The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-21
BAYARD'S SPEECHES BERATED
THE HOUSE PASSES THE RESOLU-
TION OF CENSURE.

The Vote $50 Ayes TO n Nays-Th'
Resolution Declaring That no Par
tisan Speeches should BE Made d,
Diplomatic Officers Agreed 10 by Z
Vote of I9I to 59-The seat Oceu-
pied by Mr.. Boatner Declared Va
cant.
Washington, March 20.-The battle ovel
Ambassador Bayard's Boston and Ed
inburgh speeches. which has ragged In
the House for three days past, ended
to-day when. by a vote Of $50 to Il, the
resolution. reported by the committee on
foreign affairs censuring him for the use
of certain expressions contained there
in. was passed.
The second resolution. expressing the
sense Of the House that no partisan
speeches should be made by diplomatic
officers was agreed TO by a vote OF 1s1 TO 50.
The resolution of censure received the
affirmative votes Of six democrats-Messrs.
Bailey. Cockrell. Cummings, Latimer.
Layton and Sorg-and FIVE republicans
voted against it-Messrs. Baker of Mary
land. Cooke Of Illinois, Draper, Pitney
and Willis.
The resolution declaring the sense Of
the House on such speeches received the
votes of eight democrats-Messrs. Allen
Of Mississippi, Bailey. Cummings, Hutche-
son, Layton, Pendleton, Sorg and Stokes
The negative vote was solidly democratic
The closing speeches were made by
Messrs. Adams of Pennsylvania, Fair
child of New York, Newlands of Nevada
and Bailey of Texas in favor of the reso-
iuuons, and by Messrs. Wheeler of Ala
bama, Willis of Delaware. Hutcheson OF
Texas and Turner of Georgia in OPPOSE
tion.
Benolt vs.. Charles j. Boatner. from the
Firth Louisiana district, was called up by
MT. Johnson OF Indiana, chairman of the
committee on elections No. ? who NOV
ed the adoption of the resolutions re
ported by the committee, declaring the
seat vacant, and that no valid election
Mr.. Bailey of Texas moved as a substi-
tute the resolutions recommended by the
minority, that Mr.. Boatner was entitled to
hold his seat 1t was explained that al the
suggestion of the contestee Mr. Boatner
II had been agreed to submit the case to
the House for decision to-day without ar
case the House should concur in the re-
port OF the committee and unseat Mr.
boatner, tomorrow was the last dav on
which the governor of Louisiana could
give notice of new election in the dis
trict, to be held at the general election Of
the state on Feb 81
Mr.. Turner of Ohio read the report of the
committee, which substantially charges
that the election i'm question was D5r-
meated with fraud and intimidation and
me committee reported resolution there
fore declaring the seat in the congress
from the Fifth district of Louisiana to
be vacant.
Mr.. Boatner presented to the House
portions of the report of the minority af-
ter which Mr.. Benoit the contestant, was
accorded the privilege of the floor for ten
minutes; In that time he briefly sketched
the condition of things i'm the district. as
sorting that the negroes were either pre-
vented from voting at ALL or were COM
PEELED to vote the democratic ticket
The resolution of the minority was re-
9ected: Yeas, 90; nays, 1871; and then
without division, the resolution of the
majority. declaring the seat vacant, was
At O'Clock the House took a recess IN
der the rules until O'Clock, for the regIl-
lar Friday night pension session, after
Wnlch II adjourned till Monday next.
Al the evening session no question of
quorum was made upon the motion TO
go into committee of the whole, and sew
eral pension bills were ordered 10 be re-
ported faVOrably to the House