Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-12-27
Washington, Dee. 2O-Ingalls said !.

was the conviction of the great n
 the people north that the constitu
 convention of Mississippi assembl
 the svowed purpose of disfranchisluY 8
 majority of its citizens. It assembled
 for the express purpose of nullI
 defeating and overthrowing the
 meats to the Constitution of ths U
 States. by hgre-ing to which the state of
 Mississippi secured readmission in,o
 tie union The southern people had re tained representation in the house of representatives and in the electoral col Iese while they suppressed the eolored vote. They nad retained repre- eseutaticn which had given them for fourteen years supremacy in tine house and Oncs placed ;n the presidential chaIr man Fho had never been el-cied to that office in any just sense. Edmunds added that Mis- sissippi convention came into existence by methods entirely outside of the con- s.itution of that state, which provided $ pa-'iculAr way for It's own amendment Adjourned.
 Spooner spoke in sdvocdcy of the He snid It had been said cn the other side that this bill was sim- ed at the south. It Was in para. Twas aimed at every spot in the United States where by fraud or force men who had the right to vote for members of con gress We're cheated out of that right. The south be thought was where the bill WAS specially needed. In proof he read extracts from the speech of dele gate Ohrismsn in the late constitution al of Mississippi declaring tnai tbere b d not been fair election in that state for many years. Referring to 3tewart's speech yesterday and hls re. mark that the election law could not be | in the south. Spooner said; | 'Hhve we fallen on condition in our | country that calls for the preservation l If ths ballot box in the north, while we | must stop at Mason and Dixou's line | 'ecanse public opinion in the south IS ! favor of dishonest and fraudulent and | violent suppression of suffrage; I can- lot believe it." Spooner spoke over five Iours.
 GOLD IN LEGISLATION.
 Washington, Dec. 20-Carter, from he committee on coinage, weights and measures, reported to the house the bill greed upon in committee to smend the O. of May 26 1882, authorizing the aceipt of United States gold coin in for gold bars. The bill pro- Oses to make the exchange of gold bars or goli coin discretionary with the sec etary Uf the treasury instead of mands- )ry.
 DEFICIENCY BILL.
 Washington, Dec. 20-The house ent into committee of the whole on tue rgent deficiency bill with the senate mend amendment. Henderson moved except in the amendment roviding for the payment of senate 'sslon employees, including clerks for ,nstors. After a long debate motion as agreed to, bill returned to the sen- .e and house adjourned.
 SENATE WASHINGTON, Dec. 22-The small at ,ndance of senators this morning at acted the attention of the democrats, 1d the sergeant at arms was directed } request the presence of the absent emb bers. In the course of half an hour a forum appeared.
 Bill 10 establish record and pension flee in the War Department passed. :, Conference report on the Sioux reser- ltioa bill was adopted.
 Amendments to the urgency of the 'ficiency bill (striking out the approp- ation for clerks for senators) was non lrred in. Discussion of the election bill was re- med, Higgins taking the floor. Cincinnati, December 20-The city i Cincinnati was made the sole benif- V ary under the will of tue late Matthew lomas, which was admitted to probate day. It gives the entire estate s counting to $l,I5O.U00 to the city of | ncinnsti. V San Francisco, December 20-Ths esmship Msrriposs arrived from Aus rlis wis Honolulu today. Among the t .ssengers was Peter Jackson, the Col q ed Australian pugllit. Jackson said {. s matches with Slsvln aud Goddard sre of for the present as hs intends 'ing to Byron spring., this state, to | main until he feels better physically. On December g cOnsidsrable damage !. Is done by cloud burst in the dis-I f lot of HsrnskuO, on the island of Ha iii. Eight luches of rain fell in three urs. Two persons are known to be q owned and four others are missing r d are supposed to have shared the a me fate. n Columbus, December 2O-Rev. Jas Impbell. prominent Methodist min V CT, WAS today convicted of crimiuai a eration on Annie Hunsmsn, 8 dOmas iC
 ID his family, was fined $500 and Il ntenesd three years in the psniten- D 'ry. i' Syracuse, N, r., December 20-Dr. stin succeeded today in making 6 q ccessful test of hIs shell for firing dy q mite from an ordinary cannon. The T ngs was about 800 feet. The first A ell contained seven and 8 half pounds b dynamite and the cannon was loaded tn thirty pounds of powder. The A ell struek the target, great wall of Il cks, exploding there with great vio- h lce. Two mc re sheils under similar iC were equally successful. ls New York, December 2O-Steinitz ' ,n today the chess game. The score " stands Steinitz, 2r Gunsberg. 2; VI rswn. 2, Phils ielphis, December 2O-The crui n r Newark. having completed her re- a irs. started out again today on her d sl trip. k Paris, France, Dec. 20-The jury was i. 1t sn hour and fifty minutes. Gsbrille ,on hearing the sentence appeared ut- rly overcome and fell back into the U ma of har d0ck0r Evreu6 ahouad mn | q