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Ringing Resolutions Intro
ductedin the Senate.
DIFFER AS TO METHODS
Cont sted Election Case of Plowman VS..
Aldrich. from the Fourth Alabama
District, Cousid red by the
House of Representatives..

tr.ct. 1lne majority of the committee
reported IN favor of seating the Re
puhiican contestee on the ground ofcon-
Splracy, an allegation vigorously denied
oy the Democratic minority. Mr..
PioWmanis plurality on the face o: the
returns was 1867. The majority re-
ViSed ne figures SO as to give Allrich
a plurality of 342.
Mr.. Taylor Gtepubl.can,, us Ohio,
chairman OF electors COMMITTEES No. /.
VINO opened the debate wItn an ella 10
rate argument in favor of sustaining
the majority report deplored the fact
tnat a partisan body was called upon
20 pass upon an election case, bu, in
thlS particular instance. he said, there
had been no draft upon his political
2rejudices. He explained the Alabama
election laws which, he said. could not
been framed more effectively to
encourage fraud and thwart the peo-
pies will. The illiterate voter. he said,
was absolutely at the mercy Of the
ticket maker. Fraud. he said, was ey-
"rywhere: not lurking or secret, but
bold and inSolent.
'Mr. FOX tDemocraD. of Mississippi.
presented the case of the minority,
which reported hat Mr.. Plowman was
entitled to retain his seat. He dwelt
upon the fact that Aldrich was NOT the
regular nominee of the Republican par
". ana was opposed on the stump by
eading Republicans and Populists, and
that any assumption that he COM
"1anded che full strength of the ReDub-
flcans and Populists of the district was
unWarranted. While there was a time,
said MIR. FOX. when the magic names
IF Lincoln and Grant, together with a
baseiess fear that the domination of
.lhelr formers masters might again press
chem into slavery. kept the negroes
solid, that time had gone. Republicans
of he North had no right to ass ume
,hat every negro was a Republican be
Il his skin vas black. He cuntro-
verted the claim that a conspiracy ex-
Sted and maintained that a revision
of rile returns, in accordance with The
testimony. would still give Plowman a
plurality OF 2,4S7.
Mr.. Mann CR~epublican), of Illinois, a
am of the committee. who followed.
N concluding his argument in favor OF
the majority report. said he had gone
into the case with ris prejudices in ia
vor of the South. His people were all
Souaherners. But after examination of
the testimony fraud was patent and he
.ould not a condition which,
by conspiracy, sought to control the
Congress of the United States and leg
islate through fraud for the business
interests of the country. He appealed
to his Republican associates to vote to
seat the imam who, in the face of VIII
~iitication, had the nerve and the man
hood to say TO rher ascals who pursued
nan. I viii fight You tin die"
Mr.. Settle 11emocraD, Of Ken-
lucky, another member of the commit
tee, in opening his argument, said that
while he feared the verdict against Mr..
Plowman was already made UP. he
could not believe that honest men would
seize upon n combination of isolated
irregularities. none of which amounted
70 atual Eraud, as a stop to con-
| science amt vote to un=eat a fellow
member hecausehe was a Democrat.
Mr.. Settle was very severe in his con-
i~emnatinn of Mr.. Aldrich's ~ttlctics. His
remarks We're given close attentlGp and
frequently applauded. Some Of his saI-
les were applauded even by the Itepub-
leans.
Without completing his argument. he
yielded to a motion 10 adjourn, and al
5:G5 n. NJ. the House adjourned. II
: expected that a vote Will be reached
tpnlorrnw.
During the early part Of the session
uhe Senate amendments to THE agricul-
turai bill We're disagreed 10 and uhe
bin was sent to conference. Messrs.
Wadsworth. Warner and Williams were
appointed conferreS.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, FEB. S.-Three prop
ositions, differing materially as to meth
DDS, were presented to the Senate tu=
| day for :he relief of the Cuban insur-
gents. Mr.. Allen, of Nebraska, offered
As an amendment to the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill a res
olution recognizing the belliSerency of
! he insurgents,
MT. Cannon, OF Utah, and Mr.. Mason,
Of Illinois. also offered resolutions.
Mr.. Allen, of Nebraska, said. in pre-
senting his amendment ITO the diplomat
&c and appropriate Tor bill, that
since the opening of hostilties in Cuba
more than three hundred thousand
pac:f:cos had died of starvation, or of
disease directly traceable to INSULT
cient food or lack OF proper sanitary
conditions. He said that he had been
informed that it was the custom of the
Spanish government to herd hundreds
Of families together in inadequate quar-
;ers, starving them until they have
been more than decimated by disease.
He expressed he hope mat the een=
m!ttee on foreign relations would act
promptly Hpon The amendment, so thai
Ethe Senate could have an opportunity
% vote upon it.
| The amendment is as follows:
| "That a condition OF public war ex-
| ,sts between the government of Spain
and the government proclaimed and for
some time maintained by force of arms
by the people of Cuba, and thai the
United States OF America shall main
tain a strict neutrality between tbs
~contending powers, and accord to Zach
all the rights of belligerents in thu
ports and territory of the United
States"
Mr.. Allen said thai he desired TO have
The amendment made a part of the dip
Ilomatic bill. so that the House of Rep
:esentatives might have an opportunity
to vote upon the proposition and not
! % BE stit!ed by the committee on for
eign affairs Of that body, or by other
influences.
MIR. Hale said the amendment pro-
posed was subject to a point of order.