Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-20

SENATE.

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SENATE
wAsmxorvS, Dec. ls.-Auon2 the
bills introduced today are thos.-:
BY Fair-To provide for -ptin9 ar
tesian wells on the lands belonging to
the United States in Nevada
| BY Inaalls-To provide for the APP
poiutmeat of commission 70 investi-
gate railroad transportation.
| By Lo2an-To consolidate the Bu-
reau of Military Justice and the corps
Of Judges Advocate of the army.
The bill creating q neg standard OF
time for the District Of Columbia
passed.
Van wyck offered a resolution calling
On the s cretary OF the Interior for IN
| formation Of how much land had been
certified or patented for the benefit OF
railway companies since the decision of
the Supreme Court of 1875. which 50
construed the indemnity claus Of the
Conoressi onal grant a. TO ALLOW indem
nifty only on land originally included in
sold. Laid over till tomorrow.
| The resolution for q holiday recess
went over until tomorrow.
The Senate resumed the eOnsidera-
ton of unfinished business. The Ques-
ton Of the rules came mp and Frye
withdrew his call for the yeas and nays
on the clause af the first rule relating
TO the three-day Limitation of the au-
thority of Vice Presidents to suhssi-
tute. The clause was rejected, leaving
the rule about az heretofore. but when
the rule comes up before the Senate,
when not in Committee OF the Whole,
tho subject may be re simed.
The second rule reads a. follows:
The Senate may elect secretary, chief
clerk. principal executive clerk chaplain,
sergeant at arms and assistant door
keeper, to continue in Office until their
Successors are chosen, each of when
shall take oaths of office. The secreta-
~ and sergeant alarms shall each ap-
point the employees IN his department,
unless otherwise directed.
Frye said this simply fornulates into
rule what has heretofore been prac-
ticed.
Garland thought there was no neces-
sity for such a rule.
Bayard considered the rule open to
objection He had yesterday seen how
easy political machinery works: how
justly tried and trusted ofiicers are dis
pensed With, and new men put in their
places. When the Senate had Demo-
cratic majority changes we're made, but
no such sweeping changes as now. Be
fore the removals of yesterday morning
we're effected it was undeniable that a
majority of the employees of the
Senate we're Republican. The
Democrats had removed the
then Secretary of State, because he
had been both in public and private an
aggressive and violent denunciatOry
opponent of more than half tho mem
hers of the Chamber. and made his Of
foe the center of active campaigning, in
which the motives, character and Oh
jects of the Democratic majority were
most unjusti6ably aspersed. That
change therefore was ussti0nably Of
benefit to the public service. No effi-
cient, faithful officer Of the Senate had
been removed with his (Bayard's) con-
sent. This is perhaps no occasion to
extend remarks in regard to OWL service
reform, but he thought that subject was
sinking deeply int the minds of the
thoughtful people of the country. He
bad strong belief in civil service re-
form, and il he did not much mistake
the temper of the American people, they
intend to have such reform, and are not
going to be cont snt with men elected
to Office by venal machinery. In other
words, the cOun ~ is not going to be
run by political machines built upon
and supported BY political Offices. l do
not want, he continued, to see the Of
foes of this country filed by set
Of men who are nothing but Office brOk.
era and wire pullers.
The second rule was disagreed to.
Several new rules we're agreed to after
some amendments.
The detail clause of the 18th rule gave
rise to a debate in which Bayard, Beck,
Sherman and Ingalls, participated. This
clause provided that resolutions ad-
dressed to the President, If objected to,
be referred to the committee having
jurisdiction over the subject of t. re-
solution. The CLAUSE was rejected.
The Senate took mp the concurrent
resolution on the holiday recess, and
amended it to make Monday, January
7th, the date of reassemblaQe. As
amended it was agreed to and returned
to the House.
After An executive session the Senate
adjourned.
Keller renewed his resolution in re-
gard to the Virginia contest, but His
cock offered q substitute to the amend
ment, providing for the swearing in Of
Skinner, and the reference Of the main
features of the case 10 the committee
on elections, with instructions to report
quickly.
Hiscock said there was dangerous
question in regard to the primo facie
right of a man to his seat, and warned
the Republicans that il Refers resOlu-
ton be adopted there shall be no report
made before the end Of the session,
whereas the committee ON elections
could, in q short time, report on the
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