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Show Miti'itm. i rm: imisiu ll.rrlst.il trrslcartl fur Xtil Ills Ion Ills .Nrsri.es llrirrtrnlislliiii al II. r I olr. Wasiiixutux, Mav 5. There was some aur rise In thellouaa today when lteprcaeutatlra Hendervon of Iowa arraigned ar-raigned l'rrtldeut Harrison aud the govefnoraof ritato for failure to glee representation to tha colored eopio In convention with tho World's Fair. He was followed by Johuson of Indiana In-diana In ft speech eulogistic of President Presi-dent Harrison, denuuclatory of the Democratic party lu Ita treatment of tbe negro lu lha Houlb, and strongly In favor of tha force bill. There waa great excitement during Johnson's apiecb. The House thin weutlutooommlttee of tha whole thlamorulngon thaaun dry olvll appropriation bill. The first lutjoct waa ihn appropriation for a overnmeut exhibit at the World's 'sir. HaukofUhloaUered anamend-nient anamend-nient appropriating Jlml.UOil to pay the exr-enau of colltcllug, jreparlng nud publtablug tacts and statistics rtalh Ing to Ihu Industrial advaniu of the United Htateacltlcens or African descent des-cent from January, lo(13, to January, lof3, to convtltuta a part of lha govern muntexhlblt. Henderson of Iowa said thooolorad leofioof thacouutry uuiubered about one-eighth of the tepulatlon, yet the evidence taken by tha epcclal commit-tt-oat Chicago ulaclored the amazing fact that neither the prenldenl of the United Hlatea-hor tho governor of a alnglo Btsle, nor woman's commission. Lor got eminent commission, nor local co!cratlou bsd given reprtcenlsllou to theto b,UO(l,U0l people. It was a ahame, ana lie roclalraed It with Ju. dlgnatton. He believed thoro weru two or Ihreo petty lllllo places held by colored men, places that did uot rise to Iho dignity ol a barbt r. The civilized world waelutt reeled lu knowing what waa coming from fretdom to these (wo pie. Holman made a point of order agalrat Hauck's kmeiidmcut, which waa sustained, Jobineouot Indiana replied to what lie iharacterlzed thu "remarkable spseoh" of HunUtraon. Thol'rial. dent ol tha United Utntes, ha said, had, during hit eutiru Ufa been tha firm, unswerving and ccinalatent friend of tho colored raco. It ought not to be furgotleu tbat the 1'rtaldenl had stood lu favor of a Juat meaauru of national relief which, If pound by Congrvs, would provldo (or the au c rvlalon of the national etectlona whetcby the colored pcoplei of he Mouth would have the right to cast their votes and have them countud. The President had stood fur the measure kuown aa tlm "force bill" when meu with list toura-pi failed to stand up for tho pledget of the Utpub llcau fty. The a'liiilou to tha force bill brought at number of Democrat! to tbelr feet iii mi mi urn iiNiiiiniimiuj ggSi-C-s'Cti.t. .l.tsosal with questions, but only one waa In aid, that propounded by itlchardson of Teuuesstt, aa to whether the Trial dent waa In favor of thoforco bill now. Johnaon replied that Iho President was In favor of any syateni of conalltu-tlotial conalltu-tlotial legislation tbat would gimranlcu to the lowllrst man of ll.c Mouth tlir rliiht to cast hla vole without fear o favor or intlmldatlou. He proceidrd lu veheaient language to dtnouuco Ilia treatment of the negro by thu Democratic Demo-cratic party or thu Mouth, aud m ho was as vehemently contradicted .by a number of southern inemlera, the Houre Is caiuo a f effect HedUm. ritiuic Deinocral made a relerenco to lb7(, whereupou Johnaon proceeded to review tho llujra-rildeu controversy. contro-versy. Tile confualou became Intense. Flo ally .McMillan rose to a lelnt of order, nnd Join-sou was dlrtcted to address hla rriuntka to thu a n al. Ilooktr ot Mtsalssiipl, dtnltd that tbe pi oplo of Ibu rjctilli a tie i neinlla of the t.i-gio. riiere never haaheeu any dltorderaavu when cirftt uggen itid alltuacamo down there and atlired It up. Cheatham of Korth Caiollno, the onlycolond man in tha Jlouie, regretted re-gretted thai Iho debalu had taken a i l-ollllcnl turn. Tlm loloietl coi.lu should have Hilt pioj tlatlou. Ha warned lo arc the Democrats and 1 to putlliana come lordlier to help tho neifio and do souietnlng lor lilih. IMkrry of Mlisourl i listed an amendment roJuclog Ilia aslary of tbo uliiclor general of tho World's Fair lo twoo, ami tlm secretary to KOud; alao providing that not more than one meet-lug meet-lug of Ihu uaiiiual commission of lauy manuRers be held during 1601 delegating delegat-ing memltrs to the board ol couttol sgrecd to. Jolmson olHoulli Carnlliiaolletadsu amendiuenl providing that uo iit of the appropriation be available unleis tbe doura of the Kxt-oaltlon bo closed on Hunday. Hooker of Mississippi ofletcd aa an auiendniantto Johuaou's amendment aprovltotliat lu no event ahull the exhibit made by Ihu government be open lo Iho public onrluiiday. Hlouo of Pennsylvania offered na a substitute tor the amendments a proviso thai brfole any luxury api ro-lllatvd ro-lllatvd by the bill Is paid, the managere of tba exaltlon shall tile au agrrcmeut to cloiu thoexjaolltlon ou Kuuday, Hoofcer's amendment waa agreed to. Alblnaou of Pennaylvanl-t oflered aa au amendment to the aubtlltulo n pio-vlio pio-vlio that no part ol the appropriation lie available until tha hoard of mana,-tit live latLafaclory arsurancu that no lutoxlcatlng liquors la sold on the gtounds ogreed to. The commlttoe then ruae, leaving Johnaon's amendment aa amended, and Hume's ameudmeut as amended, uudliiotcdof. Adjourned. |