The Mineral argus., 1884-04-17
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

senate: Aaron A Sergeant, envoy ext raordin-
airy and minister plenipotentiary 70 q ermany,
to be envoy extraordinary and minlst er pleni-
potentiary to Russia, vice William III. Hunt de-
ceased; Robert 7. Clayton, Georgia, consul to
the United States, Para.
The Senate in executive session made the
following combinations Aaron A Sar gent,
envoy extraordinary and minister plenip oten-
tiary to Russia; William NJ Bun, Phiiadel phia,
governor ofIdahO; Summer Howard, Michigan,
chief Justice of the supreme court of Arizona;
William A. Saylor, Texas, collector Of customs
district of FL Paso del Norte, Texas and New
Mexico; Elliot S. N. Morgan, Cheyenn e, sec
rotary of Wyoming; Lieut. Col Thomas s.
Casey, colonel of the corps Of engiReo rs;
colonel of the corps of engineers, Sixth regi-
ment cavalry, Second Lieut. Robert d. Read,
Jr., to be first lieutenant Postmasters-Hen-
~ S. French, Northfeld, Mimi John w.
Jones, Cheyenne, Wyo.
A bill passed the senate paying ten claims
for depredations committed by Ute Indians;
among the claimants being Mrs. Meeker and
her daughter, the latter now deceased
The whisky bond bill was overwhelmingly de-
feated in the house by a vote of 81 to 1S5. The
vote was a surprise to every one. That the bill
would be defeated was a foregone conclusion,
but no one imagined that the adverse majority
would be a hundred or more. Fully half the
democrats voted against it, as did nearly all of
the republicans.
An analysis of the vote shows that the Non. n
ern States that furnished the votes for the biz
were California, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, Michigan.
Missouri, New York, Ohio and Wisconsin, with
an occasional one from Pennsylvania, Massa-
chusetts and Connecticut The only Southern
States that supported the bill with any strength
were Louisiana and Kentucky. The greatest
opposition, both in the discussion and the vote,
it was very noticeable, came from the South,
except in the states named This was largely
due to the fact that in most of the Southern
states there is a strong temperance sentiment
The $4,000 of tax on the bonded whiskey has
got to be paid. Some of it has already matured,
and it is estimated that 500 600 more will
become due between now and the LIST of June.
The large lobby here are very respondent over
their defeat, and are predicting financial disas-
ter to many dealers and embarrassmentto banks
which have lost money on immense stores of
whisky. Whether their fears viii be realized
remains to be seen; 1t is in fact that a large
I number of national banks were among the most
persistent in urging the passage of the bill.
The joint resolution proposing amendmen
to the constitution to extend the right of suf-
frage to women reported favorably to the SEN
ate from the committee on woman suffrage by
Senator Palmer, provides that the legislatures
of the several states be asked to ratlfy the FOL
lowing article, which it proposes as an amend
ment to the constitution as article XVI:
Section1 1. The right of citizens Of the United
States to vote shall not be denied or abridged
by the United States or by any sex on account
of sex.
Sec. 2. Congress shall have power TO appro-
DIldtS ltBls4dlUn " ShAOANV bhS HANF AN "
MI. Nelson presented to the house the reso-
luton of the ST. Paul chamber of commerce
relative to the head of navigation of the Mimi
esota river. 1t declares that the Minnesota
river can be made navigable beyond the city OF
New Ulm and protests against any action ON
the part of the government which shall as
sumo the head Of navigation Of that river az
the place and IN any sense which shall hereaf-
ter prevent the improvement of this water way.
In the senate a resolution was offered 10y Mr..
Van Wyck. and, after a verbal amendment by
Mr.. Garland, agreed to, as follows; Resolved,
That the SECRETARY of the interior be directed to
furnish the senate copies of the correspondence
between the departments of justice and the IN
terror as to the present efficacy OF the statute OF
March 81, 1907, empowering the president to
direct marshals and employ such military force
as may be necessary to remove certain persons
and Instructions from the public domain.
In the Senate debate on the education bill,
Senator George, of Mississippi said he had once
believed a state had a right TO secede from the
Union. He believed now that the right then ex-
listed, but it had been irrevocably lost-lost
amid the clang of arms and the hLrrors OF war.
He had once denied that the federal govern
ment was judge of its own power; yet that had
been firmly established
Those opinions, said Mr.. George, Il have
surrendered, however, u~nwillingly. will not
feed on the dry husks and emasculated remains
of constitutional theories which, however res
: pectable they may have been, now no longer
control or influence the government or destln-
les of this great nation Nelve IN the present.
We are actors in the present. We must meet
the demands of the present The world moves,
and we must move with it l will not pass my
! life in dreamy eontemplations of the beauties
, and excellence of absolute theories, now mere
abstractiohs, and in picturing the benefits and
glories which might have come from their OBJ
servances. 1t is enough to know that they are
3 no longer potent for the good or evil of this
I Union, and while | may shed a tear over their
tomb, | will not spend my life in ministering at
h. affairs which have been erected to them
The case of Minister Sargent was brought
' into the house by Congressman Finerty, who
: introduced a resolution extending the thanks
: of congress and the public to Minister Sargent
o for the able manner in which he has represent
3 ed the interests of the American people at
Berlin, and expressing regret at his retire.
ment. This is a very unusual act, but con-
gress will pass the resolution, and
, there will be a debate upon it that will warm
u the ears of Secretary Frelinghuysen. The res
} olution was referred to the committee on for
Y eign affairs, but before tits acted upon congress
will undoubtedly call upon the secretary of
n state for the correspondence between Sargent
y and himself relative to the transfer to St Pc
o terBburg.
The President of the Senate has laid before
the senate a communication from the attorney
?, general stating that there had been neither
2 neglect nor refusal to furnish information con
/ corning the star route attorneys, but his force
; was too small to supply promptly volumlnons
l. papers called for by the senate. He repeats
his former request for an increase of clerical
? force. A bill was reported favorably provld-
: ing for the erection of public buildings al
Portland, Or.
Senator Miller IN. W reported favorably tn
bill to provide for the establishment of a flores
reservation at the headwaters of the Missouri
river, and at the headwaters of Clark's Fork o
the Columbia river.
Early in the session an effoi. was made by
% Mr.. Beach of New York, chairman of the com
v mlttee on Uublic health. to have the house or