Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-16
FlFTY-FlRST CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, January Is, 1890.

The Senate took up Mr.. Morean's resolu-
tion recognizing the United States OF Bra
| iii as free, independent. and sovereign
State. and Mr.. Turpie proceeded to make
| q speech in support OF II.
| He had voted. he said. against the refer
ence OF the resolution. because he thought
| that the delay occasioned by reference was
wholly unnecessary. He favored the I'M
mediate recognition of the republic OF Bra
| I'll. and was quite willing that Congress
should declare to-day. as part OF the IN
transitional common law OF the three
Americas, that no European Power shall
| interfere in any part Of this hemisphere to
restore the representative of monarchy or
empire, or to prevent the establishment OF
| "A republic. but that any such interference
| would be regarded as an act unfriendly TO
| the United States and would be resisted by
| all means necessary TO effect us Illustration;
| He was not one of those who entertained
| the opinion that Congress was bound by
| the action or pon-action of the Executive
or of the State Department about such
matter as the recognition Of new ma
| tionality, especially of " new republic.
| Congress might cooperate with those
authorities. But diplomatic dispatch
was one thing. legislative enactment was
another thing, and thing OF more impor-
| lance, gravity, and publicity. He read ex-
| tracts from the message OF President Har-
1
ment in Brazil and spoke of the mes
SAGE as listless. languid resignation to the
course of affairs there. The position, he
said. of the Administration toward the new
republic of Brazil was one OF strict neu-
! tralitv and supine Indifference. There was
not in the message OF the President wOrd
of sympathy or encouragement TO the revo-
| lutionary movement. How long, he asked.
would it be before the United States ex:
| tended TO the latest-born daughter of
| liberty words of welcome and encourage
ment? He trusted that the delay III the
recognition had not already led to very
serious misconstructlOn of the Interior mo-
| tives and intentions of the United states
Government. He hoped that 1t might
| come soon enough TO be OF va anu Oh
| real significance.
The resolution went over without further
action.
The Senate then took up the calendar
and passed a number Of Senate dis
among them one granting the use OF GER
tain lands to the city of st. Augustine,
| Fla. for public park.
| The executive session adjourned.
House of Representatives.
Tho House resumed the consideration of
| the report of the special committee to IN
yestigate the Silcott defalcation.
| Mr.. Sales. of Alabama, made an argu-
ment in support of the majority report,
and contended that the proposition to pro-
rate the remaining funds, as advocated by
Mr.. Holman, would be manifestly unfair
and unjust to private depos tors. lie
maintained that the late Sergeant-at-A Arms
was the dlsbursing officer of the House,
and that therefore the members should
not be subjected to loss through the de-
falcation of his subordinate. True. there
was no express statute declaring him TO be
such, but it was not always necessary 10
| inscribe under the picture Of horse.
This is horse" 1t mattered not VINO
stole the money, the fact remained that
the money never reached the hands OF the
persons entitled to 1t.
Mr.. Catchings, of Mississippi, expressed
| himself as IN perfect accord with the views
of the majority of the committee.
Mr.. Herbert. of Alabama, while he had
no doubt that the Sergeant-at-Arms was
| disbursing officer, and that the members
were entitled TO their salaries, objected TO
| the tribunal deciding upon the cases OF ITS
own members, and he therefore favored
| the Hemphill proposition to refer the
matter TO the Court of Claims.
| Mr.. Morgan, of Mississippi, was an adyo-
cate of the majority report, resting his
argument mainly on the ground that the
salaries of members were unlawfully paid
out before they were due.
Mr.. Payson, of Illinois, favored the ma
| lOrlLN. ftDOIl, tHdO W ~
| tents and purposes the Sergeant-at-Arms
was a disbursins officer not only de Jacto,
but de jitre.
The vote was taken on the Hemphill bill
as substitute for the majority bill, per:
hitting members TO sue in the Court OF
| Claims. 1t was defeated by the close vote
of 1856 to 1873, and motion to reconsider
was offered by Mr.. Bland, who had voted in
| the negative in order TO enable him to make
| the motion. The motion was promptly
| tabled, however, and the vote required on
ordering the majority bill appropriating
SIS, 600 to refund members for their lost sala-
res to be engrossed and read third time.
ed the req ling of the engrossed bill. but
the Speaker held that under the general
parliamentary law tins was not necessary.
The vote was then taken on the bill and
| it was defeated-l26 to li2.
| A motion to reconsider and motion to
Law that motion on the table were entered,
and then, at Cos Z. NJ, the House ad-