The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-22
Congressional.
SENATE.

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Kansas, charged by Boudinot wit
violating the Revised Statutes i
making contracts and receivin
money from Indians. The names {
six witnesses, including Secretar
Gillen and Commissioner Price, wer
furnished Corkhill.
| Among the bills introduced to-da,
was one by Fair to provide for sink
ing artesian wells on lands of tn
United States in Nevada.
Ingalls--TO provide for the ap
pointment of a commission to inves
hgate railroad transportation.
| A bill creating new standard O.
time for the District Of Collmbi,
was passed.
Van Wycke offered a resolution
calling upon the Secretary of the In
terror for information as to how much
| land is certified or patented for thl
! benefit of railroad companies since
the decision OF the Supreme Court in
1875, which so construed the indem
nifty clause of the COngressiona
grant so as to allow indemnity only
in lieu of lands originally included
in the grant, but which were after
wards sold. Laid over till to-mOr.
row.
A resolution for holiday recess
went over until tomorrow.
The Senate resumed the cOnsidera-
rion of unfinished buslness-the
rules. Frye withheld his call for yeas
and nays on clause first of the rule
relating to three dav limitation on
the authority Of the Vice-President's
substitute. The clause was rejected
leaving the rule as heretofore, but
when the rule comes up in the Sen
ate, when not in committee. of the
whole, the subject may be renewed.
The second rule reads as follows:
The Senate may elect secretary,
chief clerk, principal executive
clerk, chaplain, seargent at aims,
and assistant doorkeeper to continue
in office until their successors are
chosen, each of whom shall take the
oaths prescribed by law before enter
ing upon the duties of the office.
The Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms
shall each appoint employees of his
department, unless otherwise direct
ed. Frye said that simply formulates
into a rule what has heretofore been
the practice of the Senate.
Garland thought there was no ne
cessity for such rules.
Bayard considered the rule open to
objection. He yesterday saw how
easy political machinery works; how
Justly tried trusted officers are dis.
pensed with and new men put in
their places. When the Senate had
Democratic majority charges were
made, but no such sweeping changes
as now. Before the removals of
yesterday muIuing were eIIecteu
the fact was undeniable maioritv v of
the employees of the Senate were Re-
publicans. Democrats had removed
the then secretary of the senate, be
cause he had been both in public and
private, an aggressive, violent and
denunciatory opponent of more than
half the members of the chamber and
had made his office the centre of ac-
tive campaigning in which the mo-
tives, character and objects
of the Democratic majority was most
unjustifiably aspersed. That change
u as unquestionabiv for the benefit Of
the public service. No efficient,
faithful officer of the Senate has
been removed with his Bayard's)
consent. This Is perhaps no occasion
for extended remarks in regard to
civil service reform, but he thought
that the subject is sinking deeply in
to the minds of thoughtful people in
the country who had a strong
belief in civil service reform
and if he did not mistake the charac-
ter Of the American people, they in
tend to have such reform. They are
not going to be content with men
elected to office by venal machinery;
in other words, the country is notgo-
ing to be run by political machines
built up and supported by political
officers. "I don't want" he con-
;inutd, "to see the offices Of this
country Tiled by set of men who
are nothing but Office brokers and
wire puliers.
The second rule was dis agreed to.
Several new rules were agreed to.
after some amendments of detail.
The clause in the 18th rule gave
rise to debate in which Bayard, Beck,
Sherman and ingalls, participated.
This clause provided that resolutions
addressed to the president il objected
to. be referred to Il committee having
Jurisdiction over the subject of reso-
iutions. The clause was rejected.
The Senate took up the House con-
current resolution for holiday recess
and amended it to make Monday,
Jan. Il, the date OF reassemblage. At
ter an executive session the Senate
adjourned.
Scales argued that Skinner pre-
sented an invulnerable lo7.nad Juc1e
case.
Springer contended the election OF
Skinner was according to the laws OF
the State.
Mills defended SINNERS right to a
seat.
Belford said in the light of the
nineteenth century, though the Re-
publican and Democratic parties can
afford to be honest, a large number OF
political Outrages are practlsed on
both sides and it was lille to conceal
their commitment. If the House set
itself to repudiate the certificates OF
Governors of the respective States it
was committing Il masterful mistake,
into the bosom of which, he for one,
did not propose to drop.
After a long discussion, keifer hav-
ing withd avn his motion, Skinner
was sworn in.
Kejter renewed his resolution, but
Hlscock offered substitute for the
to swear in Skinner,
and The reference of the main fea-
lures of the case to the Committee on
Elections, with instructions to report
quickly. Hiscock said it was dam
gerous; the question of the primo
Inc;c right of a man to seat worried
the Republicans. If Keifer's resolu.
tiou is adopted there will be no report
made before the end of the session,
whereas the Committee ON Elections
could in q short time report on the
involved in his substl-
.,,to HiScOcE,a substitute was