The record-union., 1896-02-26

existence Of a slaughter-house for half
of a century at cur doors by a Govern
ment incapable of governing Cuba is
something that we ought not to tolerate.
Call (Den) of Florida submitted a
! table showing that the Spanish forces
in Cuba had lost thousands of men in
this war. He was tired, he said, of hear
ing resolutions of sympathy. Let us,
he exclaimed, "act like men. If it be
true that this is an imperial Govern
ment, with a chief magistrate possess
ing absolute powers, ] am in favor of
Congress establishing a Government of
the people. / at least shall ask that
something practical and positive shall
be done-something becoming the char
acter of the American people,
The subject went over till tomorrow.
Sqpire (Rep.) of Washington, from the
Committee on Fortifications, reported
back with amendments his bill for forti-
I f1cations and other coast defenses, and
it was placed on the calendar.
The Senate, at p. M, adjourned until
tomorrow.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
! WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-The House
to-day entered upon consideration of
there was a division of the Elections
Committee upon the finding-that of
/ Van HornTarsney, from the Fifth Dis
trict of Missouri. This was, beside the
division of the committee on political
lines, the separation of one of the mem
bers of the majority, Taylor (Rep) of
| Ohio, from the recommendation made
by it that the contestant, Van Horn be
4 Gao tod ,,-fD
occupies it. He agreed with the mi
nority, which did not express an opin
ion, but recommended that the case
! be reopened for a count of the ballots
in the disputed precincts in Kansas
City. where the frauds We're committed
upon which action the majority based
/ its recommendation.
| The adoption of the committee recon-
mendation was advocated by Strobe
(Rep) of Nebraska in a speech of nearly
! two and a half hours, in which he set
| forth in detail the extent and character
of the frauds committed, and contended
| that the conditions were such that the
returns from the precincts in question
could not be purged of the taint of
fraud, but, as the committee had found,
must be rejected entirely
/
! hours speech, which held the attention
of the House throughout, and at the
close of which won him many encomiums
from the older members. He contended
that the fraudulent ballots could be
segregated from the honest ones, and
that it was the duty of the House to
have this done before passing upon the
contest. He admitted his belief that
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mended, it would result in demonstrat-
ing the fact that Van Horn had re-
ceived a majority of the legal votes
cast.
Before taking up the election case, the
House passed the Indian appropriation
bill without further discussion. The
paragraph relating to the purchase of
the title of the ogden Land Company
to lands in the Allegheny and Catta
raugus Indian Reservations in the
State of New York had been stricken
out by unanimous consent.
Dingley (Rep.) of Maine called up the
bill introduced by him and unanimously
reported by the Committee on Ways and
Means relating to the fur seal industry.
1t directs the President to enter into
negotiations with the Governments of
bIIld1Il, 1NQSSld dHQ pan, VI
either of them, for the appointment of
joint commission to investigate the
fur seal industry in all its bearings, and
to report what, if any, additional regu-
lations are necessary for the preserva-
| tion of the fur seal herd. 1t also pro-
vides for the establishment of a modus
vivendi between the several Govern
ments under the findings of the Paris
Tribunal of 1898, respecting the pro-
| lection of the seals, with a provision
| that If this modus be not concluded in
time to govern the season of 1896, the
Secretary of the Treasury is directed
to kill every seal that can be reached on
the Pribyloff Islands, and eall the skins
for the benefit of the treasury.
The House, at 5:05 pm, adjourned
until tomorrow, with a prospect of
spending a day or two in the further
discussion of the election case.