Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-13
The Fifty-First Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. O., March 12.
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The first three quarters of an hour of the session of the house this morning was con- sumed in desultory discussion as to the status on the calendar of private claims re- ported from the court of claims, but the speaker reserved his decision.
 On motion of Mir. Lodge of Massachusetts a resolution was adopted calling on the secre- tary of the navy for the report of the naval board appointed to investigate the welding process of the Thompson Electric Welding company of Boston, Mass.
 Mr. Cannon, from the committee on rules reported resolution setting aside to-day and tomorrow for the consideration of the Okla- homa bill, the final vote to be taken at 4 o'clock tomorrow.
 After @ brief debate the resolution was adopted and accordingly the house went into committee of the whole (Nr. Payson of Illi- nois in the chair) on the Oklahoma bill. Ar. Morse of Massachusetts offered an amend- mont extending the provisions of section 2,139 R. s. (prohibiting the introduction of intoxicating liquors into the Indian territory) to the territory of Oklahoma until otherwise provided by law. Lost, 30-44.
 MT. Kelley of Kansas offered an amend ment providing that the general statues of Kansas Cnstead of Nebraska) shall extend over the tsrritory-until after the first ses-
 
 Mir. Picker of South Dakota strongly ad. vocated the amendment principally on the ground that 1t would extend to the new ter- ritory the prohibitory laws of Kansas.
 MT. Spinola of New York said that for many years he had listened to discussion of the temperance question, but he had never found that the enactment of Q special law gsnce in intoxicating drink. What the law makers should do was not to say man should not do a certain thing, but should surround the doing of that thing with the best regulations which could be established. Those regulations were not prohibition. Pro- hibition had failed in every instance, and in the states which had provided for prohibition there was e much liquor drank after the passage of the law as there had been before. was sick of the name. Naughter.)
 MT. Funston suggested that the gentleman did not like Kansas on account of its pole itics.
 MT. Kerr of Iowa-You came from New York.
 MT. Spinola acknowledged that he came from Now York city, ono of the most Ohris- tian communities on the continent. Naugh- ter) And democratic, he added, because 1t publican party has made New York demo- cratic for the next eight or ten years, and Mir. Evarts' successor in the senate would be the democrat.
 MT. Funston resented and hurled back at the gentleman from New York his reflection upon Kansas when he said no state which had passed prohibition laws had observed those laws. So far as Kansas was concerned, the gentleman had stated falsehood. He resented the general charges against prohibi- tion and declared that in Kansas there wal not ono open saloon. The republican party had had It's birth in Kansas, and he hoped the time would soon come when tho party would champion the cause of prohibition aa it had championed the cause of liberty. MT. .Tarsney of Missouri said that last sum- mer he attended court in south hwestern Kan sas. One day he noticed the judges looking l scowling toward the ants-room. He looked | tt the judge, not in aa intimidating manner but in bewitching, sntioing manner Qaugh' tsr).
 The judge shook his head and the prose outing attorney retired. In . moment tht judge, turning to tho jury said: ''Gentlemen we will now take recess for ten minutes, and followed the prosecuting attorney Naughter.)
 MT. Chairman, concluded Mr. Tarsney, am opposed to the further extension of Kan sas prohibition. Naughtsr.)
 MT. Stewart of Georgia offered an amend
 ment, as substitute for Mir. Kslley's motiol
 providing that section 2, ,139 revised statute
 shall be in force in the territory until afte
 the adjournment of the first session of tn
 legislative assembly. (This is similar to tn
 amendment previously offered by MT. Mors
 of Massachusetts and voted down.)
 MT. Stewards amendment was agreed te
 70 to 47.
 On motion of Mr. Holman of Indiana q
 amendment was adopted providing that D
 lands in the territory shall inure to the us
 or benefit of the railroad corporations exceI
 the right of way heretofore granted.
 Bending further discussion the committe } rose and the house at 5:2O adjourned.