Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-16
Presidents message were ordered to
be referred to appropriate commit

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Republican side, upon their own re-
quest, were excused from committee
service as stated: Senator Cameron,
/ of Wisconsin, from the select CONS
nittee on census Senator Edmunds,
from the chairmanship Of foreign re-
lations Senator Blair, from trans
portation routes to the seaboard
Senator Miller, from epidemic dis
eases Senator Aldrich, from foreign
relations; Senator Hawley, from
District of California and Michigan
| claims. .s.salsssss
A resolution for the women
suffrage committee came up, but the
morning hour expired without
any action upon it ~ '.... eas 4-.'>a5
l. The discussion of the Presidential
succession in the contingencies pro
vided for was resumed, and Senator
Garland addressed the Senate. He
said the President pro tenn. of the
Senate and Speaker of the House had
been held to be officers, in the sense
i in which the words are used in the
clause of the constitution, inasmucl
as they were officers of their houses
respectively But enough Of doubt
bad been thrown upon it to require
the matter to be placed beyond
further cayiL His answer to the OBJ
iections. of the Senator from Kerl
lucky (Beck) that the cabinet Officers
Ito whom the line of succession IS
given by his billy might be inelligi
BILE as not possessing Presiden-
tial qualifications was, the. that re
J quirement that such officers
shall have these qualifications could
be added to the, bill possibly.
Senator Coke regarded it the duty
of Congress to provide promptly fo1
covering the complication with
which the country was threatened
under the law of 1792,in the event Of
the death of the acting President OF
the United States. He maintained
that, pending Presidential disability,
the Vice President discharges the
powers and duties. Of the Executive
office, not as President, but as Vice
President, and returns to his norma
position and functions when the in
, ability ceases to exist or the Presi
dents health is restored.
The debate was suspended an(
, the chair submitted messag
|, : from the President Of the Unite(
! States, transmitting a communica
ton from the Secretary of the In
terror, in reference to the application
of the Chicago, Texas & Mexican
Central, and st. Louis & San Fran
cisco Railway Companies, for th
8 right of way acrosss the lands of tn
.. Choctaw nation in the Indian terri
tory, for the building of the proposed
railroad and telegraph lines. Th
communication was accompanied wit
copies of instructions to and repor
. by special agent designated in th
act, to present the respective appll
cations to the. proper authorities o
> the Choctaw nation, in the India
. territory, with the bill passed by tn
General Council and approved by til
= principal chief, granting such righ
, of way to the st. Louis and Sa
: Francisco Railway Company, subjec
: to ratifeation by Congress, and th
report of the Indian COMMISSIONS
in favor of the proposed Legislation
in which the Secretary concurs
Referred to the committee on rail
roads. ....<. y.s.s.
The chair also submitted an c.
= ecutive message transmitting, i
n response to the Senate resolution {
s the 18th inst, a report from the Sec
retary of State, with an &C
I companying paper touching th
: proposed modification of tn
: Clayton treaty of 1850 bt
/, tween the United States an'
4 Great Britain. Ordered printed an
referred to the committee on foreig
L relations.
The debate was resumed by Sen
= ator Jones, of Florida, who move
Y to amend Senator Beck's resolution
a as to provide for an inquiry whethe
any additional provisions of the la,
or changes in the powers of tn
: constitution, are necessary to secur
g stability in the office of Presiden
Q pro tenn. of the Senate, when th
Vice President becomes Presiden
of the United States in the conti1
. gencies provided for. He sal
: nothing in our system {
government could be of more impol
d tance than the clearing away of a
:. mists and doubts that can possibl
i surround the title to the President;
Office. Senator Jones yielded th
9 floor for an executive session.
l. Senator Brown, from the commi
Il tee on territories, reported favorabl
d the bill ratifying the act of the coul
d Gil of the Choctow nation of Indians
n granting to the st. Louis and Sa
t, Francisco Railroad Company the rigl
e. of way for railroad and telegraE
It line through the territory of that ns
ton. Placed on the calendar.
| Senator Plumb introduced bi
le granting the right of way throue
n Fort Selden military reservation
the N. W. to the Rio Grande, Ne,
"a ic0, and the Pacific r. r. Referre
Il to the committee on military affair
n The Senate, at $3.50, went into e
n ecutiye session, at the closing
which the order for an adjournmel
,s until Monday was rescinded, an
:. when the doors were reopened &C
= Ejourned until tomorrow.
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