Show federal election repeal bill passed i senator stewart voted with the democrats he says he thinks the president has too much power ho fears centralization of voted Down The bill havone passed both houses will become a law with the presidents the bill passed by a vote of 30 to 23 washington feb 7 the bill repeal ioe in total all aba federal laws regulating the control of elections has passed both houses of con press and only awaits the signature of president cleveland to become a law after several weeks of discussion alie senate today finally came to a vote on the house repealing the federal election laws and it passed bv vote of 39 to 28 numerous amendments were presented by republicans but were voted down the democrats not even taking the trouble to join in the debate on the amendatory propositions stewart of nevada voted with the democrats on every proposition giving as his reason that tie thought the power of alie executive was already too great and the centralizing tendency of the age should be checked at once if the republic was to survive three populists lists alien hyle and peffer also voted with the democrats on every amendment and on alio main bill the measure eliat passed the senate is identical with the bill aa passed by the house cameron presented a large number of petitions against the wilson bill cameron also presented an amendment to the bair postponing till january ast 1st 1898 the date for it to go into effect dolph presented a resolution reciting that the finance committee had refused hearings on the tariff bill and directing that all memorial and protests be presented to that committee and the same be printed as a senate document it went over the federal election bill was then taken up and boar took the bloor against it gray democrat replying to hoar said the election laws had in every instance promoted and aggravated frauds instead of abating them in the course of the colloquy between gray and hoar tho latter alluded to the elections of 1876 when the in new york were tair because the operation and effect of these very laws gray retorted by reading from alio re port cited by hoar another extract al fleging wholesale frauds in philadelphia in the same year when alie entire local and national governments were in alie fiands of the republicans cameron interrupted and after calling again for the reading of alie passage referred to said 1 I happened to have a good deal of knowledge of the election of 1876 I 1 was secretary of war as alie gentleman will remember the elections that year were honest as elections in any part of the world they have been and always will be because we are an honest people but there were some elections that year which were not eo honest and as secretary of war I 1 biad to interfere the result was that tilden did not decocco president of the united states laughter in opposing the bill allison said that he had examined alie democratic national platform and had not found a demand for the repeal of some senators had said to exist there senator daniels ul luding to the davenport discussion of yesterday presented the published testimony of alio com miliea on investigation before which davenport had acknowledged in answer to a question by tee hill thai lie had received or from union league members to be used in prosecutions after a few remarks by chandler bate took the floor in favor of the bill at the conclusion of bates remarks chandler presented an amendment provided that only eo much of the existing election laws as provides for deputy marshals at elections be repealed the yeas and nays being demanded on Chandler 8 amendment it was defeated by 27 to 40 and alien kyle and peffer populists lists voting with the democrat chandler then presented an amendment the effect of which was to apply to the repeal sections of the bill to supervisors and deputy marshals but leave on alie statute books the crimes section 1 I hope this amendment will be satisfactory to alie other side said chandler by it the various sections of the existing law providing for marsh ale and supervisors will be repealed but we still have alie crimes act and crimes against suffrages in connection with congressional elections will still be punished under the united states statutes and in united states courts again the yeas and nays were demanded and this amendment too was defeated the vote being 27 to 38 another amendment wag offered by chandler to restrict alie scope of repeal by retaining a still smaller number of the crimes provisions but it too was rejected 28 to 89 chandler then presented an amendment designed to retain certain provisions of tho act of may 31 1870 and to this amendment lie said be asked the special attention of senators stewart after the senator from nevada said chandler had succeeded aa grand champion of freedom in the senate chamber in securing the adoption of the fifteenth amendment to gnei con he followed it ap by a passage in this stage he declared then that the constitutional amendment was worthless unless congress made a law to enforce it does he intend to contribute his vote here to strike down a portion of one of alie greatest and noblest acts of his life at the time the bill passed said stewart wo had just passed gli the civil war wo were in procesa of reconstruction many things were necessary then that are not now the states must assert their rights chev must bo uron the side of the people 1 I dont think they have any protection against tho federal government any social law eliat might be supplanted by a detato law I 1 want to see wiped from the statute book this amendment too was rejected by a vote of 28 to 39 perkins of california offered an amendment making the federal election law applicable to cities of or over instead of cities of or over as provided by tho existing law the amendment was rejected 27 to 39 and several other amendments next pre i dented by chandler were rejected by a viva voice vote alio vote was taken on the passage of the bill at 6 and adopted by a vote of 39 yeas to 28 nays the detailed vote is as follows yeas alien bate berry blackburn brice butler caffery Oaf fery call cockrell coke colquitt paniel faulkner gib gorman bonnan gray harris hill hunton irby jones of arkansas kyle lindsay martin mills mitchell of wisconsin morgan palmer pasco peffer pugh ransom roach stewart vest vilas voorhees and white of california 39 nays aldrich allison cameron Oa meron carey chandler cullom dixon dolph dubois frye gallagher hale hansbrough harlev higgins hoar lodge mitchell of oregon perkins platt proctor quay sherman shoup squire teller washburn wilson 28 after alie transaction of some minor business bu the senate at adjourned CHANGES IN THE TARIFF BILL the bill with the chaiees said to be in the Printer sHands washington feb 7 it is understood that the draft of the tariff bill as reviewed by the committee subcommittee sub of the democratic members of the senate finance committee is being printed amock the changes said to have been made aio one cent a pound on all kinds of sugar 2 cents on coffee 30 cents a ton on coal and a duty on iron ore also that the bonded period on whisky is made five years it is also understood to be tho intention to report the bill next week the income tax remains in HAS GONE TO THE washington feb 7 senator voorhees declined today to a reply to the question as to the correctness of the report that alio democratic bombera of of the senate finance committee bad ordered the printing of the draft of the tariff bill agreed upon but oilier members of the democratic side of the committee while denying they had agreed upon the bill admitted the bill containing the suggestions of some members had gone to the printers and would be used as a basis of work by the committee this bill it is understood makes liberal concessions to the sugar and coal interests and also makes a material change in the income tax feature of the house bill providing for a tax on the incomes of corporations senatore ena tore hill an will vote with the republicans to recommit when the bill is reported to alie senate on the other hand the bill with alie income tax retained will probably command the vote of three lists senators which it would lose if this tax should DO left out senator martin said today that in rase the tax should be omitted he would feel very much tempted to vote against the bill will memorialize the senate washington feb 8 the national Wool growers association is preparing an exhaustive memorial to the senate honey for the exclusion or chinese wa hington feb 7 the urgent deficiency appropriation bill reported by the today makes among oilier appropriations for the enforcement of alie chinese exclusion act of washington D 0 feb 7 the planos inspecting immigrants at foreign ports before embarkation for this country provided in the bill of stone of pennsylvania has been approved by the house commil teo on judiciary the washington feb 7 commander nicoll ludlow of the navy was called beauro the senate hawaiian investigation committee today to day for alie purpose of addice some beneral information concerning the islands ludlow was not on the islands at the time of the revolution but from his long servian on the pacific was able to throw light on many questions concerning alie commercial value of the islands and their population ula tion the committee decided to call for more witnesses not enouch men washington feb 7 there are not enough men enlisted in the navy to properly man the united slates ships which go into commission before the first of may and moreover the limit allowed by law will not permit the enlistment of a sufficient number the big cruisers columbu olympia marblehead and montgomery atlanta boston raleigh cincinnati alert and marion arci all to be manned requiring about men about half that number is available additional authority will be required from congress to enlist sufficient men and secretary herbert will probably lay alio matter before that A PLETHORA OF GOLD A yellow stream flowing into the sub at new york new york feb 7 up to noon today tho sub treasury has received about of gold on account of bonds alio total amount to bo received at the tub treasury here out of in round figures which tho government will receive in principal and premium altogether for bonds is about just how much of gold received here is gou that is gold that has not been previously withdrawn out of the sub treasury by the redemption of greenbacks green backs for tho of paying for bonds the treasury officials are not ablo to eay today it has been noticed however that during the last daye the redemption of greenback has been unusually heavy as much aa having been presented for that purpose in one lo 10 so far from suffering any cerious drain of ita gold the treasury is likely rather to be used as ft dumping ground for the over supply which seems to have become burdensome to many banks siena abound that in some of the larger cities there will bo positive relief to get the plethora of gold reduced offers ibave been made lately from several quarters of all tho gold the treasury would accept in exchange for paper or any sor teven silver certificates the trouble is that tho supply of paper is too low to permit of compliance gladstone still alive new york feb 7 there is no truth in the report that gladstone died lait night bcorbett and mitchall MIt choll to spar new york feb 7 corbett and mitchell have volunteered to spar four rounds at madison square garden on alie night oe february 24 for the benefit of tho world bread fund it is the intention of the management to reproduce as nearly as possible the scene enacted at jacksonville january 25 honest john kelly has consented to officiate in the capacity of master of ceremonies nearly all the men known in the great international championship battle will be present alexander sues for libel new york feb 7 ilia imperial majesty czar of all the russian colonies alexander III ie plaintiff in a libel case on trial today before judge addison brown in the united states district court in the admiralty the russian sovereign claims damages against the owners of two steam tugs the papers in the case tate that during the recent naval celebration in new york harbor the russian man of war dimitri donski was anchored in the north river off forty eighth street alexander claims that the vessel was properly manned and officered anchor lights displayed and alongside the man of war was her steam launch in which was one of russia sailor boys he further asserts the two tugs came down the river at midnight on june 12 1893 lashed together and having in tow a fleet of canal boats and coal barges according to the libel the steam launch was struck by one of the canal boats and capsized the man on board being thrown into the water and also alleged the boom and tackle of thedia inetri donski were badly damaged the tuga passed on it is alleged without paying any attention to the accident biff fire in missouri montgomery mo feb 7 the greater part of tho business portion of the city was burned this morning the loss is A bill foot ball boston feb 7 representative buckley of cambridge today introduced in the legislature a tion for prohibition ot the game of football the bill accompanying the petition provides for the punishment of any person who takes part in a game of football when such game is played in the presence of Dersons who hare paid an admission fee to witness the or who promotes playing a game of football when money is charged for admission or who offers or sells tickets of admission to the game he went freely in court milwaukee feb 7 in the northern hearing today the affidavit of president balston of the farmers loan and trust company of now york was read in which he denies all the allegations of the ives petition that relate to him he explains the method of the financial finen cial committee of the northern pacific ex senator spooner alien began an argument in favor of the receivers which is still in progress the plea was so strong and touching that oakes broke down and wept freely in court |