New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-12
purpose meets with the Secretary
MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CASES.
THEIR INyEsrIG Ar1cN BEGUN BY THE HOUSE
CoMMITTEE-How MAJORlIIEo
AFE MADE.

Washington Nav II (spcciaD.-The House commit
tee on Elections has begun the lhVe'usA,'on VI wv
Nississppi contested cases, Three III n"iuo.'
are Chalmers against Morgan Ia Ds'fict' mn
Catchngs, lid District, and kcrnds''a" "H'' O
With District In the I'D District consldefdDje pro
or,or NJ no white vote is Republican, ana IN all OF
them the number OF ooored voters, all OF whom WIN
fcw executions are Republicans, exceeds inc ch'Hc
number of white v0ers-Dcnioora's anu i0p"'''
Tins i'm the Id District the colored Halors II d""'
500. in the lid District 1t Is about loooo' anu III
,ho WIN Dstrict il exceeds 5000. And yet each
- ,. a,,ric,s Is Z. represented by a Democrat in
Corrose Morcan's majority" in the Ild Dlstrlct IN
600 oxceeded 900: Catchngs's "ma1ority' IN the
IIId District was 900, and liooKefs " HaIo'i! III
the With District exceeded 5000. 'huer ordinary
circumstances il would be something worse 'hah loS
o., dofe.,od candidate to contest seat founded on
ob . majority as is credited to either Of the sitting
members but in every one OF these cases inc eircu
- ,,ore extraordinary, and whether or not they
h.o ercceeded in making sufficient proof OF the crimes
and frauds which were committed 10 ehuue u'cih :"
coats the contestants deserve the thaihs Oh ever
friend of a republican form OF government ior """'
they have done. ,,,. o,oction
/. thn I'D District is extremely popular there ana
,. stronc white following. lie carried the dis'rio'
,,.icc against Manning. who was popular cahdlohc'
Int il was represented" in the last TWO congresses, a"
u now is by Democrat Ucneral ''i'i"o'
,.uver and he has succeeded in obtaining d !" 40
amount of legal testimony in support OF his coh'oi
en-, bs d entitled to the seat now held by Juusc
Morgan. II seems that in two counties OF ''e "-'.
tho eection WAS reasonably fair In those co"hucS
there are abm,t 900 colorcd voters. and 9i- woes
rore allowed TO Chalmers in the Official COMMIT "'''
,d,ca+es that the votes of good many OF le
en as we'll as OF the white Republicans were H.
ra Counting of those votes may nave cccn o. NV "a
oversight on the part OF tic De i,ea. 'O0
80 In other counties IL was different ,..o...
Tor example, the three counties OF Lana! ~,
cbie and fate in which the agg!csab L,.IIoc
rsd vo,rrs exceeds 5000 and III when 'nacrs
VI 1oN,ed 10 have GIG votes. only four more ui
w. ,n Two counties first mentioned Wlcn '1scI i,
~ opI, onefth many coorcd voters as the iase
IA! tano o nnyntcs In 1882. the latter cCunie,, az
.hoo ,orcn Republican precincts In lalIfhtCme h@4
tann thrown out gave Chalmers -4S -naIoI ~, a.
pceil IN raturpcd MAJ ofty" OF 1907 Tor MDgaIi
dooo winners Perhaps this great poliilca evo!2
Oae Ave n the fact that in one OF inc connues e
wa ~ Republican voters were erased by "nolesao
i ,be noll books while in the other Two couhnIH
~" nemorratc authorities refused 10 appoint any ~
lH IN inspectOrs Of election as the law reqnreu
toimers insists therefore ha< the woes rcuuIlo
nai1 afavette ralahachie ana Tate FOR hiHscn a.
ron i o. Tor Morgan shall be thrown out on inc er,un
W.. Tho official returns were fraudulent auu WA.
Una. sr t 10 purge them. If the committee sh9
PtSo the vote corrected accounting 70 me prooI ~
uo tbo remaining counties would give Chaihcrs SUM
600 maiority-about the same a. MS majority o''
Manning in 1882.