The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-11

terms o< TIE bsIs. x was restricted % ehe
Vroteczscn q foreign investments IN znsr-
iaS Gains. which could nor se GSyelopet
o. private capital ne YOU'D oppose Il
Aarpay- delegate from Arsxans- said
that 10 great national question was in
Fpzsea n the olit. as Alters could not ac-
11zre permanent ownership under IL. 5at
snSs = Eas SIMPLY a question of whether
fae territories should be enabled % invite
1o1s4Sz capital 20 develop their resources.
X woG@c 5e. ne sad. bat simple justice
90 e-ve the people oz the territories this
opportunity 10 obtain the capital needed.
Flynn delegate from Oklahoma. said
mat although IRE bill would not AFFECT
the ferr1re-y OF Cklohoua he submitted
tnar Mere was no reason why the same
avs - 80 s~nsrshIp Of land should not
be gNSn both 70 territories and states.
TIE fs3egate drifFesi into rather anus
Ing Asc1ssson OF PopUlisn. chAractsziz-
ins he Popuust as an Tshrnaeilts man
wno tould not thrive save on failure and
despair
Stone. Rep. Pa. asked Y PopSsasSrn did
nes mean different thing In every state
and congressional district he had watch
ed the controversy between two leading
PopalisEs. he said. but had not been able
70 secure any light on the actual definition
OF 4 genuine Popullst
Flynn replied that In his country popu-
Ism meant anything TO win.' He then
Ssss< 70 the clerks desk and haA read a
csrculsr parporsing 10 be the notice OF
Popuiist rally at Baxter Springs. Kan,
AZ which Thomas z. Watson was billed 20
arrive on a Pullman palace car. with a
gise cub band.
There was q good deal OF laughter over
The reading. when Bell OF Colorado asked
IL those circulars had not been published
under the direction OF Paul Naniervoort
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party. TO which Flynn replied that they
had not After some further gooa-natured
hzntering the bill was defeated by vote
OF 70 to 81
Morse OF Massachusetts then called uu
from the COMMITTEES on buildings and
grounds biil 10 prohibit the sale OF In
toxica ting drinks IN the capitol grounds
he said ne did not care to make any eiae-
orata remarks on the oili bat he declared
that The sale OF infoxicanfs In the M
tiossal capitol was a scandal and dis
grace. No one took the floor IN opposi-
tiofl 70 the measure. and i was passed.
3s 10 5.
Adams OF Pennsylvania. Mcclellan OF
Ne. York. Erdman OF Pennsylvania.
Richardson of Tennessee and Foote OF
New York voted against the bill
Powers OF Vermont. from the committee
on Pacific railroads. can "A up the bin 10
dezine the rights OF purchasers under
mortgages on the Atlantic and Pacific
railroads. He said the purpose OF the bill
va1 30 pf rnait the mortgages 10 exercise.
under the reorganization, their nights as
4 corporation.
Rae OF Arkansas attacked the bill. He
denounced the land grents 70 the Atlantic
s. Pacific railroad as the most corrupt OF
any in the long list OF land grants. The
road rad not earned the land. he asserted.
and the rights under the grants deserved
Ia die BY forfeiture. After some discussion
It was decided TO postpone the further
consideration OF the bill until Tuesday.
From the committee on patents Draper
of Massachusetts, called up the senate bin
70 prevent the psrating OF copyrighted
dramas or musical compositions. IL i'm
poses i fine OF 500 for the first and SO
for eaeh subsequent performance.
At AS .. N. the house adjourned.