Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-11

hill providing Tor tne tnfee cruisers |
which had already been passed by the
senate, 1t was discou tesN
and iudignity to that body
TO engraft the provisions of that bill
into an appropriation bill, aud Nc.
pherson had no doubt 1t would bc so
considered by the house. Then IN
case the two houses did not come to an
agreement, 1t would be, again charged
that the Democrats were trying to
stnrye the government. He did not
wish to see any money
applied to duplicating ships now under
G ,ntract till 1t should appear whether
they were success.
Beck said he had made the point of
order because he knew the rules of the
senate had been strict about these mat
tiers. According to the ruling OF the
chair, we could build 100 cruisers by
Mn amendment to the appropriation bill
as easy as we could build seven. We
might rs well put into 1t the further
provision that John Roach should bo
The builder. because lie would get the
building. That would be In order.
He supposed the general welfare
clause would cover the provision, and
then Roach would contribute
$4,000 to the campaign fund.
Beck also objected to duplicating ships
at present in course of construction
until their working qualities were
tested At any rate they We're not
war ships proper, but were commerce
destroyers, whose duty it might be-
come in case OF foreign war to destroy
American commerce, since our
commerce was carried in English YES
sells.
Jones of Florida said when the pres
ident informed the senate that the in
terest of the people Of the United
States required that something should
condition betitting the dignity and
greatness of the nation, he (Jones)
was not going to refuse
tn listen to him ON the ground
that the president was Republican.
How could the government be main
, tanned by such course? If officers
did not do their duty let them be inn
peached and turned out of power, but
above all things let not the interest of
the republic take harm.
Pending debate on the amendment
providing for the construction of steel
. cruisers, the senate wentinto executive
/ session, and when the doors were re-
. opened it adjourned till Monday.
t HOUSE.
5 Washington, April l0-The house
e met at Il o'clock, in continuation oil
Wednesdays session.
, Eaton from the committee on laws
: relating to the election of president
: and v.ce-president, reported back the
\ senate bill on the subject with al
= amendment in the nature of substi
a tute. Placed on the house calendar
$ The following ia the text Substitute
1 for section one:-That the electors
4 of each state shall meet and
= give their votes on the seconC
e Monday in December next, follow
ing their appointment, at sucl
II place ia each state as the legislature u
k such state shall direct Section two
l. That il shall be the duty of the eXecu
" tive of each state to cause lists Of name
e of the electors of such state duly ascer
3 tanned according to law of such stat
'e to have been chosen, To be made ant
d certified, and to be delivered as soon n
lie may lie after such determination
y shall be had, to elections, an
le before the day on which the
lie are required by law 10 meet; that cor
lie gress shall be in session on the secon
" Tuesday of January succeeding sue
IA meeting of elections; that the senat
e, and house of representatives. shall NEE
he in the hail of the house of represents
"a tives at the hour OF o'clock IN the n
IL ternoon of that day in joint conventio
IN and the president of the senate sha
ry be the presiding officer of said joir
TO convention. Two tellers shall be pr
viously appointed on the part OF u
senate and two on the part of I'll
house of representatives, to whom sla
be handed, as they are opened by u
president of the senate, all the certii
rs Gates and papers purporling
ed be certificates OF the electoral vote
which certificates and papers shall
n opened, presented and acted upon
of aiphabetical order of the. states, begi
for ming with the state of Alabama; Al
an said tcllers having them shall read Il
ro- same In the presence and hearing
the Joint convention, and shalt max,
a list of votes as they appear from 81
he certificates, and the votes haVll
he been ascertained and counted by Il
70. tellers, the result shall be delivered
ng the presiding officer of the joint co
vention, who shall therenpon "a
,de nounce the states vote and the nam
of persons, if any, elected preside
on and vice president of the Unit
uu- OAttS, anu Sstiu ohh"". ~
lge gether with the list
votes, shall be entered
,m- the Journals of the senate and hou
ted of representatives The presiding oiil'
liar of the Joint convention shall, az 80
10 as may he, notify said persons OF TN
to election to said Off es of president a
,ide vice president, and If on call
ON states, no objection is made to the
nth turn of the votes thereof, u
, of shall be counted and added
the the list of states whose v,
rec are determined. In case objection
been made, as hereinafter provld
on then said return shall be laid a-ids
AN be proceeded with in the same man
flee as hereinafter provided for, as IN
take of double votes from state. All
that lection to counting votes OF
the state shall be made III W
un- ing and signed by at i
three members Of the joint convent
before the call of said states, SAID
~ of lection to be placed in the hands OF
com. presiding officer of said joint conV
ton, who shall present the same
for call of the state. If more TN an one
New turn on paper, purporting 10 pe
burg turns from one state shall u
.sted been recorded by the presi..
. few of the senate, then thepresiding oi
g re- Of the joint convention SHAH SUI
o the t. the members thereof TO dttern
~ to which Is the proper return,