The National tribune., 1894-08-09
WEDNESDAY, AUG. /.

In the Senate, a number of bills were passed.
among them being House bill extending the
| time for payment of purchases OF land Of the
| Omaha tribe of Indians in Nebraska. Among
| the petitions presented was ono from Morrison
l.. Swift, of Boston, who recently made himself
notorious by his anarchistic actions and words
on the steps of the Boston Court House, calling
on Congress to resign, presented by Mr.. Lodge.
Consideration Of the Sundry Civil appropria-
tion bill was resumbed, aud many amend
ments were adopted.
Mr.. Chandler IN. f., r. offered an amend
ment providing that the decisions of the Com
mssOners of Immigration in regard to the
admission of aliens should be final, and that
the Commissioners of immigration at the sew
eral ports should be appointed by the President
by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate" and that they should hold their office
for four years. The amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Chandler IN. H., K. J, being recognized,
offered resolution (which went over until to-
morrow directing the special committee APP
pointed to investigate the charges of bribery
against Senators, to inquire into the organiZa-
ton and history of the Dominion Coal Com
pany, Limited" of Nova Scotia, for the pur-
pose of ascertaning whether the company was
formed or was being conducted by reason of
any assurances that the tariff duty on coal
would be repealed by Congress, and if so, who
gave such assurances, and whether or not any
officer of the Government or any member of
Congress was interested.
The Sundry Civil bill was considered. On
motion of Dir. Power Mont, r. an amend
ment was incorporated in the bill appropriat-
ing $500, 600 for the construction OF Fort Har-
rison, Mont. The committee amendment strik-
ing out the paragraph authorizing the Secre-
tary of War 10 designate Confederate veteran
of the battle of Chattanooga or Chickamauga
to assist in preparing the historical tablets to be
erected on those battlefelds was rescinded. An
fi,p
tary of War to employ member of the Army
of Northern Virginia Con federate), who fought
at Gettysburg to assist in preparing the tablets
for the Gettysburg battlefield.
The report Of the Conference Committee on
the Agricultural bill, in which the Senate con-
ferrees agreed to recede from the amendment
appropriating 81, 100000 for the determination
of the Russian thistle, agreed to-
At $40 o'clock the Senate adjourned, leav-
ing the Sundry Civil bill still pending.
In the House, Mr.. Hatch mo, d. presented
the conference report on the Agriculture aD-
preparation bill. in which the Senate feceded
from the 100000 appropriation for the de-
struction of the Russian thistle, and it was
agreed to- =
Mr.. Jones IVA, d. then called up the re-
port of the Committee on Elections ia the
Moore-Funston contested election case from the
Second Kansas District, in which the majority
report aSaiHst thc sittibS member tMr. uSton,
Republican,.
Mr.. Jones IVA, d. began the debate He
said that Oil the face Of the returns Mr.. Funs.
ton had an apparent plurality of 81 votes. The
majority of the committee found that fradu-
lent registration and voting took place in
Wyandotte aud Allen Counties on which the
contestant claimed plurality Of 1,364 votes.
After carefully examining all the evidence,
Mr.. Jones declared that the majority had come
to the conclusion that Mr.. Moore and not Mr.
Funston had been elected.
Mr.. Mccall Mass, r. took the minority
side. He referred to the fact that the House
had already unseated three Republicans, and
said it was little extraordinary that
in all the contests before this Congress, five
in number, the narrow plurality should be
held illegal and insufficient except in the
single instance when it was in favor of Demo
crat. Under our system, he said, small ma
jority should be deemed as effective and sacred
as large one.
Mr.. Funston, the contestee, followed Mr.. Nc
Call with close analysis of the testimony,
presenting his side of the Gaze in strong
light. After some further debate. by a vote of
80 to 126, the Republican resolution favorable
to Moore was disagreed with.