Evening journal., 1890-10-02

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. There was nd
quorum in the house, and the time was
principally occupied with speechmaking
Mr.. Allen lMiss.) made long political ad.
dress. To say that the Republican party
had begun with Abraham Lincoln and
ended with Benjamin Harrison was proof.
he said, that the party had gone to seed
Mr.. Allen criticised the speaker for de
nouncing theDemncrats for their action IN
allowing the tariff and elections bills to
20 through and then filibusterlng against
the seating OF negro member. In the
last congress, he said, the present speaker
had allowed the Mills tariff bill to pass.
but had filibustered against the report o.
the committee on elections. lie was in
terrupted by the speaker, who appointed
Messrs. Mckinley, Perkins and Mcmillan
as a committee to wait on the president.
Mr.. Allen then continued his speech and
called attention to the fact that the Re.
publican campaign book contained no
reference to the speech of the gentleman
from Ohio (Afr. Kennedy making charges
against the chairman of the Republican
national ommittee-charges which had
never been denied.
MIR. Bayne's Defense.
Mr.. Bayne denied the truth Of the charges.
Not the name of one Republican leader in
the past twenty-five years had escaped
calumny, he said. Not man who had
done honor to this country had escaped the
spleen and the venom of the Democratic
party Mr. Allen replied that he had not
made any attack upon a senSsor or upon
the chairman Of the Republican national
committee. He had merely referred TO the
remarks of the gentleman from Ohio. The
gentleman from Pennsylvania had listened
to a reiteration of those remarks without
objection, but new he became indignant
when a Democrat merely referred to them.
Postmaster Wheat Resigns.
Mr.. Caswell presented to the house let
ter addressed to the speaker by Postmaster
Wheat, rendering his resignation. Later
Mr. Spooner, from The committee on ac-
counts, submitted a report on the investi-
cation into the conduct of the postmaster
The report states that the charges in the
Enloe resolution have been substantially
proved, and although the relations between
the late postmaster OF the house. Dalton.
and his contractor, Culbertson, give rise to
suspicion that some private arrangement
existed between them whereby Dalton dur
ing the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth congresses
derived personal profits from the mail con
tract, no absolute proof Of this has been
obtained. The report is accompanied by a
resolution declaring the Office of postfnas-
ter Of the house vacant and directing the
assistant postmaster to perform the duties
Of the office until a postmaster shall have
been elected and shall have qualified Mr.
Hayes Ia) submitted a minority report
disagreeing with the report OF the major
ity in its reference to Mr. Dalton. The
Wheat resolution was then agreed to.
Two Congressman Resign.
The speaker laid before the house q letter
from Representative E. H. Conger, stating
that he had forwarded to the governor Of
Iowa his resignation The speaker further
stated that he had received substantially
similar communication from Representa-
tive De Haven, of California. On motion
Of Mr. Morrow (Cal) senate concurrent
resolution was agreed to requesting the
president TO enter into negotiations with
the governments Of Great Britain and
Mexico with a view TO securing trade
stipulations for the prevention Of the entry
OF Chinese laborers from the Dominion OF
Canada and Mexico into the United States.
Speaker Reed then announced adjourn
ment sine die.