Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1896-03-21
TELEGRApHIC.

WASHINGTON, March 13-In the house
yesterday during the morning hour
resolution was adopted by which the
claim Of Mr.. Coleman, republican, of
the second Lousiapa district, to the
seat of Mr.. Buck, democrat, was decid-
ed in favor of the latter.
Then Mr.. Daniels, democrat. of New
York, called up the contested election
case OF Aldrich VS.. Robbins, from the
fourth Alabama district, In which the
republicans recommended seating AL
drich.
Mr.. Moody, republican, of Massa-
chusetts, denounced In forcibIe Ian
guage what he termed crimes against
honest elections in Alabama. He
declared it the duty of the house to
say to those persons striving for an
honest ballot that mo man shall come
here and hold seat with bis garments
30 reeking with crime as to defile the
very atmosphere which We BREATH"
Mr.. Bartlett, democrat, # Geo gia,
defended Mr.. Robbins, going into the
testimony in detail.
The speech OF Mr.. Liney, repu blican
OF North Carolina, 10 favor of seating
contestant, was the feature OF tie day.
His dennnclBtion OF election frauds was
most vehement. "a fraud upon the
ballotbox," be said, "was the red eyed
| daughter OF high tesson-a great menace
to the public. the report of the minor
| ity itself showed that in ore county
Robin received BIT fraudulent votes.
Wny," be said, there has never been
any thing like it under heaven or this
side of hell"
He quoted the affidavit fled in sup
port of the contestee in which the form
OF oath taken was $50 held me over the
fence" He read, to the gres. smuse-
meDt OF the house. questions PROFOUND
ed to witness and their answers in regard
to certain persons.
ibid you know John Williams?"
eyes, sab; be's been dead ten years."
"There," said Mr.. Liney, addressing
the democratic side, "is spectacle for
you democrats, a man who was a good
democrat all bis life and then voted
again ten years after DEATH"
Eyes, knew him." replied another
witness.
"Where did you see him laet?" was
the query.
Swinging to branch of tree iu
'93. He was democrat"
81 do not attack Mr.. Robbins" said
Mr.. Liney, "but his vicious methods
and cay whittier the hand that attacks
the ballot box; let i, wither and die as
If it had touched the ark of the cove,
nsnt"
| Mr.. Royce, republican, of Indiana
closed The debate for the day with g
Iepsech in tavor of seating Mr.. Aldrich
AT 5:15 the house adjourned.
| LANSING, Mich, March 13.-A new
political party, known as 'the Free Sill
Yer Democratic Party of Michigan" was
organized here this afternoon CT coD-
ference of twenty five free silver demo
crate, represe nting various sections OF
the state. The conference declared
three fourths of the Michigan demo-
Gratis favJred free silver and there was
danger that the conspiracy to send q
solid gold standard delegation to the
Chicago national convention would rot
the free sllverltes OF the opportunity to
give an expression of their views where
it would have the greatest effect. The
committee pledged itself to appoint q
strong committee to appear before the
democratic state delegate convention in
Detroit and il recognition and satisfac-
ton was refused this committee, imme-
diate steps will be taken to obtain a rep
resentatIon through caucuses which
would send delegates to the state nomi
mating convention later.
| WASHINGTON, March FISHERMAN
discussed at length the character of the
resolutions and the conditions existing
| in Cuba. 1t was not best to send the
joint resolutions to the president. as that
/ would compel his action In ten days and
this was not iudicious. He bad conf
| dence in the president. There were po-
| litlcal difference between them, but @
added: ''No one doubts his courage; no
one doubts his fidelity to the fisg Of our
county,"
Sherman referred to Gen. Weyler as
butcher aud said the conditions in Cuba
were fragrant. "If war does not exist in
Cuba" he asked, where outside of hell
does 1t exist?"
Speaking of the demsnd for facts, he
said Lodge had Obtained from Secretary
Olney ample facts to justify the resoIu
tions, but for obvious reasons these
could not be made public.
At the conclusion Of Sherman's speech
the Dupont case was taken up and Prit-
chard, repu blican, of North Carolina.
addressed the senate In favor of seating
Dupont.
WASHINGTON, March 16-Chief Justice
Fuller, OF the United States supreme
court, today handed down q decision in
the cases of the people of California
against the Central Pacific and South
ern Paoific railroad companies, Involving
the right of state tax franchises which
were derived from the national govern.
ment. as we'll as from the state authori-
ties, and were inseparsble. The court
decided against this view holding that
the railroad companies owe their exis-
tence as corp OIL atoms to the state and
are subject to state laws in respect to
taxation. The chief justice said:
SboGC liobShiCcS Hd0 DCfCA bCCd X
ed into federal franchises and they were
as Iegitimstely subject to taxation ss
the road beds of the companies"
Justice Field read dissenting opin-
ion. He said the position taken in the
Bjority opinion was absurd unteDable. |
WASHINGTON, March 16-A resolution |
offered by Call, directing the secretary
of the treasury to give information as to |
the seizures OF vessels for alleged viola |
tions of the neutrality laws was passed |
by the senate today.
The house decided to consider the res |
olutions censuring Ambassador Bayard |
for his speeches at Boston, England and |
Edinburgh, Scotland, Wednesday at