Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-06
FoRTY.sEyENTH CONGRESS.
Yesterdays Proceedings Of the National
Legislature.
Active Discussion Of the Presidential Sue
osssicn Bill.


soldiers, said the committee on PEN
sions would probably reach conclu-
sion Oh the subject at the meeting on
Tuesday next and would report inn
mediately thereafter.
Mr.. ingalls, presented a petition for
the admission of DAkotaas state, and
said in his opinion the opposition to
such admission was wholly partisan
and malignant.
Mr.. Vest denied that The opposition
was ofthe character stated ANA asserted
chat IL was made by Republicans as
well rs by Democrats, and
based upon unanswerable facts.
Mr.. Garland charged that the first OBJ
lection to the admission of Dakota
came from MIR. Hale of Maine on ac-
count of the manner in which the
county of Yanktou had dealt with its
creditors.
Mr.. HAZE said he said he objected to
the admission of Dakota on the ground
stated by Mr. Garland because the re-
duoti0n of lanktou county had been
sanctioned by the territorial legisla-
ture and he thought IL neither fat r
fair that his action should be charac-
terized "a it had been by Mr.. Ingalls,.
A bill was passed making and APP
preparation for the survey to certain
practieabiiity of uniting the upper
aiiiuents of the Missouri and Column
bia rivers by by canal.
Mr.. Vest from the committee on
territories submitted report in rela-
ton TO the yellow Stone Park, and
said he would call it up at an early
day.
Sir. Garland advocating the bill said
the practical objection 10 the present
hybrid system created by the law Of
1852, had been strikingly demon
stratpd nt the time of President Car
fields death, and after the 4th OF
March next, unless congress should
legislate upon the subject, in the
meantime life of the president would
only be one standing between the
United States and an anarchy. On
the other hand the advantages
of the system as reported
by this bill was, it devolved
the duties of the presidency in such
cases upon the secretary OF state No
inferior man was ever nominated for
that Office. Under the existing law
the president of the senate would be-
come in Il certain contingency acting
president. This provision RENDERED the
character of administration very I'M
certain; for instance, when
the senate met after the death
of President Garfield, the sena-
tor from Delaware, Mr.. Bayard,
was chosen president of the senate OF
the United States, the chief executive
office would be then filed by mem
Der of II party defeated at the polls but
as it by magic Mr.. Bayard was deposed
and the senator from Illinois, tMr.
Davis was put in his place, that dis
inguished senator belonging to no
party but walking in an atmosphere of
his own vision above all paroles ceru-
lean, ethereal or what-not. Laugh
ter. II he had been called To the
presidency by the death of President
Arthur, the V, rdict OF the people would
have approved him or his party.
Mr. Garland in the course of his re-
marks express the opinion that the
presidents time of office ought to be
six years.
Mr.. Morgan moved to amend to pro-
vide that officers succeeding to acting
president shall hold office until the
presidents disability is removed, or
until the vacancy is otherwise law
fully filled, instead of until the regular
term as provided in the bill.
Mr.. Edmunds moved that the bill he
re-committed TO the committee on iu-
dietary, with instructions to report az
soon as may bea bill to further provide
for and regulate the duties of the
president of the United States by the
president OF the senate pro tenn and
speaker OF the house OF repres natives,
respectively. In case there is va
cancy in both the offices of the presi-
dent and vice president of the United
states and for the administration of
the duties of the president OF the
United states in eases in which there
shall be, Mt the time being
neither president of the senate pro
TEN nor speaker OF the house of rep
resentatives.
Mr.. Edmudes said this motion pre-
sentvd clearly the alternatives of
either, perfecting the system devised
10y the fathers or departing entirely
from that system as proposed in the
pending bill.
Mr.. Blair offered an amendment
providing that cabinet officers named
IN succession, instead OF acting as
president in the cases contemplated in
the bill, shall SO act only until congress
can come together and provide a law
for lilling the presidential chair in
case OF death, etc.
Mr. Jones of Florida offered an
amendment providing that no cabi-
net officer shall succeed to the acting
presidency who would not be eligible
Tor election as president. Without
acting ON this amendment the senate
went into executive session and soon
afterwards adjourned.
In discussing the question of the adj
mission Of American cattle 10 Great
hfltaln, TIE report concludes: at il
VAN To hope England will remove tho
restrictions so long as we fail 10 show
how prestige has been wiped ont
from our land and nothing short az
the absolute aud undeniabie exiting.
ton of this disease in the United
states viii reopen the British
market TO our live cattle, and save us
those millions We are now every wear
prodigally, we might almost SAY i'm,
sanely, throwing away The report
estimates the yearly losses from tbe
iung plague in the United states
AT from two 10 three millions and
the prospective loss of $50 ,s)O nm
OF capital Is represented by the present
yearly losses, which, at live per cent
would be from forty 10 sixty nullions
ana that represented by prospectiyo
losses at the same ratio ~ Int,