fIS. II was strrongiS
Democratic House. hut too honest 10
,roNt By fraud 1t Ynseated shelley. In tho
'iftieth Congress a Democrat was elected by
/. 3S7 plurality lie held his seat on u contest
'ongress McpulIe again contested Turrin's
oction 20,cOO colored votes and 4,5OU white
htes were cast Ninety eight per cent. o the
White vote was Democratic and 81 cent. OF