The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-01-16
AT WASHINGTON.

bill finally reached vote in the
house Mon'lay and was defeated.
There was an unusal array of
"talent" on the floor of the
honse, every friend and every foe
of the bill was on hand, and the
earnestness of all implicated clear
ly that there was a royal battle on
hand. There were two substi-
tutes, which we're voted on before
the original measure could be dis
posed Of. The Bell substitute
provided that the government
should refund the debt if the rail-
road company would advance the
government, lein from a second
mortgage and make it a first mort
gage. This was defeated by q |
vote of 110 to 1856. The Harrison
substitute, which provided of a
commission formed of three cab
met officers who should negotiate
a settlement Of the debt Of the
two roads, wasnext voted on and
was defeated by a vote of 55 to
2l4. The bill itself was then vot-
ed on and was defeated by vote
of 102 to 1853. There was quite
demonstration when it was real
lied that tn; a ~ YES IS dead. lI, There
was an atteSSssAi'S atteSsi'S s'"-, - -,
and tn f;'lhEpHto fe;s'1lahipHto revive the 6Til
as N rs was defeated, and then,
!, sTr. Terry of Arkansas remark
Ied, "the bill was not only dead
but was nailed up in its coffin. +"
Eastern men want chance to
build on tho Pacific railroads, and
tits more than probable that they
had a strong lobby against the
bill. 1t seems to have been case
of when "rogues fall out honest
men get their DUE" as Hunting
ton and his crowd seem to have
been opposed by men having more
Influence in congress. Now, per-
haps, il the government has luck
it will collect its millions of dol
LAPS from these roads.
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The most sensational affair
which has occurred in the house
of representative for some time
was the violent personal attack on
Mr.. William Il. Hearst, owner of
the San Francisco Examiner, by
Representative johnson of Cali
fornia. Mr.. johnson was one Of
the supporters of the bill and the
Examiner has been most vigorous
IN It's opposition TO the measure.
Mr.. johnson attacked the person
al character of Mr.. He arst and
used such indecent language that
the papers did not even publish
an expurgated edition of his
speech. Tho house was shocked
beyond expression by the violence
of Mr.. Johnson's yituperation.
An attempt was made to applaud
him when he sat down but it was
a dismal failure, the silence which
followed showing Enthusiastically
that the vaet majority Of the re-
representatives. were not in sympa-
thy with the character of the at
tack. Mr., Cooper of Wisconsin
replied to Mr.. johnson and said
in part: SIN view Of the cxhibi-
tion which we saw here as | think
one of the most disgracefuI known
in the annals of the legislative
history of the United States-the
attacking of a man absent from
this place in manner known on
ly to towards, blackening his
name running it, (if it were in the
power of the gentlemen from
California, to ruin anybody who
ever had any reputation at all)
to the best of his ability, / feel it
proper for me to say at least a
few words. Mr.. Cooper then paid
a high tribute to Mr.. Hearst. and
spoke against the bill.
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Senator Mills of Texas, is after
Secretary Olney's scalp, and Incl
dentally desires to show the chief
executive that the power TO re-
cognize the independence of for
eign nations resides in congress
To this end he spoke in the SEN
ate on his resolution which de-
clares that the expediency of re-
cognizing the independence of
foreign governments belongs to
congress. 1t also recognizes the
independence of Cuba and appro-