The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-27

WASHINGTON, April 26.-As soon as
yesterdays Journal of the Senate was
read, Mr.. Ransom (Dem., N. c. notified
the presiding officer that Mr.. Jarvis,
appointed by she governor OF North
Carolina to fill the acancy caused by
the death of Mr.. Vance, and whose
credentials had been presented few
days ago, was present and ready to
take the oath. Il was then admins
tered, and Mr.. Jarvis WAS afterwards
introduced by Mr.. Ransom to many OF
his Democratic associates.
The resolutions offered yesterday by
Allen Pop, Neb asserting the right of
persons visiting Washington to Assem-
bic peacesbly and petition for redress
OF grievances, was laid before the SEN
ate
Vest deprecated the introduction of
resolutions on that subject It seemed
to him that tho persons alluded 20 had
been treated like all other persons. II
they observed the laws they would be,
as matter OF course, not molested by
the national, State or municipal author
ides, and II they violated the laws they
ought TO be punished.
Wolco,t (Rep., Colo) said: 81 am
at q loss to understand the purpose of
the introduction of this resolution,
which changes no existing law, but
seems to extend cringing invitation to
some thousands Of people calling them
selves unemployed laborers, and who,
il the newspaper accounts are true, are
preparing TO invade this Capitol, some
r,na nG On hi x1 nd ~,
railrosd trains, some by beggary, some
by moneys furnished by Others, and all
OF than for no useful purpose. l am
opposed" he said, in conclusion, ITO
she adoption OF this resolution"
Dolph (Rep., Ore.) concurred with
Vest, and said that the preamble to the
resolution was SANDER upon Congress
and upon the government of the Dis.
trict. He also characterized it as "a
lying preamble" His remarks on that
point we're declared by Allen, (but in a
tone Of voice probably not audible to
Dolph) to be absolutely untrue"
Gray (Dem. DELI also condemned the
resolution and defended the action of
| the District commissioners in issuing
| their proclamation and taking measures
| to protect the peace.
Allen spoke for half an hour In iusti-
| fcation of his Offering the resolution
and in the course Of his remarks spoke
OF the spontaneous uprising Of Amer
| lean citizens, oppres.e and wronged."
AS soon as Allen took his scat, Harris
rose and moved to proceed to the con-
sideration of the resolution propose by
him yesterday for daily meeting of
the Senate at IL a. M, beginning to-
morrow. PETER requested him to with
draw and hold the motion that he
,frrH l.
Allen resolution. Harris persisted in
his motion and it was agreed to. Yeas,
81; nays, 6, (Senators Allen, Dolph,
Frye, Gallinger, Kyle and Peffer).
The question being on adopting the
order, Aldfich said that there was a
general concurrence of feeling on his
eide OF tho chamber that the conyen-
ieDce OF Senators should be consulted
by meeting earlier and adjournine at
an carly hour in tie evening, there
fore there would be no resistance on his
side of the chamber to the adoption of
the order.
The order was agreed to without
division, and Mr.. Aliens resolution
went to the calendar
The tariff bill was then, at 1:45, taken
up, and Higgins (Rep, DELI delivered
speech upon the Hawaiian question.
Higgins finished the reading of his
speech AT p. M, when Gray offere his
proposed rule forbidding the reading Of
s oeec hes in the Senate, and had it re-
ferred to the com mittee on rules.
Then Dolph took the floor, and de-
livered another instalment of his speech
against the tariff bill, after a call OF the
Senate, which showed the presence of
ffty-6ve Senators.
Dolph had not finished his speech
when the Senate at 5:55 proceeded to
executive bu.iness, adjourning soon
afterwards till to- morrow at ii o'clock.