Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-12
AT The CAPITAL.
Making and Unmaklng the
Senate Record.
THE CALL-CHANDLER MATTER
The Wyoming Admission Bill Surrep-
titiOusly Forced Upon the
House.
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WASHINGTON, March lin the SEN
at, today the House amendment to the
Senate concurrent resolution, instructing
the Senate and House committees on i'm
migration to investigate the working OF
the various laws on immigration, was
taken up. 1t adds to the scope of the
inquiry the subject of the purchase of
American industries by foreign capital.
After some discussion the matter went
over without action.
Among the petitions presented and re-
ferred was one from Florida, asking
duty of 81 per box on foreign oranges.
Mitchell introduced joint resolution
proposing an amendment to the Consti-
tuition providing for the election of Sem
ators by direct vote.
Merrill offered resolution (agreed toy
directing the Secretary of the Interior to
report any information in the possession
of his department in relation to authoriz'
ing lottery company by the Govern
ment of the Greek Nation, in Indian Ter
ritory.
THE CALLCHANDLER CONTROVERSY.
Hoar called up the resolution reported
by him yesterday for the exclusion from
the record of the sentences interpolated
by Cal! in the report of his remarks in
his discussion with Chandler some weeks
ago.
George opposed the resolution as being
without precedent.
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there is not any exaggeration in what
was inserted in the record as compared
with what was publicly uttered on the
floor. The language is not the same, but
the accusation is. The idea is the came;
its arrangement is the same although he
confessed the language inserted in the
record was probably a little more
howery than that uttered ON the floor.
Edmunds illustrated the question by
an allusioD to the election in Louisiana
of the Legislature ''to which the Senate
was indebted for the pleasure of Mr..
Eustis's presence, might say, on the
floor of the Senate" He added II be-
lieve the gentleman misrepresents the
State of Louisiana, and that if there had |
been an honest vote and an honest |
count in that State, the Senate |
would not have had that pleas |
ure. Now if tomorrow there appears
in the record statement that this was
accomplished in some way by the action
of the Senator himself, and that with
bloody hands and wicked Intentions, he
had managed, by fraud and violence, to
construct Legislature of that character,
suppose my friends from Louisiana
would say that all that had been said
yesterday, and that it was very proper
for me behind his back to have it in
serted in the record"
AN EFFORT TO PUT EDMUNDs ON RECORD.
Daniel interrupted and asked that Ed
munds's words be taken down. The pre-
siding officer Qngalls) asked Daniel to
state the words to which he took excep-
ton, so the official reporter might know
exactly the sentence to be written down.
Daniel said he understood the Senator
from Vermont to impute distinctly to the
Senator FROM Louisiana the defense OF
murder, and it was to that language he
excepted.
A sentence written out by the official
reporter having been read by the clerk,
Daniel said those were not the words he
excepted to.
At the suggestion of Hoar, Daniel and
the reporter retired to find the objection |
Daniel returned and said as it was diff.
cult to find the sentence he would not
press the matter.
Edmunds said the record purported to
bs true account of the proceedings, but
the Senator from Florida so far forgot |
himself in M oment of heat, as to cause |
to bs printed an apparently carefully |
drawn-up statement, imputing to Sem
ator from another State, and in new Ian
gusge, a crime.
CALL SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF.
After further debate, Call submitted
some remarks in his own vindication,
and quoted come of Chandler's expres-
sions imputing to him (Call) the possi-
bility of provoking homicide, etc.
The vote resulted: Yeas 27, nays IL.
No quorum. Among the affirmative
votes were Gray, Pugh, Turpie and
Vance. Without disposing of the matter
the Senate adjourned.