The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-23
FRAUDS IN THE SOUTH.
Senate Asked to Investigate the Late
Elections in Two StateS

Senate Asked to Investigate the Late
Elections i'm Two States.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Senator Butler
to-day presented a memorial from Hon.
Sampson Rope. late Democratic candidate
for Governor of South Carolina asking for
the appointment of Senate committee to
investigate the November election in that
state After stating the fact of his candi-
dacy Mr. Pope says that he was defraud-
ed in the election to such an extent as to
deprive him of the Office, and asserts that
thousands of voters prevented from
casting their ballots by reason of fraud,
force and intimidation, and that thousands
of ballots were thrown out or destroyed,
and in many Instances other ballots sub
stituted for them by managers and other
persons acting under the direction of Gov
ernor, now Senator Tilman, and of Sena-
tor lrby. He asks that a committee of the
Senate be appointed to investigate the
conduct soa,nr or the election . and take such
Senator Allen presented copies of a
number of afidavits in the congressional
in which w. F. Aldrich was the fusion
candidate and G. A. Robbins, the Demo-
Gratis eratie candidate and The s davitS alege
sworn statements from several precincts
going to show that the returns showed-a
the entire vote of the precinct For in
stance, there were, according to the aft
daVltS, only seventeen votes cast at
Mitchel's Beat, while the returns made it
appear that Mitchell had received $3.50 votes,
and in Martins precinct, while only sixty
votes for Robbins. Mr.. Aldrich makes a
statement showing that at Montovallo.
within two miles of his own home. the
total vote, according TO the tally kept,
numbered 1884, Since the election he had
received sworn statements from 200 of these
voters that they had cast their votes for
him, yet the returns as officially made
gave his opponent a majority OF nine. He
says that in this precinct he was allowed
neither clerk nor fXer. Mr. Allen
stated that it was his purpose to read the
afidavits in the Senate in support of his
resolution for the appointment of COM
mittee to inquire whether Alabama has a
Republican form of government
The Arbitration Commission BILL.
WASHINGTON Jan. 22.-The amended
bill for the settlement of labor disputes by
means of arbitration commission has
been reported favorably from the commit
tee on labor with few minor changes in
verbiage. 1.-The national and State legis-
latve bodies says the report, ARE not SO
constituted as to be able to give proper
time to the examination of the industrial
matters presented in this bill, nor are they
made up equally of representative men.
such as is proposed by this commission;
nor are they nonpartisan. This commission
can hear, consider and recommend in
s shorter time ana WITH m less expense for
plished by a legislative body in any other
way. Congress is the proper body to
thorize the appointment OF such a COM
mission as it is composed of members COM
ing from all parts of every State"
Appended to the report were letters of
approval received by the committee from
Samuel Gompers, John W. Hayes, H. c.
Denning ana j. H. Sovereign
witnesses Appeal tn Supreme Justices.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.-The cases of
Elverton L. Chapman and John S.
Shriver, two of the witnesses who refused
to answer the questions put to them by
the Senate Sugar Trust investigating COM
mittee last summer and were indicted by
the local courts for such refusal, reached
the United States Supreme Court when at
torney Jere NJ. Wilson appeared for Mr.
Chapman and Judge Dittenhoeter for MIR.
Shriver, and both re-entered motions for
leave to file petitions for writs of habeas
corpus in behalf of their respective clients.
Sohcitor-general Maxwell was present on
behalf of the government and stated that
he should like an opportunity TO inspect the
Briefs. with the view, if considered neces-
sary, of filing briefs for the government.
1T is understood that the two cases have
been selected as test caSeS-tnat of Chap
man by the brokers and that OF Shriver by
the newspaper correspondents. There was
20 intimation by the court as TO when a
decision would be rendered on to-day's