The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-02

Claiming His Seat was Obtained by Fraud
-Coxey Sends Petition to Congress for
Rations for His "Army"-Col. Morrison
I. Swift of Boston, Forwards Some
PopuIistic Literture to Congress.
Washington, August lin the Senate
today, the presentation by Mr.. Lodge,
Repu blican, of Massachusetts,, OF print
ed petition, copies of which had been
received by many senators, adopted at
the meetings in Faneuil Hall and Bos-
ton Common. with the heading "Let
| Congress Resign" was made the text of
short speech by Mr.. Hoar, Republican,
of Massachusetts, in which he strongly
criticized the action of the signers of the
petition. "These men, he said, "made
demands rs it few nundredsor a few
thousand men had only to get together
on some common, and after five or ten
minututes turbulent conversation pro-
pose something which was to take
the place at once OF the constitution and
laws of the country, the petition had
been printed and set out for signatures
under the management of Morrison |.
Swift, who has obtained considerable
notoriety i'll Connection with Coxey and
similar movements.
The consideration of the sundry civil
appropriation bill was resumed, and
the following amendments agreed to:
By MIR. Chandler, Repu blican, of New
Hampshire, making the decision of i'm
migration agents at the several ports, ex-
cluding aliens, final; alsos providing for
the appointment by the President, with
the advice and consent of the Senate,
of a commissioner of immigration, to
hold office four years. By Mr.. Calm
ger, Republican, OF New Hampshire, .ap-
propriaring $4,000 for the purchase of an
oil painting of Mrs. Dollie Madison. wife
of the fourth President of the United
States, for the executive mansion.
The consideration of the sundry civil
bill was suspended in order to receive
the report of the conference committee
ON the House bill to require railroad
territories on the right of way granted
by the government to esablish stations
and depotssat all town sites established
by the Interior Department. The report
was that the committee had been una BILE
to agree. The matter inv olved in the
disagreement is a quarrel over the estab-
liishment of railroad stations at Round
Mr.. Black burn, Democrat, of Kentucky,
stated, dynamite has been recently en-
ployed, bridges blown up, rolling stock
set fire to and burned, and spirit of an
archy has not been lacking, and all be-
cause the railroad companies saw fit to
object to going to the expense of $40, 600
or $40, 600 to build station houses and
depots every time that the caprice or
whim of the Interior Department. should
change the sites of country towns.
The amendment which was agreed to
in thesSenate when the bill was before
it, provided for popular election in
counties to fix and 'esta blshs county seats,
and it was this amendment which the
conferees were unable to agree upon.
A motion to recede from it was made
by Mr.. Berry, Lemocrat, of Arkansas,
and after discussion the motion to recede
from the Senate amendment was agreed
to-yeas "a, nays 20.
The consideration of the sundry civil
appropriation bill Pwas then resumed.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Allen,
Populist, of Nebraska, appropriating
500, 600 for the irrigation and survey
of the arid and semi-arid lands of the
United States, went over with the bill
till tomorrow.
The conference report on the agricul-
tural appropriation bill was presented
and agreed to, the Senate receding from
it's million dollar appropriation for the
extirpation of the Russian thistle.
The Senate then adjourned.