Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-07
WHITE WINS.
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T. Decision of thu House in
the Indiana Contest.
OTHER POLITICAL GLEANINGS
A Warm Debate in the Senate
Sherman and Riddleberger
at LOggerheads.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD

IAssocia ated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
WASHINGTON, February g. Sena-
tor Hoar, from the select COM
IN ttee on the celebration of the
Centennial of the Constitution
reported joint resolution to-
day which was afterwards adopted,
providing, "In addition to such cele-
bration that may hereafter be pro-
vided for, the two Houses of Con-
gre.s shall meet in the hall of the
Hnu of Representa-, es; that the
Chief Justice Of the United States
shall deliver the oration, and that the
President OF the Unit d States, JUS
tices of the Supreme Court, members
of the Cabinet, executives of the sew.
eral States and Territories and such
other persons as may hereafter be de-
termined upon, shall be invited to at
tend"
AMONG THE BILLS REPORTED
From committees and placed on the
calender was. tue following: To grant
certain lands to Oregon and Wyoming
for punli', pil, poses.
Saw or cAll,d up and the Senate
pissed the hill to amend the postal
la W. ~ that news 'apers now sent free
of pS,t4g-, to persons residing within
the count OF publ cation, may he
sem TO ln.r-on. living in other counties
when they receive them from the
cnuny posrotfices within the county
Of pu'I cation
Senator Stanford introduced a bill
for the erection of n publ building at
San Diego to c ,st $200 00)0
AN ANIMATED DISCUSSION.
Ril leN,rger took the floor and
st .tei tnAt it was perhaps in order to
dis:ns. his resolution for conside ra-
ton in open session of the British
exr.l Ii 10 treaty. Hs held he treaty
in nj. h .ni, but could not refer to it
with ,ut violating an injunction OF
secrAcv If the Senate Foreign Rela-
ti,us Com nittee proposed an import
ant nen lrnent to the treaty the pub
lie vas entitled to know what it was
and who f,vored it. He asked the
Oh .,rnan of the Foreign Rela'ip ions
G mmirtee whether he woull answer
that qnesti n.
Senator Sherman replied that he
might as we'll be asked whether he
would pick a p ,cket or commit another
crime, or vi j .te an oath III a Senator
and gentlem IN. He would call the
Senator from Virginia to order.
The chair announced that any
reference to executive business was
fv,olation of the rules and an impro-
priety which he wonld prevent He
Cautioned Riddleberger not to trans
gress further.
Kid ileberter replied by personal
attack on Sherman and reference to
his letter to the political club an
nounciog rhe vote which he intended
to cast in secret session ON the Lamar
accept the decision o. the ch air, al
though the C )untry was entiil4' to the
formation which he had sought to
bring o It in open session.
BASIS To WORK ON.
Ri lhleberger also seat to tn. Clerks
desk scpp1 of the extra lt IN treaty
bet cen Prussia ami K ,s5ia signed
n : Petersburg. January l3, 1888.
The crimes enumerated are IN ir ter,
assault. bolilv rjnrv, voluntary de-
privation of individual lib"r'y, out
rdg'- assassination ard attempts at
t',a' crinr, and the preparation or
posS-ssi N of dvnami'e or Otner ex-
p'n-ive materials. ,rne following n
ticle of @ document hears signiti.
cane Of its text. The fact thtt a
or me or m-dAneanor on account of
whicn 4xtradition i dem 4nded has
he-n cnmm tie f)r p litical p irposes
shall in n case serve as 4 retI)n for
.ref'lsing ezra lition." The document
bears The following note in pencil at
the end. similar tr aties have
since he-n negotiated between Rus
sia AID Austria and treaty between
Russia and Great Britain was
signed on February End. 1897"
Taken in connection with Riddle
berger previous remarks it is as
snIned thst the paper is similar in its
provisions to the British treaty, whirh
he is anxious to have discussed before
the public. The document was
tabled
salisbury called up and addressed
the Senate on resolution relating to
information i coinage. The resolution
We over.
AN ADDRESS BY PLATT.
The Educa i,nal Bill having been
laid hef,r+ the Sena was temporar
lily laid aside at the requ st of Platt,
VINO proceeded to address the Senate
on the Presidents Message. Platt
delA'e ed that either the President ant
hi- message intend d free trade, Or
50 he was not dealing fairly with
,he American people. The method
of redu ton proposed by the Pr-si-
dent meant the ahsol to and final
destruction of the protective system.
II meant practical and absolute free
trade, soahat the spirit and result of
the me- sage led to the same con, lus-
ion Without finishing his speech,
Platt yielded for executive session,
and The Senate soon afterwards ad-
,urned.