Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-20
CONGRESSIONAL.
Proceedings of the House
and Senate.
AN ANTI-sILvER SPEECH.
Scott. Of Philadelphia, Defends the
Financial Policy of the
Administration.



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WASHINGTON, repruary ~.
son offered resolution directing TN
sacrstarv of State and Secretary o
-, 10 tbe ssnat.
war 70 inqu'io A'u .op". -, L,,,:.. !
the facts surrounding she s y
Captain Emmett Crawford, said to havs
hssn s1a;o on or about January 10th,
,eac ,~s. .~oo,s and IN renort
iooo' W ne1
what steps were Deins 'sksh 'or sns
punishment by the Mexican government
- ,to.. gu;ltv of tho alleged outrage;
r..hsr - rso.ra,;o. and i,dsmni,v
also whe'ner iops'a''o" sA1 '''s''"''y
should not be made to those who suf-
fered. and an ample explanation and
apology be given TO the United
States for the apparently gross
insult. IN Offering the sosolu-
tion Manderson said It was due
to the United States, not less than to
the relations Of the deceased, that In
quiry should be- made ~ to the killing
OF Captain Crawford. Mandsrsou read
the official report OF Lisutenans Mnus
on the subject. and maintained that II
the facts were there correctly ssl forth,
they constituted 9 very severe reflection
on the Mexican troops. Manderson
paid high tribute to the courage and
soldiery devotion Of Captain Crawford
and animadyerted with severity on the
course pursued BY the Mexicans. He
expressed the hope that the United
States would compel reparation II neces-
sary by force, from the Mexican govern.
ment. in case that government should
prove to be In any way responsible for
the conduct Of its troops in this instance.
Butler Objected to the present consid-
GRAFTON Of the resolution.
Edmunds said the custom Of the Sen
ate was to refer TO the Committee on
Forsign Relations all revolutions affect
ing our relations with foreign govern
ment. The subjsct matter Of the reso-
lution should certainly be carefully in.
auired into, but ct this present moment,
Edmunds continued. we were bound TO
assume that the President and Secretary
Of State were not slumbering on the sub
ject, but were making careful invssti.
cation and efforts TO bring the Mexi-
can governmens EspJ p.I,'n -ss;",., whI.'
honsd - and oonid NOT doubt that thai
war sas case THE resoiutiop. with
Ma.as~.on,s ssseot wss referred 10 the
Comm;ttss an Forsion Relation.
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a. once nsssed M. Edmunds remark.
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nnsd. reist;vs to tbe eioht hour law.
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HOUSE.
Mr.. Hewitt called M the Joint resola.
tion tsnderiuq the thanks Of Congress to
Joseph Francis for his lifelong services
10 humanity and his country IN the con-
struct;on and perfection Of life saving
Appliances. and authorizing the President
10 have prepared gold medal 10 be pre-
seotsd 70 ME-. Frsncis. Passed.
The House want into COMMITTEES of the
whole on the private calendar. On the
first bin on the calendar Scott, Of Penn.
svIvania. offered a verbal amendment
And proceeded 10 deliver speech on the
silver question. He prefscsd bis speech
by expressipc 9 regret that gentlemen rep.
Isssntino III own political faith had seen
rroner 3o anticjpsta their Marty oppo.
nents ON their eriticisms on the fr.t
Dsmocr ATTIC Presiden I and Secretary Of the
Treasury who had occupied these posi-
tions ia the past twenty-five years. He
desired further to say, In Justice to the
large majority Of gentlemen Who differ
with him politically and who represent
their partv in both Houses Of Congress.
thst IL aid not believe they would 20
far ignore facts as to intimate that the
orpaoizations Of wealth have succssdsd
in alarming the President and Secretary
Of the Treasury, Is they have done in
several previous administration. II
the Language employed in this con-
nection meant anything at all
it must be construed to mean that the
President and Secretary Of the Treasury
were under the influence Of capitalists
whose interests were supposed to be au-
tsqouistic to those Of the productive
clssses and ware workers. What facts
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