Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-23

department and had not one cent wherewith to make good this shortage. This deficiency came from the use of money for the private business of the oficeholder He had also exchanged postage stamps for merchan- disc
 MT. Logan inquired if that oficeholder was suspendeda
 ''No," replied Mr. Colquitt, "but he will be suspe nded if you will give the assurance frmed"
 MT. Logan inquired if the paper MT. Col quitt had read from was a record.
 Mir. Colquitt replied, ''Yes."
 MT. Logan asked whether it is from the Postoffce department
 MT. Colquitt said it was and it was open to any Senator applying to see it.
 MT. Logan was struck, he said, with the strange fact that records could be furnished against individuals for some Senators to make speeches on, but could not be furnished when called for by resolution of the House.
 MT. Hoar inquired whether the facts were that papers of this character were furnished when the officials were guilty and not when they were innocent.
 Mir. Colquitt had no doubt the Senator could get papers of both characters if there were such papers in the department and the Senator would ask for them.
 MT. Hoar asked on what principle papers were given to Senator and denied to the Senate.
 Mr. Colquitt asserted that no Senator had been refused access to the papers. The de- partaent had, however, refused to give them in response to call as matter of right by the Senate.
 MT. Hoar said this the first time he heard of the consent of the departments to exhibit them to anybody except to Senators on the Democratic side and had heard of good many refusals. He said he was a mem Der of committee that had been refused
 Mir. Colquitt said the demand was made as a matter of right that papers should be sent to the Senate-papers of a very different character from those he had read here, and that demand had been refused. The ground on which they had been declined was that right to demand correspondence of private and confidential character relating to remov- als.
 MT. Logan said there were some Senators who would like to see the papers, but who did not go to the departments. He was of that number. He did not go to the depart ments to see newspapers. He never had done so and did not expect to, but he would like to see the papers. If the Senators in their aggregate capacity as Senate passed reso lution respectfully requesting the papers and the papers should be denied he was afraid the country would not see the nice distinctions made by the departments when the departments gave the papers to individu- al mem bers to be read here in order to con- demn some persons.
 MT. Colquitt said he had merely read the papers to show that in case of offensive par tisanship the administration should use it's authority and should suspend or remove men of the character in dicated. The only object MT. Colquitt could see that was sub served by the adoption of the resolutions reN ported by the majority of the committee was to place on record and perpetuate the malice of the majority. The Senate, in this matter, present articles of impeachment, thus be- coming accuser and judge. The intention was by the passage of these resolutions to produce all the moral effects of impeach- ment.
 MT. Colquitt did not mean to insinuate any lack of insincerity of these resolutions. He would not impugn anybody's motives, but he would compare the Senates action in case with it's action when the administration was Republican, and when tke President ot this body (Mr. Sherman) was the officer on whom the call was made. MT. Colquitt then read the letter already read by MT. Kenna addressed by Mr. Sherman to the committee of commerce of the Senate to papers relating to suspension of the collector of the port of New York. Mir. Colquitt reminded the Republicans that patriotism was sacrificed. He presumed that they could become reconciled to the new der of things and to their own sufferings of that order and these sufferings redounded to the prosperity and happiness of their fellow citizens.
 MT. Jackson followed Mir. Colquitt also in opposition to the majority report. At : o'clock, MT. Jackson still retaining the door the Senate went into executive session and at $40 adjourned.
 HoUsE.-The chaplain invoked divine aid in ridding the land of ganesters, cards, dice, chips, stocks, bucket shops, boards of trade, etc. The prayer created sensation and was ordered printed.
 The consideration of pension bills coming over from Friday nights session was pro ceeded with. Bills increasing to $50 month the pensions of the widows of Commodores Spicer and Fillebrowne were passed.
 The bill granting a pension of S2, 900 8 year to Mrs. Hancock was then passed; yeas 169, nays 47.
 Under the call the following bills and resolutions were introduced and referred: of arbitration to arbitrate in case of strikes. By MT. Van Ceaton, of Mississip- pi, proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting polygamy.
 By MT. Burnes, of Missouri for the settle ment of railroad strikes by arbitration.
 By MT. Beach, of New York, proposing a change in the rules so as to provide that eulogies on deceased members shall be de- livered on Sundays.
 At the end of the call the House at 4:4O a1i