The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 22, 1889, Image 1
VOL .IV.
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f FIELD.
N. C. Presbyterian.
After another pleasant Sunday in
Boston, 1 took the first train on Monday
for Northfield where Mr. Moody's i
Bible Conference was in session.
That evening besides an address
on another subject that did not interest
me, 1 heard the most stirring temperance
address to which I ever listened.
The speaker was a lawyer?evidently
a man of culture and intellect.
but until a little over two vwnrs
ago an abandoned drunkard. The
story of his struggles and falls, of his
solemn vows to his dying mother, of
his powerlessness to keep them, and
the
MOCK KitV OF III K I > It I N K -'I > K M ON'S
at his fall, was one of the most thril- i
ling and pathetic stories 1 ever hoardTwo
power of drink to pervert the
whole moral nature was vividly set
forth, and he closed with a striking
picture of the liquor-traffic sot off in a
territory to itself like Mormonism.
_ lie was finally saved by putting his
faitli in Chtist-and litis tin faith in
any other remedy for the drunkard.
He has been laboring as a missionary
to drunkards under Mr. Moody's
direction, and at Mr. Moody's suggestion
the audience raised the money to
send him to this work?$2,100 being
given or subscribed that night. His
method of work is strictly evangelistic?holding
up Christ out of the
Scriptures as the drunkard's salvation.
The pledge he uses is 111 the
name of Christ and concludes: with a
prayer. It is written in the back of
a little Testament, which is given to
the person signing it. He narrated
an incident of a man who wanted to
sign the pledge, hut said he did not
believe in Christ. Ho told him lie
could not sign that pledge. Hut the
inau said, "I've said 1 would sign and
I must do it." "Hut do not dare to
sign this pledge in tho name of Christ
unless you moan every word of it."
"Hut what can 1 do, I must sign?"
"Vory well, take your pon and cross
out the name of Christ?reject and
ii:... I _ii .
uniuuy jiiiii, uiiu renounce an ciaim
to His help by crossing out tbo prayer
at the end." The man hesitated,
and then said, 'Oh, I can't do that."
"Well, I wouldn't either. Gee down
on your knees and settle this with
Christ now." The result was that the
man found Christ and had himself led
thirty drunkards to Chirst in loss than
a year. Do we use our Gospel for
oil there it in it?
I cannot, of course, go into detail
as to a'll the speakors and subject. Dr.
A. T. Pierson made a number of interesting
addresses on different books
of ttye Bible. l)r. Gumbart, of Brook lyn
gave illustrations of tho method of
preaching to children by object les
t\_ r
nunn. it. ijuwrence, or umcago, |
ami others spoke of the evangeliza
<ion of cities, llut I was especially
interested hearing
DR. JUDHOX, OF NKW YOHK,
the son of the great missionary. Mr.
Moody told tis before he came of his
work, giving up a large, wealthy and
devoted congregation to start out for
himself in the tenement district of
Ne\* York. There is a modesty and
manliness about Dr. Judson that is
very charming and his two addresses
showed rare insight into the Scriptures,
and singular power of presenting
the truth simply and at the same
time pungently. Mr, Moody insisted
on his giving some account of his
own work, which he did very modes.
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tiy, and evidently without a thought
that he had made any extraordinary
sacrifice. He has now gathorod a
church of over 700 momhers and is
nearly ready to begin building a
magnificent church in memory of his
father, that will combine facilities for
11 the schools and charities of such
an enterprise, while the great square
tower will contain for young men,
bringing them under Christian influetdjles,
supplying them with reading
and sitting room, and at the same
lime bringing in a rental of over #4,000
a year, which will support the
^' schools. Dr. Judson made a fine
impression, and ou Dr. Pierson's motion
a collection was taken for this
building and #600, was raised. This
is the communion of the saints. J)r
Judson i?, of course,, a Baptist, but
the coutributions were from all ot. the
motion of a Presbyterian.
1 wish I could give some account of |
the address of. '
IKJ/flM
i?lC. MOMCO (SIBRON
of the English 1'resbyterian Church,
on the Organic I'nity of the Bible, j
So clear cut was it that 1 could repeat
long passages of it without difficulty,
and sometime want to give
my people the benefits of its leading
thoughts. While the theme has been
a favorite study with us, he drew outa
beauty in it of which 1 never conceived.
It was worth going to
Xorthfield iust to hear that address.
if 1 hud gone all the way from Wilmington
for that alone. It almost
made me sick to have to leave when
1 did, for Dr. J. Hudson Taylor was
to be there for Sunday, and I would
rather hear him than any man living,
except Spurgeon? 1 mean one 1 have
not hoard.
The town of Northfield is imfceed
"beautiful for situation" and is becoming
more ami more the joy of the
whole earth." The blue mountains,
the green hills, the greener meadows,
and the windings of the Connecticut
river, make a prospect of rare beauty.
The long, broad street with its rows
of grout elms, and the trim, comfortable
houses on each side, make the
ideal village. On the northern edge
of the town uro tho spacious grounds
with tho live elegant buildings of
Northfiold Seminary, which with the
si miliar institution at Mt. Mormon,
on tho other side of tho river, constitute
tho glory of the place. Those
institutions are an enduring iiionnmen
to the
l'OWKK OV I'KAYKU.
Mr. Moody having begun with
nothing, having said nothing to any
one, but feeling tho need, laid the
whole matter before tho Lord, until
tho (irst money came to him and tho
work was begun. One of the buildings
was orected from the royalties
on tho Gospel liyinn books. . The
aim was to give girls a thorough
Christian education to tit them for
the duties of home, thou to train women
workers for work ut homo and
abroad with tho further aim of using
a i ul .1: t 11
iiiu uiuuuugs ior iiieso summer con- i
forenees. Those who attend are aocoihmodated
in the buildings at moderate
board-?all the servico is rendered
by scholars from the two institutions
who are enabled to earn
something to keep themselves at
school. The excellence of the culinary
instruction is shown by the admirablo
table that is furnished the
guests so reasonably. While the resources
were strained to the utmost
by tho groat crowd, everybody was
willing,obliging, polite. Everything
worked smoothly and harmoniously.
In a great hotel, where tho machinery
is lubricated with plenty of mon
eyione expects everything to work'
smoothly; but hero every part seemed
oiled by grace, and wo found tno
young men in our building went oft
at a certain hour and had a prayer
meeting to themselves. Wo under-*
stood then why all went so smooth!y
With some friends from Richmond,
Va., I called on
mii. Moody's Moth Kit.
You see at once where ho got his
fine eye and strong intellect. She
takes his greatness very simply and
naturally. It is delightful to see
how proud the community is of him,
and how attached to him. lie is universally
spoken of simply as "P.
h." He has revolutionized the community
that was strongly Unitarian.
Nobody locks things up at Northfield.
Even umbrellas rest safely in
the rack at the door of the public
hall, although a wag had put over it,
the inviting motto, "Take one."
Mil. MOODY AT 1IOMK
cordial and affable. 1 was particularly
struck with his tact in disowning
to us some pleasant things that
had been said on the platform by a
speaker who canonized .John Urown.
lie told us we were "growing in
grace" if wo could stand that. Mr.
Moody's house is very simple?the
only thing about it that is not plain
is his lovely and charming wife.
I cannot oloso without a word about
the music. It was a great pleasure
to meet "Fanny Crosby," the
blind hymn writer, who has helped
our devotions so much. Mr. .Sankey
always brought her and # gave her a
special seat. Mr. Sankey's singing
and that of Mr. Geo. O. Stebbins and|
his wife added greatly to the m<.
ings. lite quartet of Mt. Hermon
boys perhaps at times touched the
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"'lie True to Your
JONWAY.S. C.
heart most of all. Hut the most in-J
spiring was the whole congregation. J
At the etui of Dr. Gibson's speooh
Mr. M oody was so full that he called |
for the Gloria l'atri, which was
sung sung with great spirit to
Grestorex lino tune. "Let's nave
that again, I like that," said Mr. i
Moody. When we had sung it again,
he said, "Now let's have the Doxology."
Hy the time we had sung
that 1 was ready for the "Hallelujah
Chorus." P. H. II.
A WONDERFUL WATCH.
\V. T. K. Huntington of Cleveland
is the owner of a unique watch presented
to him by his father, John
Huntington?-* watch that is one of
two, Mr. Huntington, Sr., carrying
the duplicate. For both there, it is
said, the latter paid $5, 000 in gold
to the makers, Messrs. J. lladollet &
j Co. Geneva.. The case of the one
described is of pure gold, four ounce,
whilo the works are of the most delicate
and intricate character ami number
fully 100 pieces. On the largo
dial appear four smaller dials. The
oho *1 ino top snows t?y a diagram ot
the sky tho changes of the moon, the
firmament being of lapis-lazuli studed
with golden stars. The next dial
to the right shows the leap year, the
tiny hand moving around the circle
once in four years, and an auxiliary
hand shows each month.
On the dial at the bottom is a hand
marking the quarter seconds, and
one showing the day of the month.
At tho loft on tho fourth miniature
dial is a hand pointing out the day
of the week, and another the tide as
it ebbs and flows. Around the large
dial, besides the usual hour and minute
hands, moves a second hand, and
an extra horse-timer so arranged
that the distance between two horses
at tho finish is accurately noted in
quartor-soconds. By pressing a button
the last hour is struck on a deep-'
toned boll, one of a fairy chime; tho
quarters are a more silvery note, and
.. *.11 A ? I - 1! ? _ - '
u rapiuiy 1111 k11ng companion gives
tho minute?. Tho watch is a stemwinder
and one spring furnishes the
motive power.
no ?r xkraii nonnoon
jwws a now.
There are many localities throughout
the country where life is renderod
well-nigh intolerable by the prevalence
of neighborhood rows.
These rows start from slight sour
ces, but grow like a snow ball rolling
dowii hill.
Men have not got all their inborn
savagery tamed out of them yet; the
ape and tiger still assert their dom[
inancy in the humau breast; and
through all disguises we can still often
discover the sanguinary tooth and
claw of the beast.
It is undeniable that many neighborhood
ro^s are perpetuated bocause
many men and women still like
to fight. With tho war horse's keen
ness ot scent they sniff the battle
from afar and are ready for the fray,
So the slightest causes are consid[
ored sufficient provocation for a rupture
of friendly relation; and frequently
u neighborhood row that is transmitted
from generation to generation
arises from the most trivial sources.
! Smith's dog chases one of Johnson's
hens; Johnson stones Smith's dog;
' Smith kills one of Johnson's hens;
Mrs, Johnson refuses to lend Mrs.
Smith a "mess" of tea; Mrs. Smith
' tells about the neighborhood tha
Mrs, Johnson is no better than she
should be; Mrs Johnson denounces
! Mrs. Smith in the sewing circle; .the
It ii* - ri
cnurcn discusses ine matter nextnunday;
the minister is drawn into the
row; the local village paper takes up
the scandal and parades it before the
eyes of ull its readers; it becomes a
subject for the jeers of the unsauqtified;
the church falls into disrepute;
the minister resigns; Dea. Jones and
a large contingent of his followers
secede from the church and establish,
a rival society of their own; reports
of the row reach neighboring rbwns
and g'Ve the neighborhood " an
unsavory reputation; property, decreases
in value; the young move
away to more congenial and prosperous
localities; of course, the young
.ladies foHow; the neighborhood falls
into decay and a general air of ne- '
glqct and ruin pervades the whole lo?
cality.
' In the meantime Smith's dog >nd
KihnsonVhen have long since passed
imay, and no one' remembers thai
they were the innocent cause- of tKia
long-continued trouble. . .
I
Iiv^jf
word a?}d Your wori,
THURSDAY,
THE NEW ELIXIM OF
IAFE.
[From the New York Herald.]
PHILAOKI.IM'IA, Pa, August 1.?
The report of the experiments* of I)r,
W. A. Hammond with Or. HrownSequard's
so-called elixir of life has
awakenod a great ileal of interest in
high medical circles in this city.
Dr. Krnest 1 .a Piano, of Paris, who
for seven yenrs has been .1 co-laborer
with Pasteur in his celebrated laboratory,
arrived in this city to-night to
take the chair of pathology in the
Medico-Chirurgical College.
1 asked Dr. I.a Place to-night for
his views on Dr. Hammond's experiments
and replied: * 1
"There is nothing improbable in
the theory and an immense amount
of possibility. Looking at it from an
analagous standpoint 1 would be disposed
to try it, and try it with a groat
deal of confidence of success. There
would bo no danger attending the
experiments. The injection of such
a fluid as Dr. Hammond prepares under
aseptic oonditons ?that is, conditions
which eclude the presence
of micro organisms?would bo attended
with no danger to the patient,
and possibly the nature of said in
jeetion would bo such as to possess ,
very marked and heretofore unknown
stimulative and ulitive effects to the
nervous system.
t'ANTElI It's WORK.
"Now to prove experimentally
that animal matter can be used with I
impunity under the skin, Pasteur has
for the last four years treated several
thousand patients against hydrophobia
by the subcutaneous injections of
the specially propnrod spinal cord of
rabbits without ulceration or similar J
results.
NOT A WILD DELUSION.
"This rejuvenation is not a wild
delusion: Do not think for an instant
of classing it'with thev absurd
vagaries of the Middle ages. It has
much in it to demand the attention
of the scientist. Dr. Brown-Sequard
is a great friend of mine, and is without
doubt the greatest physiologist
in the world. He is not in his dotago,
as many persons would have us
hnlinvA. hut in intftl)?nhiollt/ i.? tVu
, ... I..*7
prime of his life, ami discovery of
this magic life-giving elixir is a product
of such a mind.
"It is no delusion, ^110 hallucination,
but a well balanced, carefully
thought out problem, and is illustrative
of the tentative spirit of science."
A DOUBTING THOMAS.
Dr. Charles K. Mills, professor of
mental diseases of the University of
Pennsylvania,-took a different view.
Ho said: "Frankly, I doubt whether
there is much in it. I)r. Brown-Sequard
is principally a physiologist,
and is not distinctively a practitioner.
He has always borno a high scientific
reputation, and it seems almost
incredible that ho should advance
this theory. I think it is a result of
advanced yoars. He is in his dotage,
for he certainly would not have advanced
it a dozen years ago.
"An elixir of life in the yory nature
of things is an impossibility. An
individual may be temporarily improved
in health by stimulating injections
of' various substances, and
such a result, joined with an affected
mental condition, gives rise to a
temporary delusion in the mind of
the patient that he is rejuvenatod.
FAR KKTOIIKD THEORY.
"This theory is far fetched. It is
nothing more than a shade of the
Middle A^es without any reality. 11
w * 4 belongs
to the same category as
perpetual motion, squaring the circle,
and is but a modern version of
Ponce de T.eon in search of the magic
pool.
"No medication can absolutely restore
degenerated blood vessels and
played out nerve cells, particularly
when. individuals are undergoing
natural processes of dissolution which
accompany advancing years.
"jn. other words, life cannot be
made eternal. From the very essence
of things we are doomed to do.qey
and pass away, and all theories
to the contrary are mere fMfeftions.
Only the rivers of the gods run upward."
ONLY A OAHK OK CHILDHOOD.
Dr. J. Ewing Mears, demonstrator
of surgery in Jefferson College, said:
' .Wy opinion, in a few words, is that 1
i" ai)<) Your Country.''
AUGUST 22, 1
l)r. Brown Seq.utril is in his second | a
childhood, and that Dr. Hammond, as ?
he is known in his profession, is ale
fraud. It is as impossible for this >
theory to ho successful as it is to re- j !
juvon&te an old docayod trunk of a 1
tree by engrafting it with a young
tree. The theory is not worthy of '
scioutitlo investigation. It is simply 1
absurd. Dr. I lain inond knows it as ]
woll as I do. Ho is doing it for the 1
money that is in it. t
"The medical profession are averse <
to such fukos. Why? Because they t
destroy confidence in medical prao- 1
titioners, and as such are doservimg 1
of the severest censure. The theory i
is unworthy of any credence and is t
not based on scientific investiVaOur."
'I'll K 'I'll KOlt V NOT It AT ION A I.,
Dr. William II. I'ancoast, dean of ?
the faculty of the Medico-Chirurgi- *
cal College said: "I know Brown 1
Sequard very well, and I have a *
great regard for him, but 1 would ?
like to have his theory proved be- f
fore I put any faith in it. The the- 1
ory does not seem to nie <> be ration- 1
ul. I believe tliut the action of hyp- 1
odermic injection of this fluid excites 1
the imagination, which temporarily J
induces the patient to bolieve ho is 1
regenerated. I have patients who s
have eaten the delicate portions of a '
lamb for years, of which the fluid is r
made, and I have noror noticed any *
effect upon them any more than or- 1
dinary food. Food which enters the
stomach affects the body in tho same
general line as that which is hypo- *
dermioally injected. I have, thoro- fore,
no faith in it, and it will have
to bo proved before 1 believe in 1
it." 1
Dr. I'arvin, professor of obstetrics '
in Jefferson Medical College, said: 1
"One of the vagaries of a senile old
man. The theory has no value what- '
ever. Dr. llrown Sequard, in my 1
opinion, is not a practitioner, but only
a dabbler in physiology. 1'ut all 1
such theories where they belong back
to the philosopher's stone, to I'once I
do Leon's fountain of youth."
A STRANGE FAMILY HIS
TOR Y. ,
The conviction of Mrs. Maybrick |
for the murder of her husband is on
ly ono startling episode in a remarkable
family history. Mrs. Maybrick |
is an American by birth, about ]
years old, and her maiden name was i
Chanter. Iler grandfather on tho
maternal side was Darius B. Hoi- j
brook, a wealthy New Yorker, and *
ono of the best known moil of his day \
who died in *1858. His daughter <
Curie E. Hoi brook, the m or her of the i
tntirflorAuc ivant */? * i- - I
Hiutuviva'^ ngiiu t\* iHUUHUj ;\ lil.^ it"
bout 1950 on a visit to her undo. (
the Rev, J. II. Ingrlmm, the rector I
St. John's P. K. Church in that city, |
and famous as thO author of the ]
"Prince of the House of David." She <
was very popular in society, being a i
good conversationalist, handsome, 1
though not protty, and quiet and pre- |
possessing in demeanor. Among ]
those who joined her troop of admi- 1
rors was Wm. (r. Char.ler, son of one |
of the most prominent merchants of i
the city. Chanler was educated 1
and refined, and successful in busi- i
ness. The young people were inu- 1
tunlly taken with one another, and j
he followed her, to her home in New (
York city where they were married. 1
Returning to Mobile, they lived in f
good style, and Mrs Chanler increased
her influence in society. She was
as much of a belle as before marriage,
and her society was especially sought
by young men. t
It was at the beginning of the war f
that Mrs. Chanter's path was crossed ^
K? i- - ? * *
I/T I KHMV l/UUAOSV. WIIU IS HHIU lO
J 0 1 J
have boen a French Vicomte, and ^
who at that time wan a captain of *
ordnanco in the Confederate army, j
lie was remarkably handsome and a
dashing officer. He fell in with the ^
"Chanters" and soon there was some ?
t.
talk o: his attention to the lady. ^
Suddenly Mr. Chanter fell ill. He
grew rapidly worse and his relatives
went to offer their assistance, but
were refused admittance to the house. *
Chanter died, attended by no one ^
Wit the young1 wife, and the report c
arose that he had been killed by her. a
Thero was no official investigation of 1
the charge, but It affected her posi- ?
tion, which became so unpleasant j
that she took her two ohildren and {
moved to Macon, Ga., In less than I
11919*
&89?
l yu?r slio married Dubassy there.
ihorf'Jy afterwards Dubassy was orlered
to j*o to Kurops as a representitivo
of the ('oufederate government,
lie and his family took passage on a
>laokade-ranner out of (J harleatnii <?r
Savannah, it is not known which, ami
mil proceeded but a couple of dajs
when Dubassy, who had been comjlainin^r,
suddenly died. The cnptaiu
of the steamer proposed to re
aril to port in order that the body
)f the officer mi^bt be interred, but
;ho widow strenuously iusistod that
ho vessel should continue. Sho said
hat sho iliil not like the risk of tuning
tiio vessel back and demanded
:hut the body bo cast overboard.
This whs done, and the vessel reaoh?d
Kurope in duo time.
In a your or two Mrs. Dybassy
Irifted back to New Vork, where
die was involved in a scandal with
with some actor, which was publish)d
in the papers at the time,and croited
a grent sensation. After this
iho went agui n to Kurope, and met
md married Haroti von lloquo There ;
was shortly a scandal with him, as it
i said he was not faithful to her, and
it ono time ho gavo her ;i boating, so
iho loft him. It seems that thev lod
4
id adventurous life together. After j
separating from Yon lioquo the lady !
>ecamo a woman o f the world, anil
.vhon last heard from last was filling i
ho equivocal position of "wife" of
in attache of the British legation at
Teheran, Persia.
The widow of l)arius 11 oil) rook,
:ho maternal grandfather of Mrs. j
May brick, had died in Now
York city in 1870. At tho time of
Mr. llolbrooks death, in 1858, his
astute was valued at fully $1,000,000,
but it consisted largely of property '
in*Cairo, III., and throughout tho
Southwest, which greatly doprociat- j
ad in value after the war. Tho estate
had been bequeathed by Mr. I
Holbrook to his widow and daugh-j
tors, and before the death of Mrs. I
Holbrook, she and tho latter united
in placing the remnants, which embraced
some valuable real estate on
Fourteenth street Now York city, in
u trust tor the benefit of tho two
Chaulor children?a son named llol
brook, now dead and Florence the
present Mrs. Maybrick. This trust
was attached in 187i) by a Triosto
banker named Rosenthal, who had
lent money to Huron von Roquo on
notes indorsed by his wife, and the
Baronness came to New York to dofend
it. The suit terminated in 1880
with the defeat of tho banker, and
die Baronness and her daughter, who
was then eighteen years old, at once
returned to Europe.
On the voyage they inado tho acquaintance
of James Maybrick, who
liad been for a number of "ears, in
die cotton buisiness in Norfolk and
Baltimore, and in 1881 Florence became
Mrs. Maybrick. From tho ovdonee
brought out at tho trial of tho
latter, their married life does not appear
to have been very happy. Mrs.
Maybrick seems to have given her
lusband abundant cause for unhap;)inoss.
llor acknowledged paranour,
to whom the letter intercepted
>y the nursemaid was addressed, was
tamed Brierly. He is a dissipatedooking
man of about twonty-eight
fears, with reddish hair and whisk?rs,
and Mrs. Maybrick's wanton af!ection
for him is one of the strangest
features of this stange story in renl
life.
DEAF MIJTES IV THE
WOE ED.
There is in tho civilized world an
ivoratre of one deaf mut.< tnevnrv 1 .
J ., .
)90 of the population; in other words,
hero are at loast 1,<MX),(XM) of this
ifllicte<l class. In tho United States
hero are 38,(XX); in Great Britian, j
JO,(MX); in Germany 25,(MX); in
France, HO,(XX); in Sweden, 2,000;
n Norway, 1,100; in Denmark, 2,XX);
in Holland, 2,800, and in Switzerland
(the country above all others
vhero deafness is prevalent), 10,00?.
? Detroit Free Press.
United States Senator John W. I
)aniei has accepted tho invitation of;
he Ladies' Memorial Association to
lelivor tho oration at the dedication
>f the Confederate monument at Man-,
ssas, Va, on the 30th day of August.
Phe Hon K. K Meredith will deliver
he monument. Governor Lee will
?o present and make an addross. It
s expected thero will bo a large
urnout of the people, including many
Cx-Confederates.
HUMliI JW?1MHM
NO. 6.
' FlGHTtNQ AGAINST Flu
runs.
News uiul Courier.
Wash iion, August 13. In
addition to its legislative duties the
House of Representatives of the 51st
('dhgress will be requirod to try an
unusually largo number of election
contests. The docket will comprise
no loss thnn eighteen cases. There
were twenty cases, but the notices of
contest in the 1st ('onnecticut and
Oth (Jeorgia districts were withdrawn.
The unusually large number of
contests is to be attributed to two
causes: First, the confidence of the
1 )oniocruts, especially in the South,
that Cleveland would be re elected,
together with a Democratic majority
in tho House, and that the latter
would protect the members of its
own party, as the Republicans have
already done in the past, without regard
to the merits involved. Second,
the endeavor of the Democrats
to retain control of tho House, and
thus stand as sentinels to guard the
interests of tho people against the
assaults upon the troasury by tho
Republican plunderers.
I j'ndor tho law enacted by tho 40th
Congress the testimony in each election
contest is ? .?
cloik of tho Houso, and by him htranged
and printed, and it, together
with ttie printed briefs of the contestant
and contestee, .is already to
be examined by the committee on
elections as soon as that committee is
organized.
The purpose of this law was to
prevent long delays in the investigation
and settlement of election contests,
which had become a grave
scandal by permitting men who had
questionable titles to occupy seats,
participate in legislation and draw
pay from the time they entered until
the expiring days or hours of a Congress,
while tho men who were rightfully
entitled vainly claimed their
rights in bohalt of themselves and
their co ituents.
Such was the intent of tho law.
The testimony in seventeen cases
pending has all been received by the
clerk of the House and about one-half
of it has been printed, while tho
remainder is in the hands of the pub1
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tioiiH coimnittoe. All of it will he
ready by November 1, and the next
conunittoo on elecfions will have its
hands full from the time it is appointed
until the lust case is disposed of
by the House.
It needs to bo a strong as well as
an industrious committee, for it will
have some difficulty as well as Hagrant
matters with which to deal. It is
ititi mated that the testimony alonn
in the seventeen cases will fill at
least 20,000 pages.
The following is a list of the cases
with figures showing the claimed
n n
Democratic majority or plurality in
each case, so far as known:
Warrill against Wise, 2d Virginia
district 211.
Langston against Venablo, 4th
Virginia, 042.
Bowen against Buchanan, 0th Virginia,
478.
Chalmers against Morgan, 2d Mississippi,
13,10J.
Hill against Hatchings, 2d Mississippi,
7, 010.
Kernaghan against Hooker, 7th
Mississippi 8,200.
Atkinson against Pendleton, 1st
West Virginia.
McGinnes against Alderaon, 3d
West Virginia.
Smith against Jackson, 4th West
Virginia. 4
Posey against Parrett, 1st Indiana. .1
Miller against Klliott, 7th South
Carolina, 1,355.
Mudd against Comptoti, 5th Maryland,
181.
l.eatherstone ncainst Cate. 1st Ar.
kaii Fas, 1,848.
Goodrich against Bullock, 2d ,&
Florida, 8,195.
Katon against Phelan, 10th Tonnes- *
?eo, 8,419.
Throat against Clarke, 1st
bama, 4,489. ?
McDuflie against Turpin, 4th /i.
abaina, 18,158.
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