St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-26
LOOKING AFTER THE SEALS.
House Passes the Dingley BiII-Tars-
ney Election Case.

ney Election Case.
today promptly passed the Indian ap-
preparation bill as amended. No one
demanded a separate vote in the house
on the Linton sectarian school amend
ment, as agreed to in committee of the
whole. o.
Mr.. Dingley, chairman of the ways
and means committee, then called I'D
the bill reported from that committee
yesterday authorizing the president
to conclude negotiations with Russia,
England and Japan, or either of them.
for a commission to inquire into the
habits of the Alaskan fur seals, and
the best methods of preserving the
seal herds, pending which the presi-
dent was authorized by the bill to con-
clude a modus vivendi, to terminate
JAN 1, 1898, for the protection of the
seals, and in case the imodus vivendi
could not be concluded before the open
ing of the present season, the secre-
tary of the treasury was authorized to
take and kill all the seals while on
their feeding grounds on the Pribyloff
islands. Mr.. Dingley had the report
of the committee, which has already
been published, read, and he explained
that the necessity for immediate ac-
ton arose from the fact that the Cana
the bill sought to prevent, were already
fitting out their vessels, and would be-
gin to sail in the course of week.
The bill was passed without debate
Mr.. Johnson, chairman of the cleo
tions committee No. 2, called up the
contested election case of Van Horne
versus Tarsney, from the Fifth Miss
ouri district. There were three re-
ports on the case. The majority report
was signed by all the Republicans on
the committee save one, Mr.. Taylor, Of
Ohio, who was in favor of the con-
testant. On the face of the returns
Tarsney had a majority of 745, but al
legations Of fraud and ballot-box stuff
ing were made against the returns in
several precincts in the Ninth and
second wards of Kansas City, which
the majority regarded as so COM
pletely proven that they favored the
throwing out of these two precincts,
which gave Tarsney a plurality of 1,020
votes, thereby giving Van Horne a
plurality Of 375. The majority, consid-
ering the circumstances, ordered the
reopening of the testimony. The three
Democrats on the committee admitted
the fraud, but claimed the vital ques-
ton was whether the fraudulent re-
turns should be purged or thrown out
Under the election laws of Missouri,
each ballot is marked with the voting
number Of the voter, so that an in
vestigation would disclose absolutely
the fictitious names on the polling
books. The minority therefore report
ed a resolution to frecommit the case,
with instructions to segregate the le-
gal from the illegal ballots, and re-
count the latter. Mr.. Taylor Rep. o.,
in the third report, concurred in the
conclusions of the majority if the
fraudulent precincts were thrown out,
but he favored the reopening Of the
case, because of the ease with which,
under the Missouri election laws, the
legal could be separated from the IL
legal votes. If that were done, he ar
gued, the title to the seat would rest
on conjecture and inference. Mr.. Strobe
Rep. Neb.) opened the debate in ia
vor Of the adoption of the majority re-
port, and spoke for over two hours.
He was followed by Mr.. Taylor, who,
in a somewhat sensational speech,
urged that nothing could Justify the
house in throwing out entire precincts
at congressional election, and dis
franchising honest voters. At 5 o'clock
the house adjourned. s.