The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-17
REPUBLICANS SEATED.
LAST CHAPTER IN THE THEFT OF
MONTANA.

EnIlLleO TO seats IN the senate Oy a
Strict Party Vote-Mr. Kenna Makes
Telling Point in His Argument for
the Democratic View.
WASHINGTON, April 16.-In the Senate
this morning the Montana election case was
| again taken up, and as Mr.. Daniel did not
claim the floor to continue his speech osyes-
{ terday, Mr.. Gibson addressed the Senate in
favor of the democratic side of the ques-
ton. The consideration which he had been
able TO give the case, he said.
had led him to the conclusion that
the reports of both the majority
and minority of the committee rested
alike on fundamental error. That error in
volved the proposition that under the con-
| stitution and law of Montana no quorum of
legislature had assembled either in the iron
hall, the republican branch, or in the court
house the democratic branch. Less than
| quorum, he contended, had not any right
to pass upon contested election to seat one
set OF claimants or the other set.
IMPERFECT CREDENTIALS.
Messrs. Clark and Maginnis, he said, had
the only credentials of an officer authorized
| to issue them the governor of the state).
but they were imperfect credentials mas
much as they were not countersigned by
the secretary of the state and did not have
| the seal of the safe. On the other hand,
| the paper that was presented by Messrs
| Sanders and Power, signed by the secretary
| OF the territory. was entitled to no more
consideration than certificate of a coroner
or justice of the peace, or even Of an
| officer Of another state.
At the close of Mr. Gibsou's speech there
| was call of the Senate, which showed the
| presence of fifty-three senators.
Mr.. Kenna argued against the majority
| report. He contended that there is no
| now, that there was not at the time of the
| pretended election of two UGite1 States
| senator's, and that there never had been, an
organized legislature in the state Of Mon
tana. He recalled the question put by
| him last week, as to whether
| forty senators less than a quorum)
could transact business and decide
| upon the contested election of any of the
other forty-two claimants, and mir. Hoar's
| response that he should like to think on
that question" and yet, said Mr.. Kenna,
that was the fundamental question involved
in this report. He submitted to every fair
minded man, of Whatever degree of preju-
dice, whether it did not present precisely
the question presented in the Montana case.
THE REPUBLICAN IDEA.
He also recalled the remark OF Mr.. Sher-
| man, when the admission of Mr.. Malone
was before the Senate, that anything that
will beat down that party and build up our
| own is justifiable in morals and in law"
and reminded the republican senators that
when they raped Montana, the youngest
| maid in the sisterhood of states, and before
maturity, they did it under the damning
| and damnable pretext that anything that
will beat down that party and build up
| our own is juStifable III morals and in law. "
A motion to adjourn was made on the
democratic side, aud the yeas and nays
were called, so as t. give the senators time
| to come into the chamber. The motion was
| defeated, yeas nays As.
CHINESE ENUMERATION BILL TABLED.
1t was theo 2:35 o'clock. To occupy the
time until o'clock, when the vote was 10
be taken on the Montana case, the Chinese
enumeration bill was taken up.
which followed two amendments
were adopted lessening the stringency of
| the bill. Mr.. Stewart then moved that the
| bill be laid on the table, as he was satisfied
| that with the amendments Just adopted the
| bill would do more harm than good. The
motion was agreed to and the bill laid on
the table, yeas 81, nays2 Dolph and Nor
| gam.
THE MONTANA CASE RESUMED.
| After Uue DuSS&p0 OIL u lew DIS on Tue
| calendar. the Montana contested election
case was taken up and the frs resolution
| of the committee, declaring William A.
| Clark not entitled to the seat, was read. Mr..
| Butter thereupon offered a resolution to
| recommit the majority aud minority re-
| ports to the committee on privileges and
| elections for further investigation as to the
! regularity and legality OF the election of the
claimants.
| IL H. 81 o.Jo J.
| as there was but one resolution pending it
was not in order to move to recommit the
| whole four resolutions.
Mr.. Harris suggested to Mr. Butler to
| make the simple motion to recommit, and
Mr.. Butler did so.
PARLIAMENTARY SPARRING.
| Mr.. Hoar intimated that the understand
| ing was that the vote SHOULD be taken OF
the resolutions at ) O'Clock.
Mr.. Butler-O, no; that voting should be-
| gin at 5 O'Clock.
| Vice President whether under the rule Mr..
| Buffers resolution did not go over till TO-
| morrow.
The Vice President-The senator from
| South Carolina has withdrawn his resolu-
| ton and submitted motion.
| The vote was taken, and Mr.. Buffers mo-
| ton was rejected by strict party vote
| yeas 20, nays oS.
| 1t was then agreed that the first two reso-
buttons, declaring Messrs. Clark and Ma
| g:unis Che democratic claimantsl not en-.
| titled to seats, should be voted as one reso.
luton, and Mr. Gray offered q substitute
| declaring Messrs. Sanders and Power (the
| republican claimants) not entitled to seats
! The vote was taken, and the substitute
| was rejected by ike vote, 26 to So
| The vote was then taken on the resolu-
ton declaring Messrs Clark and Maginni
not entitled to seats, and the resolution was
| agreed to-32 yeas and ~ nays-Messrs.
! Barbour, George, Gibson, Kenna, and Walt
hall voting with the republicans in, the
| affirmative.
Mr.. Butler offered as substitute for the
two resolutions declaring Sanders and
I Power entitled to seats the following,
| RESOLVED, That it is the Judgment of the Sen
| ate that there has been no choice Of United
States senators from the state of Montana
The substitute was rejected by a party
vote-yeas %, nays 81.
THE REPUBLICANS SEATED.
The resolutions declaring Wilbur F. San
| ders and Thomas c. Power entitled upor
| the merits of the case" to seats in the Senate
| from Montana were agreed to by a strict
| party vote-yeas 81, navs 20.
| Messrs. Sanders and Power were imme-
| diately with some demonstrations of ap-
| plause from the galleries. escorted to the
clerks desk by Messrs. Hoar and Wash
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