Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-20
THE GREAT EXPOSITION.
WILL 1T BE HELDl IF SO, WHEREl
Debate on The Worlds Fair Bill
Begun in The House Today.
MURDER OF MARSHAL SAUNDERS.
Mr.. PaScO Finishes His Speech in
the Senate.
THE SENATE.

Among the bills reported from committees
and placed on the calendar were the following
The Senate bill to provide for the allotment OF
lands in severalty to the Quapaw Indians in
the Indian Territory.
The House bill to extend the act granting
right of way to the Kansas City and Pacific
railroad companyithrough the Indian Territory.
PROPOSED BRIDGE TO ARLINGTON CEMETERY.
MIR. Butler offereda resolution (Which was
agreed toy directing the Secretary of War to
examine and report upon the most suitable
kind OF bridge, with approachesIfrom point
near the foot Of New York avenue, across the
Potomac river to a point on the cemetery
grounds at Arlington.
THE FLORIDA ASSASSINATION.
The resolution heretofore offered by MIR.
Chandler, calling on the Attorney General for
information as to the assassination at Quincy,
Fla, Of W. B. Saunders, US. deputy marshal,
was taken up and Mr.. Pascoe resumed his re-
marks in regard to it. He sent to the clerk 4
desk and had read various documents, newspa-
per articles and proceedings of public meet
lngs denunciatory Of the conduct and charac-
ter OF the us. court and its officers
in the northern district of Florida.
These representations he said, might tend
to throw some light on the causes leading up to
the sad affair at Quincy. He knew
II,
did know that Saunders had already ex-
hIblted his unftness for the Office which
be held If the killing of Saunders was a re-
suit OF the facts and circumstances declared in
the papers read then the Senate ought to have
all the causes which led up to it. The RESPONSE
bility OF Swayne (the judge, Mizell (the mar
shaD and Walter (the clerk) ought to be ascer-
tanned, as they had been shown to be connected
with partisan prosecutions.
THE GREAT TROUBLE IN THE CASE
was that the principal law breakers were the
officers of the court. These officers would
have to be compelled to obey the law-to
recognize the statutes of the United States.
They would have to learn that the
administration Of justice had to be based upon
the law Of the land. Whenever the court in
Florida banished partisanship and admlnis-
tered justice fairly there would be no difficulty
IN having its writs and summonses respected
by the people of Florida.
In conclusion, he offered an amendment
directing the Attorney General to inform the
Senate also whether any efforts have been made
by the department Of Justice to correct the
suited in partisan jurles made up mainly from
one political party, and, if 30, to report the
same to the Senate.
Also directing the Attorney General to in
form the Senate whether he had any informa-
ton of an official letter written by Marshal
1nAeu uHectluS tne names OF ''true ana tried
republicans" to be furnished for jurors Of the
United States court, and what action the De-
partment of Justice had taken in reference to
communications Of that character.
MIR. Hawley said that the remarks of the
Senator from Florida and the amendment Of
fered by him seemed to him to be a premature
apology for murder. 1t was evident that the
amendment was intended to mitigate, in the
judgment of the public mind a crime which
even democratic paper in Florida had stigma
tized as u most brutal, infamous and cowardly
murder. The Senator (Mr. Pasco) had repre-
sented Saunders as not having been always a
good man, and fair inference from his re-
marks would be that there would not have been
much objection to Saunders being killed if it
could only have been done in less
Objectionable way. What (Mr. Hawley asked)
had the bad character of Saunders and of the
administration OF justice to do with the mur-
der of Saunders?