The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-02-12
CONGRESSIONAL MATTER.
THE APPORTlONMENT BILL PASSED
BY THE SENATE.

House-Efroots to Increase the Number
Voted Down--IielIy Flaunts the Bloody
Shirt Which is Resented by Several
Democrats.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-In the +en-
ate at the close of the morning hour the
Senate proceeded to the consideration
of the apportionment bill as "unfinished
BUSINESS" and Edmunds addressed the
Senate, calling its attention to the fact
that the bill took no coSnizance what
ever of the provisions of the Fourteenth
Amendment to the Constitution, that in
case the right of suffrage be denied
or abridged in any State, the representa-
ton Of that State should be diminished
accordingly.
The Senate then proceeded to vote on
the amendments proposed by the mi
nority, tho first being to increase the
representation of Arkansas from 6 to 7.
The amendment was rejected yeas, 50;
nays, 33. All the Democratic Senators
voted for the amendment and were re-
inforced by five Republicans-Senators
Davis, Mcmillan, Paddock, Stewart
and Washburn.
The next amendment was TO increase
the representation Of Minnesota from /
to 8-also rejected; yeas 81, nays 80.
On this vote Casey voted with the DEM
ocrats, of whom two less voted than on
the preceding vote.
The next amendment was to increase
the representation of Missouri from Is
to 1G. Rejected; yeas 80, nays SO. The
only Republicans voting aye on this
amendment were Davis, Paddock and
Washburn. Casey, Mcmillan and Stew
art votedno.
The next amendment was to increase
the representation of New York from 81
to 35. Rejected; yeas 80, nays 3S,
Davis and Paddock being the only Re.
publicans voting IN the affirmative.
Davis then withdrew the amendment.
fixing the total number Of representa-
tivcs at 800.
Berry offered an amendment fixing
the total number at $50 and giving an
additional member to Arkansas, Mime
sofa and New York, and desired TO have
> it voted on as one amendment.
A division of it, however, was in
sisted on by Hale.
Hale then moved TO lay the amend
ment on the table, and that motion was
agreed to-yeas 3S ; nays %. The only
Republicans who voted in the negative
were Davis and Washburn.
Vest stated why he could not vote for
the bill. 1t was because large amount
ofthc population in Missouri. Minnesota,
Arkansas and New York was left en-
tirely without representation.
German also opposed the bill because,
as it has been reported, it showed that
an error had been made in the city of
New York, were there was deficit Of
some 100000 in the census returns, as
taken, and because he believes that
that State and the States of Arkansas,
Minnesota and Missouri should each
have an additional representative. He
thought that in fairness to all the appor-
tlonment should have been left TO be
made in the next session.
Jones of Arkansas declared his belief
that for his State The census returns
were very defective, and that if the
truth were known Arkansas had popu-
lation enoughto cntltlc her to seven
Representatives.
Morgan spoke of the necessity Of a
specific declaration III the bill that the
number OF Presidential electors in 1892
shall correspond with the number OF
country had had enough of trials and
with Presidential elections to admonlsh
Congress to exercise the most extreme
care in the matter and to make the law
perfectly clear and definite.
The bill was then passed exactly as it
came from the 1Iouse-ycas 81, nays 81 :;
a strict party vote.
There was quite row in the House
to-day. Matters ran very smoothly for
awhile, until the murder of Matthews,
the postmaster at Carrolton, Miss, was
brought up by Kelly in speech in which
ae certified some formal remarks made
by lewis, OF Mississippi. He denied
las stated by Lewis) that the murder of
Matthews was attributable to other than
political causes. lie had the authority
to say that Matthews had been killed be-
cause he was n Republican. The gen.
teman from Mississippi premlsed his
remarks with a quotation to the effect
that nothing but good should be said Of
the dead and had heaped ISLANDERS upon
the dead man which he would not have
heaped had the man been living. lie
'(Kelly) denied the statements made by
the gentleman in reg ard to the character
of Matthews.
Flower SAID that he had heard the
gentleman from Kansas make speeches
pitching into the distinguished gentle
man from Arkansas (Breckinmdye.
That gentleman had been returned to
Congress while the constituents of the
gentleman from Kansas had turned him
down. The more Of such speeches the
gentleman from Kansas made. the better
1t would be for the Democratic party,
Lewis, in reply, SAID that while the
people Of the whole country were enjoy
ing tie privileges of constitutional
liberty, the stentorian and stricken voice
of the gentleman from Kansas was
heard, crying, "Murder! murder!'
"Call the police !" calculated Spinola,
in a voice Of Modoc terror, and the con-
trast between The earnest voice Of Lewis
and the timorous voice of Spinola was
80 apparent that for some moments
Lewis was unable to proceed on account
of the laughter.
Lewis, continuing, said that in the