The herald., 1896-02-06

pass bill to stop the, "pueilistic q .stivaln
billed to take place "near El Paso, I'exas,~
Mr.. Cstron, the delegate from New Men
leo, asked unanimous consent for thetcou.
sideration. of the bill. Catron expla tned
that it was notorious that the preparat Ions
for the series Of fights now going on . : II
Paso, Texas, could not take place IN pre-.
but were to occur In the territory OF New
Mexcos which was within lew mliee OF
Ell Paso. The governor of New Mex co
had publicly stated that he knew of no ~
to prevent the fights. Catron also o Nd
that II was the purpose Of the managers OF
these fights to supplement- them with oil
lights, and some Mexican bulls Were pw
on their way to the United States. In
view Of the shortness Of the time rema, IN
ing mine days) he warned tQe house thatsif
objection were made and il the bill ~ tre
sent to . committee, 1t could not pAss be th
houses and be signed in tiLae TO preve mt
the "mills."
Mr.. Knox, Republican Of NJ Msssachusei ts.
objected and the bill went to esommitte,
The regular order then DeinR' demand ed,
the votes were taken on the amendment e
the District of Columbia approls sriation bill
to strike out the appropriations Tor aecta-
rian charitable Institutions.
Mr.. Hepburn, Republican OF Hwa. dried
to move to reccmmit the riiE but the
not be entertained. the ayes and nces on
the passage Of the.bill having beesn ordered
on the demand of Mr.. Crisp. The result
was that many Republicans wh0swer die
satisfied with the action of the lhouse in
striking out these items voted outright
against the bill.
. The speaker announced the vote 1876
ayes, lab noes. 1t was the first dtfeat
sustained by the majority. and'was greeted
with cheers ON. the Democratic aide. Eaxty-
one Republicans voted against the bll.
Mr.. Grosyenpr Republican Of ohio.noved
to reconsider.
Mr.. Grosvenor then moved to Fece mmtt
the bill with ins tructions to re-exarnbne tl'e
bill and report .on the subdivisions under
the head of charities. :.
Mr. Moseroveas motion to recomMAt was
carried without division.
Mr.. Henderson's, Republican, OF Iowa,
then opposed the Caton bill to prevent
prize and animal fights in the district OF
Columbia and territories. He explained
that it had been cor lsidered by the coynmit-
tee on Judiciary afid amended so ~ to
meet the objections of Mr.. Knox.
Following is full text OF the bill:
"Tnat any person. who in any Of the ter.
ritories or the district Of Columbia shall
voluntarily engage in q pugiiistlc en-.
counter between man, and man, or fight
between a map and hull, or any other an.
imal, for money, or Tor other fhlngs or
value, or for any chan lpionship, or upon
the result OF which any money or any
which an admission fee is charged,
either directly or indh 'ectly, shall be
deemed guilty of a fekony and, upoa
conviction, shall be punish ed by inpriscn-
ment in the penitentiary fer not less than
one year or more than tive years.
d. A. n a a
used in this bill, is meant amy voluntary
fight by blows by means Of fsts or other
wise, whether with or without gloves. be-
tween two or more men for money or for q
prisD of any character, or for any other
tiiixR of value or for any championship or
upon the result of which amy money or any
thisg of value is bet or wagered or to see
whkh any admission techs charged either
directly or in directly"
At o'clock the house went into COM
mittee of the whole. Mr.. Paine in the chair.
and took up the consideration of the free
coinage substitute for theihouse bond bll.
Chairman Dingley. gave ,notice that at
the proper time, under the Instructions OF
the committee on ways and means, he
would move to nonconcur.
Mr. Dingley spoke almost two hours.
Mr. Crisp gave notice that at the proper
time he would move that the house concur
in the senate substitute.
ESCoo8
until o'clock for the purpose of allowing
gentlemen to speak this evening.
THE NIGHT SESSION
There were less than fifty members at
the night session. But there was at least
one interesting passage at arms. Mr.. Pear
son, Republican, North Carolina, was urg.
! ing the silver Republicans to stand by the :
party as the party that would solve the sill
yer question in the interest of the largest
circulation of silver consistent with the
public credit. He spoke of those who were
hoisfing the red flag OF anarchy and the
black flag of dynamite, and those In South
Carolina, under the leadership OF . tyrant.
were building their power in class hatred
and race prejudices. He urged his silver
Republican friends in North Carolina not
to join the Populist party at the invitation
OF south Carolina. tt..... r..
1--WE accepted South Cardinals invita-
ton to secede once" said he dramatically.
land got whipped"
I'VE did not get whipped shouted Mr..
Talbert o., s. C.). whose fire had been
| aroused. I'VE seeded and would do so
| again. I'm proud of what we did,
| II am sorry for any one who still be-
| lieves in secession," said Mr.. Pearson.
II do" said Mr.. Talbert. angrily, land
did not get whipped and never will he
whipped" T. ..+ -.,.
This declaration caused laughter on the
floor, but the galleries applauded it vigor-
ously.
when hell breaks loose, some one has
said rightly I guess" was Mr.. Pearson's
parting shot, it will break loose in South
Carolina" Laughter.
Mr.. Bell, Populist, of Colorado, Wilson,
Republican, of Idaho, Little, Democrat,
of Arkansas, Linney, Republican, North
Carolina and Shafroth, Republican, of Col
| senate free coinage substitute and Mr..
| Daniel, Republican, of New York in favor
of the committees recommendation to not
| concur.