Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-19
CONGRESSIONAL.
Senator'S Coke and Bate Speak in 0p-
position to the Elections Bill.
The House, In Committee of the Whole, Con-
slders the Merchant Marine and
Fisheries Bill.
IL CONGRESS.
SENATE

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business. This lasted only n few min
utes, when the senate proceeded to con-
slider minor business.
Mr.. Sherman, from the committee on
| finance, reported q bill providing against
| contraction of currency printed and re-
| committed
! The election bill wes taken up and Mr..
| Coke addressed the senate in opposition
TO it.
Mr. Coke said it proposed to put aside
| state authorities which had for CEN
| tury controlled the elections, and to
| substitute for them an army of parti-
saus, supervisors and deputy marshuls,
who are to direct and control the regis
| tration and couE ting of votes, aud psr-
tisau returning boards 10 do the counting
| and certitication of result. or course,
the bill Involved the conclusion thar the
people of several states were, for some
reason, unfit to be trusted to hold in
! their way elections for their representa-
/ uves to congress, IS they had always
heretofore been doing. He was against
the bill as whole and in all its details,
especially against the libe!lous reflection
of the capacity of the states for self
government, ana its audaclous as.ump-
ton that all the honesty, virtue, intslli-
gence found in the country was pos
sessed by the Federal officials He en-
tered his most earnest protest. The
Democratic senators, Mr.. Coke said,
proposed to have q full and free discuss
sion of the bill to the end that the Amer
lean people shall be informed
OF the startling and radical de-
parture proposed TO be inaugurated
in the character of the government.
If the dictator, of the political faction
that happened to hold possession OF all
departments of the government (formu-
lated in secret caucus) were to be regis
tered in the statute book without debate,
without discussion. without examination;
if the rules and usages and methods of
procedure that hal for 100 years main
tanned IN the senate, were to be over
thrown, and ii neither house of congress
WAS to be any longer deliberative body,
it was at least proper that the fact be
proclaimed, so that thu people might be
made aware OF the purchase and might
pass Judgment on the political parties re-
spOnsible for it.
Mr.. Cullom then addressed the senate
in favor of the bill.
MIR. Bates, as a lover Of individual lib
erty. opposed the bill.
man that Mr.. Bates would promise to
finish his speech this evening, the cleo
ton bill was land aside informally and
the following bills were taken up and
passed: Senate bill appropriating $780,
900 for public building ut Danville,
ILL.,; house bills for public buildings ct
South Bend, Ind. (SI5, 00O, and Bloom
inston, H., (S75. 00O, being amended
reducing the amount from 500 900.
After a short executive session the
senate adjourned at 5:25 till tomorrow
at 20 q. m.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. lS.-In the morn
ing hour the pending measure was the
senate bill amending the interstate COM
merce act by providing for the taking Of
depositions By notaries public.
The bill was passed.
Q Mr.. Farquhsr OF New York, as chair
man of the committee on merchant ma
rine and fisheries, moved that the house
go into committee of the whole for the
consid -ration of the senate bill to place
American marine engaged in foreign
trade on equality with that of other ma
tons. with house substitute therefor.
Contention was started by Mr.. Springer
of Illinois aud Mr.. Blount of Georgia. as
authorization of his committee to make
this motion.
The speaker said he would recognize
the gentleman from New York as spokes-
nun of his committee to state the facts
of the matter.
Mr.. Farquhar thereupon rectad the
action of the COMMITTEES, but the state
ment was not satisfactory to the speaker,
who decided that the gentleman had not
received sufficient authority from his
committe TO make the motion.
The speaker, who then recognized Mr..
FurQuhar to make a motion that the
house 90 into committee of the whole on
the state of the union. The motion was
agreed to. Yeas. 1876; nays, los.
Mr.. Burrows of Michigan taking the
chair, MIR. Farquhar then moved that
the house proceed TO the consideration of
the senate bill TO place the American
merchant marine on an equality with
that of other nations.
Mr.. Springer made point of order
that the motion was not in order, but the
committee must proceed to the consider
alton of the appropriation bill.
The chairman ruled that the motion
was in order for the reason that the rules
gave the committee authority to decide
what measure II would take up.
Mr.. Springer took an appeal from the
decision. After debate the decision of
the chair was sustniued-s6 to %.
Mr.. Farquhar's motion was then
agreed TOLL to So.
Mr.. Farquhar, in supporting the ship
ping bill, expressed his regret that any
member should refer to 1t as "job'
This in reference to the remarks by Mr..
Blount). He did not believe that any
gentleman would reflect upon the COM
mittee on merchant marine and fisheries.
No corporation or organization got 81
out of this measure to which it was not
fairly entitled.
MIR. Ou.hwaite Of Ohio inquired as to
how much the Pacific Mail steamship
company would receive during the first
year after the passage of the bill.
Mr.. Farquhar replied that the gentle-
man could secure any information be de-
sired by perusal of the testimony taken
By the committee.
Mr.. Farquhsr advocated the bin at
length, and pending further discussion
the committee rose and the house adj
iourned.
Deserved rs Many Deaths