Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-14
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Proceedings of Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. o., Jan. IA.
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SENATE.


WASHINGTON, D. o.. Jan. IA.
SENATE.
According 10 the arrangements made yes
terday the Senate proceeded to the consid.
Grafton of ths financial bill Immediately af'
ter the reading of the ,urnal.
Mr Iogalls took the flor and said that
there were two portentous evils which men
J acsd the safety, If they did not endaDgsr the
existence of the republic. The fret waa ig-
norant, ceossed, degraded, spurious suffrage,
fss.ered suffrage, suffrage contaminated by
the fecuIent sewage of decsyed nstione, suf-
frags iolimidated sndI suppressed in tie
South, suffrage impure and corrupt, apa.
,hetic and Indifferent in the great cities of
tha North 80 that it was doubtful to his
mind whether for bali century there had
been presidential election 10 this country
saat expressed the deliberate and intelligent
| Judgment of the whole body of the Ameri-
cen paoue The election bill was intended
10 deal with ons part of the great evil to
which he mad allujsd, bat it was an imper-
fect, partial and incomplete remedy.
There could be no safety and no stable and
permenent peace 10 this country aud under
tais GoVernme ut uatil it was ja,t IS safe for
The black republican to vote 10 Mississippi
Kansas. Ths second evil to which he had
edyerted vas the tyranny oil comoined, con-
csntyatej, centralized, con sciencsless and
incorporated capital, and the people were
beginning OF the second centurytheAmerican
Speop!e had become profoundly convinced
that the ballot was not the psnscea for the
ievils OF society. They had discovered that
Epolitical equality did not result in social fra
ternity. that uader democracy the coDcen-
traLion OF greater power.in fewer hands was
more possible than under G monarchy.
SGsorse Washington, the FIRST President OF
the republic, had, when he died in 1899, the
largest private fortune in the United States.
Mucn OF 1t lad come By inheritance, but the
Father Of his country. IN addition to his 9TH
or virtues, had bsen . very prudent, saga
cious. t5rifty and forehan1ed man, who
knees good thipg when he saw ia
great way off. He had had an eye to the
main chance. As p surveyor In his youth
he had obtained knowledge which
N .bled him to make exceedingly
valuable locations On the public domain.
The establishment Of the ma ionsl capitol in
The Immediate vicinity OF his patrim onial
ponsessions had moi diminished their value.
All Of hi5 belongings al the time Of his death
reached the sun TO al of between eight and
aiue hu 1dred thousand dollars. That was
,es3 than century ago; add il vas within
bounds to say that sc the present tina there
vera many scores Of man and OF corpora
tons Ia the country whose annual Income
| (aod there 5sd been one man whose m onthly
rsvenue) exceeded the entire accummula-
tim OF the richest citiz 20 Of the Uoited
States at the end Of the Lass century. Re-
| FIRING 20 me late s!sotion he said that it
vas neither republican defeat nor demo
cratic vctor-. Il WAS great uprising In
dependent Of aad Superior to both political
parties. l. YVES e c,isis that might become
a catastrophe. He would cay to the Senate,
to the House and to thu executive, that
thers would ooEa time when the people
would no. be t:!lld with on this subject.
Some time The people would elect a House
o. Representatives, Senate aud President
wh) would carry out party pledges and
execute the popular will. He declared his
Intention of voting for free silver coinage.
A NJ, Ingalls, took his seat be was heartily
apylau led, az well from the a Dor as from
the densely crowded galleries. He was TO-
loved in the same line by Mr.. jones, of
Nevada.
The general d,bate having c!osed with
M. Jones's speech, Mr.. Adrch offered q
Substitute for MIR. Stewards amendment.
Mr.. German questioned whether Mr.. Al
drlch's amendment was in order, but the
Vice President ruled that it wac, and the
debate proceeded under tie ten minute rule.
s0Usg.
Immediately sftsr the reading Of the our
nal the House went into committee OF the
whole on the amy appropriation BILL
The committee rose and the bill was pass.
ed Whereuron the committee resumed its
session for the consideration of the District
Of Columbia appropriation bill.
Foreign News.
PARIS, Jan. IA The Figaro to-day an
>unces that the mau arrested at Olot, in
S)sio, is not PsdelwsSy. the murderer Of
G .nernl Silivsrskoff. bat an A'satian named
| Hsin. who, according TO the Fioaro is In