Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-02
THE MONTANA ELECTION
Under Consideration in the Senate
Today.
FOR ADMISSION OF IDAHO.
The Bill Taken Up in the House
This Afternoon.
THE SENATE.

Mr.. Edmunds, from the judiciary committee
reported back the antitrust bill in the form oi
substitute, and said that there was one Sec
ton in the bill as reported which he thought
went further than it ought to 60. Owing to q
little necessity of health he would probably moi
be in town when the matter would be taken up
Dut some other member of the committee
would take charge of it.
TWO VIEWS OF IT.
MIR. Vest, a member of the Judiciary commit
tee. said that he concurred in the report, bu,
with the understanding that there was one sec
tion OF the bill which did not, in his opinion.
go far enough.
MIR. Cullom asked whether that was the same
section which Mr.. Edmunds thought went toe
far.
Mr.. Vest said that it was. He thought it was
secton7.
GOOD AS FAR AS IT GOES.
Mr.. George (another member of the commit
tee) regarded the bill $50 far as il WENT as a
good one-the best that could be framed I'M
der the constitutional power Of Congress over
commerce. But there were one or two powers
OF Congress which Che thought might be ex-
ercised effectively in the direction of the sup
preston of trusts and combinations. but which
the committee did not see proper to exercise.
He should support the bill az reported, but
might offer amendments looking to the exer-
else OF these other powers.
Mr.. Coke (another member of the commit
tee) concurred in the bill as reported. except
that he would prefer the section referred to by
Mr.. Vest to be in little different form. The
bill was then read, and Mr.. Edmunds said that
as soon as the Montana election case was dis
posed of the bill would be taken up.
The House bill to transfer the revenue ma.
rlne service from the Treasury Department to
the Navy Department was reported and placed
on the calendar.
THE HOUR OF MEETING.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr. Hale
to change back the daily hour of meeting to IL
O'Clock was taken up and Mr.. Edmunds moved
to amend it by making it take effect on Mon
day the l4th instead of next Monday. He gave
as 4 reason why the Senate should meet at IL
am the fact that there were now on the calen-
dar between 700 and 800 bills reported from
committees, ,and he thought it wiser to allow an
extra hour for disposing of the business than
to give 1t to committees in order to enable
them to heap up more business on the Senate.
MIR. Hale said he had offered the resolution
because he thought that tbs operation of the IL
convenient and resulted in little good. It was
practically to dissolve the committees.
DEFENDING THE SENATE.
Mr.. Hawley, in protesting against an intima-
tion by Mr.. Edmunds as to lack Of industry on
no such hard-working legislative body in the
world as the United States Senate, and that the
average business men of the country did not
work so hard.
Mr.. EDMUNDs' AMENDMENT REJECTED.
After further discussion. participated in by
Senator's Plumb, Jones of Arkansas, Dawes,
Reagan, Eyarts and Ingalls, (alI favoring the
daily meeting at noon), MIR. Edmunds' amend
ment was rejected-yeas 27 nays, 29.
TO MEET AT NOON FROM NEXT MONDAY.
Three republicans, Messrs. Hale, Plumb and
Wolcott voted with the democrats in the mega
tive. The resolution was then agreed to-yeas.
~; nays 25 so, commencing on Monday next
the hour OF meeting will be 12.
THE URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL PASSED.
The conference report on the urgent de-
ficiency bill was presented and agreed to. The
House recedes from its disagreement to the
Senate amendment (as to irrigation surveys),
with proviso that no part of the amount shall
be expended III sinking wells or in the con-
struction of irrigation works and that the gov
ernment shall not be committed to any plan of
irrigation.
THE MONTANA ELECTION CASE.
The Senate then proceeded to the considera-
tion of the Montana election case-the major
ity report being in favor of Wilbur F. Sanders
and Thos. Power. and the minority being in
favor of VIM. A. Clark and Martin Maginnis.
Mr.. Hoar stated the case on the part of the
majority of the committee-the whole
matter turning upon the question whether one
set of delegates (who voted with the twen-
ty-hve republican delegates for Sanders and
Power) were legally elected from the
county of Silver Bow, or whether the
other set (who voted with twen!y-four demo-
crats for Clark and Maginnis) were the legally
elected deputies
Mr.. Gray Representing the minority of the
committee on privileges and elections) made a
statement in support of the claim that Messrs.
Clark and Maginnis are entitled to be seated as
Senators from Montana. He expressed his
regret that few Senators were in their seats to
hear the arguments on each side. because it was
as important that they should hear those argu-
ments in order to decide the question judicially
as 1t was for all the judges to be present in the