Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-23
THE WEST COMING TO OTHEFRONT
A Test Vote on the Democratic
Nomination.
Cleveland Has Few Followers in
Congress.
1Noyes Rockwell Contest Settled - The
Presidents Plans for an Interna-
tional Silver Conferences.
News Notes,
Assocjated Press Dispatches.

Associated Press Dispatches.
WASHINGTON, April 90 ooss-Tbe Moves.
Rockwell saEsssted election case occu
pied the house today. Thought to be
concealed behind the question, was the
Democratic nomination for president.
Was it to be Cleveland, Hill, or the
much.spoken-of western man ? The vote,
it is said, indicates that the west may
come to the front. Fellows of New York
favored Rockwell. Cochran of New
York followed. Neither referred to the
political imbroglio, except by innuendo,
but O'Ferrall of Virginia announced
himself as stalwart Cleveland man.
He referred to Hill as fox and Cleve-
land as lion. His reference to the
magnificent and grand" Grover Cleve-
land brought down thunders of ap-
plause, but failed to carry the house
with him, and with but thirty-nine
members recording themselves in favor
of the contestee. the chasm between
Cleveland and Hill seems to be more
than ever without prospect of plank to
bridge it.
O'Ferrall closed the argument in favor
of Noyes. The question recurred on the
resolutions of the minority substituted
for the majority report, and deciding
that Noyes was not elected. Carried,
140 to SO. thirty-nine Democrats voting
to sustain the report of the majority.
There was no break in the Republican
ranks.
The second substitute, declaring
Rockwell entitled to the seat, was agreed
to, 12S to 1O6. Bryan's motion to re-
commit was defeated. The resolutions
as amended were agreed to, and Rock
we'll retains his seat.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the senate today the bill placing
the secretary OF agriculture in the line
of succession after the secretary of the
interior, passed.
The bill authorizing the secretary of
the interior to increase to $12 month
the pension of every pensioner who is
now on the rolls at So month, on &C.
count of service in the Mexican war, and
who is totally disabled for manual labor
and in such destitute circumstances that
the latter pension is insufficient to pro-
vide him with the necessaries of life,
passed.
The Chinese exclusion bill was taken
up and Chandler presented testimony
showing the need of more stringent
laws to prevent the influx of Chinese.
He admitted that the situation between
the American government and China
was bad one. He then commented
on the correspondence regarding Blair's
rejection.
Davis, a member of the committee on
foreign relations, looked upon the house
bill as rank, radical, unblushing, un-
mitigated repudiation of every treaty
obligation remaining between the
United States and China.
Davis took occasion in the course of
his speech to denounce the Cahensly
proposition submitted to the pope last
year.
Without action on the bill, the SEN
ate went into executive session, and
soon adjourned until tomorrow.
GRAND ARMY HEARING.
Representative Bryan today asked the
house committee on appropriations to
grant hearing to committee OF the
Grand Army posts of Nebraska, in op-
position to the appropriation of 500, 900
for the entertainment of the members
of the Grand Army at the encampment
at Washington. The hearing will be
accorded.
Assistant Secretary Bussey appeared
before the Raum investigating commit
tee today to answer the assault made
upon him by Dugan the other day. Bus
sey said his failure in New Orleans was
brought about by the disas-
trous panic of 1873. He settled
with his creditors at twenty-five
cents on the dollar, but in less than a
year paid them in full. Bussey then
read endorsements from the most prom
inent men in New Orleans regardless of
party, which he received when an appli-
can't for the position of collector. The
committee was so much impressed with
Bussy's statement that Dugan's testi-
mony was stricken from the record.
RECLAssIFICATIoN OF NAIL MATTER.
The house committee on post-offices
and post-roads today ordered favorably
reported a bill consolidating third and
fonrth- class mail matter, under the head
of third-class. and fixing the rates of
postage at one cent for each two ounces
or fraction thereof
SILVER PURCHASES.
The treasury department today pur-
chased $4,000 ounces of silver at
$O.6890@0. 1897.