Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-15
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
DISCUSSING THE RULES.
MIR. Morrison's Opening Speech
BUSINESS IN THE SENATE.
The Presidential Succession Bill.
The Senate.

'he secretary OF War, with the report OF the
chief of ordnance showing the tests of iron and
steel during the last fiscal year. Also, letter
from the same Secretary transmitting, in com
pliance with recent resolution of the Senate
the report of Capt. Bixby, U. s. engineers, o u
the sea coast Qualifications of Europe.
Also, q letter from the same Secretary trans
mittIng petition OF the adjutant general Of
omccrs Of twenty-five regiments Of the army
praying for the equalization of pay of certain
oIncers and iion-cOmmissiOned officers.
Also, letter from the Washington MOnu
ment commission containing the annual report
OF that commission.
DISABILITIES REMOVED.
MIR. Edmunds, from the committee on the
Judiciary, reported favorably the bill to relieve
Gen. Alexander r. Lawton, of Georgia, of his
political disabilities. He asked for the imme
date consideration of the bill.
The bill was then read three times and passed
IN reporting the bin MIR. Edmunds said 1t was
Deeh appointed to an important position under
the government, but it having been understood
9y some that he was laboring under political
olsa0liities Gen. Lawton had then, with high
sensibility. Withdrawn himself from the con.
sideration of the President
Mr. Edmunds added that while Gen. LawtOn
was not OF opinion that political disabilities at
tached to him, vet in Difference to the differ
e e OF opinion on the subject he had now petit.
any existed, and the bill had been introduced
on receipt of that petition.
THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION BILL.
Going to the calendar the Senate took up Mr..
Hoar's bill to provide for the presidential sue
cession, and Mr.. Hoar addressed the Senate
on it.
On the conclusion of Mr.. Hoar's remarks on
the pres idential succession bill the Senate took
up ne bill to Increase to 81. 900 the salary OF the
I,hted states district judges, but, after some
deoate, laid IT over till Tomorrow.
THF JOINT RULES.
Mr. tbo, Hold
code OF joint rules for the Senate and House of
Representatives., and the Senate proceeded
with its consideration.
THE PROHIBITION RULE.
MIR. Conger opposed the committees amend
ment TO strike out rule 13, prohibiting the sale
of liquors in the Capitol. After some debate
Mr.. Conger demanded the yeas and nays. The
committee agreed to strike out the joint rule in
ordef 10 leave the question with each House.
Nominations To-day.
The President sent the following nominations
to the Senate to-day:
To be postmasters.-Wm. P. Hurley at Rock
land, Me-; HermOn A. PettengiN at Peter
borough, n. H.: Willard H. Tappan at Bald.
winsville n. y; John Vanderburyh at Mattea-
wan, n. y; Isaac NJ. Kelly at Ravenne, Ohio;
ward s al ades as Msahayas YAH Ind d John
Astoria, Oregon; Hnratio n. Cronkrte at Clin-
ton, Wis; john d. Stevens at Carthage, Ills;
III
Porter at Dowagiac, Mich.
long list of other nominations was sent in,
put they were all recess appointments hereto
House of Representatives..
Mr.. Morrison Ill.) offered a concurrent reso-
lutipn providing for holiday recess from Tues.
day. December ODD, until Tuesday, January
9th. Laid over for one day, under the rules.
THE PROPOSED NEW RULES.
MIR. Morrison then called n ho a.
committee on rules, which was presented YES
terday, and the proposed new code of rules was
read at length.
MIR. MORRISON OPENS THE DEBATE
AT Mr.. MorrisOns suggestion the reading of
the report itself was dispensed with and the
general debate was opened by Mr.. Morrison
with short explanation of the proposed rcvis.
ion. There was nothing new, he said, in his
the propositions as had been submitted to the
House from time to time, as were believed to
I essential to the speedy organization of the
I'd to more conservative and economic
cal legislation. After touching briefly upon
n nrpose e bs a OF the minor changes
The distribution of the ators of the appropria.
ton committee. II the revision was adopted
that committee would be left with jurisdc.
ton over bills aggregating in amount over hail
the expenditures OF the government, and il was
believed by the committee Oh rules that to
SiNC anu pIopcT dtteUtlOD 10 lpDrOprl:l-
ton bills carrying such an amount OF money
would require all the efforts, all tile industl ~
and all the Intelligence that could he found in
any one committee OF the House.
1t was claimed by the minority of the COM
mitiee OH rules that this would lead to increased
expenditures, 1t would only do SO, he con-
tended, II the members who should constitute
other committees were less intelligent, less
honest, less vigilant and less capable Of per-
forming the duties that devoved upon them
IMAM the members OF the committee on appro-
priations. 1t was stated in the minority report
that since the agricultural appropriation bill
had been cpniided to the care OF the committee
ON agriculture the appropriations Tor the Agri-
cultural bureau had largely increased. This he
accounted Tor by the fact that the dn-
upon The fact that though the agricultural in
terest was the most important in the country
the last aSrlculturai appropriation bill Carried
only OnC-twelfth OF the mohey wLich had been
appropriated 10 erect public building in Phil
auep hia to tax industry. and about the same
amount that had been given for public bull d.
Ing i'm an interior town where one member OF
the appropriation committee resided. But this
tlons had been Increased. Under the manage
ment of IL democratic appropriation committee
the expenditures for the Post ONCE department.
Congress. He did not complain of it:
he aid not say that 1t had not properly so
ibot ;nr put ;Gn,y pointed to the fact
grow, whether they were made by the comm l.
tee On appropriations or some other committee.
~ WeS noC hC" tuihS 1oT u Oc Ill IaNOr Oh
u distribution OF the appropriation bills. He
had voted to take away tile agricultural APP
preparation bill from the appropriation COM
mittee at u time when that committee was pre-
sided over by u warm friend OF his, Mr. Atkins
OF Tennessee, to whom the public owed as
much as to any other man the diminished ex-
penditures OF the government. The minority
report had introduced a number Of Senators as
witnesses against the ACCESSIBILITY OF division
summoned to say that in the House the appro-
priation bills should be kept together In order
that the expenditures might be reduced, and in
tne Senate that they should he kept together in
order that the expenditures might Ee largely
increased.
He then passed on to consideration of the
proposition to prohibit the INCORPORATION of
general legislation ON. appropriation bills, de-
clarills that 1t would be In the Interest OF con-
siderate and speedy legislation, and answered
TIE suggestion that the only way to get de-
crease vi expenditures through the Senate was
To permit the Holman amendment TO sand by,
rei,aiklng that the Senate would hurry worry
Itself about increasing appropriations which
were made In the interest OF democratic off,
Gals -
The District In Congress.
POLICE REGULATIONS IN THE NEW CODE.
BY the new District code pending In the Sem
ate the police force Is to remain about as Or
ganized at present. Private detectives are re-
quired to give bond of $4,000 to the COM
missioners for the faithful return to the Com
missioners OF all business transacted by them.
OPENING OF NEW ROADS -
The code also prescribes fully how new roads
shall be opened by condemnation. The mnr-