Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-14
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WASHINGTON, April 13.-The seating
yesterday of Waddill, of the Richmond, Va,
district, in place Of George S. Wise, makes
the eighth contested election case that has
been finally disposed of by the House OF
Representatives This is larger number
of cases than any Congress is usually called
upon to consider, and a glance at what has
been done and what is yet to do will show
that the Elections Committee has been
about as severely worked as any committee
of the House.
OF the eight cases disposed of three Dem
ocrats, Clark, of Alabama; Parrott, of In
diana, and Buchanan, of West Virginia, are
given their seats, the cages of Parrott and
Buchanan being virtually disposed of, as
the committee has reported in their favor.
Five Republican contestants have been
seated, viz: Smith and Atkinson, of West
Virginia; Featherstone, of Arkansas; Mudd,
of Maryland, and Waddill, of Virginia.
ANOTHER TO BE BOUNCED.
In the case of McDuffy against Turpin, of
Alabama, the committee have decided in
favor of the Republican contestant, but the
report is not yet made to the House. The
sissippi; Langston against Venable, of
Virginia; Miller against Elliott, of South
Carolina; Hill against Catchings, of Missis-
sippi Kernoghan against Hooker, Missis-
sippi; Goodrich against Bullock, Florida,
all the contestants being Republicans, have
all been argued but none decided.
The case of Eton against Phelan, of Ten
nessee, has been postponed till the second
Tuesday in May, on account of the illness of
Mr.. Phelan, who, however, is we'll enough
to challenge Southern editors to fight duels
Of these cases argued, one, at least, will be
decided in favor OF the Republican contest
ant. that of Miller versus Elliott, of the
'Shoestring" district, in South Carolina.
SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE.
Elliott, the sitting Democrat, stole the
seat from Captain Robert Smalls, the col
ored Republican candidate, three years ago
with the help of the Democratic majority in
the House. 1t is considered to be simply
impossible that a Democrat should be hon.
estly elected in that district, and all the
evidence advanced in support of Miller,
who is like Smails, colored man. points in
tine direction of fraud and suppression OF
votes.
With McDufy and Miller seated, the Re-
publicans will have ousted seven Demo-
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probable also that Goodrich, of Florida,
will be seated, and his vote added, which
will make change of 16 and give the Re-
publicans clean majority of %, which is
decidedly more comfortable than to have
majority of three, with which ther began
this Congress. The addition OF five votes
from the new States, with the contestants
seated, give the majority designated. Of
the other contestants it is IN doubt whether
any of the Republicans will be seated.
though the Republican members of the
committee are not prepared to say SO.
NOT sTRAINING FACTS.
The majority of them are not inclined to
strain the facts merely to seat one of their
party faith. 1t is possible that refusal to
seat Langston, of Virginia, and Hill, of
Mississippi. both colored men, will excite
some criticism among persons of their race,
but it is pretty certain that the cases of both
are looked upon as rather weak.
Twenty-three is good working majority,
however, and there is probability OF "a in
the successor to the late Representative
Wilbur, of New York, though it has been
generally asserted that Wilbur is the only
Republican who could carry that district.
The only vacancies are those resulting from
the death of Wilbur and Randall. Ran
dall's district will, of course, return DEM
ocrat LIGHTNER.