The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-03-30
POWER WANTS LIGHT.
Demanding an Investigation of
Some Newspaper Charges.
The Discussion of the Question OF
Seating the Appointed Senators
Opens New Field.
Special to The MoESIse CALL

WASHINGTON, March 29.-In the Senate
to-day Hoar called up as question of privi-
lege the resolution reported by him from
the Committee on Privileges and Elections,
declaring Lee Mantle entitled to be ad-
mitted to a seat as Senator from Montana.
Harris suggested the Senate was not
ready to act on the question, as the reports
of the majority and minority had only been
delivered to-day.
Hoar said his reason for calling up the
subject to-day was that some Senators
were about to leave the city to-day, and de-
sired to address the Senate.
The resolution was taken up and Pugh.
who joined in the report of The majority,
proceeded to address the Senate in favor of
that report.
Senator Pugh argued from the debates in
the constitutional convention that the eX-
istenee of vacancy from any cause was a
crucial test of the power OF the Governor to
fill such vacancy. A vacancy happened.
he argued, if it existed.
In Illustration of the possible evils that
might result from prohibiting Governors
10 fill vacancies in the Senate, Pugh said
that the force bill would now be law if
one Senator, opposed to II, had been kept
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rule. Three or moro political parties, he
he said, existed by regular organization in
The several States. These parties favored
specific principles and policies that were
fundamental and irreconclable. Was it
right, in such a case. for the Senate TO es-
tabliSh the tyranncal rule that these par-
ties should surrender their opinions and
convictions, disregard their pledges and
their fidelity TO their constituents in order
to come to some agreement for the election
of Senator.
AZ lengthy discussion followed, in which
numerous contentious were made and ar
gHed, many of the Senators indicating
their concurrence with the views of the
minority, adverse to the admission of SEN
ators. The matter then went over till to-
E.orrow, Mitchell having the floor to defend
the minority report.
Power, rising to a question Of personal
privilege, referred to the article in the
mornings Washington Post, quoting from
the remarks made against him in the Senate
chamber by Senator Turpie two or
three years ago, when the Ques-
tion of his right to a seat was pending.
He said that his success in party strife had
caused his competitor to try TO vent his
spleen on him through the press and in
every conceivable manner possible. He de-
manded a most careful and thorough inves-
tigatiOn by a special committee, aud he
asked that the cause Of the remarks by
Turpie be thoroughly looked into.
Vest said that If the Senate were to ap-
point committees to enter on the investiga-
tion of all the personal charges against
Senators in the public press it might as well
dismiss all other business and 20 into that
matter exclusively.
After some further debate Chandler Of.
fered resolution referring Powers request
to the Committee on Privileges and Eiec-
tions.
German suggested that the resolution go
over for the present, and hoped that the
Senate would fix a day hereafter for the
consideration Of all such matters.
After some further debate the Senate. on
motion of German. went into executive ses-
sion and soon adjourned.
In executive session the Senate confirmed
the following nominations. Max Judd of
Missouri, to be rsul-General at Vienna :;
William Fl. Sims Of Mississippi First AS
sistant Secretary of the Interior; John S.
Seymour of Connecticut, Commissioner OF
Patents: Edward A. Bowers of Washing
ton, d. c., Assistant Commissioner of the
General Land Office; Henry G. Bell of Hi
nois, Second Deputy Commissioner Of PEN
siOns; Frank f. White of Nebraska, United
States Marshal for the District OF Nebraska :;
+. P. Gayle OF New Mexico. Receiver of
Public Money at Roswell. n. Nj; John NJ.
Risley, Minister to Denmark.