The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-02
CALLS RESOLUTION
The Subject Of Election Investi-
cation up in the Senate.
HENDERSON SPEAKS IN THE HOUSE
The Tariff Bill Consideration and the Work
as 1t Proceeds-Matters in the Lower
Observation-Disclosures News
and Gossip.

WAsHINGTON. June 1.-The resolution
offered by Mr.. Call went over till today
for the appointment Of a select com
mittce of five senators to investigate
the subject of the organized efforts Of
corporations to control the elections Of
state legislators and members Of con
gress and whether corrupt means. such
as bribery by free transportation and
the subsidizing of newspapers, has
been rcsOrted to and whether such acts
are consistent with the preservation Of
the republic Of the United States and
the rights and liberties Of the people.
At 1910 the tariff bill was laid before
the senate. the sugar acheddle being
the pending question, and Mr.. Man
dCr>On proceeded to speak upon It.
Ia the House.
Mr.. Strauss. Of New York. offered a
Joint resolution on the cXtraditiOn
treaty with Russia, and it was referr-
ed to the committee on foreign affairs.
After a call Of committees for reports,
Mr.. EnlOe, of Tennessee. antOgOnized
Mr.. S~pringcrs motion to take up the
bank tax bill, by a motion to consider
bills on the private calender. The
vote on a division WAS. yeas 90. noes
%. Mr.. Reed demanded a vote by
yeas and nays. The motion was de-
feated. and the house proceeded to
consider the bank tax bill.
Mr.. Wheeler. of Alabama. was emit
tied to the floor, but relinquished it in
favor of Mr.. Brosius. of Pennsylvania, a
member Of the committee on banking
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would finish his own speech at a later
period.
Mr.. Blacks Speech.
At I2:35 p. m, the house went into
committee of the whole on the bill to
repeal the state bank tax, and Black, OF
Georgia, resumed his speech in favorO of
the total repeal of the law.
He spoke an hour, attracting the close
attention of members. His peroratiOn
was an eloquent recital Of the leading
part taken by the south in the history
of the government and of the nation
and a refutation of the assertion that
the repeal of the bill was desired alone
by the representatives Of the south.
At it's close, he was warmly applauded
and received the congratulations Of his
associates on the floor.
Mr.. Walker republican of Massachus-
etts spoke for two hours upOn a gener-
al financial plan as embodied in a bill
introduced early in the session by him
self. He had no defence to make Of the
existing financial system of the
try. What is needed was tieXibility.
The object Of his bill was to force into
circulation every dollar hat could be
advantageOusly used. The present sys-
tenn withheld from circulation 600 out
of 2, 800, 900, 600 of currency. That. he
emphatically said. must stop.
Mr.. McLaurin of South Carolina ad-
dressed the house on tie bill. He told
of the direful results to the cotton mar
ket during the financial stringency and
how king Cotton" was saved from de-
thronement only by the issue of clear
ing house confidence certificates which
passed current in South Carolina and
enabled the people to tide over the crop
moving period.
Chief Census Clerk appointed,
George II. DOnnell, of Mississippi, has
been appointed chief clerk of the cen
sus bureau at s., 500 per annum. James
II. Wardle, Of New York, whom Don
nell succeeds, has been transferred to
the pension office.