Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-07-02
NATIONS CAPITAL.
Legislative Appropriation Bill
Comes toa Halt.
RaTision Of Salaries Claisas flsss Of
SsIsial Iails omess.

keTlsioa Of Salaries Chla6eS Ilese Of
SeIsial lains omses.
FEDERAL Election Bill causss Sharp
Speeches In the HOUSE.
WAsHIsGroS, July LIN the Senate,
Dawes. from the conference committee on
the Legislative bill. reported that the com
miifee we're unable to agree With the House
conferences, the particular item Of disa-
greement being the clerks for Senssoss and
their compensation. He doubted il any
agreement could be reached on any thing
but the House bill. After some discussion
new conference Vas ordered.
The report Of the conference committee
On the District Of Columbia appropriation
bill vas presented and discussed, the sub
iecs being the street railroad fares in the
District Of Columbia.
The report vas disagreed to. and . new
conference committee appointed.
The deficiency bill. for the pay and
mileage Of Senators. WAS passed.
conference was ordered on the agfi
cultural bill.
The Idaho appropriation bill vas taken
up. Vance made long speech in opposi
ton to the bill, and claimed that the proper
constitutional steps BY the people Of Idaho.
for admission to Statehood. had not been
taken. and the Territory did not have .
population sufficis ntly large to entitle il to
admission to the Union. Al the close Of
sance's speech. the bill was passed vithourl
division.
\ message from the House announcing
thar body resolved to adhere TO its disagree-
ment to the Senate amendments to the iegis
lative appropriation bill. WAS presented.
Dawes said tie House, having declined
to confer further With the Senate, the only
alternative left was to either let the bill |
fail or recede from its amendments. lie |
moved that the Senate recede.
This motion gave rise to long discas- |
sio1. participated in by Plumb. Dawes, |
Dolph. Vest, aud Allison. The Senate re-
fused to reeede from its amendments.
The result Of the vote is that. unless the \
House reconsiders its action in adhering. |
or unless the Senate feconsders its action |
in refusing to recede. the legislative bill |
fails.
A new bill will have TO be reported and \
80 through all the formalities connected |
with its consideration in both Houses. A
motion to reconsider the vote of the Senate
was made By Hiscock and entered.
Reagan addressed the Senate in favor OF |
the Senate bill introduced by him to pre-
vent the transportation of merchandise in |
bond through ports and territory of the |
United States into the republic of Mexico.
and restore that privilege whenever the |
soad libra along the boundary between the |
two countries shall be abolished.
At the close of Reagan's remarks the
Senate proceed to executive business and |
at 7. NJ. adjourned.
Speeches 10 the House on the Federal
Election Bill.
The House resumed consideration of the
federal election bills.
Hemphill of South Carolina offered an
amendment eliminating from the bill the
provision for United States boards of can
vassers, and providing that from the re-
turns of supervisors the chief supervisor
shall tabulsie and forward to the Speaker
of the House, TO be submittsd Il to the House,
the results as they appear tnerpfrom in
each congressional district under his jurs-
diction.
During the debate on Hemphilrs amend
ment, Butterworth of Ohio presented
conference report on the legislative, execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill.
The House voted to adhere to non-con-
currence in the Senate amendments max
log Senators clerks annual employees.
Lodge offered an amendment providing
that as soon as certificates Of the board
II. liz H. e. -
ton may, by a motion before the United |
States Circuit Court having jurisdiction in
the district, contest the correctness of
certificate made by the board and demand |
an examir s,ion and compilation Of returns.
The circuit court shall thereupon deter
mi le and certify the person shown to be
entitled to = certificate. Also the amend.
ment providing il it shall be an appeal from
a decision of the United States board of
csnvassers to the circuit court, the Clerk /
of the House shall place on the rolls as
representstives-elect, the name Of the per
son certified by said court a. entitled to
seat. Lodge proposed that these amend
men:s be voted upon before he vote on
Hemphilrs amendment. The democrats
objected to this As unfair and contrary to
the understanding Of what Lodge said yes
terday.
The Speaker ruled that il was clearly in
order to move to correct bill at any time
Buckalew Of Pennsylvania. attacked the
amendments as clearly turning over to the
Judiciary power Of judging Of qualifca
uons of Representatives, which, under the
constitution, was vested in the House it
self. Reports state that officers made of
the person receiving the highest number
Of p,,,, ,,zta 81 snA 81;
cial act.
ments offered by Lodge, and they were
adopted without a division. Hemphill's
amendment to strike out was lost. yeas,
and Cheadle of Indiana, we're the only re-
publicsns voting with the democrats.
Buckalev of Pennsy lvsnis, moved to
strike out section 80, which changes the |
lay 90 to place the selection of Jurors in !
the hands Of the clerks Of courts
Culbertson of Texas said that this section
disclosed the clearly partisan character Of
the measure From 1862 until 1879, when
the ties, oath" was repealed, no democrat
ever entered an appearance before the U. |
s. Court. charged With an offence against
the election Law, or violation of any statute.
but believed that they would not get fair
trial, and no republican who believed that
get not only fair trial, bus would be enti
tied to the friendship Of the juror a. we'll.
Perhaps he ought not to say the effect Of
this sc ction vas to place the machinery Of
the court entirely in the control of tbs re-
publican party. but ought to say the effect
would be to place the jurors to serve in the
United States courts under the absolute
dominion of the clerk of the court, and
when it vas remembered there was scarcely
democratic clerk of the United states
epurt in the country the straDgeness could
be appreciated of striking from the law
giving power to select jurors the only rep
resentstive the democratic party had and
retaining III. only re representative the repub.
lean party had. Those on the other side
could rot imagine the horror with which
the democrats of the South contemplated
such provision ~ this. They hsd been
fofsuaaie enough nos TO have seen their
courts polluted by partisan politics and dis
graced By ignorant and brutal Jurors domi-
uated by partissnship and corruption.
WAddeii Of virginia said this section va
In many respects the most important pro-
vision of the bill. He did not believe that
there should be politics in the jury box,
there never had been until the lay Of 1879 /
provided for democratic and republican !
jury cJmmissienefa He asserted that since I
the passage of that law if had been pracsi.
cAlly impossible 10 convict . person Of .
paliticzl offence ia any pan Of the country. |
He knew deunocrnks Who cosId convict
democxnfe AZ Violating elecfion lava