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while living were honored by all hon
orable men," Qoud applause).
The Senate then adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
Davidson to Retain His Seat-An
Animated Debate.

Animated Debate.
WASH eToN, March Elm the
House to-day Thomas, of Illinois, in
troduced a bill prohibiting the use of
likenesses, portrai s or representations
Of females for advertising purposes
without their consent in writing. Re-
ferred.
The House then resumed consider
alton of the Alabama contested
election case Of McDuffie vs.. Davidson
O'Felrall of Virginia supported
the majority report. He ridiculed
what he called the claims of the Re-
publican party, that the negro vote of
the south was invariably cast for the
nominees of that party. That had
been true in years gone by
were now learning who their
friends were, and the man of destiny
who had arisen in 1884 had taken into
his big national heart all sections, and
extended the pgis of his protection
over North and South, over white and
colored, without discrimination. The
Republican party sought to hold the
negroes through their churches and
societies, and through system OF it,
timidation and bulldozing. The col
ored men of the South were as abject
slaves to the preachers as they had
been the day when Lincoln with hes
itating hand signed the emancipation
proclamation. 1t was time that the
Democratic party should take stand,
and sustain and support the colored
men in their rights to vote as they
pleased.
Kerr inquired where the gentleman
learned that Lincoln had signed the
emancipation proclamation with a
hesitating hand.
O'Ferrall in reply referred to the
painting of the signing of the procla
nation hanging on the walls Of the
capitol.
Boutelle, of Maine, said that the
gentleman from Virginia was unfortu-
nately situated not to know the his
tory OF his country at that time.
O'Ferrall objected to such remarks
as cowardly.
Houk, of Tennessee, said that the
gentleman from Virginia had stated
that all colored people who used to
vote the Republican ticket now voted
the Democratic ticket. Was that
the reason that the Democratic ma
jority in Virginia had fallen from
SO 900 to nothing and that The Demo
Gratis had only one or two members in
the House from Virginia while the
Republicans had six or seven? Ii the
Democratic party had ever contrib
uted anything to the emancipation of
the colored people, it was on the prin-
ciple OF kicking gun, killing things
behind it instead Of what it shot at.
Boutelle said that the gentleman
from Virginia had gone out Of the
course Of his remarks in order to cast
reflections upon the sincerity and
earnestness of Abraham Lincoln in
the performance OF the most impor-
tant act of his life. When he (Bou.
telle) suggested that the gentleman
was not SO situated as to be
we'll informed on that point
the gentleman had become
very much excited and talked about
bravery and cowardice. 1t requires
very peculiar kind of bravery in any
man to stand up before the American
people and attempt to pluck from the
brow of the martyred Lincoln, SO
much as one single withered laurel
leaf placed there by common consent
OF the civilized world.
After further debate OF a political
nature the minority resolution declar-
ing McDuffie entitled to his seat was
rejected-yeas 122, nays 54, and the
majority report declaring the sitting
member entitled to his seat, adopted
without division.
The House then adjourned.