The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-23
CONGRESSIONAL.

TALLY the same bill when passed tle oSHdte
last year-snd gave notice that ne W94ld
on n suggestion by Mr., EtlnundS, ar Hear
agreed that the bill Stoud lag over Tor
day in order that Mr.. Edmunds might nave
an opportunity u attach 20 IL al aH!tid-
menf regulating the count OF the f'reslden-
tial vote. On motion of sir Allison the
mem hership of the Committee an Appfo-
priationS was increased TO- zen ana tne Chaif
anpointed Mr.. Logan a. an 1cullouh mem
her. Mr.. Seweil, at his own request, was
relieved of the craftsmanship or the Com
mitree on Military Ana'r>. ana DIT. logan
was appointed to thai pos ton MI 9iaAucf-
son at his own request was relieVed lfoln ser
vice on the Committee on AA.ttlS AFFAIRS
Mr. Sherman {preSident pro JenlporeJ was
at his request relieved from service on the
Committee on Privileges and Elections ana
the Committee on the Library. NJ. seven
was BY the Chair appointed Chairman OF
the Committee on he Library and Well-
her. If the Committee on PfiVt eyes and Eiec-
tons Mr.. Hour, from the Committee on
Judiciary. reported favOrably the bill IINIng
the salary of United states DlStFles Judges
at $500 The bill was placed on the caleA-
dar. A resolution offered by Mr. Morgan
WAS agreed 10. requesting the President, II
not Incompatible with puzzle interests, 10
communicate to the Senate the report of an
actual instrumental survey OF line Tor a
sh p raj way across the istiih'lS OF It!iudii-
tepee. and Of any canal or canals de-igne I
TO connect such Zip railway with the Gulf
OF Mexico on The Pacific Ocean.
Mr. FRYE. from the Committee on Rules,
reported fay0rabiy a joint reso ution pr0Ntd-
ing a code OF joint rules for the TWO houses,
which was placed on the calendar Mr..
FRYE gave notice that he woQld call 1t up to-
morrow. Ii Is identical with the code re-
DOrted last session, except that the proposed
Joint rule relating To the sale OF iutONlcat-
ing liquors in the Capitol IS struck out. At
D. m. the Senate Went INTO executive Ses-
sion and ut 20 the doors We're reopeneCt
and a message was received from the freSl-
dent transmitting The Kelley eorreSp0n-
denc recent called for by Mr.. Vests reso-
luuon. The correspondence was ordered
printed and to lie on the table.
DEC. 15.-The senate passed bills giving
| to Mrs. u ). Grant pension OF o9,oO0 per
| aIinum and the frank II priv eye. aud re-
| liayng from political disabilities General
| Alexander X. LawtOn. of Georgia. Bills
were introduced tor tie admission OF por-
| ton OF the teri tory of Dakota as a state
! for pub .ic building at saltwater, MIME
| sofa: for government ali 10 the Atlantic
| and Pacific snip railway to pension soldiers
| If the NJ Xicln wSr; Tor the sale OF the
/ kiekarO0 diminished reservation IN Il nsaS,
| and for a mini ON 10 repOrt on method
| of inocul ton 10 prevent yellow fever.
Mr.. Cockreil introduced an amendment to
/ the JOINT code OF rules providing that no
LIQUOR be sold in the Capitol, and dismisslng
! an officer or emploEe Who violates or con-
hives at such safes, and making any Sena-
tor gf m FNtDel OF TIE IlouSc tltDiS u tApu~
| sion for the violation oi the rule OF Tor he
/ connivance at it. In the debate that ensued
| some interesting facts as to the whisky
| drinlSing capacity of the Senators were de-
| velODed The amendment Was finally de
| feSJed by vote OF IS nays 10 . yeas.
DEC. 16-Among the bills introduced ir
| the senate to-day were the following: By
! Mr.. Teller-Io provide fer the free and un
| limited coinage of the silver dollar. BY Mr.
| Inga.ls-To provide for determining The eX
| istence and removal of the president to dis
! charge the powers and duties of his Office
By Mr.. MandersOn-To pension all persons
| not now penSiOned who served for at leaSI
one year In the late war and who were
| either discharged after such term of service
| upon surgeons certificate of disability as nj
| longer fit for military duty, or who, after
like term of service were discharged viii
| the fe-enliStment clause stricken from theil
| certificate of discharge 1t provides tha
| the rate OF pension shall be determined by
the usual examination, but shall not be les
| than ~ nor more than Sl2 a month; tina
| acceptance into the service shall be prlm;
facie proof of SOuudness at the time Of Ell
| Itstment. and that no pensoner Shallreceiv'
less than n month, and the burden of al
proof shall rest with the governments.
Mr.. Butler offered resolution directing
the committee on territories to inquire anC
| report by what authority a sO-calied Iegis
| Iat1re had been organized in the territory
of Dakot1. and asked for its immediate
consideration. On objection by Mr.. Ingalls
| the resolution was laid over one day under
the rules.
Dec. 1.-THE senate passed the presiden
tia SUCCESSION bill, after an able argumen
| by Mr.. Evarts. The bill as passed provides
that when there is vacancy in the Office,
Fot both the President and Vice President o.
| the United States the Cabinet officers shal
| succeed to the Presidency in the following
| order: ecretayy Of state Secretary of tn,
| treasury, Secretary of War, Attorney Gen
erai- Postmaster General, Secretary of IN,
| Navy, Secretary of the Interior Tie Cabi
| net officer thus acting as President is t
aold ofhre until the disability of the Presi
| Gent or Zee President Is removed. or unit
a new PRESIDENT IS elected to succeed him Al
the end OF the term OF the President or Vie,
President whom he succeeds. The bill alSC
| authorizes the acting President to call al
| extra session of Congress within twenty
days from the time he assumes the duties o.
his office should the regular meeting Of
Congress not occur within that time.
In the debate on the resolution regarding
| the Unauthorized organization of a STATE
government for Dakota, Mr. Butler declared
| that no question of politics was involved
and asked il Mr.. Harrison would sustain
similar action by the territory of Utah
John Nipple Mitchell. OF Oregon. wa.
sale Of the Cherokee reservation in ArkaR
sas, to encourage the erection OF monument,
on KeYoh 1Onary bdttie-Helds: TO locate
| branch soldiers home costing $500 o. in
| silver certificates; Tor the WarehOusing O
| fruit brandy, and 10 bridge tue Missouri al
| Pierre.
Dec. 1s-In the senate, Mr. Hampton in
| troduced BIZ making 1t a miSdemeanol
for any senator or representative to recon-
mend or solicit appointments to Office, un
| der penalty OF a inc of : 90 to 81 OOe. a
| bill was passed TO pension Mrs. Grant at tn,
rate of 5000 per year. Dir. Beck offered
resolution specifying the Use TO be made Oi
] received for euStAfn HUffas Mr. Shar
man introduced a bill to pay royalty to ths
widow of Admiral Dahlgren for the use OF
artillery patents. AIr. Beck offered a res0-
1 luton to allow the widow of Minister
Phelps a years salary for services in Peru
Mr.. Ingalls, introduced measure to prevent
the illegal Enclosure Of pubic lands.
House.
Dec. 12.-The speaker laid before tht
house large number of executive eommu
| nicatons, TIC uding the annual reports o.
| the attorney general, the secretary of the
treasury, and the comptroller of currency
and they We're Land on the table Tor the pres
ent.
Mr.. Reed. of Maine. offered a resolution
for the printing of the compilation of the
revision Of the rules of tile house in the
thirty-sixth and forty-seventh congress
stating that they would be OF use in the dis
cussion OF the proposed change in the rules
The resolution was adopted.
Il Mr.. Buck Of Connecticut presented res
olution from the Connecticut legislature
asking that a bylaw be passed for the az
certainment and counting OF the electoral
vote. Laid on the table.
Then, at 1920, the house adjourned until
Monday.
DEC 1-In the house N. Morrison. from
the Committee on Rules, submitted the re-
port of that committee on proposed revision
OF the rules. 1t VAS laid over until tO-Inor
row. Mr.. Randall viii Submit his views as
those of the minority. An effort was made
to have a call of the states for the intr0due
ton Of bills. but the proposition gave rise fe
debate, and IN order 20 avoid a controversy
Alr. Hatch moved that the House adjourn
which motion was carried.
DEC. I5-The time of the House wa,
taken up in debating the revision of the
rules of that body. speeches being made by
MessrS, Morrison, Randall, Hammond, am
others. II is thought the arguments oyel
the matter will be concluded Tomorrow ana
Mr.. Morrison predicts the adoption of the
report of the Revision Committee by a very
| decisive vote.
DEC. 16.-The House. before giving a day
10 discussion of the proposed rules, passed
| the senate bill removing the political disa
bilities OF Alexander r. Lawton of Georgia
The debate on the rules was then eontiu
| urd. In the course of the discussion Mr..
| HiSeOck. a member of the COMMITTEES m
Ruies who fayors the distribution of the ap
preparation bills. said he was opposed tc
| building up a system of rules that wolll5
! crown any man or any set of men as kings
OF the legs alive body He went ON ID
| argue that II the appropriation bill were
| distributed they could all lie re orted with.
| IN thirty days firm the time the committees
We're formed On this point Mr.. Randall
asserted that, as chairman Of heCommittee
on Appropriations ia the Forty-seveath
congress. the gentleman from New YORK
ought TO have learned that 1t was impossi-
Die to report the bills within thirty DAYS
from the time of the organization of the
committee, as frequently the estimates
We're not in before the expiration of that
time. A coll0quy between the two gentle
men followed, during which Mr.. Randall