The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-24
INCIDENTS OF THE STEAL.
HOW CzAR REED AND HIS sERFs
DID THEIR WORK.

Out the Quorum and Unseating
Venable and Elliott to Give Place to
Negroes Repudiated at the Polls
The Second Theft an Afterthought-
Playing to Northern Negroes.
WASHINGTON, Sept 2S.-Czar Reed, after
five days of cursing and stamping and tele-
graphing and threatening and placarding
the country with the names of the direct
republicans, got a quorum of his serfs into
the hall of the House of Representatives
this afternoon, and twenty minutes after a
roll call developed that he had the power he
had decapitated two legally elected demo-
Gratis, Messrs. Venable of Virginia and
Elliott of South Carolina, and installed
two negroes, Langston, an Intelligent, but
unscrupulous colored politician, in the place
of the former, and Miller, an iIliterate
negro, black as an ace of spades, In the
place of the latter
THE SECOND OUTRAGE AN AFTERTHoUGHT.
The twin outrage was not contemplated
ten minutes before it was accomplished
But the temptation to chop off another
democratic head while he hai his hand
In" was too strong to resist, and Reed per-
formed the happy despatch in exactly four
minutes and half
When two or three of the republicans.
Messrs. Cheadle Of Indiana and Kerr of
Iowa, suggested that debate ought to be
allowed, and that the majority of the COM
mittee on elections ought to give some
reason for ousting Elliott, the democrat,
who received, according to the returns, l, a53
more votes than Miller, they were howled
down by their republican colleagues, as
though debate on a contested election case
was something unheard of.
INSANE AND INsoLENr PARTIsANsmP.
Mr.. Rowell of Illinois, who prides him
self on his descent from the most intolerent
puritanical stock of New England, par
tisan Of the most narrow-minded and ex-
treme type, who in political matters Is as
vicious as a dog, demanded the previous
question and IL was ordered, and the resolu-
ton TO seat Miller carried by a rising vote
This surpasses all records. For the first
time in the history Of the American con-
gress member Of the House has been
turned out without word of explanation
or a minute for debate.
Reed has now increased the republican
ma jority in the House, which was three
when the Fifty-hrst congress convened, to
twenty-four.
PLAYING TO THE NEGROES.
The seating of the two negroes this after
noon amid wild shouts and hat waving
from hundreds of negroes who lined the GAL
leries and banked the doors, is intended for
the political effect it will bear in the north.
In the south the republicans, especially Vir-
ginia, say it will disrupt and demoralize the
party, and by again drawing the
color hne drive all the white
republicans back into the Democratic party,
The Virginia and Maryland republicans
declare that to-day's action is fraught with
Har a,,ax. .arila Ab1.-
With only two exceptions the republicans
from these two states, Browne, McCord
Stookbridge and Waddill, refused to vote
on the Langston case but Reed had terror
lied them SO that they were afraid to leave
the hall, and they were counted to make a
quorum as present and not voting.n
The republican leaders are badly ratified
tonight lest the democrats may retaliate
for to-day's action by obstructing the con-
quorum has already disappeared tonight,
and cannot be secured again this session in
all probability.
A PRoTRACTED AND BITTER STRUGGLE
by the Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-By its action
to-day in seating Langston, the House
ended what was probably the most pro-
tracted and bitterly contested election case
it has ever decided. During the closing
days OF the last congress, the democrats
made strenuous effort to unseat FELTON,
and put in Sullivan as representative from
California; but they we're defeated by the
refusal Of a majority of the republicans to
vote upon the proposition.
The result of to-day's proceedings was a
surprise to the democratic minority, which,
after two weeks successful operation of
what has become known as the "MasOn
plan" of obstruction, was confident that its
opponents could not secure a quorum. But
the whips" had been active and word
passed around before the House met that
quorum would be present.
REPUBLICANS NERVOUS.
The result of first roll call to approve the
journal was awaited with considerable
nervousness by the republicans. During
the call it was discovered that Mr. Milliken
of Maine, who had just returned TO the
city, was not present, and Immediately mes
sengers and pages went securing the city to
look him up. As the clerk proceeded Ii was
also noticed that Mr.. Mudd of Maryland bad
failed to respond, and Chairman
Powell of the elections committee went
himself in pursuit of the absentee. But it
appeared that these apprehensons were
groundless. as Mr.. Sweeney of Iowa, who
had hardly been expected SO soon, came
into the House just in season to cast the
vote necessary to make a quorum. Further
proceedings were remarkably exped itious,
and Mr.. OFerrall, the lonely democratic
sentinel, was absolutely powerless to check
the majority in its full swing.
165 REPUBLICANS PRESENT.
The yea and nay vote, sdeclariug that
Venable was not elected, showed their were
165 republicans in attendance, including
those who did not vote but were paired,
namely: Messrs. Bliss, Browne of Virginia,
Cooper of Ohio, DeHaven, Frank, McCord,
McKenna, Stockbridge, Waddell, Wade,
Wright and Yardley. Messrs. T. NJ.
Browne of Indiana, Butterworth, Connell
Ewart, Finley, Hansbrough, Peterszfand
Wilson of Kentucky were republicans who
were absent without pairs, and of these
Messrs. Browne, Finley and Wilson had
leaves of absence on account OF sickness
Speaker Reed stood ready TO cast his bal
lot, but didn't do SO, as quorum appeared
without it.
The Miller case, which followed the Lang
ston case, was an even greater surprise, and,
in fact, it was not known generally TO the
republicans that the leaders contemplated
this move. The resolution which unssated
Elliott and seated Miller was cleverly
framed, 30 as 10 be indivisible, and a single
vote suff1ced to achieve what had required
four separate vo es in the Langston case.
THEY MUST MAINTAIN THEIR QUORUM.
The democratic minority was consider
ably vexed over the results of the days
proceedings, aud q call for caucus was cir