The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-20
XLvIth CONGRESSES Session.
SENATE.

courts of the United States are held at the
| same time and place. there shall be but one
grand and petit jury summoned, was passed.
Mr.. Wallace from the select committee on
| alleged frauds in the late election submitted a
report on the prevention of elective franchise
| by threats of deprivation of employment It
was ordered printed.
Mr.; Teller announced that minority re-
| port be made.
The army appropriation bill was reported
back and placed on the calendar, and resolu-
ton providing for a commission on inter State
commerce was taken up.
Mr.. Salisbury offered an amendment in
structing the committee to inquire into the
effects OF railway consolidation, and what
power Congress has in that matter
Pendlng debate the morning hour expired
and the resolution went over.
Mr.. Whyte from the committee on printin q
reported fayorably a concurrent resolution to
print 100000 copies of the special report on
diseases OF swine. 1t was adopted
The Senate resnmnd- consideration of the
Gonova award bill and Mr.. Carpenter con-
tinued his speech in support of the committee
bill.
In answer to Mr.. Blaines statement that the
North American Insurance Company of Phila-
delphia had received 100000 for war pre-
miums and paid only 100000 in losses Mr..
Carpenter showed from the Company's official
Against the assestion of Mr.. Blaine that this
company would scorn to take any part of the
Geneva award Mr.. Carpenter submitted a
telegram from the officers of the company
denying that the corporation ever disclaimed
any right to participate in the award, stating
on the contrary, that they unqualifedly claim
their proportion by right of abrogation Mr..
Carpenter then alleged that the document
produced by Mr.. Blaine as an opinion by
Caleb Gushing must be forgery. He had
read an affidavit of Ward, New York lawyer,
deposing that in 1867 he had shown the docu-
ment to Mr.. Gushing, and that Cushing dis
Claimed having given such an opinion.
MIR. Blaine proceeded to show that Mr.. Car
penter had, when in the Senate before, voted
hve or SIX times against the payment of in
suraEce companies.
The Senator now sought to explain those
votes by saying it was not on final exclusion
but simply the postponement of underwriters
claims.
Mr. Blaine thought this explanation very
inadequate in the face of the recorded votes
He then stated that the document read by him
as CuShlng'S opinion was such bitter pill to
the Senator from Wisconsin that he had gone
out into the lobby and got an affidavit from
the attorney of the insurance companies that
it was not written by Gushing. Mr.. Ward was
the attorney of the insurance companies in the
lobbies of Congress He then proceeded to es-
tablish the authenticity of the document by
reading letter from one of the gentlemen
who procured it from Gushing, and by review
ing Cushing's personal statements before the
House judiciary committee, which conceded
with those on the printed document. MI.
Blaine again read the brief and submitted that
it established the fact that in Cushing's opin-
ion the award was national and that subroga-
ton was not contemplated in this connection.
The discussion subsequently took the form
of personalities between Mr.. Carpenter and
Mr.. Blaine, the former saying that the Senator
from Maine had commenced this dance be-
tween them by criticising him for being
lawyer and requiring an Authorization of
what was read to the Senate and the Senator
might continue the amusement as long as he
pleased or stop whenever he chose, but so long
as he kept it up he (Carpenter) would not
retire. It could never be said in the Senate
or outside of it that the Senator had piped to
him and he had not danced.
Mr.. Blaine said he was not so fond of seeing
the steps of the Senator from Wisconsin or
that he would pipe long to call him out. The
Senator was making mountain of mole hill
and showing remarkably thin skin for law
yer who had had SO many conflicts at the bar
He asked the Senator whether he still chose
to refer to Cushing's brief as forgery.
Mr.. Carpenter said he had no hesitatian in
saying Gushing never wroter word of it.
Mr.. Blaine spoke against Edmunds' amend
ment to turn the balance into the treasury for
use in payment of the national debt.
Adjourned.
A bill was introduced and referred providing
that the President of the Senate shall submit
to the Senate and House, when assembled to
count the votes for President and Vice Presi-
dent, all packages purpcrting to contain cleo
toral votes
A bill for an international exhibition in
New York in 1883 was passed under suspen-
sion of the rules.
A motion to take up and consider bill
granting pensions to Mexican veterans was
lost. Adjourned.