The Portland daily press., 1898-03-01
CORBETT DENIED ADMISSION.
oregon Man Refused Seat In the Sen

Washington, February 28.-Hon. Henry
W. Corbett was today denied admission
to the Senate as senator from Oregon
on the appointment by the governor, by
the decisive. vote of 81 to 10. Speeches
We're made today. against the admission
OF Mr. Corbett by Mr.. Bacon Of Georgia
and Mr.. Burrows of Michigan, and in
favor of his admission by Mr.. Morgan Of
Alabama. After disposing of the Corbett
matter the Senate took up the Alaska
and Homestead and railway right Of
entry bill, and had not concluded il
when 1t adjourned.
Washington, February 2S.-In the Sen.
ate today Mr.. Hoar of Massachusetts,,
| chairman of the judiciary committee,
moved that the Senate non-concur in the
House amendments to the bankruptcy
bill and that committee on conference
be appointed.
Mr.. Burrows, after quoting in support
of his proposition many eminent authori-
ties, said that if the Senate should seat
Mr. Corbett 1t would overthrow long
line of established precedents and open
the doors to conspiracy and fraud, the
result Of which nobody could foresee.
In conclusion Mr.. Burrows said that he
hold letter from Hon. George S.
Brownell Of Oregon In which the state.
ment was made that Senator Mitchell,
the caucus nominee, said that he could
not be elected had named In writing a
number of Republicans whom he would
cheertully support. Mr. Brownell said in
his letter that to his certain knowledge
Senator Mitchell in communication to
the presiding officer of the lower House
Of the legislature had said that he would
support any Of those whom he named and
received in reply the statement that the
House would support no other than
Henry E. Corbett The combination for
the election Of Corbett was made evi.
dent. MIR. Burrows thought, by the reply
received by Senator Mitchell to his propo-
sitiion, and he believed it was held by
the cohesive power of the unlimited
use of money. IT this scheme should be
ratified by the Senate it would be within
the power of eleven elected members of
the Oregon legislature to thwart the
purpose Of other mem bsrs.
MIR. Burrows did not think the Senate
would approve by it's action the confer
ence of such authority upon a small
minority.
Mr.. Morgan of Alabama supported
the claims of Mr.. Corbett to the seat in
the Senate, holding that in no circum-
stances not absolutely tainting the ap-
plicant for admission with fraud could
the Senate properly refuse to accept the
governors credentials.
Af No. ny,v, fkcv ~
strike out of the resolution the word
"Not.'
Upon this motion the ayes and nays
we're demanded. The motion was de-
feateds 10 to so, the detailed vote being
as follows:
Yeas-Aldrioh, Allison, Baker. Fair
banks. Foraker, Frye, Hanna, Hans
Mason, Merrill, Perkins, Sewall, Turner,
Wetmore, Wilson, 10.
Nays-Allen, Bacon, Bate. Berry,
Burrows, Butler, Caffery, Carter, Chill
ton, Clark, Clay, Cockrell,' Cullom,
Davis, Deboe, Faulkner, Gallinger, Cor
man, Gray, Hale. Heitfeld, Jones Of Ar.
kansas, Jones Of Nevada, Kenney, Lind
say, Mcbride, Mcmillan: Mallory, Mar
tin, Mills, Mitchell, Money, Mason,
Pasco, Penrose, Pettigrew, Pettus. Platt
of Connections, Rawlins, Roach, Shoup
Stewart, Teller, Thurston, Tillmen, Tur-
ley, Turpie, Vest, Warren, Wellington,
SO.
The resolution Of the committee on
privilege and elections declaring that
Mr.. Corbett was not entitled to a seat in
the Senate from Oregon was then laid
before the Senate. 1t was then adopted,
the vote being same as the detailed vote
given above.
: The pairs were as follows: McEnery
with Chandler; Smith with Gear; Harris
with Kyle; McLaurin with Pritchard
White with Proctor; Quay with Morgan;
Murphy, with Platt; Walthall with
Spooner; Cannon with Daniel.
TIE Senate next proceeded to the con-
sideration of the pending homestead laws
and providing the right OF way tor rail-
roads in the district of Alaska.
Mr.. Stewart offered an amendment to
section one of the bill providing that no
homestead should he located within 1000
feet of navigable water.
In the course Of discussion of the
amendment, MIR. Rawlins OF Utah an
tagonized the entire measure charging
that it was artfully drawn in the interest
of speculators and not in the interest of
the public.
!. Mr. Carter Of Montana. a member of
the committee reporting the bill, inter
rupted and said that there was no founda-
tion for the charge as every point referrsd
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and guarded fully.
Mr.. Rawlins maintained that railroads
to which rights were granted through the
provisions Of the measure, were not
sufficiently bounded by this grant, II they
should fail to comply with all the condi-
tions Of the grant. He said that tho fake
railroads and paper corporations were
given preferential rights in Alaska over
the people who desired honestly to file
homestead claims.
Mr.. Carter stated that the right of way
provision of the measure was reproduc-
tion of the law which had been on the
statute books for many years. The bill
provided that no corporation could get q
right of way and hold it for more than
"A months without building at least 20
miles of railroad.
Before Mr.. Rawlins could conclude the
Senate went into executive session.
At 5.3h p. M the Senate adjourned.
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