The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

THE FAMOUS HIGH PROTEC-
TION DEMOCRAT HAS A
SPAT WITH MORRIS.
DISCUSSION IN THE HOUSE OVER
PRIATION BILLS.
SENATE.


WAsHINGToN, December 15.-The report of Cap
tain Bi3ley, United States engineer on the
coast Notifications of Europe read.
Mr. Edmunds, from the committee on Judiciary,
reported favOrably bill to release Gen. Alexander
X. LawtOn, of Georgia, of political disabilities He
asked for immediate consideration of the matter
The bill was then read three times and passed, 60
ing to the calendar.
The senate took up Mr.. Hoar's bill, to provide
for the presidential succession, and Mr.. Hoar ad-
dressed the senate on it.
During the session Mr. Edmunds introduced
bill granting pension to Mrs. Julia D. Grant, and
another bill granting her the Thanking privilege.
Mr.. Edmunds said the bills precisely in the
form adopted in similar case heretofore.
On conclusion of Mr.. Hoar's remarks on the
presidential succession BILL the senate took up the
bill to increase to $1,000 the salary of United States
district judges, but after delay it was laid over
till tomorrow
Mr.. Frye then called up the bill providing a code
of joint rules for the senate and house of repre-
sentatives, and the senate proceeded with its
.sdeartion.
The senate took up Mr.. Hoars bill to provide for
the presidential succession, and Mr.. Hoar ad-
dressed the senate it and said, among other
things, that the new measure would be protection
of the person holding the presidential office from
assault of political criminals. as would
attempt to assassnate the president in order to ee
yate cabinet officer who would be of
It was desirable to protect the presidential
incumbent from assault in time of great public ex
element by persons maddened and crazed, as feeble
minded Guiteau had been, by political quarrels, or
from person who should persuade himself that
he was performing the part of Brutus.
Mr.. Conger inquired what would happen in case
the secretary of state, performing presidential du
ties should die, or become incapable: Would the
person who succeeded him secretary of state be
entitled to succeed him president?
Mr.. Hoar replied that there would be no secretary
of state. The duties of the secretary of state,
president, would be performed by the same Of
fcer.
On conclusion of Mr. Hoar's remarks, the bill
went over till tomorrow,
Mr.. Frye called up the BILL reported by him from
the committee on rules, embracing code for joint
rules for the two houses of congress.
He believed the United States congress to be the
only legislative body in the world that had no
MI Frye briefly explained the rules. One of
the clauses, he said, provided that each house
should every morning dispose of all messages on
its table. That, said Mr.. Frye, will prevent the
other house from adjourning at the close of the
session with 240 senate bills on its table. Another
clause provided against general legislation ap
preparation bills that would be a relief. Another
regulated conference to which there was now no
regulation Another would require each house
during the last ten days of the session
to take up business of the other
house. This was what the senate had always done
As to rule - PROVIDING that at no esd thgt IL
majority of the committee believed the subject of
that rule to be that should be left to each house
separately and the committee had, therefore, rec
commended that the rule be struck out.
On the committees proposition to strike out the
rule, the yeas and nays were demanded and re-
suited, yeas, 20; nays, 26.
An amendment of Mr.. Morgan was agreed to-
combining the joint rules to so much of the capitol
as was in control of the two houses OF congress
This excludes from their operation
so much of the capital as is controlled by the su-
preme court
that any senator member OF congress violating
the rule should be liable to expulsion.
A long debate ensued, in which good deal was
said about the drinking OF senators IN committee
by the condition of senators, the habits OF senators
in this respect in the past and in the presents the
Improvement in the present, the growth of the
temperance movement ETC., after which Mr.. Cock
fell's amendment was disagreed to-yeas ~, nays
So.
ION motion of Mr. Edmuuds the clause providing
or the dismissal of clerks who shall connye at the
hse of liquors was stricken out in order to make
the rule harmonic with the sense OF the senate,
Mr. Cockrell's amendment with that clause Of
the thirteenth rule was adopted by viva vote
On motion of Mr.. Henderson the rules were laid
until tomorrow and the senate went into eX-
| ecutive session end when the doors were reopened
,, the senate Adjourned.
Mr. Morrison of Illinois, offered concurrent
resolution providing for holding recess from
Tuesday, December %, until Tuesday, January5
Laid over for one day under the rules.
Mr.. Morrison called up the report of the com
mite on rules which was presented yesterday and
proposed new call of rules. 1t was read at
length
At Mr. Morrison's suggestion the reading of the
report itself dispensed with, and general de-
bate opened by Mr.. Morrison with short explain
alton of the proposed revision. There nothing
new to be said in the propositions. The commit
tee had merely grouped such of the propositions as
had been submitted to the house from time to time
as were believed essential to the speedy organiza
ton of the house, to proper distribution of i5p
work and to more conservative and economical
legislation. After touching briefly upon one or
n support of the distribution of the
labors of the appropriation committee
would be left with jurisdiction over bills aggre-
eating in amount over onerhalf of the expenditures
of the government, and it was believed by the COM
mittee on rules that to give diigent and proper at
tention to the appropriation bills involving such
amount of money, would require all the efforts,
all the industry and all the diligence that could be
found in any one committee of the house. 1t was
claimed by minority ofs the committee rules
that this would lead to increased expenditures.
He contended if the members who should con-
stitute the other committees were less
intelligent, less honest less viglant and less cap
| able in performing the duties that devolved on
| them than the members OF the committee on ap-
preparations, stated in the minority report:
that since the agricultural appropriation bill had
! been transferred to the care of the committee On
agriculture the appropriations for the agricultural
| bureau had been largely increased. This was ac-
counted for by the fact that the duties and powers
of that bureau were largely increased and he com
mented upon the fact that though the agricultural
interest the most important in the country the
last agricultural appropriation bill carried only
appropriated to erect a public build
ing in Philadelphia to tax industry.
| This was about the same amount that had been
|
where one member of the appropriation committee
resided. But this was not the only bill in which
appropriations had been increased under the man
agement of democratic appropriation committee.
The expenditures for the postoffice department
had grown S17,000000 since the forty-third con-
gress. Didn't complain of it; didn't say it had not
properly grown so, but only pointed out the fact
that appropriations would grow, and rightly grow,
whether they made by the committee on ap-
preparations or some other committee. TWAS not a
new thing for him to be in favor of the distri-
button of appropriation bills He had voted
to take away the agricultural appropriation bill
from the appropriations committee at time when
that committee presided over by his warm
friend, Mr. Atkins of Tennessee, to whom the pub
lie owed as much as to any other man the dimin-
ished expenditures of the government The minor
ity report had introduced number of senators as
witnesses against the ACCESSIBILITY of a division of
the appropriation bills. They had been summoned
to say that in the house appropriation bills should
lures might be reduced, and in
the senate that they should be kept
together in order that expenditures might be large
ly increased.
He then passed on to the consideration of the
proposition to prohibit the incorporation of general
| legislation appropriation bills, declaring 1t
would be in the interest of considerate and speedy
legislation and answer to the suggestion that the
only way to get decrease of expenditures through
| the senate to permit the Holman amendment
to stand Bly, emarking that the senate would hardly
Il k,1f Oh swor- ayN IfI r4r hTh