The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-02-08
LATEST NEWS.
Congress.

/ DLSSCIlICu dllO iCtClICu hCiS cCfClo
fror1 all parts of the country in ia.
Yor Of prohibition in the District O.
Columbia; also for constitutions
amendment prohibiting the manu-
facture, sale and transportation Of
alcoholic liquors ; for an inteTna-
tional copyright law ; for the issu'
ance Of fractional currency supple
mental to silver coins and for use in
the mails. and against legislation
adverse to sending reprints Of novels
through the mails at second-class
rates.
Mr.. Hoar, from the select COM
mittee on the celebration of the cen
tennial of the constitution, reported
u joint resolution providing, Sin
addition to such other celebration
as may hereafter be. provided for, D
that the members Of the two houses
of Congress shall meet in the hall
of the House of Representatives
that the Chief Justice of the United
States shall deliver al GRAFTON, and
that the President of the United
States, Justices of the Supreme
Court, members Of the Cabinet, ex-
ecutives of the several States and
Territories and such other persons
as may hereafter be determined
upon shall be invited to attend.
After long discussion the reso-
luton was amended by striking out
the Introductory sentence as quoted
and was then adopted.
In the course OF the debate Mr..
RiGdleberger again endcayored to
discuss the British extradiGon
treaty, had sharp passage with
Mr.. Sherman, whom he addressed
personally and was ruled out OF
order by the chairman pro tenn.
Mr.. Ingalls,, in somewhat sharper
and more direct fashion than usual.
Mr.. Hoar, from the judiciary COM
mittee, reported back the bill to
provide for inque5ts under national
authority, which was placed on the
calendar, the minority report to be
submitted hereafter.
Mr.. Sawyer called up and the
senate passed the bill to amend the
postal laws so that newspapers now
sent free of postage TO persons re
siding within the county of publi-
cation, may be sent to persons liv-
ing in other counties when they
receive them at postof1ices within
the county Of publicltion.
HoUsE-The following bills were
introduced:
BY Mr.. Gambler, Of Georgia--For
the refunding Of United States / per
cent bonds into 2! per cent bonds.
By NJ. Henderson, of North Car
oliua-To divide the surplus money
in the treasury on the 1st nt July,
1888, among the several States ana
Territories to be used in aid Of COM
mon schools; also, to repeal the tax
on notes Of State banks used ds cir
cu!ation.
At the conclusion ol the call of
the States Speaker Carlisle entered
the chamber and assumed the gaveI
amid loud applause from both side,
OF the House.
Mr. Perkins, Of Kansas, presented
a resolution Of compliment and
thanks to the speaker pro TEN Cox
which was adopted unanimously,
and a roun1 Of applause was added
to it. Mr.. Cox acknowledged the
compliment in brief speech, and
the House then resumed con&idera>
ton of the Lowry-W hite contested
election case from Indiana.
Mr.. Crisp, chairman of the cleo
tions committee, closed the debate.
He said that the House had listened
to the most marvellous exposition of
the law ever heard. Propositions
made by some of the gentlemen
were startling to any lawyer at all
familiar with the principles Of law.
He challenged any gentleman to
produce a single case where any re-
spectacle court had held that -natu-
ralization could be proved by pa
role. To take that position would
be destructive of the character that
eught to be preserved by the House.
1t was asked to violate every prin-
ciple of legal evidence, to take the
ground that it could do as it pleased.
How was the Hou { to judge OF the
qualifications of its members? By
telephone? by effect the iudgmeat
might have upon the votes OF mem
ber's constituents ? No, there was
but one means, and that Was by le>
gal evidence and in this case there
was no competent evidence ot natu-
ralization. Mr.. Crisp then turned
his attention to facts shown by rec
ord, and discussed them il detail,
quoting Whites published states
ment that he had been a soldier and
was & citizen. He declared that
White had resorted to that aubster
fnge because he had no real natu-
ralization, and he had gone from
pillar to post to establish his cit
izeuship. Taking up Whites mill
tary record, he referred to him as a
skulker, a man who furnished sup
plies for troops, and that, he said,
was the position he was in when he
rendered such distinguished service
to his country so effectingly describ,
ed.