Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-03-11
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Proceedings of Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. O.. Mar. II.
SENATE,

SENATE.
The attendance Of Senators at the OPEN
lug prayer was so email that a call of Sena
tors was ordered.
The credentials of Mr. Allison for his new
term commencing March 4, 1891, were pre-
sented and ordered to be placed on file.
Among the petitions presented and re-
ferred was one from Florida asking g duty
of one dollar box on foreign oranges.
Mr.. Mitchell introduced joint resolution
proposing an amendment to the Constitu-
ton providing for the election of Senators
by the votes of qualified electors in the
States, and said that he would, at any early
day. address the Senate on the subject.
MIR. Morrill, offered resolution. which
was agreed to, directing the Secretary Of
the Interior to report any information in
possession of his department. In relation to
authorizing any lottery company by the In.
dian Territorial Government OF the Creek
Nation.
Mr.. Hoar called up the resolution report
ed by him yesterday for the exclusion from
the Record of the sentences interpolated by
Mr.. Call in the report of his remarks in the
discussion with Mr. Chandler some weeks
ago.
MIR. George opposed the resolution az be.
ing so far as his experience in the Senate
WENT without q precedent. While it did
not expressly contain censure, it was
certainly capable of that Interpretation.
He had recently looked over the debate in
question apd found 1t to have been charac-
terized by extreme acrimony and by bitter
personal illusions, contained in more speech
es than one. For instance, he found that
the Senator from Connecticut Mr.. Hawley),
very able and discreet Senator, had char
acterized hr. Pssoo's speech as "a sort Of
premature apology for murder" He had
looked over the report of Mr.. Call'sremarks
and found that what he did actually say
contained every allegation, distinctly aud
unequivocaly that was contained In the
clause which the committee recommended
to have expunged from the Record He
read some of the extracts and asked Mr..
Hoar why the committee had not ordered
them to be struck out, they being just IS OBJ.
jec!ionable rs in the clause that had been
interpolated.
MIR. Hoar replied that the committee had
felt restricted to the sentences set forth in
bar oh
Mr.. George went on to compare the words
actually spoken with those inserted In the
Record. and agreed that, while there was a
verbal change, there was no change of mean.
ing
Mr.. George aaid that now there was no
safer .iiace in all Gods creation for man
who desired to ineult another with impunity
than the American Senate. And 1t was no
evidence of spirit no evidence of courage
for Senator to get up and Use insulting and
abusive language to another Senator. The
duello was clearly out Of the question
now. Personal conflict on the street
was equally out of the question.
How, then, had the Senator from New
Hampshire been injured by the change of
phrase? Was it because he had not the
fisher woman's opportunity to blackguafd
back ? That was all and that was the way
the thing stood. Tne adoption of the reso.
luton would be an implied censure on as
amiable, as truthful. and as good man as
ever sat in the American Senate.
Mr.. Hoar and Mr.. E1munds spoke in IA
vor Of the report. La the course of his re
marks the latter used an expression which
Senator Daniel, of Virginia, construed to
impute the crime of murder to Senator Eus
It's, of Louisiana. Senator Daniels demand
ed that the words of the Senator from YER
mont Mr.. Eimunds) be taken down, and
further proceedings of the Senate were sus.
pended to allow the reporter to write
out the Objectionable words.
HOUSE.
10 pursuance of the agreement made Sat
urday, the public building bills which that
day passed the committee of the whole.
came up this morning with the previous
question ordered.
Foreign News.
LONDON, Mar. 1l.-Four OF the mineis
who were entombed by the explosion yester