Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03
GEORGES TEN HOUR SPEECH
He Asserts That Dupont Was
Not Elected Senator
BY DELAWARE. LEGISLATURE
The Sundy 81 Appropriation Bill Passed
vctcaIIy as Reported
HoWASS UNIVERSITY AMENDMENT
Ca the House to Indulge in Religious
I:.@iscussion-Its Policy of Appropri-
ating Money for Charitable In
solutions Reversed.
BY DELAWARE. LEGISLATURE
UNIVERSITY AMENDMENT

Washington, April I'm the senate to-
day Mr. George of Mississippi concluded
his speech begun by him on Tuesday and
continued yesterday, against the report
of the committee on privileges and cleo
tions declaring that Mr.. Dupont was duly
and legally elected as a senator from the
state of Delaware. Mr. Georges argu-
ment occupied in all ten hours time. 1t
closed with the assertion that il Mr.. Du-
pont obtained the seat he would be elect
ed to it not by the legislature of Della
ware. but by the senate of the United
States. No action was taken on the re-
port, and 1t is very uncertain when the
vote will be reached.
The remainder of the days session was
taken up in the discussion of an amend
ment to the postoffice appropriation bill
relating to the consolidation Of suburban
postoffices and changing them into sta
tions and sub-stations. No result was
reached, and the senate at $40 p m. adj
journed until Monday next.
The House.
For three and half hours today the
house INDUCED in repetition of the re-
ligious discussion which ragged when the
District of Columbia appropriation bill
was under discussion, and as a result the
policy of the house as expressed at that
time by decided refusal to appropriate
money for the charitable and benevolent
Institutions of the district was in effect
reversed. The melting cause of the de-
bate was the amendment to the sundry
civil bill which was adopted in commit
tee of the whole yesterday, on motion of
Mr. Evans of Kentucky, giving Howard
university in Washington $32,6OO, the ap-
preparation having been omitted from
the bill by the committee reporting 1t.
The amendment was advocated by
Messrs. Bartlett of New York, Sayers of
Texas, Cannon of Illinois and Evans of
Kentucky, and opposed by Messrs.
Hainer Of Nebraska, McRae of Arkansas.
Johnson Of California, Andrews of Me-
braska and Livingston of Georgia. There
was depression from the main question
when Mr.. Hepburn of Iowa, responding
to the remarks of Mr.. Sayers. charged
the democrats of the south with not only
failing to provide equal educational adj
vantages to the negroes with the whites
but robbed them of their civil rights. His
statements were vigorously combatted
by Mr.. Sayers and others.
When the matter got into the house
yea and nay vote was taken on the
amendment, and II was agreed to-yeas
129. nays 105.
This debate practically closed the con-
sideration Of the sundry civil approprta-
ton BILL and no further amendment of
note was made. 1t was passed as report
ed from the committee of the whole.
Mr.. Hit of Illinois reported from the
committee on foreign affairs the resolu-
ton asking the president to transmit to
congress all correspondence in the state
department since December J. 1895, relatT
ing to offers of mediation or Intervention
by the United States in the affairs of
Venezuela, and 1t was agreed to.
The house at 525 p m. adjourned until
tomorrow.