The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-02-05
PROCEEDINGS OF CoNqlNx

PROCEEDINGS OF CoNcRESX
sENArE-A substitute fer wa house bill fSr.
letting Part Of the AAds granted Iowa in aid q 81
railroad construction was reported. Mr.. Bay.
sTac Resolution denouncing the London 81:
he negative a' Vote Se,ns 'S ssss s. 20 Mr.
r. ndd 'ss ss; xse IN ,eRPo:'o:
follows:
''faesolved, That tho senate Of the United
States has heard with indignation and profound
sorrow Of the attempt to destroy tho house Of
parliament and other public buildings in Lon.
don and to imperil the lives Of innocent and
unsuspecting Persons and 1t hereby Expresses
it, horror and uotestation Of such nnonsttonAA
crimes lgNinst civilization.
dosA11-Ar. HerEill, froah tho Committee 81
ananee. teported fsStRb!S, with amendments
:ds house, bly, for the retirement and reooin.u,
p 1ss wade dollar Tho vote in committee wc'
20 against the bill Mr.. Merrill gave notice
that he would c6n up the bill Tuesday nsxf
~. Cameron (Psl from tho committee O,
military Affairs. reported the bill to authorize
tho establishment Of retired list for non com
missfcAM Officers and privates of the United
t.ases army who have served thirty years and
opwarda
Senator Mcmillan, from tho judiciary COM
mlttee, reported favorably Senator Hoar's Bill
% provide two additional associate Justices ftl
Senator Mcmillan introduced IA ssaendmen,
John KAMA for depTsdasions By tie Stout pi IL
1862 a.
h executive session.. tho president ncmi.
hated William NJ Bnswell A. tseu.siAha naval
officer OF tte costoaee, district Of New Orleans,
Con1irHsstlohs- c. Minor, Louisiana cot
John F. Esrtranft, Penpx1iyInis. tels,"tor r' o.
eE.toe, district OF pSIs: sanford g g
Chaille. Louisiana nletnber of the national board
OF health; esp Almon F. Rockwell. assistant
qpsfee!1iaster, to be quartermaster with rank
81 major; Nelson A. Cunning, Michigan, con
sui at Auckland; Assistant Naval CONSTRUCTOR
george F. Mal!et, California, naval constructor
phia John NJ Bacon, Oregon GIN, Vs. 'jhoin
as J.. Ross, Nevada, Iowa; William 5. Fish, An.
smoss, 1o~As Donald Mcdonald, Grand Forks,
D1k
In executive session Senator B.yafd con.
G s1oded his speech upon the Niess guam treaty
still IN force ana that The ratification Of The e
Nica'AR@an treaty would be . violation of
took place. Senator " sherm an 1 Saa ' t%n
amendments pending. One is to open nego
tiations with England for the abrogation OF
with the ratifit alton Of the Nicaraeunn treaty.
The other is to provide that there shall be no
discrimination either for OF against any gov.
eminent in canal rates Tor the passage Of
VesselDI
House.-1he Army Appropriation here was
discussed and passed Only two amendments
were made by the house. One of these changes
the articles of war relating TO courts mar ial 40
as to permit such courte 70 fegulate the hours
OF their sess .ons, and the other strikes out the
paragraph reported by the committee author
izing graduates of tho United States
military academy to be attached to anv corps
OF the army for which they are recommended
oy the academic board as additional second
agrapl was inserted to g,.ar'l against the dis
charge OF cadets who will graduate in 1886,
the class of that year being unusually large
Mcmillan ct Tennessee and Warmer Of Ohio l5d
Tue OPPOSITION to this pars:;raek, Ehlch was
knocked out ON point - rider:
SRSATk-Msssage from the president were
laid belore the senate transmitting Informs
lion heretofore called for regarding the land.
ing OF foreign cables in the United btntes: the
Awards of the Venezuelan mixed comfbissiun,
and the status Of the Oklahoma lands. which
lands, the president maintains, cannnt .,H>
t DER existing treaties, 30 opehed for Set
uement without the transaction of other
session on the Nicaragua treaty. Sci:
ator Vance made = speech arguing that
the layton Bulwer treaty was etlil An ohsta.
Gle to the ratification Of the treaty and offered
motion that further action be postponed nm
IN after March 1. This notion was the sub
lect ct q long debate Senator'S Bayard and
salisbury and others upon the Democratic
side spoke in favor Of the motion, and Senator's
Morgan, Lapham, Conger aud Miller of Cali
fornia oppossedik
The following nominations were sent bv the
president to the senate:
~ Nicholas Il: Owings, secretary of Washington
Territory Registers Of land offices-George
A. Mckenzie, Stockton, Cal. Charles X Joh8.
son, Los Angeles, CAL Mark t. Blunt PnelaG
COL Henry H. GriHitha, receiver Of public
moneys at De! Moines, iowa; Robert .Wo6,l-
bridge Ohio, Indian sgent 81 tha Lsmhe
AVIAN, Greene, Io1s, E L ): McCleSlla r. M Hel-
ion, Iowa; Eenry F. Steward, Ketchum, Iowa
HousE.-Mr. Clay, from the committee on
presidential laws, reported concurrent reso-
luton providing:
The two houses shall assemble in the hal, ~
the house At noon on tho II of February, 1885
pursuant 70 tho requirements Of the consM,
vice. prene s*' - S a. TO- the
president Of the senate shall. ~ slie bresidine
officer; that one peraen shall be appointed tell
er on the part ef the senate and two as tellera
on eho part Of the house, to make q list of the
votes Is they shall be declared. That result
e et ce delivered to the president Of the sem
persons elected II the two houses Assembled
as aforesaid, which shall be deemed The dec
Iaraton of the persons elected as president
and wee president Referred
j. W. Reed, Democrat, took his seat Al tho
successor to Mr. Scales, fifth district Of North
tempt ~ have the Mexican treaty bill taken nj,
Tor consideration The house voted to ctnsid:
or railway land grant forfiture bills: but Nj
prevented from doing 80 BY hibhstesiAE.
sENATR-The senate went into executive
session and the suspended vote upon sena-
tor Vance's motion to postpone action upon the
Nicaragua treaty was continued, resulting
IN the defeat OF the motion-22 to Is Sem
stor sherman's amendment, looking to the
abrogahon or modification Of the Clayton
Bulwer treaty, was then discussed some
hours, and coming to = vote in committee Of
the whole, was defeated-N to e. The eer:
ond Sherman amendment relating to dis
examination in tolls, WAS defeated without
uSAelOn. Inc treaty was then reported to the
senate, and vote upon Sherman's amend
ment relating to the Clayton Bulwer treaty was
again taken, resulting IN it's adoption-3Ct to 10
A vote was then taken upon the treaty Its elf,
and 81 senators voted for it's ratification while
- voted against it. The affirmative vote be-
ing less than two thirds of the whole number
voting, the treaty was not ratified The nays
were all democratic, with tho exception
of Riddleberger The following democrats
voted for the treaty: Jonas, La, Jones, Flor.
Maxey: Morgan, Pentlleton and Rngh
Mr.. Mcmillan has presented in the senate
a memorial from the Minnesota Legislature
urging the purchase of the Portage and Lake
Superior ship canals by the government for
the purpose Of making it free waterway.
HousE.-After miscellaneous business of no
great importance, the river and harbor appro-
pr'ation bill was discussed until adjournment
sENArE-To-day Senator Beck presented .
memorial from number . naval officers, pro-
'estinR against tho passage Of the resolution
giving the thanks Of congress to Commander
schley and Lieut.. Emery. The memorial says
The resolution would advance these gentlemen
me grade, and this advancement would affect
Ill ofcers now standing above them in the list
II their respective ranks. They say. while. not