The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-03-12
A Lively Time i'm the Senate.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE House amend
ment to theSenate concurrent resolution instruct
ing the Senate and House committee on imni
grafton to investigate the working of the vari-
Gus laws on immigration, was taken up. 1t
adds to the scope of the inquiry the subject of
the purchase of American industries by foreign
capital. After some discussion the matter
Went over without action.
Among the petitions presented and referred
was one from Florida asking duty of 81 box
on foreign oranges.
Mitchell introduced a joint resolution propos-
ing an amendment TO the constitution providing
for the election OF Senators by direct vote.
Mr.. Morrill, offered resolution, agreed to.
directing the secretary OF the interior to report
any information in his department in relation
to the authorizing OF lottery company by the
Indian territorial government of the Creek
nation.
Hoar called up the resolution reported by him
yesterday for the exclusion from the Record Of
the sentences interpolated by Call in his re-
marks in his discussion with Chandler few
days ago.
After some further debate Eustis said there is
not any eXaggeration in what was inserted in
the Record as compared with what was publicly
uttered on the floor. The language is not the
| same, but the accusation is the same, the ar
| raignment is the same, although he confessed
that the language inserted in the Record was
probably little more fiowery than that uttered
on the floor.
| Edmunds illustrated the question by allusion
| TO Jne election IN Louisiana OF the legislature
to which the Senate was indebted for the pleas
ure of Mr.. EustiS' presence. Il might say on
the floor of the Senate, he added, that L be-
| lieve the Senator is q misrepresentation of the
| state of Louisiana, and if there had been an
| honest vote and an honest count in that state,
| the Senate should not have had that pleasure.
Now, if tomorrow there appears in the Record
the additional statement that this was accom-
ton of the Senator himself, and that
with bloody hands and wicked intentions he had
managed by fraud and violence to construct q
legislature of that character, 1 suppose my
friend from Louisiana would say that all that
had been said yesterday and that it was very
proper for me behind his back to have it in
serted in the Record
| Daniel interrupted him and asked that Ed
mundS' words be taken down.
| The presiding officer (lngalls) asked Daniel to
state the words to which he took exception, so
the official reporter might know exactly the
sentence to be written down.
| Daniel said he understood the Senator from
| Vermont to impute distinctly TO the Senator
| from Louisiana the offenSe of murder, and it was
to that language he excepted. The sentence was
written out by the Official reporter and having
| been read by the clerk, Daniel said those were
not the words he excepted to. At the suggestion
| of Hoar, Daniel and the reporter retired to find
| the Objectionable sentence. After a few minutes
| Daniel returned and said as it was difficult to
| find the sentence he would not press the matter.
Edmunds said the Record purported TO be a
| true account of the proceedings, but the Senator
| from Florida so far forgot himself in moment
of heat as to cause to be printed an apparently
| carefully drawn up statement imputng to a
Senator from another state and in new language
a crime
marks in his own vindication and quoted some
of Chambers expressions, imputing to him Call
| the possibility of provoking homicide, etc.
! A vote resulted, yeas q; nays, IL. No quorum
Among the affirmative votes were Gray, Pugh,
| Turpie and Vance. Without disposing Of the
matter the Senate adjourned