The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-03
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS-.

YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON, July 2.-Plumb, from the
committee on public lands, reported the
senate bill to provide for the delivery of
land patents to their rightful owners, and
asked for its immediate consideration.
Statements were made by Plumb. Paddock
and Berry that there were some 25O, GOO land
patents accumulated in the general land
Office, for which those entitled to them had
not applied; that thrifty firm of Wash
inRton attorneys had been permitted to
then communicated with the persons en-
titled to them, notifying them
that they could get their patents on
payment of certain fee; that this
was an act in collusion between the as
sistant commissioner (who was then
assistant secretary of the interior, acting as
commissioner and this law firm; and that
the bill was designed to frustrate that. The
bill was then passed. It directs the score
of deeds of each city in which the lands SO
patented lie, a list Of land patented in that
county that have been in the general land
Office uncalled for for twelve months.
Hiscock called up his motion to recon-
slider the vote by which the senate yester.
to the legislative appropriation bill. The
motion was agreed to and after debate the
senate receded from it's amendments. The
bill now goes to the president. The senate
proceeded to decentralization of two senate
bills reported from the committee on COM
merce to place the American merchant ma
rine engaged in foreign trade upon an
equality with that of other nations, and to
provide for ocean mail service between the
United States and foreign ports and to pro-
mote the SERVICE Frye said the first bill
was a bounty on tonnage and the second
was known as the postal subsidy bill. He
declared that unless congress did something
to aid American ships, and that speedily,
there would soon not be single steamship
line traversing the oceans carrying the
United States flag, not one. He proceeded
to speak in favor of the bills. Vest ad-
sidy bills. The foreign carrying power was
languishing and almost dead, but SO was
the cattle trade, and yet if he were to pro-
pose subsidy for the cattle trade the prop
osition would be attacked as the most mon
strous ever heard. Frye said he hoped to
as he intended to call up the river and har-
Dor bill Monday.
The house resumed consideration of the
federal election bill, the pending question
being on the amendment offered BY Tucker.
of Virginia, requiring the judge of the cir
to pass upon app ications for supervisors of
election. Tucker's amendment was re-
jected. Rowell, of Illinois, offered an amend
ment making it the duty of circuit judges
in each circuit, within ono month after the
passage of this act, to open special term
of the circuit court in their respective cir
Quits. The said judges shall appoint for
each judicial district three discreet persons
of good character and standing, who shall
be known as United States juror commits
sioners. 1t shall be the duty of such COM
missioners to organize as board and from
a list of persons who under the laws of the
United States and Of the state shall h eli
gible for jury dutyf withouts respeGt grace
or color. Hereafter all panslS n H. 1iors
shall be drawn by the board IN Rpce
OF the district circuit iua ksll's
good deal Of confusion followed the an
nouncement, amid which several democrats
demanded the yeas and NAYS, but in SO low
tone that it was not heard by the speaker,
who recognized Struble, of Iowa, to offer
an amendment. Then Outhwaite called
fact that the. yeas and nays were
demanded, and upon the speaker ex-
pressing the opinion that the demand
came too late, Cultivate himself requested
all those favoring the demand to rise. The
entire democratic side rose, but the speaker
entirely ignored it and did not count those
rising. He stated, however. that if there
was no objection the yeas and nays might
be ordered. There being no objection the
speaker ordered the clerk to call the roll.
The amendment was adopted, yeas, 15O;
nays, IA.
table and thus defeat It. The motion were
beaten. 149 yeas; 155 nays. The only repub-
licans to vote in favor of the motion was
Coleman, of Louisiana, Lehtbach, of New
jersey, Evart, of North Carolina. another
bolter was paired with Simond of Connecti-
cut. Springer, before the vote was an
moved to reconsider. Rowell, of Illinois,
moved to lay that motion on the table.
Carried, yeas, 1853: nays, 148.
Mckinley said no honest man could OBJ
iect to the bill. It was said the bill would
be expensive, that it would cost millions.
That assumed that the $50 districts of the
country would invoke the operation of the
law, and there was not a man who did not
know that not 100 districts would invoke its
operation. They would diminish the cost of
the administration of the law in
the ratio in which they di1nin-
ished fraudulent voting, false counting,
ballot box stufing and suppression of votes.
Republican applause. 1t would cost
nothing if there was no need for it, This
question would not rest until justice was
done. It was the supreme duty of the ma
ton to enforce the constitution and laws of
the United States. Let the gentlemen on
the other side obey them as the republicans
obeyed them, for he told them that the peo-
pie of the north would not permit two
votes in the south to count ai,much as five
votes in the north. [Kepublican applause. ]
McMillin, of Tennessee, said the republi-
cans might, like madman, grasp the pill
lars of the constitution and pull down the
edifce, but like Samson they would perish
in the wreck. If he could register a wish
III heaven he would ask. not for the extern
sion of boundaries or multiplication of ter
ritory, not for flowing rivers and fertile
fields, but that the man who laid violent
hands upon the constitution might
drop dead as did the sacrilegious
Jews who laid impious hands upon
the ark of the covenant. Democratic APP
plause.l The hour of two o'clock having
arrived the speaker declared the previous
question ordered on the bill and pending
amendment. Much time was spent in vot-
ing on dilatory motions and with other par
liamentary devices for delay. Finally, as a
last move, Springer demanded the reading
of the engrossed bill. The speaker was
prepared for this demand the hill having