The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-12

ment of the southern Ute Indians.
Mr.. Germans motion to reconsider the bill
affecting important railroad mineral lands
In Montana and Idaho was disposed of by
amendments, which led to the withdrawal
of the motion to reconsider.
Mr. Pettigrew presented resolution in re-
gard to the Union and Central Pacific rail-
roads. The Senator said the manipulation of
these railroads was disgrace to American
civilization"
HILLS RESOLUTION.
new phase of the financial question
came uD on a resolution presented by Mr..
Hill. defining the policy of the government
concerning bimetallism, gold payments, etc.
The resolution is as follows:
Resolved Of the House of Representatives
concurs), That it is the sense of Congress
that the true policy of the government re-
CURES that its efforts shall be steadily d.
rected to the establishment of a safe sys-
tenn of bimetallism, wherein gold and silver
may be maintained at parity. and every
dollar coined may be the, equal in value and
POWER of every other dollar coined or issued
by the United States, but If our efforts to
establish or maintain such bimetallsm shall
reason our silver coin shall not hereafter
be at parity with gold CON and the equal
thereof in value and power in the market
by declared that the bonds of the United
States now or hereafter issued which, by
their terms, are payable in coin. shall never
being the policy of the Unite! States that
its creditors shall al all times be paid in the
Mr.. Hill asked immediate consideration for
the resolution. but Mr.. Butler objected and
Mr.. Stewart, a Popul.st at once supple
mented the Hill resolution with another
resolution. follows:
Resolved, That there is no authority of
law TO buy gold coin in preference to silver
coin llL for any purpose whatever
This resolution also went over and the
Senate took up the postoffice appropriation
o.n Mr.. Lodge made a point of order
against the first Senate amendment, giving
tar to- -
NE the S3,203,OOo for railway postal service
| and an animated discussion arose over the
item.
Mr.. Allison said as a member of the com
mittee on appropriations he protested
against gan this change of existing laws.
Mr. Cullom spoke against Gripping the
postaI system, which is nearer the people
than any other branch of the public service
| of the manner in which railroads fought
| every measure they conceived to be against
Them The government should own postal
cars just as 1t owned postoffices. The rail-
roads seemed determined to control all the
traffic over their roads. He had found in
| stock traffic. that the roads would move no
| cars except those operated by the Armours,
| me me swifts and others of Chicago. With
their capital and their power they coerced
| the roads to handle their cars to the exclu-
| sion of private shippers. Mr.. Pullman. with
his great capital, was also able to coerce
these, roads into running his cars. And
then he turns around" said Mr. Vest land
ss tbsse ms Own prices on the people who
from OHIO tShermam proposes to regulate
these Pullman cars we are at once told we
| have no, right to touch them" Mr.. Vest
continued in severe arraignme1t of the
railroads for advancing or retarding legisla-
ton as 1t suited them. He asserted that re-
bates were now being paid in connection
| with Chicago cattle shipments in defiance
| of law
Mr.. Allen urged the government ownership
of railroads. He soon diverged into discus
zion OF the alleged election frauds in Ala
| bama. Mr.. Chandler interrupted with the
remark that charges of fraud against SOW
| ereign state were SO grave that a full SEN
| ate should hear them. A call for q quorum
was had. and fifty-two Senators responded.
| Mr.. Allen then proceeded, reading from a
mass of material bearing ON election fraufys
| He submitted detailed statement of Aht
| alleged frauds by counties in what is know:
| as the BLACK belt" 1t showed a total
| OF 5O,07S votes counted, 15313 votes actually
| cast and "a, 765 votes fraudulently counted
| In the last election. Mr.. Allen said the esti-
| mates were based on an averaging of the
frauds in counties in which positive proof
I was at hand He read affidavits showing
| specific frauds by counties. If these frauds
| had not occurred, Mr. Allen said the Poptl-
| lists land Republicans would have twenty
/ two out of the thrty-three members of the
state Senate and seventy-one out of the one
| hundred members of the House. Mr. Allen
/ spoke for three hours. and had not con-
| Guided when, at 5:45 o'cloak, the Senate adj
l iOurnel.