Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-27
ALLEN DEFENDS THE COXEYITEs.

His Resolution Was Generally Condemned,
 However, by Other Senator's Represcnt-
 atives Object to Having Their Salaries
 DocAed For Lost Time.
 l WAsHlNGToN, April 27.-Scnator Aliens
 resolution declaring that it was the con-
 stitutional right of American citizens to
 assemble and petition congress was laid | before the senate. It was opposed by q
 number of senators and finally went to the
 calendar without action
 ~ Mr. Vest deprecated the introduction of l the resolution, holding that any compro-
 mise by congress with so called CoXey men
 would open crevasse ill the integrity of | the government. which would end in food 1 and destruction.
 Mir. Wocott of Colorado characterized | the resolution as d cringing invitation to a i horde of lawless marauders. The fornla- | tion of these deluded bodies of men was | due largely to men like the governor of | Colorado, whose gyrations and antics had i brought dishonor and discredit to the state | and sullied it's fair name It was time to
 take courage and stand together against | the socialism, populism and paternalism which was running riot throughout the i country and which would end in the de
 struction of liberty.
 Senators Dolph and Gray also opposed
 the resolution. Senator Allen spoke in fa-
 vor of it. It was displaced by the resolu- tion to meet each day at Il o'clock, which | was taken up by the overwhelming vote | of 54 to and agreed to without any oppo-
 sition on the part of the Republicans. Sen | ator Jarvis of North Carolina, the success
 sor of the late Senator Vance, was sworn in. | Senator Higgins took the floor on the | tariff bill soon as it was taken up and spoke until 5 o'clock. His speech was de-
 voted almost entirely to a review of the late Hawaiian incident, in which he se- verely criticises the policy of the admins
 tration.
 Senator Dolph resumed his speech on the tariff question and spoke for nearly an
 hour. Senator Harris then said he reluc-
 tantly moved an executive session. It is
 understood that efforts are being made to
 secure unanimous consent that no more
 executive sessions be held until after the | tariff bill is disposed of.
 In the House.
 For the first time since the Democratic caucus determined to impose the law of
 1856 to dock members absent save on ac- count of sickness the matter was officially
 brought to the attention of the house. It
 came up in the shape of an alleged priv ileged resolution presented by MT. Mahon, Pennsylvania Republican, who contend
 ed that the rights of the members had
 been invaded by the sergeant-at-arms, the ] latter having distributed blank certificates
 in accordance with the old law requiring
 members to make statements as to the
 number of days they had been absent the reasons therefor, etc.
 | After an interesting debate the speaker held that the resolution was not privileged on the ground that the question of the
 right of membe to his salary was purely
 legal one and in no way affected his par liamentary lights. This put sudden stop to the discussion, and the house proceeded
 with and completed the consideration of 1 the diplomatic bill.
 No amendments of importance have been
 adopted. although more than a week has
 been devoted to this bill. As passed the
 bill carries with it $1 ,51S, TBS, a decrease of
 $46, 706 as compared with the appropria- I tions for the current year. Today is pri- vate bill day, and on Saturday the army appropriation bill will come up.