The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-11
THE VOTE is 1928 TO 127
Crawford Shows Pearson Up as a
Political Trimmer.
LINNEY DECLARES GOV. RUSSELL MAD
Refers to His Letter as the Ex-ParIe Statement
of Mad Governor. Says That Pros
periIy Causes Him to Kick
Out of Harness.
CBv Associated Prese.l

| (By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 10.-The House today
| by very narrow margin of two votes un-
Democrat, and seated in his place Mr..
| Pearson, of North Carolina who was a
| member of the Fifty fourth and Fifty
| hfth Congresses.
| Mir. Pearson is the third Republican to
| be seated by the present House. Both
| the contestant and the contestee had their
innings On the floor today and Mr. Lin
ney, Of North Carolina. wound up the
debate with characteristic speech. The
votes were very close. The minority res
olution declaring the sitting member en-
! titled to the seat was defeated by one
| vote. Mr. Jack. a Pennsylvania Republi-
can. voted with the Democrats on both
roll calls. On the first vote fifteen Re-
J publicans were absent and impaired and
on the second twelve were absent and un-
! paired. When the debate opened Mr..
| Pearson was given fifty minutes times in
! which 10 address the House in his own
behalf.
Mr.. Pearson had large chart erected
-
/ chair which. he claimed, illustrated the
J Kramer in which the black vote in his
+ district had been suppressed.
i AR Pearson was followed by MrAC Craw-
! ford, the sitting member. who defended
! his right to the seat in an hours speech
| Mr.. Crawford declared that two hundred
) thousand people in the Ninth North Car
olina district were on trial today. They
! had q right to say who should represent
! them in the House. Prior TO this elec-
ton, Mr.. Crawford said, no man had ever
| charged fraud in the Ninth Congressional
district Of North Carolina. But Mr.. Pear
son, he ssaid seldom knew defeat He
! charged that Mr.. Pearson had trimmed
his political sails so that he had not lost
a vote in national election since 1880
when he voted for Hancock.
HE voted for Cleveland twice" said
Mr.. Crawford, "and supported me against
| Senator Pritchard when | defeated him
! in 1892
While referring to Governor Russell's
attack upon Mr.. Pearson. Mr.. Grosvenor
| (Ohio), interrupted to ask if the Demo
| Gratis Of North Carolina had not threat
ened to impeach Governor Russell.
THAT is an assault upon the Governor
of my State which | resent replied Mr..
| Crawford.
"The logic of what l desire to know is
this" continued Mr.. Grosvenor, was not
Governor Russells attack on Mr.. Pearson
made during the adjournment of the Leg
| islature to conciiate the Democrats"
| Il object retorted Mr.. Crawford, Ito
the Republicans washing their dirty linen
in my time.
In concluding Mr.. Crawford said ad
dressing the Republican side:
81 shall await your verdict, conscious
that you can do me no harm with the
people whose commission l hold"
Mr.. Linney IN. c., concluded the de-
! bate with a characteristic speech in ia
vor Of the claims of the contestant. In
referring to Governor Russell's letter he
characterized it IAN ex-parte statement
of mad Governor
For he is mad" said Mr.. Linney. mad
as a March hare. That he is a great man
| intellectually l admit and that he is a
good politician while working in the ranks
| | avow. But he cannot stand prosperity.
| AS soon as he is promoted he kicks out
| of the harness and plays the devil in gen.
| eral He is afraid Of his own shadow. He
| is in terror Of the Democratic organiZa-
| tiCn of the State and will do anything to
| keep suspended the sword Of DamOcles
| which hangs over his head
Later Mr. Linney produced some figures
to show that it was the black districts
| which returned Democrats TO Congress,
not Republicans
Take Mr. Kitchin's district for in
| stance said he. Il claim / come nearer
| representing the white people Of North
| Carolina than he does. | claim | am as
much Of white man as he is. My hands
| are smaller, my feet are smaller m7
| complexion is clearer than his is.
| At the conclusion of Mr.. Linney's re-
marks the vote was taken upon the mi
| nority resolutions declaring Mr. Crawford,
the sitting member, entitled to his seat.
When the roll call was completed it
showed a majority of one for the resolu-
| tion. Intense interest was manifested.
| Mr.. Tawney, the Republican whip, stated
that Mr.. Fitzgerald, of Massachusetts.
| had voted although he was paired with
! Mr.. Lowering, OF Massachusetts.
On account of the closeness Of the vote
| the Speaker ordered recapitulation of
| the roll call. AT the end of the recapi-
tulation Mr.. Tcmpkins (Rep., n. W, hur-
| ried in with his overcoat over his arm
| and offered to vote but as he was not
| present when his name was called he
| could not vote under the rule. The Speak
| er ordered the tally clerks again to foot
F. up the totals. An error was discoveed