The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-02
IN THE HOUSE OYER THE
RADICAL MEASURE.
OPPOSITION IS 2 VIGOROUS.
FRIENDS OF THE BILL OUTVOTFD
ON A NUMBER OF
MOTIONS.
BECOMES UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Not Likely to Be Reached Again
in the Few Days of the Session
Remaining

WASHINGTON, March 1.-The house
galleries were thronged with visitors
all day, but the crowds witnessed moth
ing beyond the dullest Of routine mat
tiers until the last half hour Of the
session, when the bill to prohibit the
transmission Of detailed accounts of
prize fights by mail or telegraph was
brought I'D. This led to a very lively
skirmish, in which prize fighting was
/ denounced on all sides, and the advo-
Gates Of the bill insisted that the sick
ening details should be suppressed in
the interest OF good morals. But the
Dill met with most strenuous opposi
ton on the ground that it would tend
10 establish a censorship Of the press
AT the end Of the debate. which was
participated in by Messrs. AIdrich. of
illinois; Grosvenor (Ohio) Morse
(A1ass,), in favor Of the bill. and Messrs
Dockery (Mo) and Cummings N. "
IN opposition, the adversaries of the
measure ouJvoted the friends of the
OH on several flibustering motions.
An agreement for a recess until IN
O'Clock tomorrow put an end to hos
t1lltles. The bill now becomes unfirish-
ed business whenever the call Of com
mittees is reached. but as conference
reports have the right Of way. it is
/ doubtful whether that order of bust
ness Will again be reached this session
The senate bill to test the merits of
the patent postal card Of the Economic
Postal association was laid on the
table
Mr.. Aldrich Qll), who called up the
prize fighting bill, said that while this
bill would not prevent the mill
scheduled TO take place in Nevada
March IL. or the transmission of a
news item Of the result. it would nre-
vent the broadcast Dissemination of
the "sickening details and the de-
moralizing preliGninaries with which
the columns Of the newspapers ALREADY
teemed."
Mr. Morse (Rep., Mass) advocated
the bill "as a protection of the youth
of the country" He said he hoped the
result of the fight would be that these
two brutes would kill each other.
Gen. Grosvenor expressed the opinion
that the necessities of moraIitv and
public order demanded the suppression
Of prize fighting.
Mr.. Dockery vigorously opposed the
bill as it would establish a censorship
Of the press, and if carried to its logi-
cal conclusion would necessitate a
bureau for that purpose.
Mr. Cummings said if the bill ever
passed many Of the books in the con-
gressional library could not be sent
through the mails.
Mr.. Hepburn closed the debate with
an earnest plea for the bill
The sundry civil bill was sent to con-
ference. The postof1ce appropriation
bill was also disposed Of in the same
manner. Mr.. Van Horn CRep., MOI Sc
cured the passage Of a rather peculiar
bill It authorized the Interstate Ma
tional bank. Of Kansas City, to move
from Kansas into the state of Missouri.
1t seems the bank is in a building on
the boundary line and desires to move
from one portion Of the building, which
is in Kansas, to another portion, which
is in Missouri, which requires an act Of
congress. The house agreed to the con-
ference report on the st. Louis bridge
bill as was also the bill TO protect
national military parks.
A bill was passed to provide for the
transmission to Washington Of presi-
Dental election returns by mail. The
bill aboIishes the system OF messengers
now eTnDlOved