Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-29
THAT DIRECT TAX.
The Bill to Refund the Cash
Passes the Senate.
VEST MAKES A FUTILE PROTEST.

Only Seven Votes In the Negative-An-
other Debate on the Aberdeen Episode
PRINCIPAL Provisions of the Worlds
Fair Bill Got Up by the sub-Commit-
tee-The Dressed Beef Investigation
white House Reception-Onicisl Mis-
celiany.
WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 29-The senate
yesterday passed the direct tax bill again,
this being the most important action taken
30 far this session. The bill is the same as
that passed in both houses last session and
vetoed by President Cleveland Opposition
was made by Vest, but he only declared his
belief that II was unconstitutional and ut
terly indefensible. Vance moved TO amend
with proposition TO refund the cotton tax,
but IL was defeated-52 to Is. The bill was
then passed--44 to THE seven being Berry.
Blair, Call, Coke, Plumb, Vance, and Vest
A memorial from Augusta, Ne, was pre-
sented favorlng New York as the site for the
Worlds fair, and another by Chandler pray
ing the establishment of a republican form
of government in Mississippi The bill To
relieve the United States treasurer from the
amount now charged to him and deposited
with the several states was passed.
The Everlasting Race Question.
Chandler's resolution relating to the Aber-
deem, Miss, incident then came up, and
George of Mississippi took the floor. He de
clared that the adoption OF the resolution
| would be a serious infraction of the consti-
tuition and an encroachment on the rights of
the people of Mississippi. He quoted decis-
ions OF the supreme court In support OF his
position, and said there could be no doubt
If the decisions of the supreme court were
10 be relied on--that the senate as part of
the law-making power had no jurisdiction to
pass a law TO punish the men who bad COM
mitted the outrages at Aberdeen
The Indignity to Secretary Proctor.
George said that not only did he condemn
the hanging in effigy of any respectable Of
| fcer of the United States under any condi-
| tions or provocations, but in the case of Sec
| rotary Proctor, there was no provocation for
| the insult He had never heard from any
southern Democrat any other comment on
the conduct of Secretary Proctor, for which
that indignity had been attempted to be In
hicted upon him, except that he had per
| formed painful and delicate duty with con-
sideraticn TO the feelings, the prejudices
oven, of the people of the south.
| Mississippi Eulogized.
George said the resolution sought to black
| en- the name and reputation of the people OF
Mississippi, whom he eulogized in the high
est terms, instancing, among other distin-
guished citizens of that state, jefferson
Davis, who had never betrayed his trust mol
failed in the discharge of his full duty
whether he served the United States or the
Confederacyn He claimed, in conclusion
that the pending resolution was without any
warrant in the constitution that senators
had sworn to support If the senate was to
90 on this crusade against the white people Of
Mississippi, would it not be well, he asked
for the senate to set an example to that de
spairing people of an observance of the con
stitutionl
Spooner ylluminates Matters.
Spooner said the resolution was not al as
sumption that the senate could deal with
crime IN Mississippi; nor that law passed
by congress would be- constitutional, having
that object In view He was not ready Il
admit, however, that in no circumstance
would congress have the right TO legislate il
that direction. The north had no luminosity
against the south, but the hanging in effigy
Of Secretary Proctor brought into the sun
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the south, of which the country had fol
many years occasion TO complain.
As to Jefferson Davis.
Spooner said he regretted that the senator
from Mississippi (Georgel had felt calleC
upon 10 pronounce eulogy on Jefferson
Davis To pronounce eulogy Of him IL
the senate chamber would strike harsl
chord in the breast of millions of mel
throughout the north The people believe,
that Davis had sat in the senate chambe
daily and hourly betraying the highest trus
ever reposed in man.
Citing Some Similar Cases.
George said that the hanging of Secretary
Proctor in effigy was not so great a crime a
the senator from Wisconsin would have /
J appear Recently President Harrison hat
been hung in effigy in Indiana.
Butler moved an amendment calling Of
the attorney general for the papers in tn
Dudley case, and Call offered an amendmen
; calling for the particulars of the hanging O
President Harri sou in effigy in Indiana, an
, the hanging of President Cleveland i'm efiig
: In Kansas. No action was taken on thes
= amendments, and the whole matter wen
over.
Proceedings In the House.
A resolution was adopted 10y the hous
, cailiug ON tue httOTney BeHeTtl loT the NUN
her Of suits instituted by the United State
in case of contract labor law violation.
bill was passed making it necessary in tn,
case Of dependent parent pension claim
only to show that said parents have M
means Of support but manual labor. Tn
, motion TO reconsider the prisons bill wa
J tabled. A bill was reported to provide TO
the issue of circulation to national bank
equal to the par value of the deposited bonds
There was debate in which the bill was OPP
posed by Anderson of Kansas, Lane of Iii
J nois and others Cheadle of Indiana sup
ported the bill and defended the banks. Can
non of Illinois gave notice of n substitute
7 The bill went over and the house ad journed
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