Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-03-04
Stewart is Unseated.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26-The Democratic
House, b. partisan vote, this afternoon,
decided that Colonel Andrew Stewart was
not elected from the Twenty fourth Penn
sylyania District, and the seat he has occu-
pied since the opening of Congress was Civ
en- to Alexander Craig. Colonel Stewart
was unseated about 2:30 o'clock. few
moments latter he said to correspondent
"Twice was carried off the field OF bat
tie for dead. while around me sounded the
rebel yell. Ny execution to day was ac-
companied by the same disloyal cry.
John o Pendleton, of West Virginia,
through the kindness of Speaker Crisp, was
accorded to-day the momentary satisfac
ton of presiding over the decapltatlon OF
an honestly elected Repub Two
years ago to-day argument was begun IN
his contest case in the Wheeling district
and on the next day his seat was declared
vacant. He took his defeat very much to
heart. The Democrats of Wheeling out
of sympathy, renominated him, and IN the
Landslide of go he was elected. DE asked
the privilege of occupying the SPEAKER
chair tor short time to-day that be might
have hand in unseating Republican
and thus get the revenge that men OF his
allowed the young man to sit on the Speak
er's throne, for few minutes. Mr. Ped
dleton was satisfied and afterward grln-
ned as he shouted his voice against Colo
mel Stewart G. W. Stone opened the de-
bate to-day in carefully prepared speech,
which commanded considerable attention.
HIS argument was altogether on the legal
aspect of the case. He had at his com
mand preceients and points of law sutfi-
cient To satisfy any bipartisan mind that
the claims of Mr.. Craig were OF the II lmsl-
est character. Mr.. Moore, of Texas, lol-
lowed him, and talked apout the election
laws of Pennsylvania with which ne dld
not seem very well acquainted.
Mr.. Dalzell made the speech of the day,
and no speaker was accorded more atten-
tive hearing. Democrats and Republicans
crowded near his desk and listened to his
address from beginning to end. His ad-
dress was an exhaustive legal argument
built up of facts and points of law, which
is repeatedly challenged the opposition
TO controvert. He was loudly applauded
and heartily congratulated when be finish
ed. 1t was noticed that Bourke Cochran,
the intense Tammamy partisan, listened
very attentively to Mr.. Dalzell, and after
ward voted with the Republicans. Babbitt
90 Wisconsin, and Hall, OF Minnesota, vot-
ed Win lDo HlluoIlIyr Wulic hduEoh, Do"h
and Powers, Republicans voted with the
Democrats.
The deciding vote was $50 to 90 iu favor
of seating Craig Had the Republicans
refused to vote there would have cen no
quorum.
Mr.. Dalzell made one point which the pre-
vious speaker had failed to note, and that
was the fact that Craig's counsel without
authority of law, had taken possession of
certain ballot boxes, opened them before
the commissioners at their side and used
the ballots that suited their case, and when
Colonel Stewards counsel demanded that
they be given a chance to count the bal
lots, they were informed that The ballots
had been destroyed. This ballot box out
rage was the only one prepetrated, and
strange to say Colonel Stewards attorney
had failed to make it prominent. The
Alliance members present to-day all voted
against the majority report. This has
been the first contested election case they
have had an opportunity OF listening to and
thep paid close attention to both sides and
voted as Independents. on the side of just