The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-24
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Morgan Speaks Against Newspaper Cor
respond ents Who Attack Senators.

respondents Who Attack Senators.
WAsHIseToS CITY, feo. 23.-Among the
papers presented aud referred were resolutions
OF the state Senate of Tcxas. favoring amend
ment of the constitution To limit the tenure oil
all ofHfcs 10 a reasonable term OF years.
A resolution was agreed TO instructing the
committee on public lands to examine the ques-
ton involved in the recent decsion OF the
supreme court in the OF the st. Paul Mime
apolis & Manitoba railway against Ransom
Phelps, and ia inquire what legislation is neccs-
sary to protect settlers on lands OF the company,
or TO rcmunerate them ior the loss OF their
homes.
The conference report on the bill providing
for the allotment OF lands in soveralty to Indians
was then agreed TO.
Morgan made q personal statement In connec.
ton with Washington City dispatch to the
81. louis Rfpublsc, commenting ON his speech in
opposition to the Nicaragua clral bill. and stat
ing that II was difficult 10 see how any reasoil-
ably sane or reasonably honest msn could sup
port the measure. There was objection, he
said, TO certain criticisms being made on private
account, but the person who made this had the
privilege OF the floor OF the Senate through tie
lnufieeiics OF n Democratic senator. lie had
acctss 10 the senators In such way MS to give
perhaps peculiar degree of authenticity TO his
accusation OF dishonesty against senators who
advocated the NisarnSiia canal bill. Morgan
went on to state that the committee on foreign
relations had not supposed ii was exposing
ifself to the criticism OF newspaper correspond
the floor. Pressure OF that sort, he said. might
come from outside the senate IL 1t would, but
when 1t came from persons enjoying the hospi-
tality OF the Senate, 1t was something he did
not ice disposed to put up with. lie called the
attention oil the senate to il, and would take ac-
tion on ii later unless corrected.
To correct possible inference from Morgan's
statement, Vest said that Moore. the correspond
ent of the st. Louis Repa6ic, was not a secretary
OF his, and did not enjoy the privileges OF the
Morgan admitted that, and also disclaimcd
any idea that Vest had inspired the Worid dis
patches
Vest said nc had never converscd with Moore
on the subject. and had never seen the state
ment until "A half hour ago. He was not able to
appreciate Morgan's reference to Captain Eads
ana the Mississippi jettes, and did not see their
pertinency to the Nicaragua canal. lie Vest
was not In congress when the jetty measure was
enacted and had nothing to do with II. lie did
not know who Captain Eads associates were,
pordid he know anything about their expendi-
lures or profits. Regarding the article com
planned OF. calling the bill proposed steal"
il was not prepared here, but In the Office of the
Rtpnb,tc and he was assured that Moore never
intended 70 charge any senator with being actu-
ated by corrupt or improper motives. In eonclu-
sion he called Norgan's attention tp an editorial
article in the Washington Sfrpicy Herald, pur-
porting to give statement OF the cx ofiiciO
Nicaragua canal committee, ia the effect that no
more work would be done by that company
until congress- supplied means to resume IT,
Morgan SAID he had tailed up the subject not
because n correspondent chose Ia crticisc the
any r1ai hayin, aercsS To he floor W ho made it
his business 10 ti,1ei scsiasors By the assertion
that they were neither honest men nor sane.
Tnat was gcttlnx n LITTLE TOO close TO home.
Alter remarks By Reagan. the subject was per-
mittcd 10 lapse aud the senate went into execu-
tive session. After the doors reopeucd the creden-
tials OF Jones of Arkansas. for his new senator
ial term. beginning Match g. were presented.
The senate then proceeded To the considerA-
ton OF the siindry eivii appropriation bill. The
amendment permitting the secretary of the
treasury to make temporary appointments of
architects, skilled dtailghtsmen and civil en-
gueers in the Office of the supervising archi-
teet was the text of the dise,ission on civil ser
vice examinations
t;ornian criticised the civil service commis-
sioncrs for deHouncing senator's, representa-
tives and cabinet officers as hostile to the civil
service law. The discussion was still going on
AT six O'Clock when recess was laken
In the evening session, after some further dis
cussion, the amendment was sgrccd To.
The amendment to strike from the item for
national geological PARK the lroyi9on that ono
half should be paid from the revenues of the
district OF Columbia, provoked discussion, Nor
gan suggesting tfas congress was zoo enough
for the entertainments OF the people. The
amendment was agreed to without disposing of
the bill, and the Senate adjourned
The nomination of Charles Foster tn be secre-
tary of the treasury was referred to the commit
tee on finance.