Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-15
The Entire Virginia Delegation May
Be Thrown Out.
THE HILBCRN CASE PRECEDENT T
Notification of Thirteen Contests
Have Already Been Given.
TIL E R S TER ABE UP

Ihere Is considerable talk on the part of
republicans of throwing out the entire del
egaton from Virginia, given certificates of
election as Representatives in the Fifty
fourth Congress. 1t is asserted that there
will be abundant evidence produced on the
meeting of the Fifty-fourth Congress that
frauds were perpetrated of such whole
sale character in Virginia to render the
entire election void. While frauds of 9TH
er character may be cited, that which is
charged as general is the throwing out of
immense numbers of republican votes in
every congressional district. 1t Is said that
the afhdavits of voters declaring that hey
voted the republican ticket wall be pre-
sented in numbers enough to vitiate the
entire election, the votes themselves Lot
being accounted for III the returns 1t Is
believed that the republican congressional
committee Will take up the case, making
the exclusion of the entire Virginia deega-
ton an official party measure IN vindlca tIon
or honesty at the polls. If this is done The
matter will come up almost Immediately on
the opening or Congress and there viii
have to be a reelection in Virginia, or else
that state will be left without representa-
ton in the House.
The HilbOrn Precedent.
The old saying about chickens coming
home to roost is very finely exemplfied in
this case, in a large number of other
contests which will be made against south
ern democrats in the next House The DEM
ocrats will have two years for repentance
in solemn retreat for their short-s.s hteI,
unjust and unwise decision in the English
Hllborn case, which was decided in a parIi-
san spirit during this Congress. The un-
usual position taken in that case i'll order
to deprive republican OF has seat, that
aftidavits of voters as to how they asst
their ballot should be regarded as superior
evidence to the ballots themselves actually
produced, furnishes a PRECEDENCE through
which every southern urmot rat whose seat
in the next Congress Is contested may he
evicted from Congress. In the case of the
attidavits upon which H.IDoTn was unseat-
ed, the statements OF The voters were taken
some time after the election. when it was
definitely known just now many changes
or the vote IN q certain precinct wouII he
necessary to reverse the result. Though
the proper number of ballots were in the
boxes and showed Mr.. Hilborns election,
the afiidavits of enough men to change The
result were accepted as superior evidence.
1t is understood that in these southern
contests representatives of the local COM
mittee, having i'll mind just such a situa-
ton as has developed in that locality, took
the atfidavits of republican voters on their
leaving the polling places, and VIII, there
fore. be prepared to show a much laI ser
republican vote than the official returns ac-
count for.
Thirteen Contests Already.
The republican congressional committee
have already been notified of thirteen cor
tests-one in Kentucky, three IN Louisiana,
ore in Missouri, one in North Carolina, one
in South Carolina, one in Texas, -four in
Virginia and one in Nebras ka. There will
be at least four other contests from the
south, PROBABLY mue thID that. These
cases will not all depend upon the testimony
of voters. as against the ballots themselves,
as to how they voted, but that question Will
enter very largely in the cases, and will be
the principal reliance in many of them. 1t
is believed that nearly every contest made
can be established by this character of
testimony.
The republican campaign committee has
been notified of the following contemplated
contests: Seventh Kentucky district, Dem
ny, republican, against Owens, democrat;
first Louisiana, kernochan. republican,
against Meyer, democrat; second Louisiana,
Coleman, republican, against Buck: third
louisiana, Beattie, republican,. against
Price; fifth Missouri, Van Horn, republi-
can, against Tarsney; sixth Nebraska
Dcugherty, republican. against KEN, popu-
list; second North Carolina, Cheatham, re-
publican, against Woodward; first South
Carolina, Murray, republican, against FL
lott; tenth Texas, Rosenthal, republican,
against Crowley; first Virginia, McDanold,
republican, against Jones; second Virginia,
BOrland, republican, against Tyler; seV enth
Virginia, Walker, republican, against Tur-
ner; eighth Virginia, Mccall, republican,
against Meredith.
Other contests which the committee I'M
derStand Will be filed are of Thorp, Iepub-
lcan, against McKenny, in the fourth Vir-
ginia; COrnet against Swanson in the fifth
Virginia; HoSe, republican. against Otey in
the sixth Virginia, and Hopkins, republi-
can, against Kendall in the tenth Ken
lucky.
Roster of the Next House.
The latest estimate of the next House
prepared by the republican congressional
committee gives 245 republicans 1O5 demo-
Gratis and six populists. In this estimate
10 account is taken of those districts in the
south where republicans have been elected
but will not receive certificates This list
represents the House il will stand when
called TO order on the first Monday in De-
cember, 1875:
Rep. Dem. Pop