The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-22
POSTAL SCHEME
MEETS OBJECTIONS
MIR. Hills Four Year Postmaster Bill
Is Shelyed.
Mr. TURPlE is AGAIN SARCASTIC
His Speech on Nicaraguan Bill Illu-
minated by Cutting Remarks--The
Delaware Senatorial Muddle-- The
lost-Tuckcr Contest Is Settled in
House of Representatives.

Washington, Jan. 21.--A few days ago
the memorial of Henry A. Dupont for
admission to a seat in the senate from
the state of Delaware was presented
by Mr.. Chandler, of New Hampshire,
and was referred to the committee on
privileges and elections. Today Ger
titicate of election was presented by the
same senator, and was similarly re-
ferred, to the effect that John Edward
Addcks has been legally elected to the
vacant seat in the senate from the state
of Delaware.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
by Mr. Hill, New York, backed by Mr..
Chandler, to have a bill considered and
passed fixing the term of office of all
postmasters at four years. Mr.. Hale,
of Maine, objected, however. on the
ground that the bill would only inten-
sify the scramble for postoffice appoint
ments, and the bill was not taken up.
Most of the morning hour was taken
up today, as it had been for the two
previous days in the wrangle over the
bill as to electrical conduits in the city
of Washington-Mr Hill making an ad-
ditional argument in opposition to the
bill. 1t went over without action.
When Mr.. Turpe began his third
days argument against the Ncara-
guam canal bill, illumining the subject
with scntillations of bitter sarcasms.
There was no similarity, he said, but
a dissimilarity betwecn the british
government buying the control of the
Suez canal and the United States buy
ing the control of the Nicaragua canal.
The first was case of bird in the
hand" the second a case of bird in
the bush" If the proposition made in
the pending bill We're made to the Brit
ish parliament, the reply, he said, would
be: You have no. right to make the
transfer. That is forbidden by the
terms of your own contract. Do you
think we are going to give you hun
dred million dollars for corpse and
then have to bury it at our own eX-
pense?" When Mr.. Turpie closed his
speech an effort was made by Mr.. Nor
gan, Alabama, in charge of the bill, to
have a day and hour fixed for taking
vote, but objection was made both by
Mr.. Turpie and Mr.. Villas, of Wisconsin.
The senate at 4.20 adjourned until to-
morrow.
YOST-TUCKER CONTEST SETTLED.
After 1875 members of the house of
representatives, including 80 Republ-
cans had voted, in accordance with
the recommendation of the majority of
the committee on elections, No. 3, Mr..
Tucker, CDemocraD, was entitled to re-
tain his seat as a member of the 54th
congress from the tenth Indiana dis
trlCt, which was contested by Yost (Re-
publicam, two hours were spent in
making the vote effective, and finally
settling the matter. The case had been
discussed from noon until 430 o'clock
the committee recommendation being
supported by Messrs. Dearmond, Mis-
souri,; Walker Massachusetts, Tucker
(the contestee), and Mccall, Massa-
chusetts, chairman of the committee
reporting the case The recommendation
of the minority that Mr.. Yost, (who is
the representative-elect from the dis
trict in the 55th congress) be given the
seat was advocated by Messrs. Grow,
Pennsylvania; Taylor, Ohio; Lacey,
Iowa; Brumm, Pennsylvania; Thorp,
Virginia; Walker, Virginia, the latter
of whom with Mr.. Thomas, Michigan,
constituted the minority of the cleo
tion committee.
The vote in favor of Yost was 100
tMr. Thomas having changed his vote
in order to move a reconsideration and
this closeness induced the friends of
the minority, led by Mr. Hepburn. Iowa
and by Mr. Thomas, to make a parlia- =
mentary fight lasting two hours to
force an adjournment in the hope that
different result might be reached to-
morrow. But their efforts were futile
and the resolution declaring Tucker en-
titled to the seat was adopted at $50
O'Clock by vote of 1l9 to Al, fourteen
members being present and not voting.
The result was clinched by the adoption
of the usual formal motion to reconsid-
Ell the vote and to lay that motion on
the table, and the house then adjourn
ed.