The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-04-13
DOINGS OF CONGRESS
MONDAY, April. 8.

T.
nomination Of James NJ Wilson OF Missouri.
consul At Three Rivers, Quebec, and rs'i6ed
commercial treaties recently negotated with
Roumanis ana Selvia. The senate then. vitl,.
out any debate or call for division, rejected the
nominations Of Pay Directors James A. Wat
mough % paymaster general OF the navy. and
Master samuel 6eabry - naval constructor.
thus agreeing 10 adverse reports made on These
nominations by the naval Affairs comnisaiop.
HoUsE.-Bills and resolutions were intro
duced to apply the surplus revenua.to tho sy-
ment OF the national deot and exclude ex- mem.
bers OF congress from the priyileges Of tue door.
Tue honse refneed, IL: to ~ (not the nsces-
ssly ssy .shirds 10 the afirmative), to suspend
the rules and mako tbs national bank charter
bill special orcer for Apti! IL. All the Mir
nesota lnembers votsd aya Bills passed ia
readj the salaries OF postmasters, extend the
bond period for the retention Of dstilled epi,i.s
In warehouses and for the erection of several
public buildings. including one It Minneapolis
MI: Dunneil moved to suspend the rules aud
pass The bill to amend the lawe relating to in-
ternal revenne. Agreed to-l23 to 90 This
IL the bill which was some weeks ago reported
from the committee on ways; and meane. aud q
synopsis OF which WAS published II the time, II
extends the bond period for the retention in
"a warehouses; OF distilled spirits, aud pisces dis
co, cigars and fermented spirits
The house terminated its proceedings with .
lively wrangle, 10 which Speaker keifer and
Messrs. Buttefworth and Converse, ail Ohio
ans, we're the principals, and the cause pub
lie building. Speaker K eifer lost his temper
again and appeared at 6. eat disadvantage.
TUESDAY, ApRu.4
SENATE. -Onlv routine business was done
The solo interesti lg feature OF the proceedings
was The reception aud saGi * OF he presi ent's
message vetoing the Chinese bill The NOS
cage was listened % with marked iacrest by
the entire sena'e The n,ees age AMI bill we're
temporarily laid Oh the table and ordered
printed.
House. "A bill was Introduce am ending the
apportionment bill. iAs army bill was coz
sidered and the clause .qniring the retirement
OF officers At tic age OF six:y-two years was re-
placed BY one providing that of;ic- wao have
served twenty five year may be retire oa ap-
pllcatlon to the presl lent, and shall be re ired
after serving forty Years or having attained
the age OF sixty two years.
The passage OF the army appropriation bill
with compulsive ret!reme. tclaEso BY 90 large
majority intules its a sage by lha senate II
ls the mcst important Legislation for the army
since the reorganization: in 1899. There will
be forty-two officers nosrIy all above the rank
OF major retired at once. TIE larger part will
be from the s.al1, but every regiment Of the
line Will be etiece more or less. Next year
the compulsory ro:i:tmects will bs about
twenty and the folio ing year ab,u. a. manv.
These with the retirements tor disability, and
ordinary casuSft7, by t:ca:h, resignation, &c j,
Will onel promotion to the younger officers with
erapidity far in excees Of that which has hitherto
been possible. TIE amendment to except Gen.
Sherman aid Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan, which failed
in the house will be tried again in the senate.
but 1t IL not thought i: vii sacc33l Sharilan
does not need exception u. he il only 50 years
o!d' and has therefore fair expectation Of
seven yeais command Of tbs army. Gen Han
cock Is 3 and unioEs Slarida1 dice can hive
a. exre rec'a,ina Of com nan i.g q. genera in
chief. Gsn lagals, j ist II. .le q ,arsernasts,
general, WILL re'l:o st oace as vii: G.n E iir Of
ne same c0rpH.
WEDNESDAY, APEII. $.
SENATE Tie Dakota ailmi ssiCn till IVES re.
~ to 20 tthree republicans voting in tho
affirmative With the dsmoc:a t=) took up tie
vetoed Chinese bill. A motion by Mr. ELer-
man to Ief,r the hill to tie foreign relations
committee vas loet-lS to :32-af,er discus-
sion, in which Mr. Bsysrd sssaied the preti-
dents position. A mo'ion to pass the bill over
the veto was lost-2O to 2l-not tn lecc ssary
two-thirds in the affirmative.
Senator Miller o: California hss Introduced
another Chinese bill 1t is tho same xs the va
toe bill except that 1t pl o7ides for suspension
OF immi :rstion for ten years. He says be ex-
poets c:her notifications TO he made in CON-
m'ttoes with view Of making the bill conform
IS nearly as practicable to tie pIesidents views
as outlined in bic veto.
Senator FAre; introduced = bill to restrict
Chimes, immigration |. ia the same - the ve-
toed bill except that it euspends Chinese immi-
grafton for eixtoeu instead Of twenty years.
House The amy bill passed with an amend
ment proi iii ting the use Of any money appro-
priated therein by the quarteimaa:er gonerals
department in iuvee;it atiug claims. and with
tie clauss transferring elaine from the quarter
master's department 70 the csurt OF ci.ims
stricken out. A lively discussion wac preeipi-
tatea by Mr.. Blackburn, W 70 charged corrupt
practices among the cle1ks OF the quarter mas
ter and cOmmissary departments.
Tho rider 10 the army appropriation bill
passed to-day, providing for the compulsory
retirement Of sr,0y officers at the age Of sixty-
two, will remove thirty Lille officers from the
active list These names include many of the
Leading men OF the army snd are ~ follows:
ell, Qaartermaster Gen. lugalls, Col. and Az
sistant Qusrtermss;er Gen. Janice Aiken, Col.
aud A. G. G. 8. G. l. Kibonrn, Surgeon Gen.
). Barnes, Ii. Col. Ebent zor Swift, It. Col.
James SEona, Majs. T. g. h. Smith. E. II.
9Fi1E' + Rot,d; D. o3;s cos SsA BIssSes. 1saass.
Fourth s,tiiery; H. G. Hnnt, Fifth sr'i lery !;
Go ". Getty, Third artillery; Geo. Thorne,
z B. Toma, and B. N Mxcomb OF tho engin-
ee1e; Lieut Col Q. p Howe, Second artillery;
Lieut. Col G. A. D7,ussy, Third artillery:
Post chaplaips, Charles Reynoldf, David W.
Ste, D. Chase, JoLu Woart. Je.emlaE Porter,-
M L. !: G9Sal.Ies: S!:,l E. v p Els,wor'h, y slos s
Edward lpgersoll Orderly Sergt. ]. L. Guy
ler and ". L. King colonel surgeon and H. ".
Benham colonel eDgineers.
THURSDAY, APRIL Z.
fENATE-Mr. Cameron Wis., presented a
petition from the Good Telnplars Of Wisconsin
protesting agAinst Logan's bill app. opriatipg tt
tho states the revenue from tie liquor traffic af
AZ educational fund.
To the surprise Of nearly everybody the i'm.
electoral votes for president and vice Dresideo!
wAs passed by the senate without division.
The senatOra eeen to have settled down 20 the
CT nciueion that this bill wac ss good and az
nearly perfect as it is possible, under all cir
cumstanccs, to make it, The committee on the
judiciary had brought il ia With d. .animous ap-
pro7al, and nobody had eoen fit to even 80 much
rs cri:icise the text OF the bill, nor to propose
any amendment thereof.
Tie bill provides thRt the presidential elec-
tors OF each state shall mo- aud give thu ir votes
on the second Monday OF January mex: follow
i1g their a.pontment, at such places AZ the
Legislature Of the state msy direct; that each
ist.c On the dav i,ed for the arroin.ment nf
electors, may determine prior to tie meeting
OF electors on any Controversy concerning
the appointment Of electors on any OF them
that sdch determination shall be conclusive evi-
idence Of their lawful title ard shali govern in
tho count by congress: tstat 10 electora! vote or
votes from any etate from which but one return
has been received, shall he rejected Except by
the affirmative votes OF the two house that il
more tban one return il received
from state votes, those electors ap-
pointed by The lawful tribunal OF tbs s.ate shall
be counted, aud in the event OF question as
to which oftwo OF more such state tribunals is
the lawful tribunal, the woes Of the electors
appointed by that tIibucsl VII ca the two
fo1ses acting separately shall decide to be the
authorized one, ehall be count. d; that in So
Of an undetermined coitest he,aee txo or
moro OF the sAi;i electors o; state, those votes
shall be counted which tie two house separ ate
ls decide TO bs the lawful slrc;o al v.t:rs TIE
bill also provides that il the .on,t'ng OF
votcs shall not have been oonolots.s hofora tho
nFtn caIennar DAY next After the first joint
meeting Of the two houses, no recess shs'l be
after ard taken by either hous. until he
cou Il & il e ,shed
Th solst. held sw exec tive -e- NJ, tie
fret ,l-ly {, confirm TIE a. secr.t.. 0, the
j eiOP Nnioh SAa f0f. Ar ia