Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-28


 the votes of the populists and of two re- | publcans-Senators Frye and Wolcott. | Thereupon Mir. Cullom withdrew all op- | position to MT. Hills motion and 1t was
 agreed to. That practically ended the | consideration of the bill, and it was pass 1 ed without division.
 The senate then at 540 adjourned until i Monday.
 MT. Hill's motion that raised the breeze 1 In the senate was to strike out of the | paragraph making appropriation for the l leg islative expenses for the territory of l New Mexico a proviso that the next ses- 1 sion of the legislative assembly shall 1 commence on the first Monday In May, | 1897. Under the existing law it meets in | December He said that this was an-
 other instance of general legislation | that it was a political amendment,
 .'sneaked in" on the appropriation bill,
 and that it was a small, mean, con | temptible, silly attempt to gain political | advantage.
 MT. Eikins, republican, of West Vir- | ginia, asked MT. Hill what he meant by | the phrase "sneaked in"
 'I thought" MT. Hill replied with ami nation, that I would stir up the senator | from New Mexico-I mean the senator | from West Virginia, but it is about the same thing. The territorial legislature will under the existing law assemble | next December, but this little trick is to
 postpone the meeting until May, 1897, | when there may be a republican presl- l dent of the United States and a republi- 1 can governor and territorial officers | MT Elkins reminded MT. Hill that he | had not answered his question as to | what he meant by saying that the pro | viso had been "sneaked in." That was l serious charge.
 MT. Hill will explain precisely what
 I mean. mean that this proviso has no business here, legitimately or properly. It l ought not to be here. That is what l mean by it. It was put in in viola tion of | the rules of the house. That is what mean.
 | Mr Elkins-Is not the house the judge l of it's own rules and proceedings? l MT Hill-According to the statement
 made this morning by the senator from l Iowa (Mr. Allison) the house has no fixed l rules. Will the senator from New Mex | Is political act?
 | Mir Elkins-I do deny 1t. I would like | you to explain what you mean by saying | that this proviso was "sneaked in." | MT Hill-If have not explained it suf- l ficiently, even to the comprehension of | the senator from West Virginia. I shall l not attempt It again. The people of the | territory of New Mexico do not want the | legislature to meet in May. That is the | time that they are most occupied in their | sheep industry. Why not let the legsa- | ture meet in December, as 1t Is in the | habit of meeting? Why make appropra- | tion bills mere sewers to gather in all the odds and ends and scraps? | MT. Cullom, republican, of Illinois, in | charge of the bill, made an explanation of the matter and made a remark as to
 MT. Hill getting into a "spasm' about it. MT. Hill declared that the "spasm" was
 on the other side of the chamber. MT. Carter, republican, of Montana, made an explanation of the proviso and stated why it should be enacted. He re- ferred to an allusion of Mir. Hills as to 1 the presence in the senate chamber of the | delegate from New Mexico, and said that l the delegate was simply discharging his | duty He also reminded MT. Hill that a 1 territorial delegate is not delegate l merely to the house of representatives l but to congress, and his right on the floor l of the senate was as strong as his right | to be- on the floor of the house. | MT. Hill protested that he found no | fault with the delegate from New Mexico for attending to his duties; but he did not understand that it was part of his duty to endeavor to place on an appro- priation amendments of such charac- ter. In the present instance the senator from Montana (Mr. Carter) had boldly | admitted that the amendment was po- | litical one.
 After remarks by Senators Daniel and | Call, MT. Elkins suggested that the sena- l tor from New York (Mr HID was not an authority on the question of taste after | having charged the house of representa- | tiyes with having "sneaked in proyiso into an appropriation bill and after hay | ing charged the senate committee on ap-
 propriations with attempting to sneak | it through.
 | Mr. Brice, democrat. of Ohio, asked | MT. Elkins why, if the people of New | Mexico wanted the time of the meeting | of the legislative assembly changed from December to May, he had not (when he
 was delegate from that territory) pro- posed the change.
 Mr. Elkins answered that the question had never come up, and he added that he would like to hear Mir. Brlce's impress sion about the governor of New Mexico. MT Brice said that he would give it with great pleasure. The governor Of New Mexico had withdrawn from the presence of the committee on territories every statement which he had made in telegram as to certain bonds of New Mexico having been frauduently issued. The governor had withdrawn the state ment, and had said there was no ground for suspicion.
 What did he say about the senator from Ohio?" MT. Elkins asked. MT. Brice-He had said in his telegram that the senator from Ohio had endeav- ored to make the people of New Mexico pay a bond that was fraudulently issued. He withdrew the statement before the committee on territories, and said that there had not only been no fraudulent is- sue of bonds but no grounds for believ- ing that there had been. He said that the telegram had been sent through an in- advertence. He had not sent 1t person ally, but as a member of miscellaneous gathering.
 MT. Faulkner argued in favor of strik- ing out the proviso and said that the mo- tive for it was the hope that by next May there would be republican president of the United States and a republican gov ernor of New Mexico. He was interrupt ed by question from MT. Wolcott as to whether he had prophesied that the next president would be republican.-
 "No, sir" Mir Faulkner replied, T have
 not lost my balance so far as to make sol
 unwise prediction. I said that that was
 the hope and expectation of our republi-
 can friends, and especially of those who
 have very vivid imaginations and who
 dream when they are walking Iaughter)
 In the course of further discussion it
 was stated by MT. Allen, populist, of Ne
 braska, that 1t was difficult for a. populist
 senator to decide on question. Trick
 cry and fraud were charged and admitted
 on both sides, but that he would vote
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