The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-11

| not consider IT TO be their duty to attend
the closing hours of session to help fur
nish quorum for the purpose of un-
| seating another Democrat. The pending
| question today was the motion to lay on
| the table the motion to reconsider the
vote by which the house decided to con-
slider the election case. The vote result
ed 9S to 81, sixteen being present and
| declining to vote.
| This made total of 145 present,
| thirty-four less than a quorum In or
der to break the deadlock which con-
fronted the majority, call of the house
was ordered. The doors were closed and
, the sergeant-at-arms directed to bring in
| the absentees.
The Tucker rule, adopted at the begin
ming of the session, was invoked for the
first time. 1t compelled members brought
in by the sergeant-at-arms to vote on the
pending question.
The motion was carried-13O to 45.
The speaker counted four members as
present but not voting.
Mr.. Mcmillan attempted to make the
point of order that the report in the cleo
tion case was not signed by majority
of the members of the committee, and
therefore did not constitute question
of privilege. The chair ruled that if the
point of order had merit it came too late
as the house had decided to consider the
case.
Mr.. Daniels Rep) of New York ad-
dressed the house in favor of seating the
contestant, Mr. Aldrich. He gave notice
that he would demand the previous ques-
ton at the expiration of fifty minutes.
Underwood had 1156 majority on the
face of the returns. Fraud and intimi-
datiOn were charged and the majority
found that Aldrich received in fact ma
jority of 220. The minority admitted
that the returns were incorrect, but
claimed that the corrected returns still
gave Underwood 1898 majority.
Mr.. Underwood, the contestee, spoke
for an hour in his own behalf.
Mr.. Linney (Rep.) of North Carolina,
in supporting the cause of the contestant,
gave Il picturesque denunciatiOn of the
election frauds. which, he said, were
practced in the south by the Democratic
organization. He argued that the only
place where the wrongs committed could
be corrected was in the house. To at
tempt to secure justice from the local
court. he said would be as futile as at
tempting ''tO shoot the horns off the
moon with Il popgun."
Mr.. Stallings Dem.) of Alabama, who
defended Mr.. Underwood, denounced Mr..
Linney's remarks as "the dirtiest abuse
of his own section ever delivered by Il
white man."
When the time for debate had expired,
Mr.. Owens (Dem.) of Kentucky moved
to recommit the case. The motion was
lost-G7 to %. The vote was then taken
on the first resolution declaring Mr.. In
derwOod not entitled to the seat. The
resolution was adopted-199 to 9S.
The resolution declaring Aldrich enti-
tied to the seat was adoptcd-116 to 1OI.
Mr.. Cannon presented the conference
report on the sundry civil bill. 1t agreed
to all the items in dispute except the pub
lie building amendments.
Mr.. Hainer of Nebraska who refused
to sign the conference report on the sun
dry civil bill because it contained appro-
priations for the Garfield and Providence
hospitals in this city explained that he
had persistently opposed appropriations
for private or sectarian institutions from
the first. and he now believed that the
question of principle involved could not
be compromised. The report was
adopted
The final report on the naval apprO-
priation bill was presented by Mr.. Bou-
telle and agreed to without division.
The final report on the Indian appro-
priation bill was also agreed to without
division.
The members cheered tumultuously
as these reports were announced
Mr.. Cannon appealed to the house to
not yield to the senate in the matter of
public building amendments to the sun
dry civil bill. and with the exception of
the amendment for the public building
at Savannah. Ga. all were disagreed to
and the bill sent to further conference.
The Savannah item was agreed to
96 to 81.
A partial conference report on the Dis
trict of Columbia bill was presented and
adopted.
The report left the electric lighting
question and public charities still open.
A bill was passed to amend the act to
prevent collisions at sea.
A resolution was adopted directing the
speaker TO appoint five members to in
vestigate the Leavenworth soldiers
home.
The speaker announced the following
committee appointments: Stallings of
Alabama, banking and currency; Cooper
of Texas, coinage, weights and measures;
Thorpe of Virginia. railways and pat
ents; Reynaker of Illinois. Pacific rail-
roads and railways: Bromwell of Ohio.
pensions: Bell of Colorado, public lands;
Kleberg of Texas, militia and public
lands; Mitchell of New York, patents and
election of president; Meyer of Louisiana,
District of Columbia; Murray of South
Carolina. education: Goodwin of Ala
bama. manufactures and territories.
At o'clock the house took a recess I'M
til 10 O'Clock tomorrow morning.