Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-20
WATCHED STORMS SWEEP
Congressman Are Silenced by
Heavens Artillery
AND RUSH TO THE BAL C0NY
Owens, the Kentucky Democrat, Is Given a
Clear Title to His Seat.
MR.. BUCKS SPEECH WAS HANDICAPPED
The Charities of the District of Columbia
Again Make the Senators Talk-At
Last a Decisive Vote Restores
the Specific Items.
Mr.. BUCKS SPEECH WAS HANDICAPPED

Washington May 19-The house today
passed the resolution reported by cleo
tions committee No. l confirming the
title of w. C. Owens, democrat, to the
seat he occupies as representative from
the Seventh district of Kentucky, which
has been contested by George Denny, Jr..
republican. 1t also passed resolution
from the same committee providing for
recount of the ballots cast for con-
gressmen in the Sixteenth Illinois dis
trict at the November election, 1894, in
the contest of Chinasker VS.. Downing,
for the seat from that district.
The message of President Cleveland
vetoing the bill to pension Caroline d.
Mowatt was laid before the house and
referred to the committee on invalid
pensions.
Nearly all of the day was taken up by
argument upon the several bills reported
from the committee on immigration and
naturalization to impose additional re-
strictions upon immigration. Speeches
were made by Mr.. Bartholdt, republican,
of Missouri, chairman of the committee,
and Mr.. Morse, republican, Of Massachu
sets, in favor of the Mccall bill, i'm
posing an educational test; by Messrs.
Tracewell, republican, of Indiana, and
w. A. Stone, republican, of Pennsyl-
yania, in favor of the latters bill re-
quiring consular inspection at the port
of Michigan. in favor of his bill to re-
lieve the lake cities, especially, of the
burdens of Canadian competition, and
by Mr.. Buck, democrat of Louisiana, in
opposition to any immigrant restrictions
whatever The speech of the last named
gentleman was eloquent, and judging
from the attention given it., effective.
The extent of the applause would indi-
cate that none of the proposed measures
will meet the approval of a majority of
the house.
At sos p. m. the house adjourned
The business of the house was seri-
ously retarded by the breaking of vio-
lent storm over the capitol, which drew
nearly all the members from the hall.
They repaired to the balcony on the
south front, where they could, under its
protection, watch the sweep of the ele-
mems over the capitol park and the Sec
ton of country south to the hills of
Maryland.
The Senate.
The senate gave its attention today to
the District of Columbia appropriation
bill, which, as reported from the appro-
priations committee, appropriated about
$7,000,000, of which one-half comes from
the treasury Of the United States and the
other half from the taxes collected by the
district commissioners. A great deal of
debate occurred over the question of
charities and hospitals, the house bill ap-
propriating bulky sum to be distributed
under contract with the existing institu-
tions, and the senate committee amend
ment, striking out that provision and
substituting for It the usual specific items
for the various hospitals, orphan asylums
and other charitable houses 1t was this
proposition that was sustained by the
senate by vote of 35 to 13. The only two
general appropriation bills remaining to
be acted on by the senate are the fortifi-
cations bill and the deficiency bill.
A concurrent resolution was offered by
Mr. Bacon, democrat of Georgia, and re-
ferred, authorizing the various executive
departments and the Smithsonian insti-
tuition to permit the use of suitable ma
terials within their control by the South
ern States exposition to be held in Chica-
go from August to November, 1896, par
ticularly specimens of the agricultural,
forest and mining products of the south.
The vote on the senate committee
amendment restoring the specific charity
appropriations feature to the District OF
Columbia bill was in detail as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, Allen, Bacon,
Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Caffery, Cam
eron, Carter, Chandler, Cockrell, Cullom,
Faulkner, German, Gray, Hale, Harris,
Mcbride, Pasco, Perkins. Pettigrew,
Roach, Shoup, Stewart, Teller, Vest,
Walthal wetmore, White, Wilson-35.
Nays-Messrs. Baker, Brown, Burrows,
Cannon, Chiffon, Clark, Galllnger, George,
Mills, Nelson, PETER. Platt, Warren-13.
In connection with the appropriations
for charities an amendment was reported
by the committee on appropriations, and
was agreed to, for the appointment of
Joint select committee OF three senators
and three representatives to investigate
the charity and reformatory institutions
of the District of Columbia, and to re-
port, among other things, whether any Of
the government appropriations made for
them has been used to aid or maintain
any church or denomination
After short executive session the sem
ate at D. m. adjourned until tomorrow.
CARROIITON