Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-24
THE 5lST CONGRESS.
s,,msue BOLDLY ALLEGED AS RE-
CARDS THE civlL-sERVlcE LAW
tn. p,o,ure.qus Ingslrs Picturesque st'ii--
co.aro.. declared Too Enough for tho
Peopre--Routine business.
nv telegraph 20 the DIspatch.l

w,urraroS. February %. - SKNAIK'-
Among petitions presented was one rom
6ftv ministers of churches IN and near nan
sos citv. Mo-. against the opening Oh any
o-ht,,ition under control Of the Govern
ment on Sundays. ooo -.
4 nroposition for printing 100000 copies
~ the report Of the Agricultural Depart
lent on :" Diseases of the Horse" provoked
= discussion. It was finally passed after
an amendment reducing the number oil
copies to $4,000.
MORGAN, VEST, AND THE NICARAGUA BILL.
Mr.. Morgan made a personal stateme dh
in connection with Washington uIspn NJ
10 The st. Louis Republic comnehui,iE S
Vostis sneeoh in opposition TO the NicaTa-
o1,a canal bill and stating that 1t was dlIn1
csnIt Ia ace how any reasonably sane ana
rsasonablv honest man could support tne
,ooos,,ra There was no objection, MT.
MORGAN said. TO certain criticism oelng
made on private account. but the person
who made il had the privilege OF the n1ol
of the Senate through the indulgence Vi
Democratic senator. He VISITED the CIo oa =
rooms and had access to senators IN such
TO-, as to Give. perhaps, q peculiar desie
az suthenticity TO his accusation OF us
honesty against senators who adVoca'eu
the Nicaragua canal Dill.
Mr.. VEST AND THE EADs SHIP RAILWAY BILL
He (Mr. Morgan had read on SaIuraay
ooroe eytracts from report Of Mr.. Vest IN
favor of the Eads Tehauntepec ship rail-
vav bin and he would now read some IuI-
tber extracts from it 10 show that the
Dendinp bill was predicated on exactly tho
Same doctrines and in regard TO the same
General section of country as that Dll' was.
Having read extensively from the report
Mr.. Morgan said that the Commlttee Oh
Foreign Relations felt justified by that re. re-
mort in bringing forward its report Oh the
Nicaragua canal project.
DOESN'T PROPOSE TO PUT UP WITH IT.
Mr. Morgan went on to state that the
Committee on Foreign Relations had not
e1nnosed that il was exposing itself 70 the
criticism of newspaper correspondents
who. by the courtesy OF senators, had az
cess TO the floor. Pressure OF that sorI; Le
said, might come from OUTSIDE Oh the oen,
ate IL II would, but when 1t came from
nersons ENJOYING the hospitality OF the
Senate IL was something that he, ola not
feel disposed to put up with. lie had now
called the attention of the Senate TO IL ana
would take action later on unless the matter
was corrected.
NIB. VEST EXPLAINS.
Mr. Vast in order to correct possible
Inference from Mr. Morgan's statement,
said that Mr.. Moore, the correspondent oil
the st. Louis Republic, was not secretary
NJ his. and did not enjoy the privileges
o. the floor through him. y.
Mr.. Morgan admitted that and also dis
claimed any idea that Mr.. Vest had IN
spi-ed word of the dispatch.
,rp- VISIT EXPLAINS FURTHER.
Mr. Vest said that he had never con-
versed with MIR. Moore on the suoleet' ana
had never seen the statement until hall an
bour ago. He thought that the Senator
from Alabama was unduly sensitive about
that newspaper article. The heading OF 1t,
calling the bill proposed steal" had
been prepared in the office of the Republic,
and he was assured that Mr.. Moore never
intended to charge any senator with being
actuated by corrupt or improper motives:
The only language of the dispatch that
could be complained OF was the statement
that in view of his (Mr. Vests exposition
of the measure it was difficult to see how
any reasonably sane or reasonably honest
man could support it. That was not, a
charge of improper motive against the
Committee on Foreign Relations OF
any of its members. 1t was the exagge-
rated statements of the correspondent
either of the lmperfections of the measure
itself or of the remarks which ne (Mr.
Vest) had made.
MIR. VEST rs MODEST.
He had not the slightest difficulty in say;
ing that he believed the correspondent did
eXaggerate his argument, but that was
simply q question of opinion and Judg'
ment. If senators were TO notice such
newspaper statements they might as well
dismiss all other business. He was always
satisfied If correspondent gave MIN
credit for being reasonably honest. lie
would be as far as any senator from being
an accessory, either before or after the
fact, to charge of improper motives on
the part of the Senator from Alabama OF
any other member of the committee.
Mr.. Morgan sold that he had called NJ
the subject, not because correspondent
chose to criticise the motives of senators
but he objected to any man having access
TO the floor who made it his business tc
libel senators by the assertion that they
we're neither honest nor sane. That wa
| getting little too closely home.
After remarks by Mr.. Reagan the sub
! iect was permitted to lapse and the Senate
went into executive session.
After the doors were reopened the ere
| dentials of Mr.. Jones, of Arkansas, for his
new senatorial term, beginning March Att
next, were presented and placed on The
| file.
The Senate then proceeded to the con
sideration of the sundry civil appropria
! ton bill.
| PROPOSED NEW PoST-oFFIcE FOR WASHINGTON
A long discussion arose over the pro
! vision for new post-office building II
Washington, the net result OF which is
requirement that the new building shall b
fre-proof and not less than seven storie
An amendment permitting the Secretar!
of the Treasury to make temporary ap
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