The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-06
XLVII. CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.
SENATE.

line pension cOmm1CCe6 Will PROB
ably report on Tuesday or soon
after"
Platt said he hoped so, but was
not confident.
Ingalls, presented a petition for
the admission of Dakota, reraarking
that the opposition thereto was
wholly malignant and partisan.
Vest denied this and said, "repub-
licans as well as democrats OPP
posed it, basing their objections on
facts"
Garland said Hale made the first
objection, on account of the manner
that Yankton County handled its
creditors. Hale said he did object,
because the territorial legislature
had sanctioned Yankton's repudia-
tors.
AT 2 o'clock the presidential sue
cessor bill came up.
A bill was passed making an APP
preparation for survey 10 ascertain
the practicability of uniting the
upper affluents of the Missouri and
Columbia Rivers by a canal.
Beck reported from the committee
on finance, a bill relating to the ex-
portation of tobacco, snuff and
cigars in bond, free of tax to ada
cent foreign countries, with an
amendment that the bill shall ap-
ply to exports, whether transported
by vessel or otherwise. The bill
passed the House on the End of
January.
Vest, from the committee on ter
ritories, submitted report in rela-
ton to Yellowstone Park, and said
he would call it up at an early day.
Garland, advocating the bill, said
the practical objection to the pres
ent hybrid system created by the
law of 1902, had been SUrikingly il
Illustrated at the time of President
Garfeld's death, and after the 4th
Of next March, unless Congress
should legislate upon tie subject in
the meantime, the life of the Presi-
dent would be only one standing be-
| tween the United States and anar-
|, chy. On the other hand, one ad-
vantage Of the system proposed by
this bill was, it deyolved the duties
Of the presidency, in such
cases, upon the secretary of
state: no inferior man
was ever nominated for that Office
| Under existing law the president
of the Senate would become, in GER
tain contingency. acting President.
This provision rendered the charac-
ter of the administration very I'm.
certain, for instance, when the Sen
ate met after the death Of President
Garfield, the Senator from Della.
ware, Bayard, was chosen president
Of the Senate, and if he had become
the President of the United States
the chief executive Office would
have been filed by member Of the
party defeated at the polls. But as
=: if by magic, Bayard was deposed
!, and the senator from Illinois, Da
Wis, was put in his place, the dis
), tinguished senator belonging to NJ
, party, but walking in an atmosphere
/; of his own, cerulian, ethe
rial or what not. daughter,
If he had been called to the presi-
dency by the death of Presiden
! Arthur, what verdict of the people
= would have approved him or hi
! party. Garland in the course Of
his remarks expressed the opinion
that the Presidents term of offic,
ought to be six years.
IL Morgan moved to amend to pro
v vide an officer succeeding to tn,
acting presidency shall hold Office
until the Presidents disability il
removed, or until the vacancy il
otherwise lawfully filed, instead O.
until the end of the term as pro
vided in the bill.
Edmunds moved that the bill b.
recommitted to the committee OF
9 judiciary with instructions to re
port such measures, as soon a!
made, as bill to further regulate
: the duties of the President Of the
!, United States by the president Of
the Senate pro tenn and the speaker
:. of the House of Representatives
respectively, in case of vacancy il
both the offices of Presi
dent and Vice-President of TIT
r United States and for the
; administration of the duties of tht
the Office of the President of tn,
!, United States in cases in which
9 there shall be, for the time being
neither president of the Senate
) pro tenn nor speaker of the Hous
3 of Representatives.
4 Edmunds said this motion pre-
! scented clearly the alternatives o
8 either perfecting a system deYisedb,
s our fathers or departing entirel!
from that system as proposed in thu
pending bill.
Blair offered an amendment pre-
viding that the cabinet officer
1t named, in succession, instead of act
= ing as President in the cases coz
9 templated in the bill shall so &C
e only until Congress can come tt
= gether and provided by law fer til
= presidency,
il Jones, Florida, offered an amend
l. ment providing thatEno cabinet of
ID Ger shall succeed to the acting ores
ut dency who would not be eligib
p for election as president. WithoI
ID acting on these amendments tt
"a Senate went into executive sessio
~ and soon afterwards adjourned.
~ HOUSE.