The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26
TO COUNT VOTES
IN THE HOUSE,
Failure to Agree in the
Election Contest From
Missouri.
CAN'T SEAT VAN HORN.
Frauds Committed in Kansas City
Will Be Aired by the
Statesmen.
PASSAGE OF THE SEAL BILL.
If an Agreement Is Not Reached All
the Animals Will Soon Be
Slain.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 25.-The
Hoffse to-day entered upon consideration
OF the first contested election case in which
there was division OF the Elections Com
mittee upon the finding-that of Van Horn
VS.. Tarsney, from the Fifth District of
Missouri. This was, besides the division
OF the committee on political lines, the
separation of one of the members of the
majority, Taylor, (R.) of Ohio, from the
recommendation made by it that the con-
testant, Van Horn, be seated instead of
Tarsney, who now occupies it. He agreed
with the minority, which did not express
an opinion, but recommended that the
case be reopened for a count of the ballots
in the disputed precincts in Kansas City,
where the frauds were committed upon
which action the majority based its reeom-
mendation.
The adoption of the committee s recon-
mendation was advocated by Strobe Or. J
OF Nebraska i'll a speech of nearly two and
half hours, in which he set forth in detail
the extent and character of the frauds
committed, and contended that the condi-
tions were such that the returns from the
precinct in question could not be purged
OF the taint of fraud, but, as the committee
had found. must be rejected entirely.
Taylor defended his position in an hou s.
speech, which held the attention of the
House throughout and won him many en-
comiums from the older members H e
contended that the fraudulent ballots
could be segregated from the honest one
and that it was the duty of the House to
have this done before passing upon the
H. a -.
count was made as he recommended, it
would result in demonstrating the fact
that Van Horn had received majority OF
the legal votes cast.
Before taking up the election case the
House passed the Indian appropriation
bill without further discussion, the para.
graph relating to the purchase of the title
of the Ogden Land Company to lands in
the Allegheny and Catterangus Indian
reservations, in the State of New York, be
ing stricken out by unanimous consent.
Dingley (R. } Of Maine called up the bill
introduced by him and unanimously re-
ported by the Committee on Ways and
Means relating to the fur seal industry. 1t
directs the President to enter into negotia :
tlons with the Governments of Great Brit
ain, Russia and Japan or 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, ad-
ditional regulations are necessary for the
preservation of the fur.seal herd. 1t also
provides for the establishment of a modus
vivendi between the several Governme nts
under the findings of the Paris tribunal of
1893, respecting the protection of the seals
with provision that if this modus be not
concluded in time to govern the season OF
1885, the Secretary of the Treasury is di-
rected to kill every seal that can be reached
on the Priby1off Islands and sell the skins
for the benefit OF the Treasury.
The report of the committee set forth
the necessity of the proposed legisla-
tion and the bill was passed unanimo usly
as it did in the House last Congress.
The House at 5: :05 P. NJ. adjourned until
tomorrow with prospect of spending a
day or two in the further discussion of the
election case.