Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-06-29
UNITED STATES,
Was 1t Accident or Design?

WASHINGTON, June 28.-In the
House, yesterday, the contestant in
the election case of Strobach VS.. Her.
bert, of the Second Alabama Dis
trict, was granted leave to withdraw
from the contest without prejudice.
The Committee on Elections re-
ported resolution declaring vacant
the seat Of the Fourth Alabama Dis
trict.
Page, Chairman Of the Committee
on Commerce, rising to question of
privilege, sent to the clerk desk and
had read the following statement
relative to the passage of the bill to
regulate immigration: On the 10Th
instant, by unanimous consent, Mr..
Regain, representing the Committee
on Commerce, moved to suspend the
rules, and his bill (which he offered J
was handed him by VanV oorhees
and purported to be the bill amend
ed by the Committee on Commerce.
Regain and the members of the Com
mittec present were mislaid in re-
gard to the bill which was passed.
they supposing it to be the true bill,
a copy Of the bill agreed to by the
Committee. The Committee recon-
mends and asks the House to sub
stitute the bill now in possession of
the Committee for the one passed.
Van Voorhees, objected.
Mclean commended that the state
ment intimated that Regain had been
imposed upon. A question of privi-
lege was raised, and it was not COM
petent for an objection to be raised
against the consideration of the bill.
The Speaker took contrary view.
Page said that without intending to
reflect upon any body, he desired to
state that the Committee on Com
merce found itself embarrassed BY the
fact that the wrong bill had passed
the House and he deemed it lust to
the committee that the House should
pass the bill as it came from the COM
Van Voorhees, exclaimed excitedly:
For the last few days the newspapers
have been filled with publications
such as the one sent to the Clerk S
desk. l don't blame the newspapers
because the false articles in them en-
anated from some member or men,
bers of the Committee on Commerce.
There never was falser charge made
than that | designed to deceive any
body. The passage of the bill was of
momentous Importance to the coun-
try. He then sent to the Clerk s
desk and had read, as specimen
brick, an article in the Chicago Tri-
bune abiding to his action as high
handed outrage. Continuing, he said
The provision of this bill which is
complained of, was one of the highest
public concern. l believe that every
patriotic member of the House, if he
will read the bill and examine the au.
thorities, will see that this fourth sec
ton ought to be passed exactly as it
stands. In concluding, Van Voorhees,
made an attack upon Regain, charac-
terizing his conduct as sneaking and
his accusations as of indefnable mean
ness.
Hammond Immediately demanded
that the words be taken down, and of
fered resolution declaring the Ian
guage supplementary, and that it
should receive the censure of the
House.
Van Voorhees, withdrew the Often
sive remarks, claiming that he didn't
know they were supplementary:
whereupon Hammond, with uncon-
cealed sarcasm, said that it would be
cruel, under such circumstances, to
press the resolution, and withdrew it.
Regain then took the floor to reply
to Van Voorhees,. His remarks were
very severe on Van Voorhees, ac-
ton.
The House then took up the bill to
regulate immigration, and passed it;
and then took up the bill to reduce
internal revenue taxes. The House,
by vote of rs to 60, refused to re-
commit all internal revenue bills with