The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-12-20
FRIDAY, DEC. IA.
'he Senate vas not in session to.day.

The Senate was not in session to-day.
Mr.. Clardy MO- moved that the House go
into Committee of the Whole on the Private
Calendar for the further consideration of the
Nicaragua Canal bill, and, pending this motion,
moved that all debate on the bill and amend
ments thereto be limited to 40 minutes
Mr.. Wilson Mimi, rising to a question of
privilege, sent to the Clerks desk and had read
an article from newspaper declaring that two
elements were united against the Nicaragua
Canal bill-the agents of the Pacific Railroad
and the attorneys of the Panama Canal Com
pany-giving an interview with Judge Daily
on the subject and intimating that the gentle
men who had offered amendments to the bill,
Messrs. Wilson (Minn.), Cobb (Ala), Bland
(MO.), and Spinola N. Y ) were seeking to de-
feat the bill by indirecton.
Mr.. SpinOla IN. y } regretted having to rise
to a question of privilege, but said that, when,
IN his attempt to perfect measure before the
House, he was unwarrantably assaulted and In
suited and virtually charged with dishonesty.
it became his duty tomeet the issue and set the
wrong right The article in the paper was
based on an interview with Judge Daily. That
gentleman was one of the principal men behind
this measure Since his retirement from the
bench Judge Daily had been deVoting his great
ability and his great learning in favor of va
riOuS measures before the New York Legsla-
ture, and now he was here before the United
States Congress; and all the measures with
which that heightened and honorable gentle
man had been associated had been of a very
doubtful and greasy character.
Mr. Cox On. Y. said that when it was under
taken to fix on his friend and neighbor Judge
Daily, repr0ach in connection with the inter-
view he MFR. Cox found it almost impossible
for him to sit still and not repel it. Judge Daily
was gentleman who stood far higher than
many IN ordinary public or private life. For
nearly 40 years amid all the vieissitudcs of
New York judicial life he had been elected
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
The House, without reaching Il conclusion
upon the measure, ut 4:30 o'clock D. M took q
recess until 7:30.
The evening session was devoted to the con-
sideration of private pension bills, and the
House adjourned at $50 O'Clock p. M until
Monday.
MONDAY, DEC. II.
In the Senate, Mr. Riddeberger va spoke
to the resolution offered by him on Thursday,
and made a statement of his reasons for wish
ing to reorganize the Senate officers, his resolu-
tion being aimed at Senator ingalls,, the Vice
President pro tempore, whom ne accused of be-
ing prejudiced in his rulings against him.
Mr.. Harris (Tenn.) gave his testimony to the
absolutely impartial manner, eminently salts
factory to the Senate in which the Presiding
Officer had performed his duties.
In the House, Mr.. McMillin (Tenn) reported
back the current resolution providing for
holiday recess from Friday, Dee. 81, until
Monday, Jan. z, which was agreed to-
The House commenced its last sessions OBJ
structive tactics, the opponents of the Mica
ragua Canal bill sending to the Clerks desk
bills of various characters to consume time, and
demanding that they be read. Being unable to
transact business, the House adjourned at A 10
o'clock p. IN.