Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-16
SECRETS IN THE SENATE
THE OPEN EXECUTIVE SESSION
RESOLUTION TABLED.

HI ESOLUAlON L lAbAEDs
vota of33 to FL Settles the Fate OF the
proposition, for the Present at Least
several cities Brought Under the Pro-
yistons of section 5191 of the Revised
Statutes-Messrs, Symmes and Ran
dan Have Il Tilt.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-In the Senate
to-day Mr.. Call introduced bill to make
Tampa, Fla, port of entry.
A hin was introduced by Mr.. Vance 10
roneal chap. 81 Of the acts of 1888, reIat-
inc TO the civil service. This is the bill to
roneal the civil service law reported ad-
vorsely bv Senator Hawley from the Com
mittee on Civil Service during the first
session of the present Congress. and is
now reintrOduced.
The hour of O'Clock arrived, when the
unfinished business of yesterday the bill
repealing the tenure of office act) came
nm. and was, on motion of Mr.. Hoar, al
lowed to stand over till tomorrow as un-
finished business.
OPEN EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
Mr.. Platt then called up his resolution
that executive nominations shall here
after be considered in open session, eX-
cept when otherwise ordered by vote of
the Senate.
Mr.. Hoar moved to lay the resolution
on the table. This was agreed to by
vote OF 33 yeas to 81 nays, as follows:
Yeas-Messrs Allison, Beck, Call, Cameron.
Chase Cheney, Cockrell. Coquitt. Edmunds,
Evarts. German. Gray, Harrison. Hoar, In
gaIis Jones of Arkansas, Mcmillan, McPher-
sor. Malone, Maxev. Miller, Morgan, Morrill,,
Pugh, Sabin, Salisbury. sawyer, Sewell,
SD6oner, Vest. Walthan, Whitthorne, and
Wilson Of Maryland-33.
Ndls-Messrs. Berry, Blair, Butler, Conger,
Culom, Dawes. Dolph, Eusts, Frye, George,
Gibson. Hawley, Mitchell of Oregon, Mitch
ell of Pennsylvania, p latt, Plumb. sherman.
vanWick, Voorhees,. Williams. and Wilson of
iowa-2L
Mr.. Beck called up the bill prohibiting
Senator's or Representatives from acting
as attorneys for subsidized railroad com
nanies. the question being on the substi-
iute reported from the judiciary Com
mittee. but without reaching a vote upon
II the Senate at O'Clock went into eX-
ecutive session and soon afterward ad-
jOurned.
IN THE HOUSE.
In the House to-day, the Speaker ap-
pointed Messrs. Caldwell, Eden ana
Cooper as conferees on the electoral count
bill.
portant routine business, the House in the
morning hour went into committee Of the
whole with MIR. Crisp in the chair, on the
bill for the allotment of land in seyeralty
TO Indians.
Discussion of the bill consumed the
morning hour, but no vote was reached.
On motion of Mr.. Warner, of Missouri,
the bill was passed bringing the cities of
Atlanta, Galveston, st. Paul, Minneapo-
lie L. ifu nd nFna alaa
under the provisions of section 6l9l OF the
Revised Statues, which requires national
banks In certain cities to keep on hand,
in money of the United States, a sum
equal to % per cent. of their circulation
and deposits.
sUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATIONS.
The House then went into committee OF
the whole on the suudry civil appropria-
ton bill. An amendment was adopted
approprlating $147, 800 for the cOnstruc-
ton of lighthouse supply steamer for
use on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
Mr.. Symes, of Colorado, offered several
amendments increasing the appropria-
tiOns for the Signal Service Bureau, and
these being opposed by MIR. Randall he
proceeded to criticize that gentleman's
action as Chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations. He did not envy
the gentleman who lived upon
the Atlantic coast his narrow-minded
craftsmanship, which did not cross the
Mississippi river. If the gentleman did
not grow fast enough on the principles of
craftsmanship to extend the same privI-
eges TO the people of the West, those
people would see that man was made
Chairman of the Committee on Appro-
Drlatlons, whose vision extended beyond
lew signal stations ON the Atlantic
0ast.
RANDALL'S REJOINDER.
hr. Randall, in reply said that the PEN
llng bill carried more appropriations tor
ne Pacific coast than any similar bill for
years past. He thought he knew his
lutyi and he didn't propose to be fright
ened from the performance of that duty;
ertalnly not by words Of such dema-
Oguery as had emanated from the gen.
leman from Colorado.
Mr. Symes thought the gentleman had
etter read bis dictionary for the meaning
tne word demagoguery. A demagOgue
uehned by the best political writer's OF
uis c0uStrY was man who was the pre-
eIued leader OF a great party, and whose
my stock in trade was ability to go
trough appropriations with cheese
arlng knife, and cutting of a few dollars
ere and few dollars there make re-
lcuon OF $5,000000 from the appropra-
ous OF last year. That was the cheapest
usiacter OF craftsmanship that had ever
Ihe country on to material prosperity.
mat was the craftsmanship of the
eSt leaders OF the Democratic party.
VI save the country from such states
SnShlp. Laughter and applause.
Mr. Randall predicted that the Demo-
atc party would live to thrive and con-
VI ., IN THIS country without regard to the
aueman's opinion as TO leadership.
ppause. The amendments were re-
va, and pending further consideration
lne Dill the committee rose and the