The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-17
In the Senate.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. - Supplemental
petitions against the passage of the cleo,
ton bill we're presented from the states OF
Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georaia
Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Vir.
ginia and West Virginia. They include
over eight Thousand signatures.
Mitchell introduced a bill providing for
the temporary government Of Alaska Re
ferred.
On motion Of Dolph, the Senate bill ap.
propriating 81, o73, 600 for the early compile
ton Of the improvement of the mouth of
the Columbia river, Oregon, and s8l5,oOc
for the completion of canals and locks at
the cascades of the Columbia river, Oregon,
was taken from the calendar. Explana-
lions and remarks in favor Of the immedi-
ate passing OF the bill was made by Dolph,
mitchell, German and Gibson. The bill
passed.
AT the close of the morning hour the
Vice-President laid before the Senate a,
unfinished business the election bill and
Pasco took the floor to make an argument
against it. He soon yielded to Hoar, who
had read an article from ths Anglo Saxon
Church'ndn,, OF Little Rock, speaking of
election methods, etc
Jones, Of Arkansas, stated the writer of
the article was not southern man. He
was truthful, well-meaning man, but had
not been on the ground long enough to m
derstand this matter, and therefore his
opinion was worth no more taan that OF III q
Senator from Massachusetts
Berry, OF Arkansas, took part In the dis
cusslon speaking Of Senator Hoar as man
who passed his life stirring up strife among
mis- neighbors, the danger Of which he
never shared himself
After this diversion, which occupied
about an hour, Pasco concluded his spsech.
giving notice OF an amendment to punish
bribery by the payment Of money or BY the
promise Of procuring employment to voters,
and to punish the use of pay envelopes In
tended to influence workmen
He yielded to Hoar, who also gave notice
! OF an amendment, the effect being to give
to judge only power to determine whether
federal supervisor of election is niece.
sary, and 10 give to the accounting ofneer
of the treasury power to audit the accounts
of supervision.
The Notifications bill was reported bacl,
with amendments. During the intermis-
sion Pasco again, at ten minutes past 8
o'clock, yielded to Wolcott, who moved an
adjournment. Frye demanded the yeas
ana nays. which resulted, yeas, 81; nays,
~; Stewart and Wolcott being the only
Republicans voting aye. Pasco then con
cluded his speech. Hampton spoke against
the bill, and Dixon in its favor
Reagan spoke against the bill, and con-
cluded by declaring with strong feeling
that, dear as life was to him, he would. as
God was his judge, if he could save the
American people from the pending measure
by giving up his life, surrender it as freely
as he ever performed any act in his life.
AT the close of Reagau's speech q mo
ton was made by Hoar to lay Buffers
amendment that supervisors, canvassers
and all elections officers shall be regarded
as ministerial and not judicial officers, or
the table, and it was agreed to. Yeas. 50
nays, 20.
| The amendment offered by Faulkner pro
posing a substitute for section Ia, and IL
provide for the appoiD tment by the court OF
a board of three persons in each congress
sional district, to be known as the United
States board of canvassers, was taken up
Faulkner advocated the amendment anC
condemned the action of the Republican
Senators IN sitting discussion by moving
to lay the amendment on The table In the
course of a colloquy between Faulkner
Gray and Spooner, the latter stated, as an
| illustration of what the bill meant, If be
had boil on the back of his neck he would
not think it necessary to place poul
tees over his whole back. The
/ illustration was taken advantage of BY
Faulkner, who saw in it an admission tina,
the bill was a partisan and sectiona
measure to be put in force only in one par
| of the country.
| At a. m. Faulkner is still addressing
the Senate and seems good for severa
hours, and it is pretty evident the object or
the Democratic side is to occupy time
There are not more than dozen Senators
on each side OF the chrmber, but there are
large reserves in the cloak rooms ready t.
meet any phase OF question that may pre-
sent itself.