Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-12-23
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ssOCIkIFD PRESS DISPATCHES.
Proceedings Of Congress.
SENATE.

lege9 and eiecJion5 10 amend the ELECTIONS
oli so as to show what are the changes and
notifications intended 10 be made, was
taken ".
Mr.. E3munds reserved q pont Of order
against the resolution to the effect that the
parliamentary mode of amending bill is
by Offering az amendment In open Senate,
or by moving to recommt.
Mr.. Morgan admitted that hls resolution
wa, En- unusual one. but be lstiGed it or
the ground that, If he were to move to re.
comnst the bill, that motion would be at
tributed to desire to dslsy actor. BE
called attention to the fact that there was
60. now quorum OF Senator'S present, and
that there had not been more than fifteen
Senators present ct the opening since the
Senate had begun to meet at 10 o'clock.
rho Senator in charge of tie DILL Mr.. Hoar)
bad found himself entirely unable to have
Night session yesterday because there was
no quorum. He inferred, therefore, thai
that very distinguished Senator admitted
70 be great in every part of his Senatorial
duties could not be great az leader, or
else that his bill had not snch merit as to
ca2.iva;e tbs stf9ction5 Of republican Sens
tors. Ge (Ms. Morgep) would have made
q motion to :eccmtait the bill but for the fact
that hs knew that notion would be instantly
taken bold OF aad given cut az motion for
delay, whereas his resolution was ctfsred in
sbso!uteiygcod faith and addressed tselfto
the lawyers AMI parlismsntarians of the
boly In Way waicl, hs thought, they
would pD5 be able to resist. No Senator on
eithar side Of the chsuber could rise and H.
form the conDtry Whist tho bill contained.
Taeb would not have been 90 if the bill had
been the wcrk CT scrue skilled legislator or
aoie lawyer but it was patchwork, made
up ny come intervening man who thumbed
hig work, mixed up his provisions, got them
into cloud of uncertainty, and left Senators
to ascertain, in the bast way they could,
wdst is tha tex OF ths bill aad what tie
s41s neans. MIR. Morgan went on to point !
out some OF the uncertainties, contradictions
aaJ defects Of various provisions of the bill |
Mr. Hear remarked that Mr.. inorganic
hia:s aud hes a. 70 tbs origin of the bill
waco founded .npon absolute ignorance OF
what be ass taking sblu!.
Mr.. Biqrgan.. sdmistoi that That was true,
bas sad yast uhss ignorance was the oH-
spriug OF tho mind Of the Senator from Mas
sachuss.ts, who had !of. himself, The world
aal lbs Ssostor iram Aisbama all in ignor-
ause OF wat the b!! nlsaus. He saw two
Senators bsiore pim (fefa:slng to Meaars.
H,a. aad Ejmulds) oas OF whom az
nounced soma ;ips ago that he Mr.. Moi |
gan( wa5 more crszy than usual, while the
O. her said a0w that 40 Was absolutely ig- |
no!ant. lie would Inform those Senators
thai whatever they o3ud do With their own
constituents nbaut matters of that kin1, they |
could not conviaeo the people OF Alabama
that ho was eithe- 81 ignoramus or fool.
B,th Mr. EImuais anti MIR. Hoar rose
bn5 the latter succeeded in obtaining the
d )er. an, he explained that what he meant
WAS laa. waeo Mr. Morgan attributed GER
tain actions Of The oill to Mr.. Davenport,
ard certain others to BIN Nr. Hosr) he
c,nll not possibly have known whst be was
talking about, en1cpud only BIS guessing, and
he Was altogether mistaken in his guess.
That vas what be meant. NJ man had
higher rssDecs then he bad for the legel
learning, the sanasorial abilities and the
personal qualities OF 5he 9ena;or from Ala
baus, and if tho phta's which he Mr..
HDst had used was 81 uacieil ous, he ex-
pressed his yesrst 10. having used it.
Mr. Morgan s9unod his argument and
aad not fiaishs3 it when The morDing hour
expired ct IL oolock) bu5 he said that he
woud t7y to elroi,'s.e tho subject little
mere fully tomorrow.
Mr.. Higgins sai thAt he did not feel at
liberty yesterday, when Mr.. voorhees, had
the hlo-, 20 n ,ko such an answer to his
colleague, (Mr GtAyl as bis coleagus's re-
marx o,isl for bu. he would DO 80 later
to dag when bis colleague wouli Do present.
Mr.. Sherman, from the Committee on f.
nance, repastsd the bill To provide against
the contraction OF The currency, and for
oshe- purposes Cha caucus bil) and 1t was
real twice and paoed on the calendar.
TIE election bll was theu taken up and
Mr.. Ca ! ad iresssa the Senate in opposition
to it.
HOUSE.
After The reading CT the j,uynal ,on motion
o; Mr.. McK;nley, of Onic. and without OBJ
iectlou it was agreed that when the House
adjourn today it De to E,sst on Friday
next.
TIE R9usa then s6j5urned until Friday.
Execution of a Murderess.