The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-01-29
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE LATESTNEWSBY WIRE
THE SENATE INDUI.GEs IN A
POLITICAL. DERATE,

l. The Aberdeen, Hississippi, lneii,
+, nifty to secretary Proctor and Il,
Mal-treatnient of MIR. FAM Full
Dtscussed-HOuse Affairs.
WASHINGTON. January 2S.-SENATI
: -\mong the memorials presented an
referred was one presented by Mr.. Cha,
: dlcr for the establishment of a rcpublica
form OF government in the State of Mi.
sissippi
Mr.. Morrill,, in introducin. II hill a,
thor',!ng Il, issue of treasury notes O,
deposits of silver bullion, and having i
referred to the committee on finance
said that that committee had addrcssc,
a communication to the secretary of tn,
treasury asking him to formulate u bill
IN accordance with his recommendation,
in relation to silver. That bill had beer
received. Without committing himsel
or any member of the committee to il, he
asked to have it printed and referred.
The bill to credit and pay to the several
States and Territories and the District of
Columbia all monies collected under the
direct tax act Of 1861, was taken from
the calendar.
After short debate, Mr. Vance offered
MS an amendment, a proposition to re-
fund cotton tax. Rejected, yeas, 10:
nays, 90.
The bill was then passed, yeas, n;
nays l. The senator's voting in the neg
ative were Mcssrs. Berry, Blair, Call.
Coke. Plumb, Vance and Vest. The hill
makes It the duty of the secretary of the
treasury To credit to each State and Ter
r'tory OF the United States and the Dis
trict "f Columbia Il sum equal to all col.
lrctions by set off or otherwise made
from the SAID States and Territories and
the District of Columbia. or from any of
the citizens or inhabitants thereof, or of
other persons under the act of congress
approved August !. 1861, and amend |
atory acts thereto, and il appropria,cs |
the necessary sum to reimburse each
state and Territory and the District oi
Columbia.
The house then AT O'Clock resumed
the consideration OF Mr.. Chambers RESI-.
luton III relation To the mal-trcatncut
at aberdeen. Miss, of Mr.. II. l. FAM
and MIR. George made an aruumcu,
against It. declaring in his hclict that tn,
adoption of the resolution would he n
serious infraction of the constitution
md very serious cncroachmcnt ON th,
tights OF the people oi Mississippi. II,
.ook up clause of the constitution,
Section 2 of article 4, which Mr.. vii.
'on. of Iowa. and other republican scna.
ors referred to Yesterday as AUTHORIZING
he resolution, and argued that no dcci.
ION OF the supreme court and no act q, -.
ongrcss had ever given such construc.
ion to it. He quoted the decision of tn, =,
4 A iirf an, ,trt h., Il
'oint that the only jurisdistion that con. ,
reSs mad. under section two oithe fourth /
,rticle OF he constitution was toprovidc /
nat the state laws and State action I
nder the State authority should no, bc :,
srd tor the purpose of dcpriving an, :,
tNeh OF ils equal rights and privileges s
any other State. lie quoted another +
ecision OF the supreme court to the effect l..
,at that provision in the constitution -.
AS not guarantee against the commits.
on OF individual offences. and did not
Itcnd to the enactment of the laws for
'c suppression OF the crimes within a
ate. There could be no doubt, Mr.. NJ
Gorge said, II the decision ofthe supreme r.
urt were to he relied on that the sen d'
c as a part of the law.making power &
III no jurisdiction tn pass law to II
'nish men who had committed Aber. tn
ell outragcs. lf that were so then he d.
kcd what right and what power had ca
Z senate, and under what construction m
the constitution, to make an inquiry CO
10 the transaction and for what pur. To
Sc.
IN the course ot a long political speech
reply to MIR. George. Mr.. Spooncr said
did not know what the resolution
'uld accomplish in the way Of lryisla-
N on the constitutional amendment, Ia;
I II would sul,scryc one purpose ii Oh
thing else. 1t would turn light on we
It transaction at Aberdeen. II would ST.
I'VE the existence of the spitciul brutal -
there. 1t would show that there was po
ommunity, claiming to he intelligent NJ;
] law abiding. whose love of Jefferson ms
Wis memory is stronger than respect sti,
the law, stronger than the love of the
,rty, stronger than the impulse of hu. for
nifty the law of God written in every Co
nan heart. II the resolution would ov,
omplish nothing else, it would sub acc
vc that good purpose. ira
lr. Gray referred to The fact that quite CHI
.ntly President Harrison had been tha
Y in cthgy in the State of Indiana. Fla
|e moved to amend the resolution to dis,
d "and also the letter of instruction ant
he said marshal to which the report in
he said marshal was a rcspousc." ma
also to add to ii the following: his
And that lie be requested to inform ant
senate whether in the alleged assault tigi
Mr. FAM any right secured to him by .,
constitution or laws of the United
ties was invaded or violated" mo
|r. Butler offered an amendment in. WI, w"
leting The attorney general to furnish .,' ,,,',
papers IN the office of the district ~. '..
,rncy of Indiana, or on file of the n'i' n.
ted States court there relating to the w,
rges against Mr.. W. ". Dudley for n,S
'upting or offering to bribe Indiana npo
'rs in the last presidential election. W.
nc debate was further continued by M MM"'
Gray, Mr.. Chandler. Mr.. Pratt and w wn'
Hoar. The first part OF Mr.. Gray's 1e" ~,
ndmcnt was agreed to, and the sec. ~:
part was not voted on. ep''
r. Call offered an amendment calling VI -
he attorney general for the report ''1 n.' y
, the hanging of President Harrison ,t,. ~
ldiana,. and of the then President .,e. .ne
Gland IN Kansas. Without action s'o,
ny Of the lending amendments, the ''s'
luton went over till tomorrow, w
e senate bill to relieve the treasurer ton
Il United States from the amount bcr
charged to hin, and deposited with vari
everal States was taken from the war
'dar and passed. II authorizes the war;
er accounting officers of the treas. BLU,
% credit the account of the treasurer new
{ United States with the amount of resid
al n $40 "a al, a.