The morning call., 1895-02-13
Stewards Rather Startling Warming
as to Bonds.
CONDITIONS MAY CAUSE REVOLUTION.
Alabama Sends a Very Tart Protest to
the Senate in Reference to Re.
cent Election Frauds.

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memorial from various trade and trans
portation associations in Chicago asking
legislation to protect express companies
from train-robbers and railroad trains
from train-wrecking.
Gray reported adversely from the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections the res
olution providing for the election of Sen
ators by direct vote of the people.
Jones CD of Arkansas reported the bill
adopted by the Finance Committee for the
unlimited coinage of silver. Aldrich and
Hill asked for the reading of the bill and
Aldrich then explained he had made the
request to show that all of what he con-
sidered the meritorious features of the
bill had been stricken out and the objec-
tionable part retained.
Sherman said the minority had done
what it could to prevent the reporting of
this bill and he was very emphatic against
it. Jones replied the majority for the bill
was a very decided one. Jones asked for
immediate consideration.
Aldrich suggested that it might take the
place OF the bankruptcy bill.
AZ object to that" exclaimed Mr. George.
Call also objected to the consideration of
the bill Harris said the objection would
be Withdrawn if the bill could be passed
without debate.
Aldrich said that was hardly possible,
and the bill went to the calendar.
Hill secured unanimous consent for the
consideration of resolution which he in
troduced. asking for information concern
ing the appointment and removal of post
masters in New York. The resolution was
agreed to.
Vest from the Finance Committee re-
ported a Joint resolution extending the
time for the collection of the income tax,
and asked for its immediate consideration,
but the resolution went over.
PETER called up his resolution requesting
the Judiciary Committee to report his reso-
luton inquiring into the legality of the
recent bond issues.
Hill suggested the committee might wish
to wait for an opinion from the Attorney
General Peffer said he did not want the
opinion of the Attorney-General; that he,
himself, knew more about the matter than
the Attorney-General.
"Then I have no more to say" replied
Hill.
The resolution went to the calendar.
Blackburn moved to take up the Postofice
appropriation bill and Allen took the floor,
but yielded to Stewart to discuss the last
message of the President on the currency
question.
Stewart declared that the President, in
his alternative proposition to Congress,
had construed the bond issue under the
present law to be silver bonds and pro-
posed premium on gold. The President
contracted to issue gold bonds and gold
bonds were something entirely unknown
to the existing law. Notwithstanding Con-
gress had net given its sanction to the
conduct of the Treasury Department" it
was nevertheless responsible for the result
and could not avoid it. The administra-
ton had refused to carry out the laws and
Congress should face the question squarely
and determine whether officials should
obey the laws.
Stewart closed with the warning that if
the present conditions continued the end
would be revolution:
A joint resolution to enlarge the Red
Cliff Indian Reservation in Wisconsin was
passed, after which Allen resumed his
speech on the alleged election frauds in
Alabama, but was interrupted by point
of no quorum by Hoar. A quorum ap-
peared and Allen continued his speech.
At the conclusion of Aliens remarks Nor
gan read protest against the proceedings
in the Senate by himself and colleague,
Pugh, characterizing his speech as "a
clear abuse of the parliamentary law in
disregard of the urgent necessities of the
public and an assault upon the rights of
Alabama as State of the Union and upon
the character of our Government and peo-
pie"
They call attention to the fact that the
two days speech was made while an ap-
preparation bill was under consideration,
and say that the speech was not relevant,
important or germane. They say it was
impossible to vote upon the questions
raised by Mr.. Allen, and add: ''It is
equally impossible for the Alabama Sena-
tors, with decent respect for the Senate and
proper regard for the public business, now
to reply to the charges of gross fraud and
injustice in some eight or nine of the sixty
counties of the State. Due respect and
Difference for the sovereign State they rep
resent forbid the Senators from Alabama
from acknowledging the right of the SEN
ate, from admitting its jurisdiction to hear
and determine question relating to her
rights as one of the sovereign States of the
American Union. Whatever attitude Con-
gress may have the power to impose upon a
State of the Union it cannot be asserted that
either house of Congress acting alone can
decree that a State is in the Union or out
of it according to its pleasure, nor can an
investigation be fully made which has for
it's objects such determination as to the
rights of State except under law of Con-
gress duly enacted and approved"
"They say that the fact that seats in the
House of Representatives are being con-
tested should prevent the Senate from any
interference in the matter under the COM
monest instincts of propriety, and assert
such charges are made on hearsay evidence
of men who expect reward of Office.
"They supply him." the protest con-
tinues, "with affidavits, letters and notes,
and he launches them upon the Senate
and the world through the medium of the
Congressional Record at the expense of the
Government. Broadside assertions are
made on the responsibility only of men
who evade Justice at home and under State