The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-02-06
The National Congress
CONTINUED From Pint Pare

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the duty Of inquiring into the i'm.
prisonment OF Eugene V. Debs 10.
an alleged contempt Of court, who
shall report to the Senate and recon
mend such legislation as may be
necessary for the Just enforcement,
OF the law and the protection Of ci,i.
zens from arbitrary and offensive
exercise Of judicial power
This resolution means danger for
the monopolists and OF course, pea
nut-politician Hill was on his feet in
an instant to try TO stop it. To be.
gin with he introduced the following
substitute:
"REsoLvED, That the judiciary
committee is hereby directed TO in
vestigate the whole subject Of con-
tempts of court as enforced by the
Federal courts, and report to the
Senate whether any additional legis-
lation is necessary for the protection
Of the rights Of citizens"
A coiloquy ensued of which the
following is a part. Hill clA med
that the matter was a judiciary ques-
ton and ought to be referred to the
judiciary committee:
Mr.. Allen. Before the Senator
from New York takes his seat
should like to put him one question.
Does the Senator expect, il his res
olutiOn goes to the Judiciary Com
mittee, that it will ever be heard
from again'
Mr.. Hill. do; and think the
suggestion Of the Senator from Ne
braska is entirely uncalled for. l
think the Judiciary Committee Of
which l happened to be a member,
will take up this case and decide it
and make n report upon it. Will
the Senator intimate what reasons
he has for thinking that the com
mittee will not reportf
Mr.. Allen. ! have not intimated
that it will not.
Mr.. Hill. do not know, then,
what the Senator meant.
Mr.. Allen. l do, however, now
intimate that that committee will
not. had not said SO or suggested
50 before, although | believed so. |
now say that believe that it is the
intention in the offering of this sub
stitute to send the resolution to the
Judiciary Committee for the express
purpose of never hearing from it
again.
| have not been here very long,
Mr.. Presidents little over two
years-but l have noticed every
time that Senator wants to get rid
of resolution that is Objectionable
to him he asks the Senate to send il
to standing committee, especially
if he happens to be member of it.
and 80 per cent, perhaps not that
much, but 95 per cent. of all the de-
cent, respectable resolutions that
were introduced in the Senate in the
last Congress and were sent to the
standing committees have never beer
heard from until the close of the
Congress, when they were perfume
toraly reported and rejected. Tha
is the reason | make the statement
Mr.. Hill. Does tho Senator as
sert that any standing committee Of
this body, empowered and directed
to make an investigation upon &
subject like this, has not proceeded
to execute the power conferred upon
it?
Mr.. Allen. Mr.. President, 60 into
the caverns around this Capitol and
see for yourself.
Mr.. Hill. The Senator will pie
answer my question.
Mr.. Allen. | do.
Mr.. Hill. Will the Senator nam
one7
Mr.. Allen. l can not stand her
and recall them. They were intro
duced here by the dozen and by tn
hundred. l can not even recall no,
, all the resolutions have introduced
: Mr.. Hill. The Senator said ode
cent and respectable resolutions
, Mr.. Allen. Certainly. mean
, by that, Mr.. President, those resolu
tions which have merit in them.
say that 50 per cent. of them-an
they have been introduced here b
! the basketful-have gone into tn
dark recesses and caverns of thi
capitol and have never been hear
from again.
, This matter was beginning to &c
, too "hot" for the Dems and Rep.
and Mr.. Gordon said it was time t
, hear from Mr.. Thurston on the "Mo1
roe Doctrine" So Mr.. Thursto
= spoke speech on that "great issue.
The coinage bill came up agar
Mr.. Jones, of Arkansas, tried to &C
$ an agreement for the bill to be vote
on on Thursday. p. p. Hill got i
the way as usual. Mr.. Jones the
said he would ask the Senate to sta
l in session On Thursday until the bi
4 was disposed Of.
S Mr.. Teller gave notice that /
S would offer the following amen'
: ment:
d "That after the LIST of July, 1879
IS all bank notes issued by nations
s banking associations shall be r
d deemed in coin when presented f
= redemption to the national bankir
II association issuing the same, ar
f. any such national banking associ
g ton failing to redeem these notes {
,r presentation shall be dissolved"
Ihlrty-tWO pension Dllls were l
* troduced.
& WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29.-SENAT
n Four new pension bills.
IN There was much discussion on t
q. Cuban war question.
N. Mr.. Tilln1an made his great spoe
which is partially presented ell
ID where.
~ Twenty-four pension bills int
g duced.
al THURSDAY, JANUARY 3O.-sENATl
an Seven pension bills were int
us duced.
en- Mr.. Allen offered the follow
bill:
'r- "Be it enacted by the Senate a
ed uouao If Representatives of