The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-03

cordance with their population. The
states formed are to be admitted upon
their II application and with the con-
sent of Great Britain. An appropria-
ton of $250000 is authorized to defray
expenses of missions and negotiations to
fix and agree upon terms of admission.
The last section of the bill provides that
there shall be commercial union between
the two countries until the Dominion is
admitted and that import duties or other
taxes shall not be levied by this country
ON Canadian products, provi ed the Do
minion of Canada admits free of duty
products of this country. The bill was
reported to the committee on foreign af-
fairs.
In the House.
The anti options bills, with the Senate
amendments, have beeu laid before the
House. Mr.. Hatch of Missouri, moved
that the House non-concur in the amend
ments and agree to the request of the
Senate for conference.
Mr.. Bynum of Indiana, raised point
of order that the amendments must be
considered in committee of the lwhoie.
2 The Speaker reserved his decision on
the point of order until tomorrow.
Mr.. Catchings from the rules commit
tee, reported special order for bank
circulation bill (Andrews-Cate silver re-
peaD, giving notice that he would call it
up February 9th.
Mr.. Cummings of New York, intro
duced bill to provide for and facilitate
commercial and political union be-
tween the United States of America and
the Dominion of Canada.
The House resumed in committee of
the whole consideration of the sundry
civil appropriation bill.
Mr.. Fitch of New York, offered an
amendment providing that hereafter no
part of any money appropriated to pay
any fees to United States commissioners,
marshals or clerks, shall be used for any
warrant issued or arrest made under the
laws relating to election of members of
Congress, unless prosecution has been
commenced upon a sworn complaint set
ting forth the facts constituting the Of
Tense and alleging them to be within the
personal knowledge of the affiant. The
bill as reported makes similar Hmita-
ton in regard to prosecution under inter-
nal revenue laws.
Mr.. Boutelle of Maine. wanted to reach
the real object of the amendment. There
were some gentlemen who believed its
object was to prevent employment by
supervisors of election of men to pre-
vent ballot box stuffing and repeating in
large cities.
Mr.. Fitch said anybody who under
stood that the gentleman had stated
facts. The intention was to protect the
fragrant as had ever been proven in a
court of justice. Many of these frauds
had been committed by a gentleman in
New York city.
Mr.. Boutelle-To whom do you refer?
Mr. Fitch (defiantly) ly)-John 1. Daven-
port, rEr
Mr.. Boutelle (triumphantly)-That is
the milk in the cocoanut Continuing,
Mr.. Boutelle said, the Republicans nj
legged that Davenportwas assailed by the
Democratic party because he prevented
Democrats from committing fraud.
Mr. Fitch said the committee appoint
ed to investigate election laws had at
tempted to get Davenport before it, but
Davenport had been afraid of the COM
mittee and had run away from it.
Mr. Boutelle said it was perfectly well
understood by everybody who read news
papers that the Democratic party had
announced it's purpose of accomplishing
the repeal of all federal statutes which
had any bearing on election of members
of Congress. When the question as to
their repeal came up in regular and prop
er form he would be ready to meet it.
But this attempt was little premature.
1t was unwarrantable and improper to
attempt to break down the system of
federal supervision of elections in this
insidious and piece-meal way. The gen.
tleman from New ! York knew, and the
country would know, that he was at
tempting, by putting a rider upon the
appropriation bill, to insert the entering
wedge to accomplish the repeal of stat
utes which asserted the prerogative and
power of the United States to throw safe
guards around honest election of mem-
bers of Congress. 1t was notification of
existing law by an insidiOus method. 1t
was doing by indirection what ought
to be done, if done at all, boldly
and manfully in open light of day.
When the gentleman wished to go be-
| fore the people with the declaration that
the old dogma of states rights had been
| exhumed and regilded and vanished 10
such an extent that great political par
| ty was prepared to say to the country
| that the government should have no
| power to enact the slightest law to throw
| any safeguards around the purity of the
election of members of Congress, he
wanted them to do it in open field, SO
tn people might look at them and see
| what kind of men they were. Republi-
can applause]. 1t was change of one
of the most Important laws in the frame
work of our government, it was law
which touched the integrity of the mem
bership of this body and senate. 1t was
not right; it was not broad-ninded; it
was not patriotic for men to come here
and seek to utilize prejudice against a
| single individual in order. to do thing
of such deep Importance. [Republican
applause1.
Mr.. Rockwell of New York thought
there was no necessity of the gentleman
| from Maine getting so excited. He
| quoted from testimony taken by the