Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-16
CONGRESSIONAL
senate

wxa-ox. Dec. l5.-The chair laid
,na senate a letter from the Sec
~ war With the repsrt OF the
ras.y N Ordnance showing the tests Of
I'D steel during the last tiscsl year;
letter from the same Secretary
ssr,ittinc in oOmpiisnse with the re
". ,ssolntjon Of tbs Senate, the report
sr.,tain Bixby. Uaited States Engi-
IN the sea coast fortl1eations OF
Rgrspe. ct.,. T.
- ,s,orted favotably a bill ia re
49, asnsraI Alexander X Lsvton, Of
m.~,,is Of his political disabilities. de
's.S for the immediate consideration
n the bill. -,
p5mapds introdsced bill granting
.a..ion 10 Mrs. Julia Grant, and an
-. Iii granting her the franklng
o,v,isos. Edmuuds said the bills we're
.hs form adopted Ia similar cases
s...Iofo-s. The bill vas .heu read three
s'rass and was pssssd, going to the cAl-
Tss Senate then took up Hosr's bill
=. a,cxjds for the Presidential success =
80 and Hoar sd irssssd the Senate
on il. u,
So s.aate took up the ball TO increase
.sssu1 the sal 4ry Of United States Dis
80. Iudoss. bat after SONS debate laid
a oser tiIi tomorrow.
P,ys then called up the bill providing
,or a cods OF joint rules for the Senate
"a Hoase OF X representatives and the
s.na,. u,ocssded With It's consider alton.
psfssriua 20 the rule providing that
No Intoxicating liquors be sold in the
C.oi,oI Frye said the majority of the
.ommittss believed the snbjsot OF that
,nia n BE- one that should be left 10
sasb house separately and the commit
- had therefore recommended that
tss rule be struck out.
Nh, Ingalls, thosznt that IL il were in
.snasd 10 leQislate on prohibition. the
s.n4te. the House and the President
sbeud ali be called on to do their snare.
Wnile be {Ingalisl might have his pri-
ysts epinion as to the propfisty or i'm
oraoriety OF the use of alcoholic liquors
"a he Capitol. he thonght the TN after
sns Of legislation rather than OF action
by the Senats iu its individual oaps-
city.
the words "for sale,n 30 that ths rule
an not. On this he called fer the yeas
and nsys, bat the call was not sustained
On the committee proposition to
sriks out the rule, the yeas and nays
ware demanded and resulted. yeas 20.
nays 36.
B,svn in offering an amendment sim
liar 10 the sne that had been offered by
Riddleberger said that be Brown did
Al. H.. .ne.tA - I'D
the idea incorporated in the prohibition
laws Of prohibition States. he thou2ht
the Senator'S should not be prohibited
from taking social friend into the
Capitol.
Vest said be Was opposed to the rule
a. setting up system of espionage.
Everyone knew that II a Senator wanted
lquer In his COMMITTEES room, he would
have it and would visit the ssveres. pun-
ishment Ia his power on any clesk who
should "inform" on hun. Ine whole
thing Was simply an attempt to meet
the fanatical spirit ia the country on
this question to which Vest would not
give countenancs.
Browa's amendment was ls,t-yeas
2l, nays 20.
An amendment offered bv Morgan
vas agreed to combining the joint rules
10 90 much of the Capitol as was In the
control of the two houses OF Congress.
This excludes from their operation so
mach Of the Capitol as Is controlled by
she Sapreme Court.
Coskrell offered an am sndment to the
eject that any Senator or member of
Congress- violating rule should be liza
bic TO expulsion. IL looked very small,
~. % In i,a luz a n a. n u. 1
for the purpose OF infiictina punishment
ON committee clerks for oonuiving at
the uss of whiskey In the Capitol, when
IL was notorious that the distinguished
Senator'S who voted to keep this rule in.
keep intoxicating liquors ia their com
mittee rooms. The amendment was dis
agreed to by 20 to Is.
On motion of Mr.. Ednunds the
claase providing for the dismissal OF
clerks WHO should "oonnive at the use
Of liquors" Was stricken out. In order
70 tnake the rule harmonic With the
sense of the Senate ON Mr.. Cookreil's q
amendment.
With that clause stricken out, the
one hundred aud thirty eighth rule was
then adopted BY ripa pocs vote.
On molten OF Mr.. Mauderson, ths
rules we're laid over until tomorrow, aud
the Senate weat into executive session.
and when the doors reopened. ad-
ionrned.
WASHINGTON, Dee. l5.-Morrisop. oil
Illine.s, offered concurrent resolution
providing for holiday recess from De
eenaber I'D 20 January 9th. Laid ovel
for one dsy under the rules.
Morrison then called up the report oi
the Committee on Rules which was pre-
seuted yesterday. and the proposed new
code OF rules was read at length.
At Morrison's suggestion the reading
Of the report itself was dispensed With,
and the general debate opened by Nor
rison With q short explanation OF the
proposed revision. There was nothips
nex, be said, in his propositisn. II,
bad msutaliy grouped such of the pro
positions as rad been submitted to th'
House from time 20 time as were be
heved 10 be essential 10 the speedy or
psnixAtion of the House, to a prepc'
distribution of its work. and 60 more
conservative and economical legislation
After touching briefly upon one or i've
OF the minor changes proposed, ~
srgned In sapport of = distribution oi
the labors Of the Appropriation Com
mittees,
Randall followed Morrison. speakins
q length. He said that the tendenc,
OF dividing the work of the COMMITTEES
On Appropriations Was TO increase tn'
expenditures of the Government. d.
tnstsnsed the River aad Hsroor bill
which lad been increased from an sv
sfsss OF f7,0o1, 900 when in possession
Of the Appropriations Committee 10 AZ
aannal expenditure of more than xls,
muu. Randall read from President
anhars message stating that q sum
esert amount remained from the appro
psiatlens of the previous year 10 carr,
90 sli the Bscessary works, and Goa
sssss had actually passed bill fer Vs.
VNeil. of Pennsylvania. interrupted
$50 % say that the people bad not sns
nnsd President Arthur in that 70
nsndsl replied tha, he could poin
oM vaere the psosle had defeated can
aasstee Who voted fer the bill.
uNeil said that such Vas not the cas-
% fnii4delphis. bis Republican col
nseafA Who had always voted 70
pxapsf river and harbor appropriation
oa.,A had beeu reelected 30 the House
Randall suggested that he had AWAY
voted AesiEsi river and hArbor bills ans