Birmingham state herald., 1897-03-20

should not be deprived of the benefits that are to flow from it. If it should not prove to be what Is anticipated for it, the sooner 1t will be repealed and the people be relieved of its unjust exaetions. l never was more confident of any event of the future than l am that this bill shall demonstrate the futility of the pre- tences on which it is based, and l firm ly believe that you won't live long enough to get a patient hearing from the people on the absurd proposition that you can make them prosperous by taxing them. (Applause.)
 we challenge you to pass the bill. be- cause nothing can more certainly prove to the people that you are unworthy of the trust now reposed in you" (Ap- plause)
 There was much cross-firing in this discussion, q colloquy between MT. Gros- venor and MT. McMillan affording great satisfaction to their respective partisans The resolution was agreed to by a vote of ITO to 152. a party vote. save that MT Howard, populist, of Alabama. voted in the affirmative with the republicans.
 This being settled, MT. Henderson. re- publican. of Iowa, reported resolution providing for the passage of the appro- priation bills, which failed at the last session of congress, in this order:
 The sundry civil general deficiency, agricultural and Indian.
 The resolution allowed forty minutes debate on each bill, the bills to be read in eNtenso. Preliminary to the discus sion of this resolution, Messrs. McMillin and Savers had a rather heated con troVersy over the matter of controlling the time in opposition to the resolution. In conclusion, MT Savers suggested that MT. McMillin would do better to keep cool, to which MT. MoMillin said: The gentleman from Tennessee will keep cool and the gentleman from Texas cannot heat him
 The resolution was adopted after an hours discussion-173 to 116 Messrs. Pearson and Linney, republicans, of North Carolina, voting against their po- litical associates who supported the reso- lution. The demand for vote by yeas and nays on this proposition brought out hot protest by MT Henderson. republi- can, of Iowa, who charged that it was a. violation of the agreement with Baily and McMillin that no dilatory motions would be made. They denied making any such promise. but the atmosphere was quite heated in consequence of their action.
 At MT Cannon's urgent solicitation the house remained in session un.il a late hour and passed the sundry civil and general deficiency bills, leaving the agri- cultural and Indian bills to be disposed of tomorrow.
 CONGRESSIONAL CONTEST.
 MT. Mitchell, clerk of the house of rep
 
 official notice of ten contested election cases Some twenty more are expected, but as the law requires the testimony to accompany the case when filed, it may be sometime before they are all in.
 The cases filed are as follows:
 w. F. Aldrich vs. Thomas s. Plowman, Sixth Alabama district.
 Grafton B. Grove vs. Oscar M. Under wood, Ninth Alabama district.
 J. S. Willis Vs l.. Irving Hardy, First Delaware district.
 M Godfrey Hunter vs. John R. Rhea, Third Kentucky district.
 Cornelius J. Jones vs. Thomas c. Ca.ch- ings, Third Mississippi district.
 Eugene B. Travis vs. William l.. Ward, Sixteenth New York district.
 H. S. Vanderberg vs. Thos. H. Tongue, First Oregon district.
 R. A. Wise vs. William A. Young, Sec ond Virginia district.
 R. T. Thorp vs. Sydney F. Epes, Fourth Virginia district.
 John R. Brown ys. Claude A. Swan son Fifth Virginia district