Show LATEST TELEGRAMS Q = FORTYSIXTH CONGRESS I I REGULAR SESSION SENATE Washington 23Tbo bill for the incorporation ot a business educational educa-tional association was favored by Bailey and Hoar as in the interest of national education and opposed by Cockrell Hereford and Ingalls Edmunds presented the memorial of McBride calling attention to the exclusion of the Gentles from lands in Utah by the present system of locating locat-ing town sites Referred Edmunds also oflered a resolution calling on the secretary of the interior for information as to the number and extent of the patents issued for lauds in Utah and whether any discrimination discrim-ination in favor of Mormons has been I shown in such issue Adopted Allison by request introduced a bill appropriating money for the I erection of a penitentiary in Dakota territory Referred Teller gave notice of an amendment amend-ment intended to be offered by him to the bill ratifying the agreement with the Ute Indians Tne amendment amend-ment provides that from the amount provided in the bill there shall be paid during life yearly to Mrs A D Meeker widow of N 0 Meeker SlOOO to Josephine Meeker 1000 to Mrs Saphronia Price SlOOO to Mary and John infant children of Mrs Price 500 each till they are 21 years old to George Dressier 1000 to Mrs Sarah M Pot SSOO to Mrs Eaton 500 to the surviving parent of Arthur L Thompson 500 to the father of Fred Shepard 500 to the surviving parent of Wilder Wil-der B Eskridge 500 The persons above named are sufferers by or relatives rela-tives to the victims of the Ute maa sacre It also provides that nothing in the act shall prevent the sale by I Southern Utes or Uncompabgne of the lands of the Uintah Reservation Reserva-tion in Utah if any of such Indians desire to set le there and fiat any Ute Indian desiring to sell the land owned by him may apply to the Umted States circuit couft to sell the laud and the court may order such sale if after examination it thinks the interests of said Indian require it provided that no such sale shall be ordered to I pay any debts of said Indian and no decree shall be made except in the S presence of said Indian the same shall have been fully explained to him by the court and his consent I given The morning hour expired and lln Geneva award bill was considered Garland addressed thq Senate in along a-long argument far the bill which provides pro-vides for the payment of underwriters 1033EE Davis spoke briefly against the bill Kernan obtained the floor and after executive session tho Senate adjourned ad-journed HOUSE Washington 23 Conger said the bill relating to tariff had yesterday been referred to the committee on revision of lawe instead of tbe committee com-mittee of ways and means as tho new rules required Townshend held that tho bill wjs properly referred Reed intimated teM the bill had been smuggled into the House which term Townshend said would have been a falsehood if used and men of honorknew Trtmi timt rac < vnu Garfield moved to amend the journal and refer tho bill to the committee com-mittee on ways and means NichclU mVcd to table this mo lion Agreed to 118 to 117 Cannon Field and Robinson voting with the democrats in the affirmative Bachman Bach-man Bellzhofler Clymer of Wisconsin Wiscon-sin Coflrath Moreo Pelps Smith of Now Jersy Wilborn and F Wood voted nay Townsbend moved to reconsider tho motion laying tbat motion on the table Rejected123 to 314 this time the republicans securing several recruits Townshend then wished to withdraw with-draw his motion to reconsider but the chair ruled that it had passed from his hands Townshend appealed from the decision de-cision of the chair that he bad lost control of his motion Garfield moved to lay tbe appeal on the table Agreed to 152 to 93 amidst great and increasing cries The motion to reconsider the vote by which Garfields original motion had been tabled was agreed to 122 to 111The The question recurring on the mc tion to lay Garfielis motion on the table Townshend excitedly declared that those who desired to repeal the duty on printing paper salt etc would vote to tibia the motion The House by a vote of 123 to 111 refused re-fused to table the motion There was a long technical debate between Garfield Knott Pnister Townshend and others respecting tbe correctness of the record and the I extent of the journal clerk authority autho-rity rityGarfield Garfield declared that Townshend had deceived and defrauded the House in the title of the bill and had gotten it by this means referred to a committee which according to the rule had no iuriadirtinn in iL i Townshend asked il Gaifield meant to insinuate that he had attempted as a representative of Illinois to prac tice deception or fraud upon the House GarfieldI do not intend to insinu ate anything but say to the gentleman gentle-man that he did deceive tho House Applause on republican side I am here with perfect means in my power to correct his deception and I do not think he will try it again or any other man that is my meaning of this whole business Has any other gentleman any question to ask Ap plause on the republican side Townshend than stated that he had the tills of bia bill distinctly read that it provided for a provision in the statutes in respect to cer tain things that any intel ligent man could have understood its purport from its title especially those vigilant agents of prohibition ists who occnpy scats on the other side If Garfield a member of the committee on ways and means wa willing to confess his J ignorance that I was a question for his constituent who sent hero a man of such ignorance ignor-ance Derisive laughter bv the republicans re-publicans He wanted the bill re ferred to the committee on revision of laws because the ways and means committee would have smothered it and prevented an expression of opin ion He again asked Garfield if be intended to assert that he Towns hend attempted to deceive the House Garfield said the House had repeatedly repeat-edly this session refused to refer bills like this to other committees and had recently adopted a rule sending all such bills to the ways nnd means committee and Townshend knowing this introduced a bill with a mean inglcsa title and did not allow the Speaker to know its contents Townshend reiterated the question and called for a direct answer Garfield said the English language was pretty plain and his voice was tolerably good and everybody understood under-stood his action on the subject Townshend still insisting Garfield pointed to the New York World and bad read therefrom a dispatch referring refer-ring to Townshenda bill as a scheme even Conger Lad not suspected Laughter I Townsbend declared Garfield could not hide behind the newspaper and would hold him responsible He was the gentlemans peer laughter and tbat it he insinuated he Towns tend deceit el the house bo wa guilty of a wilful deliberate falsehood false-hood applause and laughter He branded ihg charge fa wilfully and deliberately false GarfieldAfter that indecent exposure ex-posure of his person and his mind I have notbing wbatever to say Laughter Heater moved to refer to the judiciary ju-diciary committee Rejected The previous question was then called whereupon McLano attempted to solve tnedifficulty easily by instructing the committee on revision of laws asa I as-a question of tho highest privilege to report tho Townh nd bill immediately im-mediately that it might then be re erred to the committee on ways and I mean Garfield assented Townshend I objected The eptaker submitted to the House whether this was a question of the highest privilege The vote resulted yeaa 105 nays 22 No quorum Blackburn moved to adjourn to Thursday and tile Speaker ruled him out of order which drew from Blackburn Black-burn tie remark that hg found him sdl Irequently at variance with the chair Finally the House ad journcd leaving the question unsettled unset-tled |