The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-07
DAVENPORT'S BIG HAULS.
SENATOR MORGAN WANTS SOME
INFORMATION ON THEM.


He Thinks the Election Bill is a Scheme
to Give Johnny a Life Offlce-The Re-
pubicans Can't Agree as to Whether
The DOmiciliary Clause Was Ordered
Out.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-Senator Hoar lost
to-day, through the debate on the govern
ment OF the District of Columbia, all the
time be gained on the force bill on yester-
day. It was nearly $3.50 O'Clock before the
force bill was taken up and the democratic
orators got at it again. Before they could
actually begin their speeches, Senator
Spoonor rushed forward to explain again
about that obnoxious domiciliqry vista
tion clause. which Messrs Reed and Rowell
put in the House bill, and still think sh
be kept in 1t, and which Senators Hoar and
Spooner see must be abandoned This is
one of the points upon which there will be
friction between the republicans of the two
houses, If the bill as amended should get
through the Senate.
THE BILL THAT WILL PASS.
If any bill passes the Senate it will be, of
Senators Hosr and Spooner and Johnny
Davenport last summer, ana not the Reed
Rowell bill, for which the republicans stood
up in the last campaign. But the opposi-
ton to the bill IS increasing on the repubn-
can side, as the senators, especially the
western men, hear from business mon at
home. A typical letter would contain this:
II thought that foollshness was dropped,
and am surprised to hear that it is up again.
Drop it quick"
THE DAY IN THE SENATE.
by the AssociGted Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6-In the Senate to-
day Mr.. Morgan offered a resolution calling
on the Secretary Of the Treasury for infor-
ma ion as 10 the sums of money paid by the
United States on vouchers or requisitious
made by or In favor of John |. Davenport
as an election supervisor, STAGE Aug. l, 1871,
either for his own compensation or for that
OF Others employed under his direction and
supervision in the enforcement of the cleo
tion laws.
WHY HE WANTS TO KNOW.
Mr.. Hoar-Let the resolution lie over.
Mr.. Morgan-I desire the Information for
the purpose of the debate now pending on
the election bill l want to know how much
money the government of the United States
has heretofore expended through the agency
of this one mau, who has been the chief
supporter of this bill both In the House and
in the Senate committees. / regard this
more as a bill to put Supervisor Davenport
into life Office in New York city than for
any other purpose; and therefore l want to
know what he has been doing heretofore.
Mr.. Hoar-This bill docs not have any
effect on the gentleman named, except to
have more stringent dealings IN the matter
Of fees The going over OF the resolution
until Monday will cause no serious diff
Guilty.
The resolution went over.
THE ELECTION BILL TAKEN UP.
The election bill was taken up, and Mr.
Gray resumed the f1oor
Mr.. Hoar asked unanimous consent to
bave a reprint of the bill-the sections in
the original bill and in the Senate substi-
tute to be in parallel columns. The motion
give rise to long discussion, In the course
of which numerous and somewhat variant
explanations were given by the republican
members Of the committee on
privileges and elections as to the action
Of the majority on what is known as
the domiciliery provision Of the bill. While
there had been a general consensus of opin-
ion yesterday that the committee hal
agreed to eliminate that provision, and that
its appearances in the bill was the result Of
mistake on the part of the clerk or printer,
there was to-day an entire change of opin-
ion; and long time was Speat in trying TO
explain the matter and make it clear.
TELLER's INDEPENDENCE.
In the course Of tho discussion Mr. Teller,
a member OF the committee, stated that
when the bill was reported he had reserved
the right to vote against ir if
he saw fit, and to vote for any
amendment to it which commended
itself to his judgment. Some portions of
the bill he indorsed and some portions Of it
ne did not indorse. He trusted that some
of its Objectionable features would come
out of it before the bill came to vote. If
not, he should exercise the right, az he
always had exercised it, to vote according
to his Judgment and conscience.
vANCE's RECOLLECTION.
Mr.. Vance, democratic member Of the
committee on privileges and elections, said
that his recollection was that no part of the
House bill had been struck out by the COM
mittee, and he recalled what he had said to
the committee-that he wanted the bill to
appear complete uefore America in all the
beauty of its original deformity; so that If
anything was struc6 out of the bill, it was
st, uck out by the majority in private ses-
sion. ~ was not there. and cannot testify
as to what was done, for / stand not in the
councils of the ungodly.'" Laughter
TOWER OF BABEL.
Mr.. Daniel referred to the statements Of
the members of the committee as Tower
Of Babel, about which there was nothing
but confusion. The bill, he said, should be
referred back to the committee so that the
dish should be properly compounded. and
the committee should itself ask to have the
bill recommitted, 50 az to have an opportu-
nifty to revise the work so imperfectly done.
It was $3.50 O'Clock when Mr.. Gray was able
to proceed with his argument, no agreement
having been arrived at as to the reprintiag
of the bill. lie read from a report in
the New York Herald Of October, 1872,
of a hearing before Chief Supervisor
Davenport-as an illustration, he said, of
what the domiciliary clause meant, when
interpreted by these who would be ap-
pointed to ad minister it by the chief super
visor of the state. He spoke Of the "unani-
nous protest. made yesterday against the
domlciliary clause, only one senator (Mr.
Edmunds), thinking 1t wortay OF being con-
sidered in law entitled "to prevent force
and fraud at elections for representatives in
the House Of Representatives"
GRAY's REMEDY.
Mr.. Evarts-As tnis is a practical meas
ure, win the senator from Delaware give to
the Senate some notion Of what method he
would provide for verifying the registra-
ton. What method has the senator to sug-
gestl
Mr.. Gray-That question is not very hard
to answer. My method would be to trust
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