The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-19
RANDALL IS BEATEN.
vhe MORRISON SCHEME OF HOUSE
RULES WILL GO THROUGH.
Dakota Discussed Again in the Senate
Vest Thinks the Territory Has Been
Too PreyiOus-Another Civil
Service Re form Bill.

w WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. l3-kanflll,
Morrison and Burroughs spoke on the rule
revision question in the house Thursday,
and the general debate was closed and
amendments were declared in order.
Springer offered an amendment abol!shing
the several committees on expenditure in
the various departments and constituting
one committee in their place, but pending
this the house ad journed. Friday the
matter come up again and Springer in ad-
vocating the amendment said that 900, 900
had during the past ten years been paid to
clerks of these committees and that but
two of them had made reports. Morrison
thought the work of these committees had
resulted in much good. He said that dur
ing the late campaign he heard ii pro
claimed everywhere in Democratic speeches
that the Democratic party wanted TO see
the books, now that it had the opportunity
of seeing the books it should not close its
eyes.
II hope you won't remarked Browne of
Indiana. You will have some books OF
your own in few years"
Herbert of Alabama, in opposition to the
amendment said that the house should al
ways stand ready to investigate abuses which
had crown up IN the administration Of tlls
government. After further debate thu
amendment was rejected.
Hammond offered an amendment, which
was rejected after rather spirited colloquy
between himself and Hiscock, Mckinley,
Blount and Reed, during which Hammond
in answer to Reed, snrcastically referred to
H cock as the vice president of the othri
side" The paragraph was then reached
which limits the appropriations over which
the appropriation committee shall have iuriS
die ton and an amendment to strike out the
limitation was offered,
"A vote IVES taken after considerable dis.
cussion and the amendment was voted down
by an overwhelming majority, nearly ali
thu Republicans and more than half of the
Democrats voting against it. This is test
vote, and apparently makes the adoption Of
the new rules an assured fact
The only business attended to in the sen
ate, Thursday, after the passage of the
presidential succession bill, was executive
business. Friday Frye presented petition
OF certain citizens of Maine, protesting
against any arrangement with Great Britain
admitting Canadian fish free of duty. The
bill granting pension to the widow of Gen
Grant was reported favorably by Mitch
ell, from the committee on pom
sions, and passed without debate
Hampton introduced a bill making it
unlawful for members of congress to recon-
mend or select appointments to Office. Con
sideration of Buffers resolution of inquiry
relating to the alleged organization of the
territory If Dakota into "A state was then re-
sumed. Vest, as Il lawyer, regarded this
Dakota organization as revolutionary He
had no doubt that the intent of the men
concerned was to organize a state govern
ment in case this congress should adjourn
without recognizing their socalled state.
HarrisonThere is no such thing as break.
ing into or breaking out of this Union
Vest remarked that he was not leaving
this matter to the senator from Indiana,
and added, Heaven help me if he had the
decision Of this question" He argued the
question of admission from a legal point of
view, and Insisted that under the decisions
Of the United States supreme court
in former cases of admission, the
action in Dakota was revolutionary
He offered an amendment to the resolution
of the gentleman from South Carolina, to
the effect that the memorial from persons
calling themselves the state executive com
mittee of Dakota be considered as coming
only from private individuals
The resolution was laid over. After
further debate, at ? p IN. Buffers resolu-
ton was laid aside, and consideration of
the code Of joint rules was resumed.
At 2:4i p. III. the senate adjourned until
Monday
As passed by the senate, the presidential
succession bill provides that when there is q
vacancy in the offices of both the president
and vice president of the United States, the
cabinet officers shall succeed to the presi
dency in the following order: Secretary OF
state, secretary of the treasury, secretary oi
war, attorney general, postmaster gen
eral, secretary of the navy, secre-
tary of the interior. The cabinet
officer thus acting as president is
to hold office until the disability of the
president or vice president is removed, or
until new president is elected to succeed
him at the end of the term of the president
or vice president whom he succeeds The
bill also authorizes the acting president to
call an extra session of congress within
twenty days from the time he assumes the
duties of his of 'e, should the regular meet
ing of congress not occur within that time