Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-08

traue IOr al appropriation 10 iii prove the
entrance to Columbia river.
Petitions were also presented by Messrs.
Blair and Cameron, of Wisconsin, for a
constitutional amendment prohibiting the
sale of intoxicating liquors.
Mr.. Morgan, from the committee on
public lands, reported with amendment
a bill granting the right of way to the
Rome & Decatur railway through the pub
lie lands of Alabama.
On Mr.. Garland's motion the bill passed
fixing the terms of the United States dis
trict and circuit courts of the eastern and
northern districts of Texas.
On motion of Mr.. Beck, the house bill
passed permitting the expectation of to-
bacco, snuff and cigars in bond free Of tax,
to adjacent foreign territories.
The senate here resumed consideration
of the bill to afford relief to congress and
the executive departments in the investi-
cation of claims and demands against the
government, which was discussed till 2
o'clock. when the presidential succession
bill came up and Mr.. 'Maxey addressed the
senate on the forthcoming appropriation
bill, just completed. 1t appropriates
$175, 900, 100000 of which is for the i'm
provement of the harbors and fortifca-
tions.
Mr.. Maxey said: "We ought not to go
to the legislative department or to the ju-
dicial department for successors to the
presidential Office in cases contemplated
by this bill, and the plan proposed of tax
ing them from the executive departments
of the government was clearly the best
that could be adopted"
Mr.. Lapham said this bill opened up the
whole question of succession in the dis
charge of the duties of the presidential Of
fee, and it was fortunate that the subject
could now be discussed free from the e1-
citement and endorsements which sur
rounded it at the time OF the shooting Of
President Garfield. In his (Lspham's)
Judgment, the ''inability" of President
Garfield began when the assassin's shot had
been fred, and the vice president would
have had the right to assume the
performance of the duties and powers
Of the Office at that time, and the fact
that he had forbore to do so was q Fpn-
cient answer to limitations made in soae
quarters that he had been disposed to
grab at the powers and emolumeRts of
the presidency.
Mr.. Jones asked Mr.. Lspham whether
the Wee president was to Judge OF the
sxistsnee of such an inability" on ths pan
Of the president as would justify him in
assuming the duties of the Office.
Mr.. Iapham replied that though the
Office of president did not devolve upon
the vies president, ''the powers and dutiss''
of the Office did, and he knew Of no more,
important "power" attached to the ofdee
than the power to draw the salary. Laugh
ter.
Mr.. Jones asked what was left with ttS
president when the powers and duties of
the Office had devolved upon the vice pregi-
dent!
Mr. Lapham said that if the president
was dead, certainly not much remained
with him, but if he was simply laboring
under inability to perform his duties the
Office itself remained with him and he
might afterwards resume the performance
of the duties.
Mr.. Jones-The constitution does not
provide for that.
Mr.. Lapham-The constitution does not
provide against it, either.
Mr.. Morrill, here introduced the joint
resolution providing for the termination of
the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty which was
tabled till Monday.
After executive session the senate adj
journed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The speaker laid
before the house the recommendation of
the naval advisory board, asking an APT
preparation of $2O,OOO,OOO for testing de-
fensive armor. Referred.
Also message from the president, trans
hitting communication of the superin-
tenden+ of the census asking an appropri-
alton of 100000 to complete the eleventh
census. Referred.
Mr.. White of Kentucky, offered a resolu-
ton reciting that large quantities of dis
titled spirits are now in bonded warehouses
owned by Illinois capitalists, who are pc
titioning for another extension of the
bonded period, and calling on the COM
missioner of internal revenue for infor-
nation as to the number of gallons now in
warehouses in that state, and inquiring
whether or not the presence of the COM
missioner is required at this time in Hill
nois preparatory to the collection of taxes
on large quantities of distilled spirits,
which under the Carlisle bill have been al
lowed to remain in bond three years at
loss of revenue of many million dollars.
Referred.
The shipping bill was then taken up for
consideration, and Mr.. Cox delivered a
carefully prepared speech in support of
the bill. After giving detailed account of
the navigation laws he said: Amid
divided marine dominion, in which one
power alone has half the rule of the ocean,
America sits scepterless and forlorn, de-
throned, ignoble, dispirited and disgraced
The symbol of our nationality, taking it
stars from the vault of heaven, by which
brave men sail, is an unknown emblem
upon the sea. We welcome every race to
our shores in vessels of other nations.
Our enormous surplus, which feeds
he world is for others to
bear away. We gaze at the leviathans Of
commerce entering our harbors and dark
ening our sky with pennons of smoke, but
the thunder of engines is under another
flag and the shouting of captains is in an
alien tongue. Others distribute the pro-
duce, capitalize the moneys, gather the
gleries and elevate their institutions by
the amenities and benignities of our COM
merce, and we, Boosting of our invention,
heroism and freedom, allow jealous and
hated and selfish policy to place gives