The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-10
FIFTY republicans voted with the demo-
Gratis against this action.

FIFTY republicans voted with the demo-
Gratis against this action.
When the house rcconvencd this morn
ing at 10 o'clock the legislative day of
Saturday was sun IN existence. There
was a fair Attendance of republicans but
the democratic benches were a barren
waste. Less than hal dozen OF the mi
mority were on the floor. This r'fusal on
the part of tho democrats To a trnd inc
sessions grew out of the determination OF
the majority TO CONSIDER the contested
election case of Aldrich ~. nderN nod.
Mir MnMilin dem, Tenn). in eXplann-
ton OF the ncion oi his side of the house.
sa d that the democrats did not cons der
IL to be their duty to attend lie clos vs.
hours Il a session 80 help finish quorum
Tor the purpose OF unScatlnS another DEM
ociui.
Thc pending question today was the mo-
ton To lay on the table the motion TO
reconsider the vcte by which the house
decided TO c:usi1er the elect on case. The
vote resulted vs. TO 81, sixteen he ing pres
ent and declining 10 vote. This ma lie a
total OF % present, 81 less than :" quorum.
III order Ia break the deadlock which con-
frontcd the majority. q call OF the house
was ordered. The doors were closed and
the scrsouniat-nrms was directed To
bring IN the ahsonteeS. The Tucker rule,
adopted nj the pesinnne of the session.
VAS invoked for the first me. IT com
PEELED members brought In by the SER
geairi- at-arms to vote on the ~ nd.nS
quest on.
The motion was carried $50 to -.
Tho speaker counted four members us
present but not voting.
Mr.. McMilin attempted to make the
point OF order ti.ut the report IN The cleo
tion case was not signed by majority of
the members of the committee and there
fore did not consi. tutc "A question of lrivi-
lego. Tho chair ruled that If the l.uint of
order TAI merit IL came too late, as the
house had decided to consider the vcse.
Mr.. Daniels oRcp., y. VI. addressed the
of inv fI,A. snr1 ff4cf
Mi Aldrich. He gave notice that he
would demand the previous question at
the expira' on of fifty minutes. Under
wood had ili5 mn jority on the face OF the
returns. Fraud and Intimidation were
charged ana the ma ioriiy found that AL
dr.ch received in fact II majority OF 80.
The minority admitted that the returns
were incorrect. hut c'uimed that the cor
| rectel returns St II gave majority
Mr. Underwood. the contostec. spoke for
an hour in his own behalf.
Mr. Iinney tkep.. y. CO in support .ng
the cause, Of the contestant, gave 4 pic
turosque denunciaion of the election frauds
| ny the domocratic organizations. He ar
pnol that the only place where tho
wrongs ,sommttead could he corrected
was N tho house. 10 attempt TO secure
| Justice from the local courts. he said.
would ba as fnt le As attempting TO ''snoot
Nh Sfaiines Diem. Alal, who DEFENDED
| MIR. Underwood. denounced Mr. I.inney's
remarks as the dirtiest abuse Of his
IA
Whom the time for debate had expired
| Mr.. Owens nDem:. ky..) moved to recon-
to- es ''e cast : ne morton was 'os'-''
, Trs vote S vas then taken Or the first
lrsoiinti,on aeciarns Nj nderwood not
| adopted The resolution declaring Al-
! drich entitled to the seat was adopted l16
Mr. Cannon presented tho conference re.
| port on the sundry civil Hill. 1t ed
| 70 all The tens in dispute except the pub
| lie buildings amendments.
/ MIR. flan"r of Nebraska who refused
! to sign the conference report on the sun
| dry ci,il bin because it contained appro-
priations for Tho Gartcld and nrovidanre
! hosntalS in this city. explained that he
bad pcrsistently opposed appropriations
the flrsl snd he now believed that the
4u' s'lon II principle involved could not
| be c0mprnfn seC
| The rerort WAS adopted.
, rne IN nnai rsp9M on ne nava, apnronri,a,-
| and agreed TO without division
| The firal report on the INDIAN anpro-
rriation bill w"s also arree,. to without
the members cheercI tumnltuously as
| these reports were announced.
| Mr. Cannon apieal, to the house TO not
Sield 70 - senate in the matter Of pull
civil bill ana with the exception Of th.,
amendment for The public buildlls at Sa-
Naanai. Ga. all wcre disagreed to and
the hll sent b. further conferences. The
S-NantAh item was agreed to-95 IN Of.
partial conference report on thu Dis
iitct of Columbia till was prasrn, II and
adopted Tpe report lef, the electric light
ing question ana public charities still
open.
a bill was passed to amend the act to
prevent collision at sea.
y resolution was adopted direct me- the
speaker to apI int u committee Of Ave
members to iuvestignte ;le I.eavenworth
Soldiers Home The speaker announced
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