The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 22, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1897. FILIBUSTERING ON THE CANAL BILL Senator Turpie Hurls Sar- casm at the Nicaragua Waterway. Morgan Failed to Get the Senate to Fix a Time for the Vote. A Bill Making th: Terms of Post- masters Four Years Put Aside Withcut Action. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 21.—A few days ago the memorial of Henry Dupont for admission to a seat in the Sénate was presented by Chandler of New Hampshire and was referred to the Committee on Privileges aud Elections. To-aay 8 certifi- cate of election was presented by the same Senator, and wassim referred, to the effect that John Edward Addicks has been Jegally elected to the vacant seat in the om the State ot Delaware. cessful aitempt was made by New York, backed by Chand- have a bill considered and passed o term of oftice of all Postmas- ters at four years. jected, however, on the ground that the bill would only intensily the scramble for postoffice appointm not taken t Most An u Hill (D.) of to of the morning hour, which is really two hours, was taken up to-day, as | bas been for the past few days,ina the city of Washington, Hill a addlitional argument in obpo- n to tke bill. It went over without ie (D.) of Indiana began his argument against the Nic- aragua canal bill, illumining the subject with tillations of bhitter sarcasm. There was no parallel, he saic, between al and the Nicaragua canal. bought for the British Gov- t the control of the Suez canal be- was ‘‘a bird in the hand,” but were to do the same for the 1 it would be buying “a s¢ rized the Maritime Canal aragua as an “incorporated g to Morgan’s statement that there was a race between Great Britain and the United Btates as to who should the Nicaragua canal, Turpie said at if there was such a.race it wasa very languid and indolent one. in which the books had been open 150 years and there were no entries yet. If this offer was made to the British Parliament the answer to the company would be: “You have no right to make the transfer. That right is forbidden by You took m the 2Ist of April, and your 21st of April, 1897. to give then have going and has . Morgan asked Turpie whether he had any amendaents to offer to the canal biil. Turpie said that he had a substitute to for it, but he was not prepared to arked that the bill was one n one way or the other be taken without unnecessary de- ted action one way or tle ced unanimous consent to ying he was not pre- pared to roposed amendment and he knew of two or three Senators not w present who desired to speak on the a \lorgan suggested taking the vote on next at 3 o'clock, but Turpie not agree 1o having any time d ry well,” said Morgan, “then I bave no other alternative but to ask the Sen- ate to sit out the bill.” Peffer (Pop.) of Kansas made a brief argument against the bill, saying he was opposed to the guaranteeing or the & of bonds by the Government. ilas (D.) of Wisconsin expressed ashope that the Senator from Alabama (Morgan) would not insist on an unusual course on a bill which appropriated $200,000,000 of public money. Morgan suggested to Vilas to fix his own time for taking the vote. “] do not think,” Vilas replied, “‘that we have reached a point where the oppo- nents of the measure should be calied upon to name an hour and day for taking a vote.” Hoar (R.) of Massachusetts reminded Vilas that the custom which prevailed in the Senate when he first came to Congress was not to lay an important measure aside after two or three hours’ discussion each day, but to continue the debate until or 4 o'clock in the morning, and so bring the measure to a vote. He thought that ld be the rule now. | Vilas remarked that during his service in the Senate one bill bad been debatea for m hs. at bill was that?’”’ Hoar asked. he tariff bill,” was the rep!y. “Oh,” st Hoar, ~*the tariff bill is not only a thousand bills in one, but it is also a thousand ills in one.” (Laughter.) Hill put in the remark that the Sher- man silver bill had been before the Senate from August untii Novem ber. “Never mind the past,”” Unandler sug- gested, cynically. “How are we now? The morning hour of each day is taken up by the Senaior from New York, and the Senator from Wisconsin proposes to take up the rest of the day.” ‘‘Where does the Senator from New Hampshire come in?’ was Hill's com- ment. Morgan, in urging that there should be no delay in action on the bill, saig that the Senate could not afford to go into the consideration of the arbitration treaty without action being taken on the Nicara- guan canal, because such action would aetermine whether the canal and ail the treaties relating were matters of differ- | ence between the Government oi the United States and the Government of Great Britain. ording to this view of the exigency not fair to the country or fair 1o the Senate to undertake filibustering to defeat & measure on which the fate of other im- portant public matters huag. Vilas resented the charge of filibustering and declared that there would be no ob- jection to having the vote taken alter fair | und reasonatble discussion; but if oppor- tunity for the discussion was not given, then he would move that when the Senate adjourn to-day it adjourn to meet on Mon- day next, and on that motion he de- manded the ayes and noes, The vote was: Ayes 13, noes 26—six Senators less than a quorum. The House bill transferring the county of Audrain, in Missouri, from the western. to the eastern judicial district in Missouri Hale (R.) of Maine ob- | nts, and the bill was | le over the bill as to electric con- | It was a race | | zood character of Major Lowery, to justify was passed; also a House joint resoiution use of Fort Bidwell, Cal., for an Indian training-school, and-Senate oill extending for four years_the time for the completion of the East Nebraska and Gulf railway through the Omaha and | Winnebago Indian reservation. | Chandler (R.)of New Hampshire pre- sented an umendmemllol be o‘f\(eredlto :}:2 naval appropriation bill looking to erec\mnpor Apstaute in_the city of Wash- ington to the late Admiral David D. Por- | ter. Referred. J | -Gallinger (R.) of New Hampshire called | attention to what he called *‘extraordinary legislation” in the House of Representa tives. He referred to Senate bills increas- | ing individual pensions, and said that| | these bills were amended in the House by reducing the amount of |ensions now be- ing paid to the beneficiary. The better | legislation, he said, wouid be for the House to reject those bills, instead of | necessitating conference committees. i Hill (D.) of New York asked unanimous consent to have the bill fixing the term of | | postmasters at four years taken up. Ob- | | jection was made by Sherman (R.) of| | Ohio, who suggested that the bill yo over | until to-morrow. Chandler stated that the bill bad been reported unanimously from the Postottice Committee; that it had been carefully scrutinized by Senators of all poiitics, and that there seemed 1o be no objection to it. | Hale (R.) of Maine suggested that the passage of the bill would lead to a general mble for these offices. he scramble is now, id Chandler, | “and the object of the bill is to prevent | the custom of partisan inroads on a new administration for the clearing out of the postmasters of the country.” < The bill was laid aside without action. | The District of Columbia subway_bill was taken up and Hill (D.) of New York made another argument agamnst it, con- tending that the bill was in the interest of | a monopoly and against the principle of | fair competition. | The bill went over witnout action. Chanaler rose to a question of privileze and presented a paper claiming to be the credentials of Edward J. Addicks as Sena- tor from tne State of Delaware. “From what source does that paper em- | anate?”’ asked Gray (D.) of D:laware. | “It was addressed to me,” Chandler an- swered, “by Mr. Addicks, who believes | binuself lawfully clected Senator trom the State of Delaware and believes he is | eniitled to be sworn in now. Butin view of the fact that I presented last week the memorial of Mr. Dupont setting out that { he isentitled to that seat and had that memorial reterred to the Commiitee on Privileges and Election, I will not ask that Mr. Addicks be sworn until the commit- | tee has considered both sides of the case { I therefore ask that this paper be referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elec- tions.” The paper was so referred. [ The Senate adjourned at 4:30 till to- morrow. LAUANDRY F0K MAKINERS. Exorbitant Priess Bring a Reprimand on a Quartermaster. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 21.—Major Horatio B. Lowery, staff quartermaster of the marine corps, bas been severely reprimanded in public orders by Secre- tary Herbert, thereby escaping court- | martial. A court of inquiry recently in- | vestigated the contracts let by Major Lowery for the laundry work of the ma- rine corps, and found that although they were let to the lowest bidder the price paid was clearly exorbitant, the average rate being $8 20 per hundred, as compared with $1 the year previous. A man named Betford, who was not a laundryman, secured the contracts at all | the navy-yards and then sublet them at ai_enormous profit, the conditions and prices in the Washington contract being similar to those at Portsmouth, N. H., Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Norfolk, Boston and Annapolis. The court decided that Major Lowery bad committed seven spe- | cies of offenses. Secretary Herbert decided not to con- vene a court-martial, as no further evi- dence can be obtained, and the evidence now before him is not sufficient, when taken in conmection with the previous the conclusion that he has been corrupt or guilty of anything else than careless- ness and insubordination. THE ARBITKATION TREATY. | Some Criticisms Are Replied To by the | State Department. | WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 21.—Con- | trasting the criticism of the new general | arbitration treaty made in some quarters | that a European ruler under the terms | might be called upon to settle any dispute involving the Monroe doctrine, it is pointed out at the State Department that territorial matters are to be governed | wholly by article 6, which stipulates that a final “award by a majority of not less than five toone’’ of the six arbitrators | appointed by the Supreme Courts of the two countries. 3 | Article 10, which names the King of Sweden to appoint an umpire in case the arbitrators fail to select one specifically by its own terms, relates wholly to arbi- trations under articles 3 and 5. "Article'3 is restricted to ciaims of $500,000 or less, each courtry having one - jurist as ar trator. Article 5 is restricied to matter: exceeding $500,000, “provided such mat- ters in difference did not involve the de- termination of territorial claims.” Tt will be seen that matters. involving | the Monroe doctrine or any territorial d ute can be determined by a vote of 5101 7 Some Real Fashionable Overcoats This morning for ments that are Men—3gar- sold down %o @ few of a kind. $3.95 For these. Some Real Dressy Overcoats. With velvet col- lars. Real swell Zgarments. Sold down to a few of a kind. $4.95 For these. of the arbitrators originally selected by the two countries and that no reference to | aliens of both countries was contemplated. 1 i g L | i FOR POINT ARENA. Senate Acts Favorably on a Life-Saving | Station i here. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 21.—A bill was favorably reported to the Senate to- day authorizing the erection of a life- saving station at or near Point Arena, Mendocino County, :Cal., and a quaran- tine station near Astoria, Or. The House %r:m( resolution authorizing the use of Fort Bidwell, Cal., for an Indian training school was passe =g et Asiatic Fleet Engineer Prostrated. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2L.—The disastrous policy of maintaining & naval organization with an insufficient corps of naval engineers has again been presented by the prostration of Fleet Engineer Bur- nap of the Olympia, the flagship of the Asiatic squadron. A veteran of the Ciyil War and a man closely approaching the compuisory naval age of retirement he has collapsed under the strain of looking out for the 17,000 horsepower machinery of the Olympia, while at the same time exercising the genera! duties of fleet en- gineer of the squadron, - Fointers for American Merchants. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 21.—Consul Ridgeley at Geneva reports to the State Department increased activity of Ameri- can merchants and manufacturers invad- ing foreign markets, as manitested in his district, by most attractive catalogues which are being distribuied broadcast, but which are unhappily printed in the English language. He suggests that com- mercial literature for the foreign coun- tries be printed in French or German, for English is seldom understood. | g For Pure-Mckel Coins, | WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 21.—The House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures to-day heard Joseph Whar- ton of Philadelphia in support of a propo- sition to make our minor coins, 1-cent and 5-cent pieces, outof pure nicke!l. Such a process, he said, would improve the ap- pearance of these co - Clipping the Supreme Court’s Wings. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2L—The President has approyed the act to with- draw from the Supreme Court jurisdic- tion in c:iminal ca<es not capital and con- fer the same on the Circuit Court of Ap- peals. NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. Some Lively Sweeping 00000000000 0000000 [C0/00,0.0,00l0[0I00 000000000 (0000000000000 C000000000000000 Being Done To-Day. '0.C.0,0,0,C.00.0 000000000 0000000000000 O 0000 0C00000000000, To-day and Saturday are the closing days of our Great Sweep ‘“’em” out Sale. pretty lively work. We’re doing some Not one depart- - ment alone but all departments use the brooms to effect a clean sweep of Loug Ulsters for_Big and little fellows, Five Dol- lur values, sizes b to 16 years, made with deep storm collar. $2.50 for These. Our Swellest Blue Cape Overcoats, braided, also gray shade, sizes 3 tg 12 $1.95 for Themseo. handsomely years all small lines by Saturday night. Fashionable Trousers In Dressy Cheviots AN'D WORSTEDS. Cleverly Tailored Trousers. Some 600 pairs. $1.60 For these. Some 600 Dressy Suits For Men. In Blue and Black Cheviots. Real swell styles $4.75 For these. KING PINS FOR OVER- RAPHAEL'S (Incorporated), iTHJT BIG AND POPULAR KEARNY-STREET HOUSE. Over- Coats RAPHAELS In the | (Incorporated), Sweep 9, 11, 18 15 Kearny St. (Incorporated), RAPHAEL’ THE FRISCO BOYS. [KING | PINS ’ FOR OVER- S MB. TUCKER NOW TAKES THE SEAT Repressed Excitement in the House on a Con- tested Election. Scathing Comments on the Elec- tion Laws of the State of Virginia. The Vote Was C.ose, but Yost, the Contestor, Was Eeaten and His D f:at Clinched WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 21.—After 126 members of the House of Repre-enta- tives, including fifty-three 'Republicans, had voted in accordance with the reco: mendation of the majority of Elections Committee No. 3 that Tucker was entitled to retain his seat as a member of the Fifty-fourth Congress from the Tenth Virginia District, which was contested by Yost (R.), two hours were spent in making the vote effective and rinally settling the matter. The case had been discussed from 8 to 4:30 . M. DeArmond (D.) of Vermont, Walker (R.) of Massa- chusetts, Tucker (the contestee)and Mc- Call (R.) of Massachusetts, chairman ot the committee reporting the case, spoke. The report of the minority that Yost is the Representative-elect and should be given his seat was supported by Grow (R.) of Pennsylvania, Lacey (R.) of Towa, Brumm (R.) ot Pennsylvania, Thorp (R.) of Virginia and Walker (R,) of Virginia, the Jatter of whom, with Thomas (R.) of Michiean, constituted the minority of the Elections Committee. The vote in favor of Yost was 120, Thomas having changed his vote in order to move a reconsidera- tion, and this closeness induced the Iriends of the minority, led by Hepburn (R.) of Iowa and Thomas, to make a fight to force an adjournment in hopes that a different result might be effected to- morrow. Toe fight was futlle and the re- port to seat Tucker was adopted at 4:35. The matter was clinched by the defeat of the motion to reconsider the matter. Consideration was resumed of the con- tested election case of Yost vs. Tucker from the Tenth District of Virginia. De Armond supported the adoption of the resolution, declaring Tucker entitled to retain his seat. He declared in this case, there being no Federal statute interven- ing, the law of Virginia was the law of Congress, and should be followed by the House. Grow (R.) of Pennsylvania, the vener- able ex-Speaker, spoke briefly on the principles that should control the House in determining House elections, his time being jointly yielded one-half from each side. The House sat as a higu court of judicature, he said, and any member who did not act upon that principle should be impeached for incompetency, or fora want of that American princinle which should animate him in thedischarge of hisduties, [Applause.] He hoped the time would soon come when members would regard themselves ss the representatives olsthl Unitea States, and not personal embassa- dors coming from some little petty com- munity, living within the geographical limits of some local name. They should, he said, learn that their first duty was to the Government from which they drew their salaries, and whose honers they en- joyed. This talk of State rights had run mad; whatever necessity or occasion there had been for it in the past had disa peared. Thomas (R.) of Michigan, who joined Mr. Walker in recommending that the contestant Yost be seated, followed in a brief speech supporting tht position. Thomas was followed by Walker (R.) of Massachusets, who spoke in favor of . the mn‘;ority report, and Taylor (R.) of Ohio and Lacey (R.) of Towa in opposition. Brumm (R.) of Pennsylvania and Thorp (R.) of Virginia, of whom the latter was seated at the last session of Congress by the unanimous report of the committee which examined the pending contest, briefly argued that the contestant was en- titled to his seat. The next speaker was the contestee, Tucker (D.) of Virginia, who was accoraed but fifteen minutes for the presentation of his views. He began by paraphrasing 8t. Paul, accounting himself fortunate that he was called upon this day to an- swer before the House touching all those things whereof he wuas accused. Unless the gentlemen haa made up their minds, he said, they must yield to the force of the statements he would make from: the record. First, as to the imperfect ballots, it was considered by many the pivotal point in the case, and the statement was made that if these were counted he would be elected. He denied it. If every one of them was counted for Yost, ~Tucker said, he (Tucker) would still have a ma- jority of 36. The charge that a copspiracy existed between election officers in the district to destroy imperfect ballots, about which so much had been said by the gentleman from Ohio (Grosvenor), Tucker declared to be without foundation. The concluding speech in behalf of the contestant was made by Walker (R.) of Virginia, who supported the minority re- port. He made a vigorous aitack upon political conditions in Virginia. He had no personal objection otherwise to the contest in this case, but npon the policy of the party he represented he would wage bitter, relenting and unceasing warfare. He was glad to take this opportunity in this public place to enter his indignant protest against the most unrighteous sys- tem of laws and elections that had every disgraced any people or any State. These laws were enacted upon the centraiidea of making frand and deception easy and of hoodwinking the illiterate voters. Their execution was intrusted to men who hesitated at nothing to accomplish their the election laws and methods of the State was in accordance with the senti- ment of leading Democrats and Demo- cratic papers who had gone much farther in denouncing them than he had, declar- ing them to be the embodiment of petty larceny. Walker addressed himself then to the consideration of the law as applied to the imperfect ballots, holding that they should have been counted. If they were counted, he asserted, Yost’s majority, as shown by the report of the committee, would have been 161. The argument was closed by McCall (R.) of Massachusetts, chairman of the com- mittee which had reporied in favor of the contestee, Tucker. He referred to some of the statements made yesterday by his “‘mathematical friend”. froma Ohio (Gros- venor), one of which was as to the disposi- tion of the cases brought before the com- mittee. It had acted upon fifteen cases, and in three of them had reported in favor of unseating Democratic members. The present House, with the largest Repub- ican majority on thefrolicall ever held by any party in the history of the country, would seat more mempers, increasing that F{henomenal majority more than any ouse since the adoption of the consti- tution. At 4:40 o’clock the vote was taken on the resolution declaring Mr. Yost entitled to his seat as tbe Representative in the Fifty-fourth Congress from the Tenth Dis- trict of Virginia. The rollcall proceeded amid repressed excitement, for it was seen that the vote would be close. The vote was stated o be—ayes 119, noes 127, Thomas (R.) of Michigan, before the nouncement of the result was mad chan‘glng from aye to no. The Democrats voted solidly against the resolution, and the following Republicans joined them: Acheson, Adsms, Arnold (Pa.), Bennett, nefarious purpose. This criticism upon | Blue, Broderick, Codding, Coffin, Cooke (1ll.), Corliss, Draper, Fletcher, Gillett (N. Y.), Gil- lett (Mass.), ' Griswold, Hartman, Henry Conn.). Hill (Conn.), Hooker, Hulick, Jenkins, err, Leiseuring, Leonard,’ Loud, Loudens- lager, McCall (Mass.), McEwan, Meiklejohn, Mercér, Moody, Overstreet, Pafker, -Philiips, Pitney, Poole, Fowers, Quigg, Reyburu, Seran- ton, Shafroth, Shannon, Sherman, Simpkins, Smith (IlL), Southard, Southwick, Taft, Thomas, Towne, Wadsworth, Wanger, Wilson (Idaho). Thomas’ purpose in changing his vote was revealed by his moving to_reconsider the vote just taken. McCall (R.) of Mas- sachusetis and Hepburn (R.) of Iowa si- mulianeously addressed the chair. The former moved to lay Thomas' motion on the table, and the latter to adjourn. Hepburn was recognized, and a rollcall was taken on the motion to adjourn. The house refused (112 to 121) to adjourn, and the vote recurred on the motion by Mc- Call to lay on the tahle Thomas’ motion to reconsider the vote by which Yost was declared to be entitled to his seat. Itre- sulted: 120 noes, 105 ayes. Hepburn moved to recommit the reso- tution reported by the committee declar- ing Tucker to be entitled to retain his seat. The motion was lost by a vote of 13 to115. Nearly all the members favoring Yost had left the hall. Hepburn made the point of no quorum. The Speaker decided the point overruled. The question was then put on the passage of the resolution, resulting in a di- vision. Again Hepburn made the point that no quorum had voted and again the Speaker overruled the point, suggesting, however, that the point that no quorum was pres- ent could be made. This was done by Hepburn and the Speaker counted the House, reporting 150 present, not a quor- rum. Under the rules a cali of the House | was considered ordered in connection with the vole on the question. The doors were closed and the sergeant-at-arms was in- structed to bring in the absentees, The rollcall revealed the presence of 180 mem- bers, more than aquorum. The vote re- sulted, ayes 119, noes 47, and the resoln- tion was passed. The formal motion to reconsider and to lay that motion on the table was agreed to, and at 6:30 o’clock on motion of McCall the House adjourned.