The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-02-28
VAN RN-TARSNEY
Consideration Of the Contested
Election Case In the House.
TWO VERY INTERESTING SPEECHES
Attempt To Take Up the Tariff Bill in che
Senate Again DoHeatod-ATr. Nor
gan and Mr. Gray Speak
on Cuban Recognition.

Senate Again DeHsated-Mr. Nor
gan and Mr. Gray Speak
on Cuban Recognition.
Washington, Feb. 26.-There is a
prospect that the house will spend a
day or two more in the consideration
of the Van Horn-Tarsney contested
election case. When the house entered
upon the consideration of that case
there was, besides the division of the
committee upon the political lines, the
separation of one of the members Of
the majority-Mr Taylor, rep, Ohio
| from the recommendation that the
contestant, Van Horn, be seated, in
! stead of Tarsney, who now holds the
seat. He agreed with the minority.
which did not express an opinion, but
recommended that the case be reopcned
for a count OF the ballots n tae Is
puted pre- .iacts in Kansas City. .,-'
alleged frauds were committed. Joa
which the majority based rs -'"coii'-
mendation. The adoption of ~" :
mittee recommends ton wa, ..dFocat ted
by Mr.. Strobe, rep, Nob., il a nter-
esting speech of nearly tlyJ lnI alf
nOuTS. III WHICH HC SET Iti - III bCJsttI
| the extent and character ,f the frauds
committed, and contended that the
conditions were such that .he returns
| from the precincts in Question could
not be purged of its tam of fraud,
but, as the committee had found,
must be rejected entirely Mr.. Taylor
defended his position in an hours
speech, which held the attention of the
| house throughout, and at the close of
which won him many encomiums from
the older members. He contended that
the fraudulent ballots could be segre-
gated from the honest ones and that it
was the duty of the house to have this
done before passing upon the contest.
He admitted his belief that if the count
were made as be recommended, it
would result in demonstrating the fact
that Van Horn had receiveda majority
of the legal votes cast. Before taking
up the election case, the house passed
the Indian appropriation bill without
further discussion, the paragraph rela-
ting to the purchase of the title of the
Ogden Land company to lands in the
Allegheny and Cattaraugus Indian
ICbCINdbIOAS III UIlS SOdUC vi 4NCW LII n
having been stricken out by unanimo US
| consent.
In the Senate.
There was quite an animated scene
in the senate over the second attempt
to have the house tariff bill taken up
for consideration. Notwithstanding
the defeat of that proposition on the
18th of February by a vote of 21 to 20,
Mr.. Morrill,, rep, VT, chairman of the
finance committee, felt it his duty to
renew the attempt; but the action was
defeated by still larger majority-22
to 33. The democratic votes were all
against the motion, and they were
backed up by the votes of five republi-
can senators-Messrs. Cannon of Utah,
Carter and Mantle of Montana, Dubois
of Idaho and Teller of Colorado; and
by the votes of five opulists-Messrs.
Allen of Nebraska, Jones of Nevada,
Stewart of Nevada, Kyle of South
Dakota and PETER of Kansas. After
the announcement of the vote Mr.. Nor
rill stated that he would make no
further attempt to get up the bill; that
it was hopelessly defeated and that it
| AAOW as HOA AOOoAJ OOFAOoS bhdO OhO IC-
publican party was in minority in the
senate Mr.. MorrilPs remarks were
construed by Mr.. Teller, rep, Col, as
Indicating a purpose to read the repub-
lican silver senators out of the party,
and Mr.. Teller made an angry and
defiant speech on that point. Mr.. Sher-
man, rep, o., tried to relieve the ques-
tion of all partisan consideration, and
appealed to senators not to inflict such
disgrace on the country and on civil
ization as to adjourn congress without
making provision to supply the treas
ury with sufficient revenue, and said
that he would favor, and the people
would willingly pay, a tax on tea and
coffee, or on anything else, for that
purpose. the discussion flowed into
the cross-channel of bimetallism and
recommendation, and in the course
of it Mr.. Platt, rep, Conn, expressed
the belief that the republican party
would go into the next campaign on
the doctrine of bimetallism as laid
down in the last platform of the party,
and that when the silver monometal-
lists proposed to antagonize protection
with the unlimited coinage of silver
the death knell of that delusion and
craze had struck The last three hours
of the days session were given up to
: the consideration of the Cuban bel
ligerency resolution. Mr.. Morgan,
dem., Ala, concluded his three-day
speech in support of the resolution as
reported from the committee on for
eign relations. Mr.. Gray, dem, Del,
another member of the same commit
tee, while denouncing Spanish rule in
Cuba and declaring the warmest sym
pathy with the revolutionists, argued
that the declaration of belligerency
was solely an executive function and
outside of the constitutional powers of
congress Without action on the reso-
luton, the senate adjourned.
Rhode Island Republican Convention.
Providence, r. l., Feb. 26.-.The ex-
ecutiye committee of the republican
state central committee has decided to
call the state convention for March &c
in Music hall, this city.
The Great Lawyer Coke.