Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-10
House.,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-In the house, on
motion of Mr.. Thomas of Wisconsin, the
senate bill was passed authorizing the con
struction of a bridge across the Mississippi
river at La Crosse, Wis.
On motion of Mr.. Thomas of Illinois, the
senate bill was passed granting to Randolph
county. Illinois, the title of the United
States to certain lands in that county.
The house then went into committee of
the whole on the postoftice appropriation
bill.
After considerable debate the committee
rose to allow the house to limit the debate,
and that having been done, Mr. Springer of
Illinois reported that the conference COM
mittee on territories had been unable to
agree.
Mr.. Baker of New York offered a resolu-
ton, instructing the house conferees to ex-
clude New Mexico from the bill, to provide
for the admission of North Dakota by pro
clamaton, and Washington shall be admitted
on the same terms, either by proclamation or
by formal acts of admission. The matter
went over till Monday and the committee of
the whole resumed consideration of the post
office appropriation bill.
MIR. Mason Of Illinois said he was opposed
to the bill, not because on account of the
effect it might have upon the Chicago post
Office as for the effect it might have upon the
Seventh district Of South Carolina. With
this preface MIR. Mason proceeded to dis
case. He had come to the conclusion that
the most gigantic frauds and the most out
rageous and disgusting schemes to rob the
republicans of representative in the
Fftieth congress ever known in modern
politics had been perpetrated in the Seventh
district of South Carolina. The laws of
South Carolina had been framed for the eX-
press purpose of allowing democrats TO cheat
republicans at the polls. If the channels of
crime were searched there could not be found
Dn NUD nf
district had not resorted to to cheat the
negro. The record of the district would not
have been equalled had noJ Arkansas fur
nished additional crime, and served notice
on the Seventh district that it must look out
for ITSELF and murder, if necessary, to get
majority of democrats in this house. In the
evidence taken some of the democrats had
declared that they had been intimdated by
the negroes. Had any man seen
canary bird intimidate snaxe'
bootbiack intimidate policeman!
a roaring lamb rush into den of covering
lions. Then he had seen South Carolina
democrat ntimidated by negro. After re
counting further outrages which he asserted
had been perpetrated in South Carolina, Mr..
Mason declared that he had no apologies to
make for what he had said, If the gentle
men were offended at him, let them take it
out of him, and not out of his poor colored
friend, Smalls.
Mr.. Crisp of Georgia, chairman
of the committee on elections, denied that
the records sustained Mr.. Mason's state
ments.
Mr.. Adams of Illinois addressed his re,
marks to the bill under consideration. He
especially favored an increased number of
trips by letter carriers in Chicago
The bill being read for amendment, Mr..
Cannon of Illinois, moved to increase the APP
preparation for pay of postoffice clerks by
$500, 900
Pending vote on the amendment the COM
mite arose and the house adorned