Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-08
WASHINGTON.
Senator Morgan's Stand for
Principle.
IE OFFERS A RESOLUTION.
Other Congressional News General
sheridan Slowly Sinking
Discoursging symptoms.

WASHINGTON, June I'm the Senate.
Morgan asked leave to offer a preamble
and resolution setting forth the report Of
the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Sherman objected 10 this introduction.
Morgan demanded the right TO speak
on the motion TO refer.
TIE Chair held that he could not be
permitted to speak until unanimous con-
sent for the introduction Of the resolution
was given.
Cameron--f move TO proceed to execa-
tive business.
Morgan--I do not yield the floor for
that purpose. This important treaty has
been made The mere political football Of
great party, for the sake of advancing
the interests OF certain gentlemen in the
National Convention soon TO be held in
Chicago.
Despite the ruling OF the Chair against
him, Morgan maintained his ground and
read the address delivered by him on
the subject, in executive session. One
Of the sentences was: "The Senate may
make war necessary, az am very much
afraid we are doing here to-day" The
action OF the Republican Senators, he
said, was doubtless with the view Of ex-
citing the antagonism OF Irish voters to
the President, because of his alleged
subserviency to British influences.
That charge rankled with injustice.
Congress-, he said, had given the Presi-
dent power, which all the Presidents
possessed since 1850, to wage war, on
paper, on British commerce. II the
President had pushed ii to the point Of
real war, the country would have cried
for his impeachment, but having failed
to do 30, he was charged in the report
Of the majority of the Committee on
Foreign Relations with usurpation and
abuse Of his Constitutional power.
The resolutions went over without
action, and after routine business, the
Senate adjourned until to-day.
The House.
WASHINGTON, June THE House
went into Committee OF the Whole on
the Tariff bill, Dingley speaking in oppo-
sition TO Breckinridge's amendment to
the proviso attached to the lumber sched-
ules OF the free list, which proposed to
admit Canadian fish free of duty upon
the allowance by that country OF CONNER
cial rights to our vessels and also for re-
ciprocity. ss
A protracted debate followed, but fin
ally the lumber schedule was completed
without change.
Weaver read bulletin announcing the
approval of the Mills bill by tho Conven-
tion, and to all appearances the Republi-
90 frf,ly ~ q he
Gratis in the announcement.
Cox sent up and had read the an
nouncement of Thurman's nomination
A scene of widest confusion followed,
nearly all of the Democrats being on
their feet shouting and cheering, and
bandanas appeared in every hand and a
portrait Of Thurman was displayed.
Biggs, OF California, added to the ex-
citement by calling out in voice broke n
with emotion: 81 have worked thirty
years In California to see Thurman NOM
mated. Thank God, he now il in the
second placep'
Bayne, of Pennsylvania, sarcastically
inquired of the Democrats why they
manifested so much enthusiasm over the
tail of the ticket and SO little over the
head.
Grosvenor, of Ohio, in explanation, as
he said, OF the action Of the Democratic
Convention in emitting all mention Of
the Mills bill from the platform and
patching 1t up in subsequent resolu-
ton, read two kilograms, one sent by
Breckinridge, OF Kentucky, to Waiter.
son, saying failure to endorse the Mills
bill might defeat it, the other from
Mcmillan, OF Tennessee, to Governor
Brown, making the same statement
Kelly, ironically inquired if the Con.
vention had fixed the date upon which
the Mills bill should go into effect.
The salt schedule having been reached
the Committee rose and the House ad
journed.