The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-17
VIVISECTlAG SENATOR HoaR.
The Arkansas Senators Take
Up the Cudge!s.
Mr. Hoar Started the Trouble By Reaa-
Ing Article From an Arkansas
Paper, Which They Denounced a.
Entirely Untrue-Sherman Henr Voted
Against His Uncle.

WASHINGTON, Jan. l6.-lSpeoiafi-
Mr.. German presented to day in kho
Senate supplemental petitions against
the passage OF the elections bill from tho
States OF Arkansas. California, Dssa-
ware, Georgia, Maryland. Misseeri.
North Carolina, New JERSEY, Now York.
Oregon. Pennsylvania, South Carolina.
Virginia. aud West virginis. embracing
over 5000 signatures. at 2 o'clock the
ice-President laid before the Senate al
unfinished business" tho elect bill.
bnd Pasco proceeded to speak in opp9ai-
ton to it.
lie yielded to Mr.. Hoar. who aent TO
the clerks desk aud had read An nrtlolo
from the Anglo-SaXon Churohrn IN. 9f
Little Rock, Ark, whose mInXyor, he
said, was, as he WAS informed, ON ci-
cntious and Intelligent gentleman. ina
article was severe srraignmant of
Southern political meth IDS.
MIR. Jones, OF Arkansas. stated that
the writer of the article, Mr.. Carno0aAn,
was not a Southern man, having Como
to Arkansas 4 few years ago from
Cincinnati. He WAS Y truthful, w,il
meaning man, but he had not been long
enough on the ground to understand
matters, and therefore his opinion wAS
worth no more than that OF tho Sea ator
from Massachusetts,, or any other poorly
informed man on the subject. Without
intending TO state anything untrue,
Carnoohan had been misled and stated
what WAS not true.
Mr.. Jones quoted from speeoh rnado
by itepresentatiyeelect Sherman NJar,
OF Massachusetts, to the effect lnat
NJ ,tra al In
were purchased, and said that II ~ poll
tician could be mistaken in mailing
such charge minister OF the gospel
might we'll be mistaken about poliLioli
matters. MIR. Carnochnn was unJthor
instance to prove that when a minister
OF the Gospel dabbled in politici hu
spoiled preacher and made n worry
poor politician.
MIR. Berry spoke OF Senator Noar as
man who had passed his lifo in stirring
up strife among ighbors, tho dangeri
Of which ho never shared himself.
When he thought OF the ojrsequono
OF the pending bill, 1t ohatcd him to
hear Senators seizing newspaper arti
cleS that were not true, in order to
Islander whole people 1t was not tho
act or brave man to pursue u fallen
| foe; nor was it evidence OF brave and
generous man to be continually hound
ing those whom he-not he. bat hil
people-had defeated in battlc.
After this diversion Mr. pasco pro-
ccedcd with his speech in oprosi .iun To
tho bill. lie gave notioa OF IN a.nend-
mcnt which he would offer to punish
bribery by the payment of money or by
the promise of employment Tor voters.
and to punish the use Of pay envelopsa
intended to iufluence WorkinEmen. Hs
yielded to uoar, who so gav, notin, J.
OF amendments which he prop3s ii -
Mr.. Wolcott, who moved an adi1urn-
, ment AIR. Frye demanded thu y.us
and nays, and the result of tho vot.
was yeas 81, nays 81. Stewart and
Wolcott being the only Republic I'M
voting aye. Washburn, who voted Vol
ne,day night against taking up cha
elections bin, rejoined his party ,ll.a-
| CUES aud voted no. Is did Plumb, who
was absent whom the vota YVES taken
Wednesday night.
HOUSE MATTERS.
WARRINGTON, Jan. lG.-{SpeoislJ In
the House to-day MIR. Rogers, OF ArEsn-
sas. made free coinage spe,ch Mr.
Shively, OF Indiana, spoke in opposition
to tho shipping bill. Referring to tho
reciprocity features of tho mckinley
bill, he criticized them as propositiunl
which would narrow instead of bro Men
our commercial trade. The bubSidy
(shipping) bill was the proper 0,tap
ment to that measure. Ian .ston. Of
Virginia, made speech In supper. OF
the election bill.
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