Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-28
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
Proceedings of Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. o., June rs.
SENATE.

SENATE.
a message was received from the House
asking conference 90 the silver bill and
Messrs. Sherman, Jones, of Nevada. and
Harris were appointed conferees on the part
of the Senate.
The calendar was soon taken up under
rule s, and several bills were passed.
Among them the Senate bill for the allow
auce of the claim of George Brown, OF the
District of Columbia. for stores and supplies
taken and used by the army the Senate
bill extending for y months from the pas
sage of the act the time for filing claims un-
der the French apoliation act; the Senate
bill to increase the compensation of the as
sistants to the U. 8. District Attorney for
the District of Columbia, and the Senate bill
to give effect to the eighth article of the
treaty of commerce and navigation with
Sweden and Norway of July 4. 1927; the
House bill to incorporate the North River
Bridge Co, and to authorzs the copstruc.
ton Of bridge and approaches at New
York city across the Hudson river, to regu-
late commerce in and over such bridge be-
tween the States OF New York and New Jer
sey and to establish auch bridge military
and post road.
The conference report on the post Office
appropriation bill WAS presented and
agreed to.
A bill granting pension of 81 200 q
yea, to the widow of Maj Gen. Geo. Crook
was reported and placed on the calendar !;
also the agricultural appropriation bill.
The calendar was again taken up and the
Senate bill to reoassify and fix the salaries
of railway postal clerks was passed. 1t in
cre,ses the classes from to 7. and fixes the
salaries OF the several CLASSES at from $500
to 81 500.
TIE House met at II o'clock this morning
and soon went into committee of the whole
on the federal election BILL
Mr.. McAdoo, OF New Jersey, took the
foo, and made vigorous speech In opposi-
tio1 to the bill He based his opposition on
thu principle of home rule and the right of
the people to control their own affairs with
out federal interference. He warned the re-
Dublicans to beware OF the experience of
Walpoe when Primo Minister of England
He begged the repubicans-he abiured
them by their own sense of manliness-to
alb indon this bill before storm went up of
Liberty Liberty No interference with
elections"
Mr.. McComas, of Maryland, reviewed the
various election contests during the present
Congress to show the necessity OF suca law.
Mr.. Tillmau, in answer to remark by
Mr.. McComas about the South Carolina cleo
lions, said the election law in South Carolina
was cow just what it had been since the
revolutionary war. The republicans now
proposed to put the people down by the
buecoats and the bayonet This law pro.
poser to put the judiciary above the State
legislature He said every decent white
man in South Carolina was democrat.
MIR. McComas said that the result of the
suppression of the black man in the South
had been the demora'iZ ition Of State gov
ernmeDts.
Mr.. Bland, of Missouri, twitted MIR. Nc
Comas for having taken away from the black
men of the District of Columbia the power
of local government and Of suffrage, and
never giving it to them again. This soon
resulted in an uproar on the floor, Mr.. Bland |
and Mr.. McComas shouting at the top of
their voices, amid the applause of their col
leagues and of the galleries.
Mr.. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, when
quiet was finally restored, requested the
Speaker to zee that quiet was observed 10
The galleries.
The Chair admonished the occupants OF
the galleries that they were there by ciur-
tesy and must preserve order. and also in
formed the members of the House that 1t |
would facilitate business if permission were
requested before interruptiug those having
the floor.