The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-08-23
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
HOUSE DID BUSINESS YESTER'
DAY WITHOUT A QUORUM.
Senate Bill for Exclusion and Deporta-
ton of Anarchists Discussed and
Carried Over - ro.American
Bureau-Voorhees Better.
THE HOUSE..

not quorum present Wien Iue uouse
began its session today, but members
sought to take up several messages
by unanimous consent. The senate
bill allowing an additional $4,000 for
the public building at Little Rock,
Ark, was passed. The senate bill for
exclusion and deportation of alien ans
archists was called up. Mr.. Warner
Democrat, New York, objected to the
consideration of the bill. II regret
said he, "that l must always stand
here and protest against putting in
the hands of administrative officers
the enormous power conferred by the
bill"
Does not the gentleman know" in
terrupted Mr.. Mcmillan, that 900 an
archists, whose descriptions are al
ready in the hands of the police, are
on their way to these shores.
The gentleman from Tennessee
replied Mr.. Warner emphatically,
cannot be panic stricken and he OBJ
iects to giving to officers the pursuit OF
a crime not punishable according to
our statutes and to giving them power
to deport such persons as they may
deem offenders"
whenever a word is used in a
statute" suggested Mr.. Oates, Demo
crat, Alabama, "it is given the COM
mon law Interpretation"
"There is no definition of anarchist
in the common law" replied Mr..
Warner. II object to the considera-
ton of this bill.n The bill went over.
The senate bill authorizing the Sec
retary of the treasury to allot rooms in
in the government building at Meri
dian, Miss, for holding court, was
passed: also resolution to print 10000
copies of the tariff bill; also motion OF
Mr.. Haugen, Republican, Minnesota,
a bill to grant to the Duluth and VIM
nipeg railroad right of way through
the Chippewa and White Earth
Indian reservations.
At 1I5 the house adjourned until ~
o'clock Thursday.
Ro-AMERICAN BUREAU.
"a WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-A formal
request to abolish the Afro, American
Tbureau of organization of the Demo-
atcratic congressional committee Is made
lin a communication addressed to Sen
tator Faulk kner, chairman of the COM
ymittee by G. 9. Atwood, chairman of
the Negro National Democratic
League. Chairman Atwood in urging
immediate action says there is nothing
to be accomplished by the bureau;
recounts it's assessment letters now
under Investigations by the civil ser~
vice commission and characterized its
methods as improper. He states that
the work of the league covers all the
needs of colored voters of the country,
and that, though appreciating. the
recognition of the negro as the head
of the bureau OF the
committee there is no reason
for the existence of the bureau, The
action is the result of instruction given
to President @. H. ], Taylor and
Chairman Atwood at the league con-
vention at Indianapolis.
Senator Faulkner, chairman OF the
Democratic congressional campaign
committee, said today that very good
and sufficient reasons must De pro
duced before the bureau would be
abolished, but that it had no power
to collect contributions. Senator
Faulkner said: "The bureau is mere
ly in its experimental stages and IL
remains to be seen whether or not II
will be productive OF good results.
What we want to do is to reach the
colored voters in the best manner
nossible and we will enneavor to do
that according to our best judgment
irrespective OF organizations or lnul~
Viduals."
MIR, Atwood called on Senator
Faulkner and presen ed the proceed
inps OF the indianapolis convention,
ohnlifinn nf the his
reau, and the senator said he would
take the matter under advisemeot,
but gave Mr.. Atwood no encourage
ment.
SENATOR VOORHEES, IMPROVING.
WASHINGTON, Aug, 81. - Senator
Voorhees, was in his committee room
at the capitol today for two hours for
the first time in four weeks. He is
still weak on account of his recent i'll
ness, but is cheerful and says he is
Improving. He expressed confidence
that the president would act on the
tariff bill soon after his return and
permit congress to adjourn. lie said,
however, he had no intimation as to
the presidents intentions. Five more
mills shut down today on account OF
the strike aQQ Ilere is ueoloaso vi
fully 1900 looms in the mills yet run
ming.
FAVORABLE TO JAPAN.
The Japanese legation here received
intelligence statieg that it is reported
in Toxic on reliable authority that the
finding of the British naval court of
INQUIRY, which was held at Shanghai
to investigate the fact of the sinking OF
the British steamer Kow Shung. when
acting as transport for Chinese
troops to Corea by the japanese
cruiser Naniwa, is favorable TO the
Japanese 1t is also reported that the
British admiral officially stated to bis
government that he considered the
Sinking of Kow Shung under the cir~
cumstances as equivalent to the si2k-
ing of q Chinese vessel and that he has
consequently advised the British gov
arnment to make no claims.
MIS- IoNARY ARRESTED IN MEXICO.
Some Gays ago dispatches from Mex
icn announced that Rev. H. r. Mosley,
q Rantist minister, had been in