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CHANDLER'S EYE ON CAROLINA
MURRAY's CHARGES NOT TO BE Az.
LOWED TO DIE.

The House Committee on Elections os
President and Vice Presifcne
Having Decided That 1t Cannoe
Take the Matter Up This Sessions
senator Chandler Proposes Ia
Fight the Case Through From the
senate Wing of the Capitol.
Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Chandler
Is preparing a political surprise In the
nature Of a proposed sweeping investiga-
ton of the political methods of the DEM
ocrats in South Carolina Delaware and
Alabama. His real object is to reach the
South Carolina situation, which has been
under consideration in the House ever
since Representative Murray failed to
stop the count of the electoral vote of that
state. The House committee on elections
of President and Vice President has prac-
tlcally decided that It viii not have time
at this session to send a committee downs
to South Carolina to investigate the
charges contained in Representative MUIR
rays numerous petitions. so Senator
Chandler has taken up the Murray fight
and win make it from the Senate end OF
the capitol.
Senator Chandler stood ready to sign
the protest against the counting OF the
electoral vote OF South Carolina, had noe
the leaders decided that such a move
would only retard the Inauguration of
President-eect Mckinley. Senator Chand-
Ter has been supplied with copies of ,he
petitions and memorials which Represen-
tative Murray presented to the House.
and he proposes to ask the Senate to APP
point select committee, or authorize the
| committee on elections to make a thor
ough investigation OF the political sltua-
ton in the states named. In order to
avoid the charge of sectionalism he Will
include in his resolution the Delaware
case, which has been practically settled
by the admission of Senator Kenney to a.
seat in the Senate. His main object Is
to get at the South Carolina case and
incidentally take survey of the poli.i-
cal field in Alabama.
Senator Chandler has notified Senator
Tlllman of his intention to offer the reso-
| luton, and the South Carolina senator is
preparing to resist the resolution when
It shall come before the Senate.
Owing to the lateness of the session.
some of the republican leaders are urging
| Senator Chandler to withhold his resold-
| tion until the new congress assembl -.
/ Senator Chandler Is not certain that tho
real object of the resolution can be OBJ
tanned by delay. There are five contested
election cases from South Carolina in tile
next congress, and the object OF the pro-
| posed Investigation is to obtain material
TO be used ia those contests.
| If Senator Chandler desires to press his
| resolution at the present session, Senator
| Tlllman will proceed to talk Ii to death.
| even If the remaining hours OF the ses-
| sion have to be employed in that direc-
| tion. There are number of senators ON
| the democratic side who will come to his
| assistance IN an emergency, hence Sena-
| tor Chandler finds himself In a somewhat
| awkward position with a political sensa-
tion on his hands. He says he has petit
| tions and memorials from the states NAM
| ed, urging him to press the resolution, and
| he believes that 1t is his duty to help se-
| cure the political liberty of the citizens
| of the United States within our own bor-
| ders, even IL the struggle to free Cuba has
| to be delayed. Senator Chandler has never
| been satisfied with the outcome of tho
| senatorial elections in Alabama, South
| Carolina or Delaware, and IL his demand
| had been carried out in the republican,
caucus, there would have been a thorough
| Investigation in those three seats before
| the senators were sworn in. He was over
| thrown by the members of his own party
| at the time, because Ii was not deemed
| expedient to force an issue upon the SUBJ
| ject a that time. With his political eya
| on the election for congress next fall, ha
proposes to gather in some campaign mas
| terial from South Carolina.