Evening journal., 1890-01-14


Speaker Reed Is an intense and persist.
emit partisan.
on the floor Of the House he was &C
customed to take advantage Of every OPP
portunity to exercise his talents for rant
ing Trades aud for attempts to badger
the majority. He easily became the
leadersof the Republican minority not 80
much for his superior mental ability as
for his double edged ever-ready and
bitter tongue.
AS speaker he is exercising the
same spirit in another way His
rulings during the first month
have been so extremely parti
san and unfair that they have called for
adverse comment from ex-Speaker Car
Isle who has been recognized
as the calmest and fairest II not the
most able man il the House Of Represen-
tatives Already Mr.. Carlisle has APP
pealed from the decision Of the chair and
already he has beaten the chair in an
argument so thoroughly that Speaker
Reed did not dare to risk an appeal.
Along with partisanship Speaker Reed
has self-confidence and determination to
phenomenal degree. He will not brook
advice nor listen to argument which may
palliate his harshness and unfairness
He has resented any interference as
leader OF the minority or as Speaker Of
the House. He means TO rule or rain.
He Is In supreme command Of the Rspub-
lean majority.
This Is the situation OF the House 1t
the approach Of the seventeen eonteats
for seats from the South. With marrow
Republican majority, speaker who is
too intensely partisan to be calm, fair or
Just, and party which covers under
his hArshness and determined zeal, there
is not much hope that the party In power
will not count In all the Republicans
applying. without the least effort to de-
justice or TO examine the evidence.
The evidence in many cases is remark
able. Here is an average sample George
Hendley, colored, is wit
ness from Crittenden county, Ark.
and testifes in the case OF Feather
stone, Republican, against Cate, Demo
GRAFT contestants for seat in Congress
Crittenden county, by the census OF 1880
had 500 whites and Z ,516 blacks Hend
ley, the colored witness, "a farmer ant
sometimes school teacher and justice o.
the peace, testified that In his township
the colored vote, all Republican, wa
about 1880; the white, all Democratic vote
Ia or 10. But 1t seems, according Il
Hendley, that these IA or IS white Demo
Gratis completely overRwed the $50 0
more colored Republicans and did wha
they pleased at the polls.
Another colored man. William Register
In ths same county, in which the colore
people are 1878 TO 1899 whites, testias
that being farmer with 100 acres Q
land the white Democrats drove him an
fifteen or twenty other blacks out OF til
country, killed At least one black man
cold blood. shot their mules, etc. TIL
witness was asked what was the usui
I vote Of the county and replied "Son
where about 5000" Asked What pr
}. portion Of that is the Republican vote
: he replied: About 3. 500 or 1900" Thl
gives the whites emily about 400 or 81
votes In the county.
There are not exaggerated cases, Tn,
are average samples Of the evidence th
V will come before the committee to unse
the white Democrats who have alreaS
: received certificates Of election from &
Il stats authorities Strong able-bodi
II men admit that though their party is.
ID the majority by hundreds and Thousand
RI they are too cowardiy and too pusillal
CO NOUS to stand at the polls and vote.
ID They are self-confessedly unit for Sc
az government, they cannot assert TIN
as rights no matter how great tn
en majority.
an These tales OF alleged injustice a
We oppression committed by an insigni6ci
.te minority are either bold and shamel
lly lies or they prove that the negro is alb
les lutely and hopelessly incapable and
or competent.
ally They prove too much. They place
om negro in dilemma by which he adm
me that he is knave OF fool.