The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-04-17

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WAsHINGroN, April l5.-The Secretary
Il the Senate, before reading the journal,
| read the following note fiom Vice President
Wheeler: "A gram received this morn
ing. advises me Of the dangerous illness of
a sister, and summons me home. 1t will,
therefore, be necessary for the Senate, on Its
meeting to day, to elect a president pro
tenn"
Mr.. DAVIS, Of West Virginia, said as
there was comparatively a small Tumber
# Senators in attendance, he hoped there
would be delay to enable the abstntees to
arrive.
At the suggestion Of Mr.. WALLACE,
N Informal recess was taken. 1t was sup
posed AT the time the note was read, there
sas r larger number of Republicans than
Democrats pre-ent. 4 messenger was dis-
patched f,r Sc; or Thurman, but that ger
lleman entered The Senate Chamber soon
after the messenger left, and the session
WIS re-umsd.
Mr.. BAYARD then offered the follow
ing:
Rcs9lroi, That in the absence Of the Vice
President \. q. Thurman he, and he ia here
by chosen president Of the Senate pro tenn.
Sir. ANTHONY moved to substitute the
name OF Thos. W. Ferry-dissgreed to,
yeal IS, NAYS 2S, and the resolution passed.
Mr.. HUFFMAN was conducted to the
chair b. Mr. Ferry, the former remarking
on the way thither, turn about is fsIr
play"
Mr.. THURMAN, on taking the chair,
said Senators: IL Is only necessary for
me to say in the fewest possible words,
sincerely thank you for this mark OF your
cor fderce"
The journal was then read.
The following biIls were introduced and
referred:
by Mr.. Ill VI DO pro'ide iof the IN
crease i the arnlv IN IN emergency
~ Mr.. JONLS-lo provlce lor the
speedy completion OF llne OF IailToaG ana
telegraph between me ports oil the lower
MISSISSIPPI river ana the southern IRON
tIer7 ol me ni'ed STATES, ara 10 ana IN the
construction oil Inc same, and ior other pur-
poses.
Mr.. HOAR asked to be relieved from
services OF the committee on agriculture;
and Mr.. Cameron, of Wisconsin. ssked 10
he relieved IRON service IA r member OF the
committee on routes MrBsli wa appointed
to fiji both vacancies thus oocs stoned
There being avscsncy On The committee on
educstion and labor, il was filed by the
appointment Of Mr.. Lamar.
The army appropriation bill was taken
up ard Mr. Logan addressed the Senate.
He thought the qUes ion now before this
bodv more important than any other that
had arisen since 1861, when the same senti-
ments which prompted the present legisla-
ton, expressed BIZ many Of the same
men now utteripg them, led to war. He
denounced the proposed legislation "a bad
in itself and being attempted by uuparlis
mentary practices.
He said ,hsra was m safety in tbs c,urze
the Damnc as we're now n,,rsuipo-po
s,fa,v 10 tho North or to the Snutb Tbev
ssiI the President must not oopose their
biiIs o,berwisa the Government Il ali 90 10
niscss Viii Lrifa AZ his tbroat tbeV d.
mand thar The President shall snnrove
their hill. or starve, Was !, new doc.
tr;ne n tbesa gentlemen that tho President
had "a mich ,ight n arprove or veto a
hill "a ,ber had 10 vote AGAINST a hill? Mr.
Loan ouo.sd from President PIECE. mes.
SAGE recommending his veto Of bill in
ISIS To show that the Democratic doc
trine had then guarded the independence
of TIE executive as a Wholesome check on
legisl .iion. This legislation would not
stand on its merits; brit its
supporters felt obliged 10 resort to
violent mean. to pass what was repu ,uant
u sill the friend. Of good government. An
the provision. now advocated TO protect
the ballot hsd been passed bv Republicans.
together with another provision, to keep
peace at the poles. The latter was now to
be stricken ont, making the whole law in
operative. The Democrats saw thev want
70 place the power to keep peace a, the
polls with the States. This was only an