The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-20
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
SENATE.

SENATE,
Washington, .19.-The new rules
are under consideration in the
Senate, and Bayard is speaking or
the inconsistency of Republicans re-
garding civil service methods.
Another long list of recess ap-
pointments went into the Senate
to-day. the majority of them post
Among the bills introduced to-
day were:
By Fair, to provide for sinki G
artesian wells on lands of the
United States in Nevada.
By Logan, to consolidate the
bureau OF military justice and the
corps of judges advocate of the
army.
The bill creating the new stand,
ard time for the District of Colum-
pia. passed.
Van Wyck offered a resolution
calling on the Secretary OF the In
terror for information as to how
much land was certified or patented
for the benefit of railroad companies
since the decision of the Su-
preme Court in 1875, which
so construed the indemnity
clause of the Congressional grant as
to allow indemnity only in lieu of
lands originally included in the
grant, but which We're afterwards
soil. Laid over till tomorrow.
The resolution for holiday re-
cess went over until tomorrow.
The Senate resumed consideration
of the unfinished business, the rules.
Frye withdrew the call for the
yeas and nays on the clause in the
first rule relating to the three days
limitation, on the authority of the
Vice Presidents substitute. The
clause was rejected, leaving the rule
about as heretofore, but when the
rule comes up in the Senate, when
not in committee of the whole, the
subject may be resumed.
The second rule read as follows:
"The Senate may elect a secretary,
chief clerk, principal executive
clerk, chaplain, sergeanr-at>arms
and assistant doOrkeeper, to con-
tinue in Office until their successors
are chosen, each of whom shall
take the Oaths prescribed by law
before entering on the duties of
office. The secretary and sergeant>
alarms shall each appoint the en-
ployees of his department, unless
otharwiSo dirpotad %
Frye: This simply. form uIates
into rule what has heretofore been
the practice of the Senate.
Garland thought there was no ue-
ceSsity for such rule.
Bayard considered the rule open
10 objection; he yesterday had seen
how easy political machinery works,
how justly tried and trusted OFF,
GERS were dispensed with and new
men put in their places. When the
Senate had a Democratic majority
changes were made, but no such
sweeping changes as now. Before
he removals yesterday morning
we're effected, the fact was undeni-
sble that the majority of en-
1loyees of the Senate were Repub-
leans. The Democrats had re-
novel the then secretary of the
senate because he had been, both in
public and private, an aggressive,
7iOlent, denunciatory opponent Of |
more than half The members of the |
chamber and made his Office the |
entire of active campaigning, in |
which motives the character of the |
,bjects of the Democratic majority |
we're most Enthusiastically aspersed.
That change was therefore unqueS-
iOnably for the benefit OF the public |
ervice. No efficient and faithful !
'ficer of the Senate had been re-
moved by his (Bayard's) consent.
I do not want" he continued, "tO
zee the offices of this country filled |
~ a set of men who are nothing |
,ut Office brokers and wire -pullers
The second rule was disagreed to.
Several new rules were agreed to. !
lfter some amendments in detail.
The clause in the fifteenth rule
'ave rise to debate. Bayard, Beck,
sherman and ingalls, participated
This clause provided that all resO>
utions addressed to the President,
objected to, shall be referred to
he committee having Jurisdiction
yer the subject of the resolution.
The clause was rejected.
The Senate took up the House
resolution for a holiday
ecess, and amended it by making
donday, January It'll, the day of
eassemblage. AS amended it was
greed to and returned to the House.
After executive session, the Senate
djourned.