The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-12-17
the KINGS KICK.
The Appropriation Kings Hard
at it With the Champions
of the People.
Randall Gets "a scotchtng by n
Member From New York, hut
Hits Back Hard.
"I.ittle Olin" Jumps Into the
Ring and Deals Mr.. Hiscock
Some Tough whacks. n
NATIONAL COUNCILS.


WASHINGTON, december 10. - n
resolution, heretofore offered by
Beck was laid before the senate, re-
guessing the president to cause in
quiry TO be made, aud inform the sen-
ate, whether any consular officer of
the United States has, since 1868. had
any interest or received benefit from
any national consular or commercial
officials of foreign countries.
Allison saw no reason for going so
far back as 1868.
Ingalls, said that Il this was to be a
partisan inquisition ana for partisan
purposes, Il should be inquired into
by the senate before being agreed TO.
Beck replied that If the senator as
sumed such a thing aud wanted the
resolution referred to a partisan conf
mittee, the yeas and nays would be
called.
Mr.. ingalls, repealed any insinna-
ton that IL was to be referred TO u
partisan committee, and moved its
reference to committee on commerce,
and IL was referred.
A resolution was offered by Mr..
Butler, directing the committee on
territories 10 inquire and report by
what authority a so-called legislature
had been organized in the territory
of Dakota, and whether such organi-
cation was not calculated to bring
about n conflict of authority prejudi-
cial to good order in that territory.
Mr.. Butler asked immediate consider
alton of the resolution. Mr.. Ingalls,
objected. and under the rules the res
/ olmtion lies over one day.
A resolution was offered by Mr..
Hale, and agreed TO. calling upon the
secretary of the treasury to transmit
to the senate "A list of claims against
the government, disallowed since Jan
uary LIST, last, with reasons for the
disallowance in each case, and copies
of all opinions delivered in such cases
by officials OF the government
The chair laid before the senate {
message from the president trans
hitting the report of the recretary o
the interior calling attention to thu
condition of some of the Cheyenne
Indians, aud requesting Legislative
authority for the use OF certain fund
for their relief. The senate then pro
ceeded to the calendar, the first bill
In order being Mr.. iioar's presiden
tial succession bill.
In opening the debate on the sue
cession bill, Mr.. Maxey reviewed th,
history OF the five vice-presidents VIII,
had died while IN Office. There ha,
been no president of the senate o.
speaker of the house when PresideE
Garfield died, and none on the dealt
of Vicc-President Hendricks. TIL,
secretary of state, in his (Maxey's) be
lief, was the proper person TO be Sc
lected for the performance of thu
presidential functions, in case of the
death of both the president aud vice
president, as his politics would nat
urally be in accord with that of th,
majority of the people.
After considerable talk between
Beck and .Edmunds, the latter
In order to test the feeling
of the senate on the claim
of the bill repeating tho sections o
the revised statutes that provide fol
new election, moved that the claus,
be stricken out. Iie added to the OBJ
liections stated, the further one, tina
lii any one of the officers named TO
succession should die or go out of OF
fec during n vacation of the senate
the president would have absolut,
power to appoint his successor, with
out confirmation by the senate.
Mr.. Edmunds inquired of Mr.. IIoa
what would happen under the bill IL
case OF temporary inability, as b,
sickness.
Mr.. Hoar reptile that II had Away
been a debated question undo
1.-The existing law, question
which the Judiciary coinmitte
had tried to deal with by
bill defining inability under the cor
this bill, undertaken TO deal with th
difficulty.
Mr.. Morgan favored the bill as
came from the committee, an
strongly opposed the idea that til
president Of the senate was the prof.
err person TO be invested WITH pres
Dental functions in case of IA yacanc,
AS the president of the seuate shout
= be in the senate lie illustrated son
of the Inconvenience that migl
result from that officer becomin
president of the United States.
sSuppose," said he, "ihat the sen
!, tor from Illinois QLogan), who hi
been a distinguished soldier, shoul
be president pro tenip0re Of the SCI
ate and should succeed 10 the pres
dental functions, and that W,
with any foreign power should arts
and he saw fit to take command
lhe armies In the field, could he ket
: his place rs president pro tempore
D the senator Certainly not. The sena
would have TO elect another presidel
0 pro tempore, and II Il did, he mig
lake the command of the armies aw,