Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-16

signed" II was intended to subject the
neople Of the South once more to the
domination of their recent slaves.
now PURIFY THE SUPERVISORS?
Mr.. Vance went on to criticise the bill
in detail. The muddy waters OF suffrage
were. he said, to he filtered through
s,neryisors of election. But what, be
asked, would purify the supervisors
1.-The river Rhine, it is well known.
Doth wash the city Of Cologne
But tell me what, We powers divine,
Will henceforth wash the river khinef
r'ELanghter.l
Az INSULT AND A cALUMNY.
Every line and every intendment OF
the bin was, he said. an insult to the
rights of the States and calumnious re-
Election on the integrity of their people.
II declared that State laws was inefti-
Gent that State officials were dishonest,
while Federal officials, chosen from the
mass OF the people OF the same States
had necessarily to be yirtuous and pure.
What reductiO dd d6surdVm !
In conclusion. Mr.. Vance spoke OF the
growing goodwill between the blacks
and their white nelghbors in the South,
and said that, in his opinion. the man
who would disturb that condition was an
enemy to both races.
THE HoUsE-To-HoUsE CLAUSE.
At the close OF Mr.. yance's speech,
the Vice President announced the ques-
ton to be on Mr.. Gray's amendment to
strike out the sixth paragraph OF section
z the house-to-house clause.
Mr.. Hale IL we can have vote on
that amendment now l will not inter
pose motion to proceed to executive
business.
MIR. Harris: You will hardly get q
vote on it this evening, reckon.
Mr.. Hoar remarked that he had ex-
pected the Senator from West Virginia,
Mr.. Kenna, to address the Senate to-
day.
Mr.. BUFFERS AMENDMENT.
Mr.. Butler spoke in support of the
amendment which he had suggested
some DAYS ago, providing that super
yisors. canvassers, and other election
officers are TO be regarded as ministerial
and not az judicial officers.
Mr.. Hoar opposed the amendment,
saving that the officers would take their
character from the functions imposed
upon them.
A long and uninteresting discussion oil
the matter took place and had not come
TO a close when the Senate proceeded to
executive business and, at $50 o'clock,
adjourned.
House of Representatives.
On motion Of Mr.. Carter, of Montana,
the oath of Office MS postmaster OF the
House was administered to James W.
| Hathaway, Of Montana.
Mr.. Mckinley, from the Ways and
Means Committee, reported and the
House adopted, a resolution calling or
the Secretary of the Treasury for the
names of the several banks in which
public money is deposited, the places
! where such repositories are situated, the
dates of such deposits, the reason there
for and the rate of interest, ifany, which
| has been or is now paid into the Treasury
bv such repositories in return for th'
use OF the public funds also for informa
ton as to the authority by which anC
the law under which such deposits were
made.
COURT OF INDIAN DEPRECIATION CLAIMS.
The Speaker stated that the pending
business was a motion made September
LIST by Mr. Hermann, of Oregon, to sus
pend the rules and pass the bill for tn
adjustment and payment OF claims arislnl
from Indian depredatlons The oil
provides for the appointment by th'
/ President of three judges, TO constitute
a court TO be known as the Court OF In
dian Degradation Claims, ard to inquir'
into and adiudicate all claims for tn'
nronertv of citizens taken by the Indian
without just cause.
After an advocacy of the measure b.
Messrs. Herman, Lanham, TOWNSEND
of Colorado, Sayers, Mills and Perkins
and criticisms upon il by Messrs. Holman
and Kilpore, the motion was agreed t
and the bill passed.
MONUMENT TO VICTIMS OF PRIsoN-sHIPs.
Mr.. Spinola, from the Committee OF
Military Affairs, moved to suspend tn
rules and pass the bill appropriatinl
| sIOO 600 for the erection of a monumen
to the victims of prison-ships at For
Greene, Brooklyn.
Mr.. Kerr. Of Iowa, demanded second
which was ordered-90 to Z.
A long debate followed, the bill bein
opposed by Messrs. Allen, OF Michigan
Cannon, Sweeney, Of Iowa; Kerr, g
Iowa: and j. ID. Taylor. Of Ohio, a
Republicans and advocated by Messr'
Spinola. Flower. and Covert, OF Ne
York and McAdoo, of New jersey, a
Democrats, and Buchanan, OF New Jel
sew, Republican. The opposition wa
based on considerations OF economy, an
: that the present.was an inopportune tim
for expenditures OF that character:
Mr.. Cannon said that he was informe
that the Committee on Library had II
ported fayorably
, THIRTY MONUMENT BILLS.
| There was an estimated increase IN tn
, expenditures OF the Government OF $40
/ 0O6. 600. and decrease in the revenue
} of eco. 900. 600. Congress had to look tn
, matter sduarely in the face and choo:
l between giving proper relief to the hvin
and erecting thirty monuments, no ma
5 ter how worthy the deeds to be con
memorated. The motion was lost-yea
80 nays, 1903 =,
, On the next motion-to suspend ii
! rules and pass the bill for the retlremer
? of mates in the nsvy-no quorum vote
! r Mr.. Mckinley, from the Commute
{ on Ways and Means, reported Il
Flower Joint resolution extending To
! bonded period from February |
. July !, 1891. There being dispositio
on the part of Mr.. Culbersom, of Texa
to debate the measure. MIR. Mckinlt
. withdrew il.
Mr.. Enloe raised the point OF 1
, quorum, and the House adjourned.
STORY OF A PICTURE.
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