St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-03
MOORE Stays IN.
South Carolina Contested Eiec-
tions Case Decided.

South Carolina Contested Eiec-
tions Case Decided.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2.-Ths house
today passed bill authorizing the pur-
chase of the property and the fran
chises of the Choctaw Coal and Railway
company. Unanimous consent for the
consideration of bill for the suppress
sion of the lottery traffic was object
ed to.
A bill was passed to remove the charge
of dishonorable dismissal from the rec.
ord of Cyrus Paine.
MIR. Grosvenor (Rep., o. arose to a
question of privilege in connection with
a resolution he introduced some time
ago calling for Il report from the war
department upon the court martial of a
soldier at Omaha for refusing TO particl-
pate in target practice OH Sunday. A
reply had been received from the war
department.
Mr.. GroSvenor had no criticism to
offer upon the ground of the court mar
tial, viz: that private soldier had no
right to diSobey the commands OF his
superi0rs; but he insisted that the . fiji
Ger ordering the Sunday target practice
did so in plain violation of the order of
President Lincoln in 1862 and in direct
violation of the statutes OF Nebraska :.
MIR. Grosvenor passed sons severe
structures on the court martial and the
general who had approved 1t and or =
dered its decree executed. 1.-The action
of that brigadier general" SAID he. WAS
r ct, "A
inconceivabie ignorance or a total dis
regard of all that was right and proper"
Mr.. Grosvenor paid a
Eifgh TribHte to Cleveland.
who had ordered the officer who Issued
the Sunday target practice order to be
arrested, tried and punished for VIOLA
ton OF the order of President Lincoln.
Mr.. Cultivate Oem.. Ohio, chair
man of the military affairs committee.
read a letter he had received from Adjt.
lsGen. Ruggles concerning the punish :
ment of the officer who had violated
/ President Linc0ln'S order.
Z The conference report OH the District
of Columbia appropriation bill was
agreed to.
MIR. Brown (Dem., Indy, from the
committee on elections, then called up
The contested election case of Moore VS..
Funston. Before adjournment yeSter-
day the house defeated the minority re-
port, anu the vote today was taken on
7 the majority resolution declaring Mr..
Funston (Rep.). the con.estee, not
Iseiected and MIR. Moore Dem. Pop. en-
titled TO the seat. The resolution was
i adopted. 146 to 81. Six Democrats
laMessrs. Barnes, OF Wisconsin, Hall.
/ Minnesota: Griffin, Michigan; Harter.
I Ohio; Paynter. Kentucky; and Pendle-
| ton, OF TeXas-voted with the Repub-
ficaus against Mir. Moore.
I3' Upon the announcement CT the vote
Mr.. Moore came forward to the bar
of the house and took the oath
amid scattering applause.
Mr.. Holman (Dem., lnd.(. chairman
of the committee on Indian affairs. then
called up the conferences report on the
Indian appropriation bill. The report
was agreed to. and another conference
was ordered on the remaining points of
difference between the TWO houses.
An hour Was spent i'll The discussion
of a bill to authorize tho secretary OF
The navy To establish aud maintain tree
public schools for children under seven
teen years of age III Horthington, III
naval reserve ut the Pensacola bay.
Fra, bat no action was taken, and al )
O'Clock the house adjourned.
Clantiier's Resolution.
The resolution oife:cd Yesterday by
Mr.. Chandler directing q special COM
Mite to investigate the Dominion Coal
,onpanv, OF Nova Scolia. whether 1t
Was orsaulzed Or is being conducted In