The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-01-11

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ornnting . rebate TAX on toAprr, 40 gave
iio(ics that he would ask Tie fenaIg, ~
"wednesday next % teke up lee 3nl ana
buuIness. until Il should DO dlepqsed cf
Nj. Walker, from the committee N pub
lie lands, reported to provide for the sale
OF the ChicabeW reservation, IL Arkansas,
and asked immediate CONFEDERATION; but,
upon Mr.. 9hsrman's oojectlon y wene
Attic close Of the mornIog hour, M.
Sherman moved to postpone the calendar,
inorder to take up the bonded whisky Ply.
Mr.. Hale oppoLed the motion.
Mr.. Sherman said the failure TO pass the
bill now would cause widespread distress.
The motion to postpone the ca endar was
agreed to. and Mr.. Sherman moved TO take
up the bonded whisky bill.
q Mr., LII AN therep pom asked npanimous
consent 70 take up the West Point appro-
Mr. Sherman insisted upon bis motion,
The first Joint appropriation bill was thr a
taken up and passed, when the iorter p,
was laid before the senate. Afier brief dis
cussion. It was unanimously agreed to post
none its further consideration till Thursday
next, and that it should be put upon pas
sage at o clock that day.
Mr.. Sherman then succeeded in getting
up the bonded whisky bill.
the extent Of time to whisky entered befo.o
January LIST, 1881. His object. he said, We
to test tia sincerity OF professions that IL y
bill Yves merely designed TO relieve distress.
HOUSE.
Petitions presented: By Cox and Buck,
urging the prompt action Of congress on
the tobacco tax. Peal, ofOhio, presented
petition of citizens of southern Ohio askir =
that the civil Service reform bill -
amended SO that persons acting as Alto
neys OF railroads or steamboat companies,
or who may hold bonds, that the same m ~
be ineligible to bold position either on re
bench, in congress, or in the chief depar :
ment or bureaus, Refused.
The house then, In committee OF the
whole, resumed consideration OF the army
CONFEDERATION Of the army bill was con-
cluded, excepting the reserved section reia-
tive to compensation OF subsid' zed railroads
for army transportation. 4.
The army appropriation bill passed: II
contains provision for the gradual aboli-
lion Of the pay corps of the army, ana Int
provision as to the transportation OF arms
and supplies remains as reported by the
committee.
WASHINGTON Jan. 5.--Mr Van Wyck, ia
presenting petitions tor the passage OF a bill
to give increased pensions to one-armed
and one-legged soldiers. said that the COM
mittee on pensions will probably reach .
conclusion on the subject at their meeting
Tuesday next, and would report immedi-
ately thereafter.
MI. Ingalls presented a petition for the
admission of Dakota as q state, and said, 10
his opinion, the opposition to such ad-
mission was wholly partisan and mallg-
nant.
Of the character stated, and asserted that IL
was made by republicans as well as demo-
Gratis, and based upon unanswerable iacts.
Mr.. Garland charged that the flrst o6]ec-
ton on the floor to the admission OF Dakota
came from Mr.. Hale, Of Maine, on account
ton had dealt with its creditors.
Mr.. Hale said he had objected to the ad-
mission Of Dakota on the ground stated by
Mr.. Garland, because the Republication Of
Yankton county had been sanctioned by
the territorial legislature, and ne thought
it neither fit nor fair that bis action should
be characterized as it had been by Mr..
Ingalls,:
ton for survey to ascertain the .practica-
bility of uniting the upper affiuentS OF the
Missouri and Columbia rivers by canal.
Mr.. Vest, from the committee on terri
tories, submitted report in relation to the
Yellowstone park, and said he would call It
up at an early day
At 2 o'clock the presidential succession
bill came up as unfinished business.
Mr.. Garland, advocating the bill, said:
1.-THE practical objection to the present by
bird system, created by the law OF l7vz, had
been strikinely demonstrated at the time OF
President Garheld's death, and after the
| 9Th OF March next, unless congress should
| legislate upon the subject in the meantime,
the life Of the president would-be the only
one standing between the United States
and anarchy. On the other hand, one OF
the advantages OF the system proposed by
this bill was, it dv'wtR1xtbe duties OF the
presidency in sutS'2 upon the
! secretary Of state. nz.>io< man
| was ever nominated for ill.,. ofhse, Under
| the existing law, the president OF the senate
would become, IN a certain contingency, tne
acting president. This provision rendered
! he isrncter OF the administration very
Iunccriain. For instance, when the senate
| met. alter the death OF President Garfield,
| the senator from Delaware (Bayardl was
| chosen president of the senate, and, II he
| had become presid ant of the United states,
, the chief executive Office would be then
| filed by member OF party defeated az
The polls but, as .b " t %ss' Senator M5
NOM Fniro;- rD-vse, wrr rvt N he v'r~n
| the distinguished senator belonging 70 no
party, but walking In the atmosphere OF MS,
above all parties cerulean, ethereal or what
not. fLaughter]. 1.-The had been called TO
the presidency by the oath OF PRESIDENT
Arthur, what verdict Of the people would
have approved him or bis "partyr, M.
Garland In the course OF bis remarks ex-
pressed the opinion that the presidents
| lime If office on uht 70 be SIX years..
provide that the officer succeeding TO the
acting presidency shall hold the Office until
| the presidents disability Is removed or UNI
| al the vacancy is otherwise lawfully nlleo,
instead OF until the regular term expires As
provided In the bill.
Mr. Edmunds moved that the bin be re-
committed to the committee on judiciary
with instructions 20 report a. soon as tney
may BE- able. BIN 20 regulate the duties 10 o.
enccrrsion Of the president pro ten. OF the
senate AID the speaker Of the house ofrepre-
srnfatives respectively. In case there u
vacancy IN both on, - Of president ana
ricr-urc<ldent Of the United States,
and cor The administration Of the du-
ties o. the once Of president oil the
! United Stao<s IN cases In wa1cn
there shall BE-. NJ the. time beng
neither president pro ten; oftbe senate nor
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