Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-13

characterized the killing of Clayton as a
cowardly murder, and said that the in-
sinuation that the people OF Arkansas
we're responsible for it directly or indi-
rectly was not true. The question wss
then taken on Evarts' motion to lay
aside the Pacific Railroad Funding bill
and to take up the report of the COM
mittee, and it was agreed to by party
vote of % to IS. A resolution accom-
panying the report was read as follows
| "Resolued, that the Committee on Prlvl-
leges and Elections be directed carefully
to revise the existing laws regulating the
election of Members of Congress with the
view of providing for the more complete
protection of the exercise of the elective
franchise, and for the punishment OF
offenders against it, and to report to the |
next legislative session of the Senate by |
bill or otherwise. Harris then came
forward with another suggestion. 1t was
that in order to economic time and to
avoid an irritating sectional debate,
vote be taken at once and without dis
cuseiun. On the adoption of the resolu-
ton, Evarts said he should be glad to
keep the debate within bounds, but
thought it right that the committee
:
permitted to lay before the Senate the
grounds on which the resolution was
based. 1t would be optional with the
Senators on the other side to reply or
not. Adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
| WASHINGTON, February 12.-In the
House the regular Senate bill to enable
| the President to protect the interests OF
, the United States in Panama was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, and leave granted to the Com
mittee to report at any time. The
House then resumed consideration OF
! Il the Smalls-Elliott contested election
3 case. A long political discussion took
+ place as the rights and wrongs of the
Southern electors in this district, in par
{ ticular, the political status of the negro
: in the South, etc., the chief speech being
!. made by O'Ferrall, of Virginia, and the
q debate participated in by 'Kowell, OF
Illinois, Kerr, of Iowa, and others. Alter
/ the talk had been in progress for some
hours, the question of limiting the debate
n came up, and the limit was fixed at six
: hours, including the time already oc'
: cupied.
e Johnston, of Indiana, said that, twenty.
u eight years ago, the gentleman from Vir.
t ginia CO'Ferrall) and his associates had
l. told the Southern people that they could
q come up North and whip dozen yam
! KEGS at least before breakfast, and nov
= they are holding UP their hands crying
e out to Almighty God to protect them
j. from few colored women in the South
He warned the majority. against setting
.s the precedent advocated by the commit
z tee and served notice upon the Demo
l. crates that the Republicans were here t.
D. stay until the principle had been estab
y lished in this country that every man
t. white or black, might cast his vote ano
n have it fairly counted.
t. After further debate by McComas, G
j. Maryland, and Cultivate, of Ohio. The
d contestant Smalls was accorded the
g. floor to advocate his claims. He sale
3 that it was true that he had been ar
rested in 1877, charged by the Demo
d Gratis with receiving bribe in 1872. II,
le was innocent OF that charge. He ha(
ot been convicted, and pending an appea
j. to the United States Supreme Court
le Governor Simpson, without reques
is from him, directly or indirectly, hat
lie granted him a pardon. Reviewing tine
Is case, he commented on the fact that
it though, in South Carolina, every judge
WIS b DoLlOCTdb duu 0NoIy pIOScCutlul
l. officer was Democrat, not man hat
t. been brought to court for this bulldozinl
Of and intimidation which had beef
e charged. Let the gentlemen on the othe
!, side examine the records and if the,
n came to the conclusion that he had no
'e been honestly and squarely
y elected, let them be honest il
,f their convictions and vote against him.
If It was said he was an unpopular man
1T and that his vote had fallen off. No vot'
n had fallen off, but the management o
j. getting it into the box had fallen off. HI
% (Smalls) had lost his popularity because
J, when there were 600 Republican votes il
e the precinct, the clerk had put 15(
q names on the poll list, and the surplus
II votes we're drawn out. He supposed hs
n would have to 60 when the vote wal
d taken tomorrow. He would go good
+, naturedly, because he would be up agair
}, next year and look and see some Of the
u Democrats going out, too.
9 Pending further debate, the Senate bill
g was passed authorizing the Cheyenne
Q Street Railroad Company to construct 6
IT road across the D. A. Russell military
@ reservation. Adjourned.