The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-17
SENATORIAL "SNIFTERS.n
SOME SENSATIONAL REVELATIONS
ABOUT THE SAME.
The Upper House Proposes to Abolish
Whisky from the Capitol-Prospects
for Business in the House-Had
Their Picture Took.

| WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. 1T.-On Tuesday
| In the senate, when Frye of Maine called up
| his code Of joint rules, sharp debate arose
| over the proposition to strike out rule IL,
| forbiddng the sale OF Intoxicating liquors
| in the capitol The proposition was de
fesited on call of the house by a vote of IL
nays to 20 yeas, Among those voting yea
| We're Corkrcll of Missouri, Ingalls, of Kan
| sas and Man 'erson of Nebraska. A clause
| in the rule providing for the dismissal OF
| clerks who ''conniveh at the use of liquors
in committcc-rooms was stricken out, and
as amended the ruiz was adopted.
| Several attempts were made to amend the
| rule SO as to provide for the punishment of
| senators who tolerate liquors in committee
rooms, but they were defeated One of
these attempt, was made by Morgan of Ala
| hama, an opponent of the rule, who said it
| was notoriou, that distinguished senators
| who had voted for the rule kept intoxicat-
| ing liquors in their comlnttee-roomS.
| He lisliked drunkenness everywhere, but
| had seen more OF it among the senators than
| the empioyo, of the senate. Senators kept
| whskey in their rooms, and invited their
| friend, to 20 there If the senate was not
| fit to stop that it not lit for self govern
| ment He had known the senate to he ad-
| journed because Of the condition y some of
| its members He had seen two or three sen
| ators so drunk during debates in the senate
| that the senate, for the sake of decelicy, had
| adjourned Ingalls, created great amuse-
| ment by reading the wine-list of the senate
| restaurant, il which he found, un der the
head of Madeira wines, "Blackburn's re
| serve" ami another brand bottled ox-
pressy for the United! States senate cafe y
On Wednesday among the bills introduced
| in the senate We're the following Teller-To
| provide for the free and unlimtel coinage
of the silver dollar; ngalls-To provide for
| & t.rminng the existence and removal of
| inability of the president to discharge the
powers and duties of his office; Manderson-
| To p.nb,ol all persons no" not penoioned
| y,hu served for at least one year in the late
| war, and who were either dis itrlsed after
such term OF service upon surgeons
cei tiicatt of disability no longer tit for
| military duty; or who, after like term of
service, were discharged with the re-enlist-
ment clause stricken from their certificate
of discharge lit provides that the rate of
pension shall not be less than - nor more
than <l2 month; that acceptance into the
service shall he prina facie proof of sound
| ness at the time Of enlistment and that the
burden of all proof shall rest with the gov
ernIGentl
4 resolution heretofore offered by Beck
was laid before the senate requesting the
president to cause inquiry to be made and
INFORM Inc senate whether any consular
officer of the United States had since 1868
had any interest on received benefit from
any notarial consular or commercial official
of foreign counties. Beck understood that
by arrangement between some consular otli-
GERS Of the Unite, States and some notoIlal
Or other officials of other countries our con
sular officers received indirectly benefits that
they could not get directly. If that SO
he wanted it stopped The resolution was
referred
Butler offered a resolution directing the
committee on territories to inquire and re-
port by what authority a so-"ai'cl lcgisa-
ture had been organized in the territory OF
Dakota, and asked for its immediate consid-
Grafton On objection by Ingalls, the reso-
luton was laid over one day under the
rules The senate then resumed Considera-
ton of Hoar's presidential succession bill
Debate on this bill was continued until
100 p. m, when, on motion of Hoar the bill
was laid aside and the senate went into ex-
ecutive session, and when the doors re
opened, adjourned.
In the house, Wednesday, on motion of
Norwood OF Georgia, the senate bill remov-
ing the political disabilities of Alexander r.
Lawton, of Georgia, was passed.
The discussion of the proposed revision of
the rules was then resumed, and Herbert of
Alabama addressed the house in favor of
the general features of the revision, but in
opposition to distributing the work of the
appropriation committee.
Hiscoclt of New York, member of the
committee on rules, who favors the dstri-
button of the appropriation bills, explained
that the reason why the river and harbor
bill had provided for greater appropriations
after it left the appropriation committee
was because the river and harbor committee
had been given jurisdiction over the sub
ject of the Mississippi river improvements