Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-09-05
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Proceedings of Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. O.. Sept. 3.
SENATE.

iiss common palm leaf FANS" on the ground
that they were an article of luxury: As he
made the motion he was using actively one
of those "ertioles OF luxury"
do you call palm leaf fan an article of
luYury? ?" Mr.. AldrIch asked, with an aston
sbed cir.
II should sag net, this morning." Mr..
Cray ipterpcsel.
1t ls not es much an article OF necessity"
Mr.. Vance replied, las the tableware from
which ate my breakfast thls morning, end
which is taxed heavily"
The motion was defeated.
NJ. Venca moved to strike cut paragraph
$40, Fashion pstes," on the ground that
they were for the uss of taicrS and dudes.
Defeated.
Mr.. Davis moved to insert binding twine
OF thu free list and MIR. Vance moved to
amend the amendment by adding cotton
bagglng.
Mr.. Vance's motion was defeated-yeas
/ 10, nays 26-Mr. Paddock being the only
republican who voted aye.
The uestion recurring on MIR. DaVis's
amendment,
MIR. Berry said no would vote for 1t not
withdrawing the hostile vote cast by reput-
lican Senator's. No argument could be
made in favor of free binding twne that did
not spply as strongly to fee cotton bagging
He was astonshed that republican Senators
who favored the one should vote against
the other. He regarded that vote as an un-
fair discrimi nation against the southern
| section.
! Mr.. Vance said that he had waited for
reply from republican Senators to Mr.. Ber-
ry's remarks, but he bad waited In vain
If he were In their position he, also, would
maiutain eloquent silence. He was going
to vote for Mr.. Davis's proposition in order
to show The other Size the difference be-
tween democrat who pursued principle
and republican, who went for sll that We
10 sight. (Laughtsr.)
| Mr.. Carlisle pointed out the Inconsistency
OF Senators 10 voting FIR free binding twine
aud egainet free cotton beggiug. The two
articles were made OF the same materials.
and those u aterinls were Oh the free list.
Mr. Dseis's amerdment was then agreed
,o-yeaa IS, nays Is. All the democrats.
except Mr Blodeet!, voted aye, in compa-
ny WITH the following named republicans
Iassrs. Alan, A:iisou, Cullom, Davis, H.
gals, MCMILLAN, Manderson, Mitchell,
Moody, Pieyce, Plumb, Power, Sawyer,
Spooner aud Washburn.
HOUSE,
Immediately after the reading OF The our
nal the Clsyton-B Breckenridge case was
again takeu up, and Mr. Bteckinridge wss
scc1rdet tho floor to argue in his own To-
half. He charged the chairman OF the com
mit;ee on elections (Mr. Rowel) with i'm
proprlety in prtjddgng the case. That gen
item an, Ia discussing another election case,
had referred to the case from the Second
Arkansas district and had declared that In
tn 1t district five political murders bad ot-
Cured He called upon the gentleman to
name hs murdered men.
Mr.. Rowell said that they were Benjamin,
Smith, Bentley and Clayton. while an at
tempt had been made to assassinate VAIL.
Mr. B.ecknrdge denied the correctness
of this statement and called attention to the
fact that the gentleman himself oonourred
10 report which said that there was sus-
picion only of the things being true. He
snied that murders we're political MUIR
10 coli urh nh oil
the Goor or In the PRESS that the people of
Arkansas, or any group of people represent
Ing that State had ever shown sympathy |
with this infamous crime, Or that he Mr..
BreokiDrldge had eDy knowledge Of is In The
remotest d.gres, uttered that which was
cowardy and meen, aud which they knew |
to ba false. Democratic app ause.) He then
turned his attention to Judge Mcclure, and |
to show the bias OF that committee stated
thet he had been Informed that en- the re-
turn OF the sui committee the republican
members had endorsed Mcclure for an ap-
poiutment to high Judicial position In
Arkarsas: He said he had been denied
witnesses after he had been promised that
they would be accorded bin. No greater de.
bauchery of free ballot had ever been
committed than that committed by the CON-
mittee. No greater crime against fair play
AID Justice had ever baen committed than
had been committed by the official represen.
tatiyes OF the people clothed 10 the pauoIly
o. lsT.
A Fiendish Attempt.
ALBANY, N. Y, Sept. 5.-rhe work of
reckless devils in human habiliments found
vent abont midnight last night in succesf-
ful attempt at train wrecking on the New