Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21
SIX DEMOCRATS WERE FOR IT
The Resolution Declaring Boatuer's Seat Va
cant Was Adopted.
DEBATE ON THE CUBAN RESOLUTIONS
Occupied Most of the Time of the Senate.
Mr.. Caffery Completed His Speech in
Opposition and Mr.. Call Spoke
in Favor OF 1t.

over Ambassador Bayards Boston and
Edinburgh speeches, which has ragged in
the house for three days past ended to-
day, when, by a vote of $50 to II, the res
olution reported by the committee ON for
eign affairs censuring him for the use of
certain expressions contained therein WaS
passed The second resolution. express
ing the sense of the house that no parti-
san speeches should be made by diplo-
matte officers, was agreed to by vote of
191 to So The resolution of censure re-
ceived the affirmative votes of six DEM
ocrats, Messrs. Bailey, Cockrell Cum
mings Latimer, Layton and Sorg; and
five republicans voted against it, Messrs.
Baker of Maryland, Coke of Illinois, Dra-
per- Pitney and Willis.
The resolution declaring the sense
of the house on such speeches received
the votes of eight democrats, Messrs. Al
len of Mississippi, Bailey, Hutchinson,
Cummings Layton, Pendleton, Sorg and
Stokes The negative vote was sol1dly
democratic.
The closing speeches We're made by
Messrs. Adams of Pennsylvania. Fair
child of New York, Newlands of Nevada
and Bailey of Texas in favor OF the res
olutions; and by Messrs. Wheeler OF Ala
bama Willis of Delaware, Hutcheson or
Texas and Turner OF Georgia III opposi-
ton,
The contested election case of Alexis
Benoit vs. Charles Boatner. from the
Fifth Louisiana district, was called up
by Mr.. Johnson of Indiana, chairman Oh
the committee on elections No. z, VINO
moved the adoption of the resolutions
reported by the committee declaring the
seat vacant and that an Invalid electlon
was held.
nItIfi Ion accommodated
the minority that Mr.. Boatner was entl-
tied to hold his seat. 1t was explained
that at the suggestion of the contestee,
Mr. Boatner, 1t had been agreed 10 SUD
init the case to the house for decision TO
day without argument. The reason Tor
this was that in case the house should
concur in the report of the committee
and unseat Mr. Boatner, tomorrow was
the last day on which the governor OF
Louisiana could give notice of new cleo
tion in the district to be held at the gen.
eral election of the state, April IL
Mr.. Taylor of Ohio read from the re
mort of the committee, which substantial
ly charges that the election IN questioi,
was permeated with fraud, violence anu
intimidation and the committee present
cd a resolution declaring therefore the
seat in congress from the Fifth Congress
sional district of Louisiana to pc va
cant
after which Mr.. Benoit, the contestant,
was accorded the privilege of the floor
for fen minutes. In that time he brleiy
sketched the condition of things in the
district. asserting that the negroes were
either prevented from voting at all, or
compelled to vote the democratic ticket.
The resolution of the minority was re-
iected--yeas So nays bland then,
without a division, the resolution OF the
majority, declaring the seat vacant, was
agreed to. o.,
under the rules until o'clock for the
regular Friday night pension session
after which 1t adjourned until next Mon
day.
At the evening session of the house no
question of quorum was made upon the
,notion TO go into committee of the whole,
and several pension bills were ordered to
be reported favorably to the house.
At 1890 the house adjourned until Mon
Iday. s..o
The debate on the Cuban question &C.
cupied most of the time of the senate to-
day. 1t was opened by Mr. CaHery IN
continuation of the speech begun by MIN
Yesterday in earnest opposition TO all IN
reference in the matter. ana IL was
closed by an equally earnest appeal by
Mr. Call In favor of the Cuban insurgents
or patriots.
Before the conference report on the
Cuban resolutions was taken up Mr.. AL
leu addressed the senate in opposition
to the claim of Mr.. Dupont for seat IN
the senate from the state of Delaware
Mr. Allen said that no senator should
be admitted without gubernatorial Ger
tificste or without an application for
mandamus for such certificate. Mr..
Chandler suggested that the rule would
have excluded the senator from Florida
Mr. Call and would have deprived the
senate of the many eloquent arguments
on various subjects which that senator
had made.
Mr. Allen wound up his speech by de-
claring empha tically that he would vote
against Mr. Dupont being recognized as
q senator.
A motion to adjourn until Monday was
made by German and, in the absence
of Mr.. Sherman. objected TO by Mr.
Lodge who desired to have action on the
Cuban resolutions.
A call of the senate was had in order
TO give time for Mr.. Sherman to return
TO the chamber and sixty senators re-
sponded. In the meantime Mr.. Sherman
returned and expressed the hope that
the motion to adjourn over would not
be agreed to unless there was first an
agreement reached as to time for taxi
ing the vote on the Cuban resolutions.
To that proposition strong objection
was made by Mr.. Hale on the ground
that two-thirds of the time occupied in
the Cuban discussion had been occupied
by the members of the committee on
foreign relations or those who sympa-
thized with their representatives, and
that there were many senator's who de-
sired to b4 heard on the other side of the
question FThe-v vote was taken on Mr.
Germans motion, and it was agreed to
yeas AZ, nays 22-as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Bacon. Bate.
Brice, Burrows, Butler, Caffery,
Cannon, Carter, Chiffon, Cock
rell, Davis, Dubois, Faulkner,
Gibson, German, GRAY. Hale. '-r-
ris. Hill, Irby. Jones of Arkansas. Nc
MILAN, Martin. Mitchell of Wisconsin,