Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25
FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Extra Session...Senate.

MONDAY, May 16.-The vice president laid before
the senate the following communication:
WASHINGTON, May Is, 1881.-Sir-Wm you please
announce to the senate that my resignation as
tor of the United States from the state of New York
has been forwarded to the governor of the state.
have the honor to be, with great respect, your obe
dent servant, Roscoe CoNKL1NG.
To Hon. G. A. Arthur, vice president
This communication was received with great
sensation, which heightened when the vice pres
dent laid the following before the senate:
SENATE CHAMBER, May 16, 1881.-To the Hon. C.
a arthur, 0sce president: Sir have forwarded to
the governor of the state of New York my resigna-
ton senator Of the United States for the state Of
New York Will you please announce the fact to the
senate? With great respect your ooedient servant,
T. G. PLATT.
A hum Of establishment followed the reading of
the communications, and Hill (Ga.) suggested soto
U0ce that this would be good time to elect officers
OF the senate. burnside chairman of the commit
tee on foreign relations reported back from the
mittee resolution declaring the consent of the
United States government to be condition precedent
to the construction of ship canals other ways of
transportation the isthmus of Panama. .. The
senate then went into executive session, and when
the doors were reopened adjourned.
TUESDAY, May 17.-After an executive session
Saunders submitted preamble and resolution re-
garding Central Pacific railroad affairs. Ordered
printed. Morgan offered resolution which was
printed looking to the classification of officers and
employees of the general land office. Cockrel1 offer
ed resolution calling the secretary of for
report of the Usage river. Adopted. Bayard Of
fered the following which laid the table for
future action: " Resolved, That O committee of two
senator's be appointed by the chair to wait upon the
president and inquire if he has any other business to
lay before the senate" Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, May 18-Burnside called up the
resolution reported by the committee foreign
atons relative to interoceanic canals After debate
the resolution was postponed until the first Monday
in December . The resolution offered by Saunders,
yesterday, in relation to Central railroad af-
fairs was laid upon the table, on motion Of Davis
UH9. "A committee appointed to wait upon the
president and ask him if be had any further busi-
ness to report to the senate. The committee re-
tired returned, and reported that the president had
yet about 200 nominations to send in Adjourned
till Tomorrow
THURSDAY, May l9.-Kellogg offered resolution
calling upon the various executive departments for
information as to the names Of officers, clerks and
employees borne on the rolls of such departments,
together with the date Of appointment, state which
each is charged, etc. Plumb offered an amendment
asking for further information to how such
clerks employees served in the volunteer regular
service of the United States during the war of the
belhon. Sherman opposed the resolution and
moved to go into executive session. Lost-yeas %,
nays %. Plunb's amendment was agreed to, and
Kellogg's resolution, amended, was adopted. The
senate then went into executive session. When the
doors were reopened Hawley offered resolution
which was laid over for future action. suspending
for the remainder of the present session much of
the rule as provides that the final question of advis-
ing and consenting to nominations shall not be put
on the same day on which they received or re-
ported from the committees. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, May 20.-Bayard, of the committee ap-
pointed to wait upon the president to ascertain
whether he had any further communications to make
to the senate reported that the committee had per-
formed the duty, and the president stated that he
had no further communication 70 make. The sen
ate then went into executive session. While the
senate was still in executive session message
from the president received transmitting the
report of the secretary of state with the accompany
ing paper in the of Michael P. Boyton, and it
was ordered printed Harris having taken the chair,
Pendleton offered the following resolution, which
unanimously adopted: 'ResolUed, That the thanks
Of the senate due and hereby rendered the
vice president for the courtesy, ability and impair
TALLY with which he has presided the delibera-
tons of the senate during the present session."
When the doors reopened {they having been kept
closed while the foregoing voted the senate,
motion of Pendleton, adjourned sine die. Contrary
to usual CUSTOM no president pro tenn of the senate
was elected