The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-12-13

the matter when he said legislation was
unbluHhlnRly bought In Indian lcglBla-
tureh, nor ala he oycrr0tc II when he
said the administration of Justice was
bought and sold for the benefit Of the
white Indian
Al the conclusion of Mr. PlRtts
speech. the bill waH referred 10 the com
mittee on Indian affairs. Mr.. Pugh
presented the credentials Of Senator
John n. Morgan, elected by the Ala
bama legislature Tor The term Of nix
years from March. 1895.
The resolution Of Mr. Higgins, call
ing for the correspondence relating 20
the offers Of mediation boy the United
States In the war between China and
Japan, was then passed, on motion of
Mr.. Call, the senate took up the reBo-
luton authorizing thc appointment Of
q committee "a enquire aud report
whether the Louisiana ana Honduras
Lottery company had been established
and II now IN operation IN Florida.
After a statement by Mr. Call, the
resolution was referred 10 the commit
tee on contingent expenses The senate
then proceeded To- consideration ~ the
pension bills on the calendar. Among
those passed were bills granting pen
sions of 800 per month to Mary Pal
mcr Banks, widow OF Major General
Nathaniel y Banks; Mrs, Katherine
Todd Crittenden, aud to Major General
McClernand,
Al two o'clock Mr. Gray stated he
had no desire To delay consideration Of
the canal bill. but he considered the
tariff bills OF grcnter Importance, and
thought the senate should have an op-
portunlly Ia say whether these bills
should be considered. 1t was the duty
or the senate To meet the challenge Inn
piled In these bills. He did not think
discussion of the bills would occasion
any great delay. He therefore moved
to dlsplace the canal bill with the free
sugar bill. Mr.. Morgan stated that
while he favored the sugar bill, he
should be compelled to vote against It's
consideration al present. owing 10 the
fact that he had been placed in charge
OF the Nicaragua canal bill. The bill
as II came from the house, and as It was
amended by the senate finance com
mittee, was then read, after which Mr..
Berry demanded the ayes and nays on
the question OF consideration. An
nouncement of the vote showed the de-
feat Of Mr.. Gray's motion-23 10 Y. the
vote being as follows: Yeas-Bate,
Berry. Blackburn, Caffery. Cockrcll,
Coke Faulkner. George, Gray, Harris,
Hill, Hunton, Jarvis, McLaurin, Nc
II II Il
Vest Villas, Voorhees, and Walsh-23.
Nays-Aldrich, Allen. Allison. Blanch-
ard, Cullom, Dolph Dubois, Gallagher,
Hale, Hansbrough, Hawley, Higgins.
Hoar, Kyle, Lodge, Mcmillan, Mander-
son, Martin Mitchell tOregon), morrill,.
PETER Perkins, Plat, Power Quay,
Roach and Teller-27.
Vest then took the floor 10 move TO
take up his resolution for an amend
ment of the senate rules, with n mod
ifcation instructing the committee on
rules to report by the 18th instant He
asked for the yeas and nays on the mo-
| tion. The motion was lost, "a TO ~
Harris said he had voted against the
cloture resolution, first, because the
committee on rules would meet to-mor-
row for the purpose OF considering the
subject matter OF the resolution, and In
view OF this he could not see the neces-
sity OF passing it. AS a member Of the
committee on rules he announced that
he favored an amendment that would
give the majority. under a careful and
well prepared rule, power To close de-
bate upon appropriation bills as well
as revenue measures, the passage OF
which was absolutely necessary.
The senate then resumed considera-
| ton of the Nicaragua canal bill and
Morgan addressed the senate. Morgan
said there could be no more majestic
| position assumed by the United States
among the family Of nations than to
take up the subject and have the canal
completed. He asked the senator's to in
form themselves on the matter so IL
could be brought 10 vote at an early
day Cullom gave notice that he would
be ready Friday to make some remarks
| on the bill