Show DISCUSSING OUTRAGES Senator Hoar Wants to Consider Con-sider Election Contests DANIELS SAYS ITS UNAMERN3AN He Mates a Speech or Several Hours and Claims Harrison was not Elected by the People SENATE WASHINGTON February 23ACter some sparring the Senate took up Senator Hoar resolution as to the alleged al-leged election outrages On motion of Senator Hoar the Senate Sen-ate agreed by a party vote to consider his resolution as to the alleged election outrages DANIELS MAKES A BREAK Senator Daniels spoke in opposition to the resolution General Harrisons title of President he said which had been sealed and delivered to him was 1 not given to him by the nation or by 4 the majority of its people but by sovereign sover-eign States whch had commissioned him as their chief magistrate State rightshe said had held the ladder lad-der for Benjamin Harrison to ascend to the Presidential chair It had given the Senators their prerogatives and lifted the Republican party out of the aolugh of despondency and over the hill of difficulty and brought it within sight of the goal of its desires He had been amazed when he read Senator Hoars resolution gravely requiring the tenate to enter into an inquiry of the election of the members of the Hoes3 01 Representatives VERY UNAMERICAS < If anything more unAmerican or more in conflict with the spirit of the American Amer-ican constitution had ever been suggested sug-gested he was at a loss to conjecture iVhat that thing was It was a resolution resolu-tion to impeach the character of tho sovereign States a resolution which sought to undermine one of the pillars of the Federal government and obliterate obliter-ate from the national flag one of its glittering stars Referring to the letters petitions and newspaper clippings presented by the Senator from New Hampshire Senator Daniels said he had some newspaper extracts and sent them to the clerk The clerk proceeded to read the newspaper news-paper extracts which were descriptions of a negro riot in Norfolk Virgnia of the shooting of a policeman by a negro in Charlottesville etc AN INTERRUPTION The reading was interrupted by Senator Harris of Ohio who moved the Senate to proceed to executive business busi-ness Pending action on that mo tion > various House amendments to private pension bills were presented and concurred con-curred in When these matters were disposed of Senator Harris withdrew his motion and Senator Daniels concluded his remarks re-marks Senator Hoar said there was JL abundant constitutional authority for V the proposed investigation as to the spectre of State rights sought to be called up There was no such question ques-tion Senator Hoar said involved in the resolution It was the government generally which the Senator from Virginia and his associates were trying to break down in this country That Senator had asked wnat facts were deptnded upon in bringing forth the proposition Did not that Senator know that within six weeks a man who was contesting a seat in the other House and had been shot down while he was making his contest Did he not know the history of the political offenses of-fenses in certain S ates in the South MURDERED FOE OPINIONS General Sheridan had declared some years since that more Republicans had been murdered for their political opinions I opin-ions in Louisiana than had fallen in battle on both side in the Mexican war lie denied there was anything sectional in his proposition or that it meant an attack npon tho State of Louisiana LYING HELPLESS If the charges were true that State was lying helpless and bound at the feet by a band of conspirators Senator Daniels criticised Senator Hoars speech as having contained no response to the question asked him Finally after speaking nearly five hOUI Senator Daniels yielded for a motion togo I to-go into executive session W The motion however was not pressedand the Sanate adjourned HOUSE WASHINGTON February 23The House met at 10 oclock am with avery a-very small attendance Unier the order made yesterday the speaker was proceeding to organize the members to call up measures by unanimous consent con-sent but the spirit of filibustering was abroad and Mr Bland of Missouri I submitted a motion for a recess of thirty minutes No quorum being present matters came to a standstill until 11 oclock when Mr Bland withdrew with-drew the motion for recess Tho Senate bill was passed to ratify and confirm the agreement with the Greek Indians for the purpose of opening i open-ing to settlement unassigned lands in Indian Territory ceded by the Creeks I to the United States THE ELEVEN CENSUS The Senate amendments were concurred con-curred in The House bill for taking the Eleventh Elev-enth census the principal amendments thereto extending the score of inquiry as to the number of soldiers sailors and their widows so as to provide for ascertaining I as-certaining the number of negroes mu A I I lattoes quadroons octoroons and for ascertaining the record of indebtedness of private corporations and individuals The House then went into the committee com-mittee of the whole on the deficiency billPending Pending further progress with the bill the committee rose the public business was suspended and the delivery deliv-ery of eulogies on the late James N Barnes of Missouri began On motion Mr Herbert of Alabama Ala-bama an amendment was adopted appropriating ap-propriating 150000 to supply tne deficiency de-ficiency in the appropriation for the bureau of construction and repair of the navy Eulogistic speeches were also made by Messrs Randall Henderson Long Butterworth and others The resolutions resolu-tions were then unanimously aaopted and the House adjourned |