Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-19
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Proceedings of Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. o., June 10.
SENATE

SENATE.
Mr.. Morgan presented q petition OF the
owners of certain lands 10 the Fiji Islands,
claiming their ownership by conveyance
from native chiefs and asking for a joint
commission to be organized by agreement
between the governments of Great Britain
and the United States for the purpose of
taking their claim into consideration.
Mr.. Hoar presented petition from Boz
ton against the increase of duty on freah and
salt fish.
Senate bill to provide for paying certain
advances for the United States by the State
OF Virginia was reported favorable.
Nj. Gail introduced bill to provide for
the removal of saloons, breweries, and distill-
cries 10 Washington city on the complaint CT
persons residing in their immediate yicin-
ity.
Mr.. @ lays resolution, offered yesterday,
forbidding the Sergeant-a- Arms to remove
any of his subordipates before the 1t Of
July without consent OF the Senate, was
taken up.
Mr.. Cameron offered subs titute for it,
directing the employment as an additional
page (for the present SESSION. of George b.
Mann, the employee whose removal was
the cause of Mr.. Quay's resolution being of
fered.
Both resolutions ware referred to the
COMMITTEES on contingent expenses.
| Af,os A in yhinh Mr.
Sherman epoke of Mr.. Qaay's resolution as
Shaping man in the face, just as he was
leaving his cffice," he added that the en-
po7ee had been removed because he had
passed the limit Of age for page, and be-
cause of "the urgent request of Senator
who had right to claim something" at the
hands OF the Sergeant lt-Arms for another
very worthy person.
The Senate then resumed consideration
Of the legislative, executive and judicial az
preparation bill.
Ia the course of the consideration of the
bill, Several omissions or defects having
been noticed and supplled) Mr.. Cockrell
said that the reported interview with
! Speaker Reed lin which tie Speaker is REP
resented al having Thanked heaven that
the HOUSE ia not q deliberative body
might account for the shape in which this
and other bills came to the Senate. 10 the
same connection he recalled the crcum-
stance that one of the House clerks, with q
message from the House, had announced,
some weeks ago, the passage of certain blls
shy the Speaker"
The journal having been read, Mr.. Mills,
of Texas, objected to its approval on the
ground that the Clerk had not read 1t in
full.
The Speaker suggested that the Clerk had
only omitted to read such portions az it Ia
customary not to read ; but he directed tho
full reading of the journal.
The Clerk proceeding read that portion OF
the journal which dscloses the reference OF
the silver bill to The Committee on Coinage,
Weights and Measures.
Daring the reading Messrs. Mills and Nc
kinney remained standing. anxious to claim
recognition. The latter was successful, and
he moved that the journal be approved.
Upon this he demanded the previous ques.
ton, despite Mr.. Mills protest that he was
entitled to recognition TO move to correct
the journal.
MIR. Springer, rising to question OF osder,
raised the point that the journal contained
the record of something which had never
happened and which should not be in the
journal.
The Speaker replied that that was for the
House to decide, and directed the clerk to
call the roll The clerk proceeded with the
duty, while Mr.. Springer, amid the applause
of his party colleagues, entered his vigorous
protest, addressing the Speaker and saying
"You can Ignore the rights OF representa-
ives of the people; but the people will pull
you down at the polls next November, and
your party with you"
The Speaker was impsrturbabe and the
roll cali continued.
The previous question was voted down
yeas 100, nays III. Aad when the loud
democratic applause ceased Mr.. Mills was
recognized by the Speaker. He offered
resolution recitiug that the order Of refer
ence made by the Speaker referring the
silver bill to the committee on coinage,
weights and measures was incorrect under
the rules OF the House, and was made witt
out authority under the rules, and resolving
that thu Journal be corrected by striking
therefrom this entry. The following repus-
icars voted with the democrats in the neg
alive: Messrs. Bartine, De Haven, Kelly,
Kerr (Iowa), Liud, Morrow and Townsend
(Coloredo)
Mr.. Cannon, OF Illinois. raised point of
order against the resolution and argued it at
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