The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-16
IN &C NGRESS.
Senators and Representatives.
Hard at Work.
WRESTLING WITH THE RULES.
Lively Debate in the House on the
Proposition To Distribute the
appropriation Bills.
F0RTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
WRESTLING WITH THE RULES.
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, December 15.-The
chair laid before the Senatea letter from
the Secretary of War with the report of
of tie Chief of Ordnance, showing tests
of iron and steel during the last fiscal
year.
Also letter from the same Secretary,
transmitting, in compliance with re
cent resolution of the Senate, the report
of Captain Bu1by, engineer, on the sea
coast Notifications, oil Europe.
Edmunds, from the Committee on
Judiciary. reported favOTably a bill to
relieve General Alexander K. Lawton.
of Georgia, of his political disabilities.
He asked for immediate consideration
of the bill. As
Edmunds introduced bill granting a
pension to Mrs. Julia Grant, and an
other bill granting her the franking
privilege. Edmunds said the bills were
precisely in the form adapted in similar
Cases heretofore.
The bill was then read three times
and passed.
Gong to the calendar the Senate took
up Hoar's bill, to provide for the Presi-
dental succession, and Hoar addressed
tue Senate on it.
On the conclusion of Hoar's remarks,
the Senate took up the bill to increase
to 5000 the salary of United States
District Judges, but, after some debate,
laid it over till tomorrow.
Frye then called up the bill providing
a code of Joint rules fer the Senate and
House of Representatives. and the SEN
ate proceeded with its consideration.
/ A Joint resolution introduced by SEN
ator Jackson, to-day, proposes an
amendment to the Constitution of the
| United States providing that the Pre-
sident and Vice President shall here
after be elected for term of six years;
that they shall be ineligible to re-elec-
ton, and that the Vice President shall
be ineligible to the Office of President
after he shall have filed the same in
case of vacancy therein.
Referring to the rule providing that
no Intoxicating liquors will be sold in
the capitol, Frye said the majority of
| the committee believed the subject of
that rule to be one that should be left
to each house separately, and the COM
mittee had, therefore, recommended
that the rule be struck out.
Mr. Ingalls, thought if it were intended
! to legislate on prohibition, the Senate,
House and President would all be
called upon TO do their snare. While
he Ungalls) might have his pri ate
opinion as to the propriety or lmpro-
priety of the use of alcoholic liquors in
the capital, he thought the matter one
of legislation, rather than of action by
! the Senate III its individual capacity.
Mr., Riddleberger moved to strike out
the words flor sale" so that the rule
would exclude all liquors, whether for
sale or not, On this he called for yeas
and nays, but the call was not sus.
| tanned.
On the committees proposition to
strike out the rule, the yeas and nays
were demanded, and resulted-yeas %,
nays 80.
Brown, in offering an amendments
similar one that had been offered by
Riddleber1 er-said, he Brown did not
suppose the Senate cared to go beyond
the idea Incorporated in the prohibition
! laws of the prohibition States. He
thought a Sena or should not be pro-
hibited from taking social glass with a
uend at the Capitol.
Vest said he was opposed to
the rule, as setting up a system
of espionage. Every one knew
| if a Senator wanted liquor in his COM
mittee room he would have it and would
| WISH luG SGfEIE5I III LIS
power on any clerk who should Gin
form" on him. The whole thing was
simply an attempt to meet the fanatlcal
spirit In the county on this question,
to which Vest would not give cOunten-
ance.
Browns an endment was lost, yeas 81.
nays 80.
An amendment Morgan )was agreed
| to, cOntiding the Joint rules to so much
of the capital as was in control OF the
two houses of Congress. This excludes
| from their operation so much of the
capitol as is controlled by the Supreme
| Court"
Crockrell offered an amendment to
the effect that any Senator or members
of Congress, violating the rule, should
| be liable to expulsion. 1t looked
very small. he said, for a Senator TO
be passing rules for the purpose
/ of infiic6Lg punishment on committee
clerks for '.conniylng" at the use of
whisky In the capitol, when it was no
torious that the distinguished senators
| who voted to keep this rule in kept
intoxicating liquors in their committee
rooms.
] Mr.. Cockrell's amendment was dis
agreed to-Yeas %, nays SO
On motion of Mr.. EdInunds, the
clause providing for the dismissal
of clerks who should ''cannive" at the
use of liquors was stricken cut in order
| 30 make the rule harmonize with the
! sense of the Senate on Mr.. Cockrell's
amendment. With that clause 18th of
the rule was then adopted by riUd rOce
ON on motion of Mr. Henderson. the
niles we're laid over until tomorrow
and the Senate went into executive ses-
sion and when the doors were reopened
! th Senate adjourned.