Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-02-21
Proceedings of Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. g.. Feb. 81.
SENATE.

crease Tue pensions OF totally QlSaD!eu PEN
sioners was presented by Mr.. Davis and was
agreed to.
Among the bills reported favoraby were
tbs following
For the establishment of pure food di.
vision in the Department OF Agriculture.
To provide for Notifications and other see
coast defences
Mr.. Edmunds introduced bill to punish
crimes against officers Of the United States
while in discharge of their duties.
The Senate then proceeded to the oonsd.
GRAFTON of the House bill to provide for town
site entries of lands In Oklahoma.
Mr.. Berry said men who had been ap-
pointed deputy marshaIs had gone into the
Territory in advance of the time and had
made entries of some 100 acres Of land In
and around the town OF Guthrie. This had
been done, he said, by the connivance of
Land Receiver Barnes and of Marshal
Needles. Among the names of deputy mar
shals who had acted thus he mentioned that
of VIM. b. Clayton, of Arkansas. and said
that Mr.. Clayton had. since that time, been
nominated as District Attorney.
HOUSE.
MIR. E. B. Taylor, of OHIO, from the judi
ciary committee, presented resolution
calling upon the Attorney General for iDfor.
nation respecting the number of murders
and assaults in the District of Colum5 ia and
the raos of the criminals Turing the past six
years; also the number of convictions Of
persons for carrying concealed weapons.
Adopted.
Mi. Lee of Virginia, offered resolution
calling upon the same officer for informa.
ton as to EWhat steps,.if any, have been
taken to protect the interests of the United
States in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Company, and, if none has been taken. to
s1vise the House if any litigation is neces-
sary to protect the nited States In its 10
tsrest.
Mr.. McComas, of Maryland, suggested IS
an amendment an inquiry as to what is ne
ces5sry to preserve the canal as water
way and as Mr.. Lee refused to accept the
amendment, he objected to the consldera.
ton of the resolution and it Was referred to
the judiciary committee.
Upon motion of Mr.. Burrows, of Mich,
gan, it was resolved that when the House
adjourn to-day, it be to meet on Monday.
The regular order being demanded Mr..
Hooker, of Mississippi, proceeded to address
ths House upon the worlds fair bills.
Mr. Mills, of Texas, said for the last
twenty i've years we had seen little by little,
the encroachments of the general govern
ment upon the rights of the States, until
after awhile State legislature would not
possess the power of a city council. Mem
bers of the national legislature we're 30 over.
whemed with business that they were
nothing but mailing clerks, and had no time
to study legislation. He had opposed the
centennial bill as he now opposed this pro
ject. The Government has nothing to do
with fairs. Columbus never saw North
America. This country was discovered by
the man whose name it bears. But this was
q business matter. The cities came here
hurrahing for the old flag and an sppropria
tiop. Tols was proposition to make
money. The republicans mad been con
demning the southern people for denying to
the colored man the right of suffrage. Who
had disfranchised the colored msn Ia the
District of Columbia in the 47th Congress?
A republican House and Senate and
President. They were afraid to trust the
colored man to manage the District Gov
ernment. but were willing that they should
govern Mississippi and Louisiana. In the
District it vas proposed to issue bonds to
pay the expenses of the fair. The people
were now taxed and governed to death.
He took it for granted that the fair would
be held that Congress would go on interior
ring with the rights of the people, and it
could be charged to patriotism aud Column
bls. And he would have to do as the rest
did; he would have TO vote for the site and
represent his people aud he would vote for
Tsxas' neighbor-st. Louis.
Mr.. O'Fsrrall, of Virginia, said that the
city of his choice YVES Washngton--where
beauty and grandeur and usgni6cence filed
the eye. Located in section where climate
was unsurpassed, whose mineral springs
renewed youth, whose soil WAS fertile. 1t
was the idol of every heart, designed by and
named by Washington.
Destruc tive Fires.
TOLEDO. Feb. 2l.-EarlY this morning