Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-03-21
HOUSE..

Immediately after the reading of the jour
nal, Mr.. Turner of Georgia called up the
Virginia contested election case of Garrison
against Mayo, the report declaring the con-
testant Garrison entitled to a seat.
MIR. Mayo. the sitting member. admitted
that if the act of the general assembly of
Virginia requiring repayment of the capita
ton tax was constitutional, the report of the
committee was absolutely correct; but he
believed that the act was unconstitutional and
void. and that if the votes of the persons who
had been rejected for not having complied
with that law were counted, he would be
found to be entitled to his seat.
The attacks made on him by the so-called
democratic party in Virginia were made be-
cause the party to which he belonged believed
the war was over and taught their children to
believe it, To say he was rejoiced at the re-
storation of the Union and the abolition of
slavery was treason down South, and he was
called ''deserter" after the war. That was
the spirit which animated the fight in Vir-
ginia. That was the state of things whereby
his State had been disgraced. The people of
Virginia were not murderers. They did not
go deliberately to work to kill anybody,
white or colored, but the democratic party
did array one class against another on
false issues, until the strife was stirred up IN
the nearts OF the lgUOrdut VI DOth SiooscS.
The resolution declaring Garrison entitled
to the seat was adopted, and that gentleman
appeared and took the oath of the office.
On motion of Mr.. Keifer of Ohio, the con-
ferenc report on the military academy appro-
priation bill was taken up and agreed to.
The bill as passed appropriates s3l4,576
The morning hour having been dispensed
with, the house, without opposition at two
o'clock went into committee OF the whole
(Dorsheimer of New York in the chair) on
the bonded extension bill.
Its features were explained by Mr., Willis
of Kentucky, declaring that the failure to
pass the bill meant bankruptcy and ruin to
many of the most important firms in Ken
lucky aud throughout the west. Ii meant
bankruptcy and ruin. not only to the manu-
facturers but to the innocent holders OF
whiskey.
Mr.. Randall called the gentleman's atsen-
ton to the fact that though there had been
no minority report the bill had not been fav-
ored bv ali the members of the committee
anv more than by all the members of the
present committee. who we're in favor OF the
pending bill, although there was no minority
report. He had been absent during the vote,
and was therefore not recorded on either SIDE,
hut the gentleman had no right to assume
because he had been q member of the ways
and means committee that he had been In
favor of the bill.
Mr.. Willis denied any intention of making
a personal attack on the gentleman from
Pennsylvania He had merely stated the
facts. Fhe bill had now been passed nnder
a suspension of rules, only % votes being
recorded in the negative.
After further remarks against the bill,
Mr.. Cox of New York took the fioor and de-
livered an elaborate speech on the tariff, re-
ferring to the dangers of a large surplus In
the treasury. He said that it was thought by
some gentlemen that the last business tinker
ering of the tariff by the commission and
Congress, would produce result so a. to
reduce the surplus. A very small percentage
10 the measures of that reduction. 1t was