Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-15
WOODARD KEEPS HIS SEAT
The Report Of the Committee
Was Adopted.
THE SENATE AMENDMENTS
To he River and Harbor Bill We're Dis
agreed to.
DUPoNT'S ELECTION CASE TAKEN UP
Senator German Has Some Plan to Defeat
1.-THE Senate Bill to Restrict Immi-
grafton Brought Up the A. P.
A. Question.

Washington, May 14.-In the house to-
day Mr.. Prince reported from elections
coml-Iittee No. the contested case of
Mr.. Cheatham, republican, VS. Mr.. Wood
ard, democrat, from the Second district of
North Carolina, recommending that the
sitting member (Mr. Woodard) retain his
seat. The report was agreed to.
The house then resolved itself into a
committee of the whole to consider pri-
vate pension bills under the special order
adopted last week. The consideration of
these bills was interrupted to receive the
river and harbor appropriation bill from
the senate.
On motion of Mr.. Hooker, republican.
of New York, the senate amendments
were disagreed to and conference or
dered. Messrs. Hooker and Herman re-
pablicans, of Oregon, and Catchings,
democrat of Mississippi, were named as
the conferees.
Fsfty-three pension bills were acted up
on favorably and reported to the house
for passage, among the benefciaries be-
jng the widows of Col. Orlando M. Poe,
Gen. John j. Newton, Brig.-Gen. Charles
D. Jameson, Brighten. and Ex-Sena-
tor George e. Spencer and Robert Smalls
of South Carolina, the famous colored pi-
lot and ex-eongressman.
Later IN the DAY MI Hepburn OIL iowa
entered motion to reconsider the vote
disagreeing to the senates amendments
to the river and harbor bill and appoint
ing a conference and the matter went
over until tomorrow.
At 5:45 the house adjourned until to-
morrow.
The Senate.
The senate bill to restrict immigration
by the applica ton of the illiteracy test
was today the occasion for the delivery of
two speeches, one against and one for
the bill. Mr.. Gibson, democrat, of Mary
land, spoke in opposition, and Mr. Nelson,
Republican, of Minnesota, In advocacy.
Mr.. Gibson attributed the instigation of
the bill to the American Protective asso-
eiation, which he characterized as Sc
6ret, oath-b bound, red-lettered, left-hand-
ed dark-lanterned organ cation. The real
purpose of the bill was, he asserted, hos
tility to the Catholic church.
Mr. Nelson defended the bill on account
of the necessity of restricting immigra-
fion and denied that the American Pro-
tective. association or hostility to the
Catholic church had anything to do with
it. No action was taken on the bill, 1t
having been taken up for the sole pur-
pose of having those two speeches deliv-
cred.
The Increase of bounties on sugar re-
Gently proposed in the German reichstag
was noticed in the senate today by Mr..
Caffery, democrat, of Louisiana, in some
remarks on d Oil pIONlulHS lOI ali liz
crease of United States duties in that
and all similar cases. The bill was re-
ferred to the committee on finance, Mr..
Caffery arguing that it's passage was
necessary in order to prevent the de-
struction of the sugar industry in the
United States.
The discussion of the question of Mr..
Duponts title to the seat in the senate
from Delaware came up again To-Day.
When 1t was suspended several days ago
xryif 1n a
unanimous consent that it was to be ta-
ken UP again after the passage of the
river and harbor bill and that the final
vote was to be taken at 5 o'clock of the
second day. When Mr.. German referred
today to the unanimous consent agree
ment Mr.. Mitchell republican, of oregon,
in charge of the resolution, admitted the
correctness of the statement, but added
suggestiyely that what the particular
final vote would be on would be deter
mined then.
Mr. Platt, republican, of Connecticut,
made an argument in favor of Mr.. Du-
points right.
The following bills were passed: House
bill to settle titles on the Arredondo
grant, Fla; senate bill for monuments
to the revolutionary generals, Francis
Nash and William Davidson of North
Carolina-$5000 each.
The pension bills on the calendar were
then taken up and were passed very ex-
peditiously, to the number of sixty in
half an hour
Senate bill granting a pension of S75
month to the widow of Rear Admiral
Walter w. Queen and of $25 month to
the daughter of Maj Gen. Philip Kear-
ney were passed.
After short executive session the
senate at 5:55 adjourned until tomorrow.
MANUFACTURERS RECORD REPORT
The New Process of Making Sulphur Is
Great Success
Baltimore, May 1.-THE Manufactur-
ers' Records weekly summary of south
ern Industrial news reports that notwith-
standing the efforts of cotton mill COM
panies to curtail production ON account
of the market conditions. the organiza-
tion of new mills goes on without abate-
ment. During the week new mill enter
prises have been projected at Carriers
villc, Ga, with $4,000 capital stock;
S150,c00 company at DouSla ssyille, Ga;
$3.50 company at Austin, Tex; $20,-
900 company to establish thread mill al
Atlanta S250.000 company at Monroe,
La; the proposed enlargement of a
Charleston mill at an expenditure of
about 100000, and an addition of $500
spindles to mill at Forest City, N. G.
Among other important enterprises re-
ported for the week have been the organ
ization of an English company, with
capital OF $500000 to purchase large iron
works at Middlesborough KY. and to
nut them in early operation: projected
bicycle factory at Atlanta has material
ICED by the incorporation of a company
with 100000, which will establish the
first bicycle works south of Maryland;
company to manufacture fire brick and
buiIding brick has been started at
Blacksburg. S. c.; large chemical works
ht Richmond, Vs.; n sixty-ton cotton oil
mill at Cisco, Tex: q SIC, coo oil company
ut Groesbeck; a $4,000 ice and cold stor-
age plant at Hillsboro: $4,000 water
works company at Richmond. Tex.
While reports show that there Is con-
siderable hesitation In business matters.