The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-07
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TURKEY AND Mr.. DEBs..
They Furnish Topics for Discussion in the

TURKEY AND Mr.. DEBS.
They Furnish Topics for Discussion in the
/ WASHINGTON, Jan. 90 The PRAYER
OF the Senate chaplain to-day referred
to the appearance Of another star.
Utah, in the constellation Of states.
and invoked the knitting together Of
the hearts of all the people of the
Union for the advancement and glory
of the country
| Mr.. Turpie of Indiana, in presenting
petition concerning the Turkish mas
sacres, SAID the Armenians in the re-
cent calamities were charged with re-
volt; they We're charged only with be-
| ing Christians. Their crime was that
| they claimed and exercised the right
| to worship the divine creator Of the
universe. The time has come when
! there should be an official notification
to Turkey and to the Mohammedan
church that there has been decadence
In their power to proselyte with the
sword. we have already sent mes
sage, said the senator, referring to
| the concurrent resolution, s.but the
blow should follow. The message
should be followed by shot which
would go crashing through the grand
seraglio. .
The Senator urged that it would be
a glorious day when the destruction of
this Turkish power was brought about
lie would have the messages and de-
mands from the United States sent not
only to the Sultan, but echoed through
Il l,r j ~ -.
| thunder until these murderers learned
the power and advance of Christianity
The Senator urged that the Christian
world might now be called upon to
take up another great crusade, driving
back the rule of Northumberland and
establishing the rule of Christianity.
Mr.. Allen OF Nebraska, Populist,
gave notice of an amendment to the
pending silver bond bill, depriving the
secretary of the treasury of the power
to issue bonds without the express
authority Of congress .
MI. Calls resolution for an investi-
cation of the arrest of Eugene v.
Debs cameaup and Mr.. Call urged inn
mediate action, saying that the labor
ing interests of the country desired
the inquiry.
Mr. HillSof New York said that or
dinarily he had great respect for the
laboring people of the country. But
no petitions had come from the repre-
! sentatives of these people. He had not
heard that they desired this investiga-
tion. 1t tmight be that such inquiry
was desirable, but if so, it should be
conducted by one Of the regularly con-
stltuted committees, and not by a spe-
cial committee. Mr.. Hill then offered
an amendment directing that the sub
| ject of contempt of court, as enforced
by the federal judiciary, be investi-
gated by the committee on Judiciary,
and that report be made as to what,
if any, legislation was necessary.
Mr.. Call dissented to the amend
ment. 1t was intended to suppress
this inquiry. The regular committees
We're 'sthe sepulchers" of legislation.
/ IT action was to be taken special
committee was the only means of ac-
complishing it. Mr.. Call spoke vigor-
ously upon the lndignities and wrongs
against Eugene v. Debs because he
had ventured to express opinions con-
trary to those entertained by court.
lie declared the inquiry was vital to
the preservation of civil liberty and
| the inviolability of the personal rights
of the individual.
Mr.. Hill urged that this was a iu-
dicial question and hence proper to be
considered by the Judiciary committee.
There was no need of mentioning this
particular case as the United States
Supreme court had passed on it and
Congress would not be likely to over
rule the Supreme court The ques.
tion was as to a legislative remedy for
any general evil that might exist
Mr.. Allen dissented to Mr. Hill's
statement of the Supreme courts de-
cision. He said the court held it had
no jurisdiction to give the relief asked.
1t did not rule on the merits. Mr..
Allen severely criticised Judge Woods,
who committed Debs.
Mr.. Hill said he would not Be put
into the attitude Of opposing an in
quiry. He paid high tribute to Mr..
Debs and said the action he urged was
with a view of securing appropriate
legislative action.
Mr.. Allen created futter Of ex-
element by asserting that in his
opinion the express purpose Of refer
ring the resolution to standing com
mittee was to suppress and kill it. It
was an adroit means Of sending the
resolution into the clark caverns'' OF
| the Senate.
The resolution finally went over.
Tariff Legislation Delayed by Silver.
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