Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-04-08
THE MONTANA CASE.
Senator. Spooner's Argument In
Favor OF the Majority
Report.
CENSUS ENUmERATIoNZoF THE
CHINESE.
Yesterdays Proceedings In the
HOuse.-A Texas City in
Darkness.
By TELEGRAPH to the SEwsl
SENATE
Senator Vance In n Humorous
Hsod.-Chinsse Enumeration

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WASHINGTON, April lin the
Senate, Evarts presented resolutions
Of the New York Chamber Of Com
merce, protesting against the pend
ing bill for a census enumeration OF
the Chinese as absurd, harbarous.
unchristian and cowanily, aud n
memorial on the same subject from
the American Missionary Associa-
ton was presented by Davis
The Montana election case was
taken up aud Vance, member OF
the committee en- privileges and
elections, made an Argument sup
porting the minority report, declar-
ing Clark and Maginnis, the demo-
cratic claimants, entitled to the
seats.
Hale asked him to give prefer
ence TO the Chinese enumeration
bill, which It was important to have
disposed of as soon rs possible.
Hoar intimated that the Chinese
Census bill could not be disposed Of
Immediately, as Evarts desired TO
speak on II.
Hale asked Evarts whether he
desired to debate il at length.
Evarts said he did.
Hale then gave notice that he
would move to take up the Chinese
enumeration bill as soon rs the
Montana election case was disposed
of.
Vance said he never hear ~ a
title 10 d seat In the Senate i'i-,,, :.
such slender, technical, jiiir-
grounds. He had never known the
public will Of a community tAwart-
ed and trampled under foot on such
flimsy preteIts. He knew the fiHt had
gone forth. He knew the Repub
licaa claimants were to be seated.
The Republican Senators would be
sicker over the thing before they
were done with 1t than he was. He
had heard Of an old fellow who
went out to Ohio to
SPECULATE IN HOGS.
He bought q big drove and shipped
them 10 New York. When he got
10 New York he found that hogs
were cheaper there than in Ohio, so
he shipped them back aud sold them
in Ohio. Some friends said 10 him:
slim, you maize n had speculation"
''Ies, {" said he, 81 lost n good deal
Of mOnet, but had the company Of
the hogs both WAYS SO he Vance
thanked God that in all future de-
nunciations Of the SoJth for the sup
preston Of colored votes the South
ern Senators would have the com
pany Of the hogs. Laughter.
SpoOner, also a member Of the
COMMITTEES on privileges aud cleo
tons, made an argument In favor Of
the majority report, that Sanders
and Powers, the republican claim
ants, are entitled upon the merits Of
the case TO be seated. He would
pass, he said. from the jokes Of the
Senator from North Carolina
Vance, end advert tn the very
able anu ingenious argument OF the
Senator from Delaware (GHy).
All the senators agreed that the
question was one of high import and
Of much delicacy. 1t affected not
only the right OF Montana 30 I've rep
resented in the Senate by the men
OF her choice, but it affected also
the dignity and integrity OF the
Senate itself. 1t should therefore
be considered with judicial calm
ness and deliberatIon, freed, as
much as might be, from partisan
BIAS AND PHEJUDiUE.
He knew that il was not necessary |
TO assure the Senate that it had |
been in that spirit that the majority |
Of the committee on privileges and |
elections had commenced atid con-
tinued consideration Of the case. A
senator could, Of course, only be
elected by a State legislature and,
in order TO seat n man in the Senate
he must have been chosen by n
legislature organized within the
meaning Of the constitution. But il /
was not Necessary, in his opinion,
to go beyond what might I've called
Tr7uld idcis evidence, ami that |
prima facie evidence was found in
this case, in the certificate of a
board Of -canvassers, consisting Of
the chief justice, governor and sec
rotary of the Territory.
In the course OF his speech,
SpOoner alluded to the charge made
by Gray against the President, for |
undue haste In Issuing the procIa-
nation for the admission Of Mon
tana, and he defended the President
in the matter. The Presidents
whole life, he said, was ample refu-
tation Of any such intimation.
Spooner yielded for executive ses-
sion, and the Senate soon adjourn
cd