Morris tribune., 1882-04-13
DOINGS OF CONGRESS
MONDAY. APRIL 3.

passed.
The following nominations were sent to the
senate by the president: Postmssters- Robert
Mailer, DeDree, Wiz. VIM. Holzemap. Yuthne
Center, Ia.; Ebenezer Spconer Greenfield, L.
James McT.eer, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The senate in executive session C nfirmed the
nomination Of James M. Wilson of Missouri,
consul at Three Rivers, Quebec, and ratified
commercial treaties recently negotiated with
Roumania ana SeIvia. The senate then, with
out any debate or call for division, rejected the
nominations Of Pay Directors James A. Wat.
mough as paymaster general of the navy, and
Master Samuel Seabry as naval constructor,
thus agreeing to adverse reports made on these
nominations by the naval affairs commission.
HoUsE.-Bfll and resolutions were intro
daced to apply the surplus revenue to the ay-
ment of the national dept and exclude ex- mem
The house refused, 122 to 7S (oot the neces-
saIy two-thirds 10 the affirmative), to suspend
the rules and mako ths national bank charter
bill specialord for April l 3. ALI the Mir
nesota members voted aye. Bills passed to
readjust the salaries OF postmasters, extend the
bond period for the retention of distilled spirits
in warehouses and for the erection of several
public buildings, including one at Minneapolis.
Mr.. Dunnell moved to suspend the rules and
pass the bill to amend the lave relating TO in
.ernal revenue. Agreed to-123 to 20. This
is the bill which was some weeks ago reported
from the committee on ways and means, and a
synopsis of which was published al the fine. 1t
extends the bond peri I'd for the retention In
warehouses Of distilled spills, and places dis
titled spirits on the footing as SNUFF. tobac-
co, cigars and fermented spirits.
The house terminated its proceedings with q
lively wrangle, in which Speaker Keifer and
Messrs. Butterworth and Converse, an Ohio
ans were the principals, and the cause q pub
lie building Speaker Refer lost his temper
again and appeared at 6. sat disadvantage.
TUESDAY, APRH.4.
SENATE. -Onlv routine business was done
The so.e INTEREST," lg feature of the proce sdngs
WAS the reception and sadi yof he presi ent's
message vetoing the Chinese bill The mes
sage was listened 70 wi marked i1erest by
the entire senae The mess 'ge ana bill were
temporarily laid on the table and ordered
printed
HOUSE "A bill was introduce am ending the
spportionment bill The army bill was con-
sidered and the clause airing the retirement
of officers at tie age of sixty-two years was re-
placed by one proVidiuk that Off Gers who have
served twenty five year. may be retireI on ap-
plication to the pref lem, 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 retiremel clause hy 30 large
majority lntures its a cage by the senate. II
ls the most important legislation for the army
since the reorganization in 1899. There will
be forty two officers nes rly all above the rank
OF ms )r retired at once. The larger part will
be from the staff, but every regiment Of the
line will be eff.c ed more or less. Mex yeaI
the compuis)ry re.irsments viii be about
twenty and the follo3ing yssr sb3ut as many
These with the retremeDts for disability, and
ordinary CASUALTY, by death, resi snstion, e'c.
will offer promotion to tie young n officers with
rapidity far in excess of that which has hitherto
been possible. TIE amendment to except Gen.
Sherman aud Lieut. Gen Sheridan, which failed
in the house will be trisd az 4in in the senate,
but it is not thought il viii sa.c,sl Sheridan
does not need exception L. he Is only 50 years
old, and has therefore fair expectation Of
seven years command of the army Gan Han
cock Is 8 and unless Sheridan dies can have
no expectation OF comman iig as general 10
chief G IN. Ingalls,, lst mtds q q1artermsstei
general, will reire q. once rs .sin Gsn Eti.. Of
he same CORDS.
WEDNESDAY, April. 5.
SENATE The Dakota admi ssicn bill was re-
ported. After long discussion, the senate
20 to 25 Qhree republicans voting in the
affirmative with the democrats took up the
vetoed Chinese bill motion by Mr.. Sher-
man TO ref,r the bill to tie foreign relations
committee was lost-lS to 32-after a Discus
sion, in which Mr.. Bays I'd sssai.ed the presi-
dents position. A motion to. pass the bill over
the veto was lost-20 to 21-not tn c necessary
two thirds in the affirmative.
Senator Miller of California has introduced
another Chinese bill 1t is the same as the ve-
toel bill except that it pl ovides for suspension
Of immi sration for ten years. He says he ex-
poets other notifications to be made in COM
m'ttees with view Of makinSth the bill conform
as nearly as practicable to the presidents views
as outlined in his veto
Senator Farley intro lucsd bill to restrict
Chimes, immigration. is the ss1ne as the ve-
toed bill except that it suspsnds Chinese immi-
grstion for sixteen instead Of twenty years.
House The army bill passed with an amend
ment prof. ibi ting the use of any money appro-
priated therein by the qlartermaster generals
the clause transferring claims from the quarter
masters department to the csurt Of claims
stricken out. A lively discussion was pfecipi-
tated by Mr.. Blackburn, W % charged corrupt
practices among The clerks OF the qusrte1mas-
ter and commisssry departments.
The rider to the army approximation bill
passed to-day, providing for the compulsory
two, will remove thirty nine officers from the
active list These names include many of the
leading men of the army and are "a follows:
Gen ". T. Sherman, Msj. Gen. Irwin McDow-
ell, Qasrtermaster Gen. 1Ggalls, Col and As
sistans QusrtermasIer Gen. James Aiken, Col
and A G. G.s. G L Kilbourn, Surgeon Gen.
James simona, Majs. T. G. h smith, E. Il.
Brooks, K. d. Clark, Nick Vedder,
J. B. M Potter, Co.'S JIM Brannop,
Fourth artillery; II. G. Hunt, Fifth ar,i lery
Csc. W. Getty, Third artillery; Geo. Thorne,
B. Tomat and B. N Maeomb Of the engin-
ee1s; Lieut Col. o. P Howe, Second artillery
Lieut.. Col c. A. DsIussy, Third artillery.
Post chaplains, CHARLES Reynolds, David W.
Ste, D. Chsss, John Wort. jeremiah Porter,
N. j.. Gonlales, E. D. Ellsworth, W. R Shoe
maker, Frederick Whyte, VIM. Adams and
Edward 1pgersol Orderly Ssrgt ]. L. Guy
Ter and W. L. King colonel surgeon and H. W.
Benham colonel engineers.
THURSDAY, APRIL z.
sENATE.-Mr. Cameron lWis) presented s
petition from the Good Templars OF Wisconsin
protesting against Logan's bill appi opristing I,
the states the revenue from tho iioaor traffiS a,
an educational fund.
To the surprise Of nearly everybody the i'm
portant Lii to provide for the counting Of thu
electoral votes for president and vice presiden
wss passed by the senate without division
The senators seem to have settled down TO the
Or Inclusion that this bill wac as good and a
nearly perfect as it is possible, under all cir
oumstances, to make il The committee on tn,
Judiciary had brought il 10 with unanimous ap
proval, and nobody had seen fit 10 even 80 mucl
as criticise the text Of the bill, nor 10 propose
any amendment thereof.
The bill provides that the presidential cleo
tors Of each state ehal mes and give the ir vote
on the second Monday of January next follow
lug their appointment, at suoh places as the
Legislature of the state msy direct; that eact
state, pursuant to this law and 10 it's laws ex-
letting on the dav fixed for the appoiatment oi
electors, may determine prior to- the meeting
Of electors on any contsoversy ccncerninS
the appointment Of electors on any OF them:
that such determination shall be conclusive evi
idence of their lawful title aud ehall govern il
the count by congress; that no electoral vote OF
votes from any state from which but one retu,r
has been received, shall he rejected except by
the affirmative votes OF the two houst q; that 4
more than one return is received
from state votes, those electors sp.
pointed by tie lawful tribunal OF the state shall
be counted, and In the event of a question as
to which of two or more such state tribunals ia
the lawful tribunal, theSo'es OF the eiectara
appointed by that tribunal wb ch the two
Eo1ses acting separately shall decide to be the
authorized one, shall he counted; that In &c
OF an undetermined contest between two OF
more Of the said electors o. a state, those votes
shall be counted which the two houke separate
ly decide TO bs the lawful elecio al vUtsrs. TIE
bill also provides that il the fouating oil
votes shall not have been completed bafors the
nrtn caienuar Gay next after The first Joint
meeting Of the two housee, no recess shall bs
o%f vo~A koIa hx,a AZ.