The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-06-08

II the French people.
i. Cobb, of Indiana, sent 20 the clerk
/ desk and had read the bill for wines
4 liquors and cigars used In the entertain
0 ment amounting to 80, ,20, which he con
g demned
5 Dngley, Of Maine, opposed the appro
, priation and charged that q free bar hat
+ been kept upon the boat which carried the
visitors to YORKTOWN and protested in the
name OF his constituents against saddinG
upon the taxpayers of the country bills like
the one read, incurred under the form Of
extending welcome TO twenty representa-
tives of France.
Tucker, of Virginia, thought il unseemly
that congress should hagge and bubble in
the payment of bills contracted in the en-.
Itertainment of guests of the govern
ment. The gentlemen of the com
mittee had been gentlemen of estab-
lished character. Suppose a guest
had asked one of them for some champagne
would it have been possible for him to re-
ply, 1--WE can't give you any more the ap-
preparation is exhausted. We are in tie
habit of drinking whisky and if you want
TO drink champagne you can go home ~
Robinson, of New York-"Does the gen.
tleman mean to say all the champagne was
| swallowed by the guests ?"
Tucker-"No sir, and if we let the
Frenchman drink alone without drinking
his nedltn we Wollu De piackS uaTus anu NJ
gentlemen. Laughter and applause.
My friend seems to be jealous for fear that
some representative of the British flag took
drink" Laughter.
Robinson-"I believe it was turned into
British saturnalia and the flag that we
thought we had buried from memory in the
time Of CORVALLIS was dug up and put in
the place in which the American flag ought
to have waved"
Tncker-"I think it wasa time when the
American and the Britisher ought to have
drank wine across the bloody chasm. / do
not keep up the sentiments of hate for 100
years"
lnconclusion he appealed to the house to
make the appropriation without any further
quibbling. y
After some further debate in which it
had really been paid, Cobb moved to strike
out the clause. Rejected.
After considering four of the siXty-three
pages of the bill, the committee rose.
/ Kasson, of Iowa, offered resolution de-
claring that congress, in connection with
the people of the United States, has re-
ceived with profound grief the tidings of
Garibaldi; expressing high appreciation
of his loyalty and unselfsh patriotism, his
love of human rights, and his devotion to
principle ; ayowing the sympathy of the
United States with the friendly nation
which had been thus bereaved, and request
ing the president to cause copy of these
resolutions to be communicated to the gov
ernment of Italy. Adopted unanimously.
Recess until o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
On motion of Muldrow, of Mississippi, |
the senate bill was passed dividing the state
of Mississippi into two judicial districts. |
The house then resumed committee of the |
whole on consideration of the general def
cheney appropriation bill.
Action was confined to the minor amend |
nents, The house remained in session
until ll;O5 and, without disposing OF the
bill, adjourned. -
Washington Matters
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS.
WASHINGTON, June 3.-The following are
the preamble and resolutions which Spinger
read in the house to-day while the case
Lowe VS.. Wheeler vas under discussion:
WHEREAS, Forty-uine papers, called dep
ositlons, which are offered in evidence by
the contestant in this case, were never GER
titled to be depositions by any commits
sioner, nor certified IN any way what
ever; and
WHEREAS, Fifty papers, called deposi-
tions in this case, have no signatures recog.
nizee by law: and
WHEREAS, One hundred and twenty de-
positions offered to contestant have moth
ing on them to show that any OF the wit
nesses were sworn and none of said one
hundred and twenty depositons have any
certificate further than tha following worGs:
"Signed before me on day and year above
written, II. NJ. Figg, n. p.; and
WHEREAS, In taking thirty of these pre-
tended depositions, the commissioner re-
fused TO allow contestee to cross-examine
the witnesses in any way whatever, or pro-
pound any questions to them in any way
whatever; and
WHEREAS, Fifty of said pretended deposi-
tions were taken pursuant to false notice
and served on contestee, said false notice !
stating that contestant would take evidence
near Pleasant Hill, when contestant |
intended and did take evidence at
place more than six m les from Pleasant |
Hill; and
WHEREAS, The record in this
case shows that i'll taking |
said evidence, amenuensis, who wrote
said evidence, did not write it down as it |
was given by witnesses, but that he wrote |
it down to convey meaning different from
the meaning expressed by the witness
and
WHEREAS, In takins 10 Of said pretended |
depositions the commissioner refused to al |
low important pertinent and legal ques- |
tions TO be asked witness; and,
-
frmatively on record in this case ard are
not denied or questioned; and it
is proved that some OF these
pretended dispositions have been changed |
since the witnesses were examined; |
and that certain exhibits used in evidence
by contestant have been charged; and |
above papers are evidence on which con- |
testant relies TO secure his seat in congress; |
and essential points in the report Of the |
majority arc based on the papers above I
mentioned; and
WHEREAs. None Of said so-called deposit |
tions were taken as required by laws en- /
acted by congress for taking depositiOns |
and the house Of representatives Of the /
Unfed States should not deprive member |
Of his prima flcie right to a seat except |
pursuant 10 law: and contes-
tee at as early day as
possible, filed proper motions TO suppress /
the pretended testimony; aud
WHEEEAs, The committee has failed to 1
Pass in said motiOny and although cOntes- |
tees counsel bad only taken ninety min |
utes 90 argue all the facts end law IN the /
above cause. coutestee himself, though re-
guessing more time, was allowed but seven 1
minutes % argue bis case before the COM I
mittce therefore be ID
Resolved. That this case be recommittcd f.
% the committee on elections. ard that said T.
committee be authorized tO allow contest 7
ant o. -etake NJ such said Illegal evidence
as he desires tO retake. fnt that on receipt
Of said evidence. said committee again re-
port 90 this houer. au1 with further in
strucli1ns 90 ascertain the number Of tissue
ballots. or ballots printed on tiUue paper.
r1si f1r either parry o. shown By said ~
tice. and o. re.fuft q res0'uiio1 Giving the
seat % fle person UlB received tlc liehesi
rImher uf lr-tl votes after rcIrciTr All
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