Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-26
INDIAN APPROPRIATION PASSED
Linton Amendment Regarding Sec
tnriun Schools Goes.

| washington, Feb. % The house to-
! day promptly passed the Indian appro-
I prlation bill as amended. No one de-
! mauued q separate vote in the mouse
on the Linton scctarlan school amend
| ment al agreed to In committee Of the
| whole.
Mr. DINGHY then called up the ~! re-
| ported from the cOmmltte.>on ways
| and means authorizing the president to
+ conclude negotiations with Russia.
! England Nd Japan or either Of them
| for n commission 10 inquire Into the
| habits of the Alaskan FUR seals and the
I best method of preserving the seal
herds, pending which the president was
authorized by the hill to conclude n
mndus viNcudi to terminate January I.
1895, for tine protection of the seals, and
In case such mDdus Nivcndi could not he
constituted before the opening Of the
present season. the secretary Of the
| treasury was authorized To take and
l.ll all the seals Will, on their feeding
grounds on the prlbylun Islands.
Mr.. Dlngley had the report OF the
committee which hal already been
| published read, ana he explained that
the necessity for immediate action
arose from the fact that the Canadian
peldgic scalera whose raVagcg tho bin
sought to prevent were already nttlng
out their vessels and would begin 10
sail In tho course OF a week. The bill
was passed without debate.
Mr.. Johnson, chairman OF elections
committee No. >, called up the contest
ed election case ut Van Horne w. Tars-
ncy, from the Fifth Missouri district.
Ttrrc We're three reports ia the cavn.
The majority report. signed by all tho
Republicans ON tho committee save
one, Mr.. Taylor or Ohio, who was in IN
ror Of the contestant. on the face of
the returns Tursney had n majority Of
7i5. but allegations Of fraud. baIiot-bny
Fiuring, etc were mpdp nguiusf Tho
returns IN several precincts In the
Ninth and Twentieth wards OF Kansas
'ltN. which the majority regarded as
so completely proved that they favored
the throwing out OF these precincts,
which gave Tarsney "A plurality OF itg0
votes, thereby giving Van horne. the
Hepublican, a plurality IN the district
or $40 votes. The majority considering
the circumstances. opposed the rc1pon-
ING or the testimony, The three Demo-
Gratis on tho committee admitted the
existence OF fraud. but claimed TINT tho
vita question involved was whether
the returns from the Fraudulent pro-
cincts should be puTged or thrown otit
Nndor the election laws OF Missouri
each ballot is marlSed with the voting
hummer OF the voter SO that tho invcs-
ug1tlon Of the ballots and the voters
would determine absolutely the Goti-
'l"uH IliHltS on inc poll books. Tho
minority therefore reported Il resolution
20 re-commit the case with Instructions
10 eagrcgate the Illegal from the legal
ballots and count the latter.
Mt Taylor CRep" o. IN the third re-
port cnncurred in the conclusions Of the
majority II the fraudulent precincts
were thrown out, but he favored the re-
opening OF the case because OF the
oasc with which under the Missouri
election laws the legal could be sepa.
rated from the Illegal votes. II that was
would not rest on conjecture and Inrrr,
cncr" 900 '''S'-
Mr. STROBE Rep., Nebl opened tho
debate In favor OF the majority report
1Ir. STROBE smoke FOR over two huure.
dissenting Republican on the rotrr,t,
tce' who In somewhat sensational
speech gave his views on the question.
Al O'Clock tho housc adjourned.