Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-24
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Tho Question OF Printing All Speeches
as Delivered Presented to the
Senate.
How Campaign Document We're Printed
az Public Expense and franked
Through the Mail.
Settlers Warned Not TO Enter the In
dian Territory-The Crew Of
Barkentino Rescued.


WAsHIwuroN, Dec 2S.-In the sen
ate this morning Mr.. Jonas Of Louis
lima presented "a memorial OF the joint
commercial associations Of New Or
leans, protesting against the ratidca'
ton OF the Spanish treaty.
Mr.. Vest OF missouri submitted a
concurrent resolution providing that
congressional speeches shall be printed
az delivered, with the exception Of
verbal amendments, and that when u
speech ls withheld for revision for
more than week II shall be printed
as delivered. Referred.
Mr.. VeBt aid. "The record Of VIII at
is SAID and done in congress should be
what ID purported to be instead Of
being the c0rricature II was to-day.
The tfiectof the untruthful represent
tationa now made could not but have
most luxurious effect especially on
the ynung men Of the country when
they learned that instead of n speech
being delivered to a full house and In
the presenoe OF crowded gal.
letiea and with loud applause
and Immense hoduets 10 reward the
orator, that the orator did not deliver
the speech at all, but Mt the time OF the
supposed delivery WAS taking leisure.
~ hls luncheon In the congressional
res auRnt, or was placldly snoring in
the cloak room. This was becoming
90 we'll understood that II WAS touch
ing the sense Of public humor, and the
opinion OF the country was getting to
be that congress WA nothing but va.
riety show, where there was nothing
real except pay
He cited on abuses OF the printing
privilege the case OF member OF con-
gre5s who delivered ten lines OF re-
marks and then printed "a "a part of
his speech a complete copy Of the con.
stltutlon Of the United States, aud Rn-
other who printed os part Of his TO,
marks poem OF nine pages entitled,
ITO the Immortals,n and dedicated to
congress, but even more sCandalous
pbuse was that shown during the last
session, when Il member, after
delivering a few sentences OF
his speech, supplemented them with
al the chapters ON the tariff contained
In Mr.. Blaine's book, and had them thus
printed at the expense OF the public.
COPIES of that Speech" MIR. Vest
snid, were sold by the campaign COM
nlttee at ten cents a thousand and dis
tributed under frank through the
malls
Another instance cited by MI. Vest
was when identically the same speech
appeared printed, as having
been delivered by two members.
some member OF the library lobby had
aold copy Of his speech to two differ
ent men.
Mr. Hswley OF Connecticut re
marked that any copies OF his speeches
sent out by the campaign committee,
were paid for.
MIR Vest asked whether II were mo-
true that they were ranked through
the malls
Mr. Hawley replled that he believed
that II was the custom of both political
parties In distributing copies of con
gresslonal speeches to frank them.
MIR. Hale OF Maine called up tn,
naval appropriation bill Rs reported
yesterday by him from the committed
on appropriations, and Il was passed
Mr.. Morgan Of Alabama, from tn,
committee ON public lands, reported
favonbly the substitute for the bill [,
forfeit the lands granted the New Or
leans, Baton Rouge Il Vicksburg rail
road. Placed ON the calendar.
In the secret session the house reso
luton providing for holiday recess
was amended by substituting tie 2itl
" December for Goth as the date whel
the recess should begin.
Mr.. Van Wyok moved tomake spe
cial order for January next ofthe bll
heretofore reported from the judicIar,
committee declaring subject to stat
taxation the land granted 10 aid in tn
construction ofa railroad and TELEGRAPH
iiuo from the Missouri river TO the Pa
citio ocean, and 10 which lands th
companies were TO become entitle
upon the payment OF the cost of SUI
veylng. Agreed to.
Tho senate then went into eNecutiy
session aud adjourned,