The advocate., 1891-01-07

Ing currency.
December .9.-senator Berry, Of Ar
kansas, In q speech On the United States
elections bill, remarked the following:
There is no necessity for such a law. The
result can bo only evil. The bin 10 unfair
and unjust, and Is conceived In a spirit of
partisanship that must disturb the business
relations Of this great country and retard
the progress OF every section, and think we
have a right 10 ask you as citizens of COM
mon country not 30 force this bill upon us,
not 20 put us Ia the condition which Che Sem
atOr from Kansas Mr.. InQallsl described,
when b0 said In his trace Problem" speech;
The people OF the south must tread the
Wine-press alone.
The House occupied considerable time
In debate on the joint resolution provid-
Ing for the removal Of the remains Of the
llluatrlous soldier and statesman, Ulysses
s. Grant, and their interment in Arllng-
ton National cemetery etc., and then
voted It down by a vote Of 90 to 1853;
Representatives Funston, Morrill, and
Perkins not voting, the other four Kansas
members were absent.
The House passed a bill approprlaiing
B75,OOO for public building at Bar Har-
Dor, Maine, by a vote Of 1903 TO Co. Rop-
resentative Funston voted for IL, but
President Harrison has vetoed the bill.
Representative Allen, Of Mississippi, in
his remarks, said:
My proposition is that instead OF appro-
priating four or Ave millions Of dollars for
public buildings, this money 10 be eXaCted
by taxatiOns from a people already, many
OF them, oppressed with poverty and threat
ened with bankruptcy we drop these public
building bills, lay them aside, and 90 TO
work on some bill for financial relief; pass
bill for the free and unlimited coinage of
silver in the face OF the great financial dis
aster that threatens the country from one
end TO the other.
@s But this was a marked public build
Ing bill day in the House.
December 10.--Senator George, of Mis-
slssippl, presented a speech Of great re-
search on the elections bill, and he quoted
from the constitution Of the state Of
Connecticut, which was adopted in 1776,
It's preamble, and the following first par
agraph Of It's constitution:
This country is and shall forever remain
FREQ, sovereign and independent state, by
the name Of Che state Of Connecticut.
He gave a comprehensive history Of
the debates attending the adoption Of the
Federal constitution on September II,
1887, as submitted TO the thirteen colo
nies, and he set forth matter as to the
constitutional conventions of the several
states In the order Of their adoption Of
the Federal constitution, to.wlt: Della
ware, Pennsylvania, New York, Georgia,
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland,
South Carolina, New Hampshire, Vir-
glnia, New Jersey, North Carolina and
Rhode Island.
Senator George is evidently a great
constitutional lawyer, and he has pre-
sented in this valuable speech an inn
mensity of knowledge ON fundamental
elements In state constitutions, and in
the great national charter, that his fellow
Senators on the other side Of the cham
ber might do we'll to initiate, If they are
looking for favorable consideration by
their intelligent Countrymen.
Public buildings had this as their day
Of considerable success in the Senate.
Senator Daniel, Of Virginia, in his
speech Of singular learning on the Fed
eral election bill, took as his text this:
"shall the government Of the people per