The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-10
The Montana Election Case.

WASHINGTON, April 9.-Among the bills
reported from the committees and placed
on the calendar, was a bill to amend the third
section of the interstate commerce act.
The House bill appropriatting $4,000 to sup
ply the deficiency occaSiOned by the Silcott de-
falcation passed.
The Senate then resumed consideration of
the Montana case and Pugh concluded his ar
gument in favor of the Democratic claimants.
Turpie presented an argument on the same
side OF the question. The canvaSSing board at
Helena had no right to throw out the abstract
of returns at Precinct 81. They had not dared
TO throw out the abstract for the
whole county because that would have de-
1eated the Republican candidate FOR Congress.
The action of the territorial board of canvassers
was an act OF usurpatlon and therefore utterly
cold. The elimination of Precinct "a was null
and therefore the election of the five delegates
from Silver Bow county was null The word
elimination as used by the territorial can
rassers was ''mellifuous euphuism of that
body for an act of forgery" Upon a claim so
aetestably false, what legal title" he said,
could be nader He asked whether the
ahridgment of a lie was To have more force than
The whole edition, and characterized the rejec-
ton OF the votes Of Precinct 81 as an act of
-strangllng on the part OF three thugs OF the re.
turning board" Further on he spoke of the
.anvassing board as "a triple coil of adders,"
composed OF "a chief justice from Verulum, a
secretary from Sodom and a governor from
Gomorrah,' and wound up with scathing de-
nuncation of all concerned.
In the course of his discussion as to the true
vote it was stated by Morgan that the Demo
cratic Senators were ready TO vote upon the
question without further debate. The offer was
accepted by the other side, but the arrangement
was defeated by Call taking the floor and stat
Ing his desire to address the Senate on the sub
ject tomorrow.
The election case having been laid aside Hale
asked unanimous consent to have the Chinese
census enumeration bill taken up and disposed
of. Evarts objected. Then Hale made for
NAL motion TO that effect. The motion met
with resistance on The Republican side, but all
the Democrats sided with Hale and the vote re-
suited, yeas, 80; nays, 10; and the bill was
taken up.
Hale said he did not desire to take up time
with the bill. BE was willing to proceed with
the vote on the pending amendments and on
the bill.
Evarts said he regarded the amendments re-
ported by the census committee as improvement
On the House bill and was willing that they
should be adopted; but as to the merits of the
bill itself, it was his design and his duty to
debate it and at some length.
Mitchell explained the purpose of some of the
amendments which he offered. He did not like
ihe bill very well as it came from the House.
put as amended by the Senate committee it was
he said, absolutely worthless and insufficient
he desired to have the pending bill amended to
require Chinese to show if they
were residents on the LIST of October,
1883, (the date of the Scott exclusion law,
instead of as the Senate amendment proposed.
On the 1st of June, 1890 He asked Hale
whether he was willing to give certificate that
Should be as good as ticket of leave or a
ticket OF stay to the Chinese who had got into
the country unlawfully since October, 1888
Hale admitted that he was willing to give am
nesty to five hundred or five thousand Chinese
persons who had come since October, 1888, for
the sake of closing the doors in future.
Hearst said his idea and notion of legislation
on the subject was the passage of a law that
you'd exclude Chinese from coming to the
country after certain date, but he would treat
5he Chinese already here fairly.
Mitchell agreed with Hearst, and desired to
have a law that would exclude all Chinese ex-
eept members of the diplomatic corps
Dawes wanted to know what use there would
Sc in having Chinese diplomats admitted if they
lad no Chinese interests to look after.
4 would rather never see a Chinese diplo-
mat" was Mitchell's reply, than permit the
country to be overTun by the yellow hordes OF
he Chinese empire
Without action the Senate adjourned.