The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-02
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS-.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The house resumed
consideration of the federal election bill,
the pending amendment being that offered
by Lehlbach, providing that the chief su-
pervisor of election for each judicial dis
trict in the United States shall take such
action as is requisite to secure such super
vision in every congressional district as ls
provided by the laws of the United States.
Considerable discussion followed. Hill, OF
Illinois, satirically twitted the democrats
for denouncine the bill, and then rushing
pell NELL in support of the proposition
which made the provisions of the measure
compulsory instead Of voluntary. Stone.
of Missouri, made constitutional argu-
ment against the bill. The men who.
thirty years ago, with rifles and hands,
sought to destroy the autonomy of the ma
tion were no more guilty of high treason
than were the men assembled under the
marble arches and bullying dome OF this
capitol, who were seeking and plotting to
destroy the autonomy of the states.
Lehlbach's amendment was rejected-yeas
132, nays 138.
Lodge offered an amendment providing
that as soon as the certificate of the board
is made public any person who was can
didate for election may, by motion before
the United States circuit court having juris-
diction in the district, contest the correct
ness of the certificate made by the board
and demand an examination and compile
tion of the returns, and the returning
officers shall produce before the circuit
court all returns, reports, tickets and all
evidence on which 1t acted in advance in
awarding certificates; the circuit court
shall thereupon determine and certify the
person shown entitled to certificate. Also
an amendment providing that if there be
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States board of canvassers to the circuit
court, the clerk of the house shall place on
the rolls as representative-elect the name of
the person certified by the said court as en-
titled to the seat. Both the amendments
were agreed to.
leasing of school lands in the territory of
Oklahoma for the benefit of public schools
was passed. A bill introduced by Morgan
was referred to the committee on public
lands, providing that no person shall
enter any public lands of the United States
in Wyoming, under the homestead and
other laws, who is bigamist or polyga-
courages others to enter into bigamy or po-
lygamy. or who is a mem
teaches polygamy." Dawes, from the con-
ference committee on the legislative appro-
priation bill, reported that the committee
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asked further conference, he desired it be
entrusted to other hands. The senate in
sisted, and new conferees appointed. Con-
ference was ordered ON the agricultural ap-
preparation bill. Consideration of the bill
for the admission of Idaho as state was
resumed. Vance addressed the senate in
opposition. At the conclusion of Vance's
speech the Idaho admission bill was passed
without division. A message from the
house announcing that it had resolved to
adhere to its disagreements to the legisla-
tive bill was presented by Dawes, Of the
conference committee, who stated
that the house declined to confer
further. After a long discussion
the senate refused to recede from its
amendments by a vote of "a to 10. The re-
suit of this is that unless either the senate
or house backs down the legislative appro-
priation bill fails, and new bill will have
to be reported and go through the mill. A
motion to reconsider the vote of the senate,
however, was made by Hiscock and entered.
Reagan addressed the senate in favor of
the bill introduced by him to prevent the
transportation of merchandise in bond
through the ports and territory of the
United States into Mexico, and to restore
that privilege whenever the free zone be-
tween the two countries is abolished. At
the close of the speech the senate went into
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