The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-10
MONTANA TO BE STOLEN.
THE DEMOCRATIC PROTESTS NOT
TO HAVE ANY WEIGHT.

the Republicans.
WASHINGTON, April 9.-In the Senate
this morning Mr.. Wilson of Iowa offered a
resolution, which was agreed to, instruct
ing the committee on interstate commerce
to inquire what additional legislation is
necessary 10 respect to Communication and
excursion tickets, SO as to prevent the
abuses now existing in regard to individuals
and localities.
The House bill appropriatiug $4,000 to
supply the deficiency occasioaed by the de-
falcation in the Office of the late sergeaut-a at
arms OF the House was reported from the
committee on appropriation without amend
ment and passed, with O remark by Mr..
Hale that it was almost an invariable rule
TO leave TO the House itself all subject mat
ters that pertained to the organization of
its force and the economy of its business,
and that the same was true reciprocally in
regard to the Senate.
THE MONTANA CONTEST.
The Senate then at 12:45 o'clock resumed
consideration of the Montana contested
election case, and Mr.. Pugh continued his
argument in favor of the democratic claim
ants, Messrs. Clark and Maginnis.
His arg ument was directed for the most
part to the points that the county canvass
ers of Silver Bow county had no right to
do anything but to furnish an abstract of
the votes actually cast, that they had no
right to go into the question of the legality
of the votes, that the votes cast at Precinct
No. "a were legal, that if they had been
counted the five delegates from Silver Bow
county would have been democrats. and
that, therefore, the two democratic claim
ants, Messrs Clark and Maginnis, would
have been elected TO the Senate.
TURPIE EXPOSES A TRAP
Mr.. Turpie, also member of the COM
mittee on privileges and elections, presented
an argument on the same side of the ques-
tion. He argued that as under the enabling
act the territory of Montana was author
lied to hold an election for delegates under
its own laws and rules, and as these laws
recognized the rights of aliens who had
taken out their first papers to vote, the SEN
ate was estopped from claiming
that under an existing act of
congress no such right existed. To set up
such claim,as was done by the majority of
the committee, was TO commit an act Of bad
faith against the people of Montana and to
set trap for them. He also argued that
in no sense were the county canvassers or
territorial cGnvassers judges of elections.
They were mere scriveners, clerks, book
keepers. The judges OF the polls we're the
only officials who had right to receive or
reject votes.
NEW DOGMA.
He spoke of the principle laid down by
the majority of committee as "the dogma
of electoral estoppel," and said that of all
the dogmas ever laid down by any tribuna |,
lay or clerical, it was least entitled to Gre
dence or regard. That dogma. briefly stated
was "falsehood, put in writing ON paper IS
| not only deemed to be truth, but it prevents
and forbids truth TO be otherwise. y
He ocEaH Nxhafbny ufriI - Df n
lie was to nave more force than
the whole edition, andEcharacterizei the re-
lection of the votes of precinct No. 81 as
an act of ''straugllng" on the part Of
three thugs of the returning board
Further he spoke Of the cs.nvassing board
as "a triple coil of adders composed of a
chief justice from Verulsm, a secretary
from Sodom and governor from Gomor-
rah;' and he wound mp with a scathing de-
nunciation of oil concerned.
MORE TO SPEAK
At the close of Mr.. Turpie's speech:it was
stated on the democratic sido that several
senators on that side desired to speak, but
We're not prepared to do so to-day; while on
the republican side it was said that further
argument was TO be made by Messrs. Teller
and Evarts.
Mr. Morgan said that as the Senate Ewas
actiog in judicial capacity it was entitled
to hear all the members Of the committee
present on the law and facts, and then to
leave the matter open to discussion. 1t vas
not fair TO have the ablest member of that
committee tMr. Evarts) reserved to play
advocate If the question was decided
on mere partisan grounds the
people would learn to treat the Senate with
contempt. and when it did SO the people
would have marched more than half the
journey toward the destruction of the re-
public. He therefore would not take the
floor on the matter until the Senate had
heard from all the members of the commit
tee who expected to speak.
EvARTs VERY MODEST.
Mr. Eyarts said that he was not aware
that he occupied a position in the case that
ought to attract attention. 1t was only an
ordinary arrangement Of business that the
committee making the report should have
the right TO close the debate.
In the course of discussion as to the time
for coming 60 a vote, it was stated by Mr..
Morgan that the democratic senators, while
not prepared to fix any limit 20 the debate.
were ready to vote upon the question with
out further debate On question OF this
sort, he said, the Senate ought TO act as it
would on q question of impeachment. in
which no senator would dare leave his seat
without a better excuse than the lunch
table or private business in a committee
room.
The offer to have the vote taken without
further debate was accepted on the repub-
lican side, but that arrangement was de-
feated by Mr.. Call taking the floor and
stating his desire to address the Senate to-
morrow.
A motion to proceed to executive busi-
ness was then made and rejected, the vote
being: Yeas 23, nays 35.
ENUMERATION OF THE CHINESE.
The Montana election5 case having been
laid aside, Mr.. Hale asked unanimous con-
sent to have the Chinese census enumeration
bill taken up and disposed of, but Mr.
Evarts objected, and then Mr.. Hale made
formal motion to that effect. The motion
met with resistance on tho republican side,
but all the democrats sided with Mr.. Hale,
and the vote resulted, yeas 80, nays 10, and
the bill was taken up.
Mr.. Mitchell said that as the Scott exclu-
sion act went into effect on Oct. l, 1888, he
desired to have the fourth section OF the
pending bill amended so as TO require
Chinese persons arrested under the proyis-
ions of this act to show that they were resi-
dents on Oct. 1, 1888, instead Of as the
Senate amendment proposed, on June |,
1890. Without action on the bill, the SEN
ate at o'clock adjourned.
Dahomey Blockaded.
WASHINGTON, April 9.-The department
OF state has been notified by the minister