St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-03
VOORHEES, VERY MAO.
Malicious Misrepresentation
in the Press Sorely VeXeS
the Tall Sycamore.
Searching Denuneiation Of a
Silly but Serious Pack OF
FalsehoodS.
The South st. Paul Bridge
Bill Is Passed by the
Senate.
Some Warm Exchanges, Per-
sonal and Political, in
the House.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2.-There was
rather small attendance of senators QesS
than two DOZEN when prayer was said
and yesterdays journal read. Many of
the memorials presented during the
morning hour were for the closing of
the Columbian exposition on Sunday.
House bill to amend the act for the
construction OF a railroad and wagon
bridge across the Mississippi river at
South St. Paul, Mimi, was reported and
passed. 1t extends the time and
changes the location about one mile.
Mr. Mitchell, from the committee on
privileges and elections, made report
on the Ciaggett-Dubois contest for
seat IN the senate from the state of
Idaho. The resolutions declare Mr..
Dubois entitled to retain his seat. and
that Mr.. Claggett is not entitled to it.
He asked that the report and resolu
tiOnS lie on the table and that he would
call them up at an early day.
Mr.. Voorhees,, rising to a personal
question, sent to the clerks desk and
had read Washington dispatch to the
Philadelphia Press, stating that the SEN
ate judiciary committee had
Wasted Another Session
out of senatorial courtesy to Senator
Voorhees,: that the attempt OF Senator
voorhees, to form a coalition with the
Republicans was a fiat failure; that
some of the Republicans, like Quay.
Cameron and Higgins, were opposed to
the nomination of George NJ. Dallas. of
Pennsylvania, and that Mr.. Voorhees,
had proposed that IF these discounted
Republicans would induce enough of
their party to aid the Democrats in de-
featiEg Judge Woods nomination, the
Democrats would reciprocate and aid i'll
defeating Dallas"
Mr.. Voorhees, said that his principal OBJ
iect in having the article read related to
the paragraph where the statement was
made, explicitly and unQualifiedly, that
he had made proposition to certain
senators that for their assistance in the
defeat of Judge Woods confirmation he
would favor movement on the Demo
cratic side Of the chamber to defeat
Judge Dallas, of Philadelphia. a
groSSer lie than that it would be hardly
possible for his satanic majesty to con-
celve. Such wish. or thought, or Sug-
geStion, had never entered his mind, OF
emanaIed from his lips. On the con-
trary. bad as he thought the appoint
ment of Judge Woods was. improper
and unfit as he conceived and knew that
Judge to be for a judicial position, he
would feel himself
DishOnOred and Disgraced
beyond redemption, if he reoeived-let
alone made-a suggestion to defeat a
competent man like Judge Dallas for
the sake of getting clear of the appoint
ment of a man like Woods. If any SEN
Rtor could say that a single suggestion
OF. thought of such a corrupt combina-
zion had come from him, he wanted him
70 say so. If he (Mr. Vorhees) were
capable of making such suggestion he
would be proper subject for eXpul-
sion. He branded the story as the mis-
cradle connection of a dishonest heart
and brain.
Senators Cameron, Quay and Higgins
said there was no truth in the dispatch
and the matter ended
The following bills were passed:
Appropriating $1,000 for public build
ing i'll Grand Forks, n. D.; to Increase
the endowment of the Louisiana state
university and agricultural and me-
ehanical college and the Southern Uni
versity of Louisiana. granting 90, 160
acres of the public lands in Louisiana.
The bill to prevent the adulteration
and mlsGrandlng of food and drugs was
laid aside until the printing bill was
disposed of. The latter bill was then
taken up for consideration. The bill
was discussed for over two and a half
hours, was amended in some particu-
lars and went over without final action.
On motion of Mr.. Teller. the house
bill to define and punish Matchmaking,
which was reported from the judiciary
committee last week and placed on the
calendar, was taken from the calendar
and recommitted to the judiciary COM
mlttee, Mr.. Teller stating it had been
reported through mistake. The senate
then went into executive session, in
which some nominations were referred
to committees, and then adjourned until
tomorrow