The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-05-14

the time ana atlehtl"" y. -"0
Committee in Congress thaa the cSse 70
which James Hin. coiorcd man, r. 1ne
contestant and T. c. Catching a MS
s;szinpi LAWYER. is the coniestee ; me i'i-
Ter being the sitting member, under q
prs,ended majority efT009 votes over
nn ain Hiiis quiet, vel insniieFe'
mn,auo. who was Secretary oi s''.'e p
Mississippi when Adeibert Anes vas
e;oVernol. nii has also been delegate
10 every Republican National ConVen-
lion since the days Of reconstruction
and voted for Harrison al the Chieago
convention in isSs. He is now holding
a lucrative place on a southern raiiroao.
The thsri district consists mainly q
,sha. is known as the Tszoo-Mississippi
Delta 1t begins about ten miles south
If Memphis and includes the county oi
which ths city Of Nicks5aFg forms
,t The Louisville. New Orleans and
Texas Railroad runs through It. In lsoe
!, contained 25Ooo whites and loiooV
colorad people. the two races being IN
the ratio Of one 10 four.
In the district there is a spunkiing oi
white Republicans and black men VINO
are democrats. but with this exception
the division Of parties IS, unfortunately
f,r tine blacks. division Of race Inc
whites are openly for "white man :
,,oyarnmeptr and the colored people are
Republicans pure and simple
The white people in the Third district
did not register and did not vote, as the
evidence before the Election Board
clearly shows. save in the ratio Of one 70
six Mr.. Catchings' pretense that he i'ad
a seeming majority Of 1000 votes m
wolves the pretense that he received the
votes Of the colored people to The mum
her Of s 4oo. two ofevery three eoiored
votes cast
The evidence is very interesting. MI.
MeNeflly. chairman Of The Democratic
Committee Of the Third district, SAYS
ON page l65. in answer TO question
awonld the fact that man had ever
sngsa a ballot-box canso him TO forfeit
either Lis social or business standing
Answer-aI don't think ] would
ostracise him"
In a choice between negro rule ana
,.tl,,.i,ox stuaing which would you
choose2'
4 would do ike the old darkey preach
erdid. would take 10 the woods. Mr-
NeNeillv is inclined 10 be faceiious
elnsiye and evaive, but his real senti-
ments he does not leave in doubt.
John p. Finly, who keeps drug store
in Greenville. testified when asked
DO you consider ballot-box stuihng a
crime in view Of the peculiar surround
inrs in the country and the south gener'
ally"
NO. I don't / consider it necessity
at times.
in contest where il was q question
Of race supremacy would man who
suged the ballot-box forfeit either his
social or business standing
NO, sir; he would not y
is not ballot box stuiIing looked upoI
bv the best element in the South as th'
choice between necessary evils ~
"It Is. so far as | know"
William II. Smith, a colored lawyer q
Greenyille, testified
81 believe a separate code OF moral
and Of honor $50 called prevails in tn
politics Of the South different from tia
prevailing in business and social rela
tions. Yes: and the Democratic lead
ers in Mississippi regard the negro a
having no right to vote when his vot
Is likely to be against the whites, an
that under such circumstance ballot-bo
stuiing is not only commendable bt
justiiable."
Matthew johnson, highly reputabl
planfer. whose home was in Nicksbur
did not think "ballot-box siufliug woul
affect his chances for Heaven
Hill boldly asserts That the fourieent
and fifteenth amendments were nullihe
during the contest, and proves by vi
nesses that the popular verdict was siml
IL reversed by taking his majority
from 600 TO 10000 and turning it ov'
TO T.C Catchings, and, as is show
nothing was easier, because the Dem
cratic bosses had control Of every pr
cinct in the Third district OF MississipI
When they could not get the Republics
officials drunk they drove them away
refused to open the ballot boxes at ali.
Hin said yesterday "My adversa
NAV appeal to race prejudice against m
make no appeal Of that kind. on
ask Justice, and if | am not elected al
the. Election Committee don't see 4
Justice Of my cause clear as tDe sun
Heaven. am willing to stay outside
Congress. l represent the Republic
masses in my district. ! still love {
white playmates Of my early life, an'
am not ashamed TO say ! was borI
slave. and clung TO my old friends
their day of trial.
But am proud to bslong TO ii
political body which found my peol
and myself slaves and with magnihcC
benevolence stopped to raise us upt to {
mental and moral dignity Of manhood
1T is justice we want and We v
await the coming ola time to secure
and believe this Congress viii give
what We battle for.