The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-02
CONGRESSIONAL.
Senate,

MARCH 2L-The chair laid before the
senate II petition from the ctiZe is of the
Pacific coast protesting against the cruel
treatment of unOffending Chinese. 1t was
referred to the committee on foreign rela-
ton.
Mr.. Logan explained in the Senate to-day
that under the present laws there were but
-, 526 effective men in the army and that
under the proposed increase to $4,000 there
would probably be only about $4,000 etfec-
tive men.
Mr.. Plat favored the proposed increase.
He said we had no army. 1t was no msnO-
mer to call the present skeleton" an ar
my. The argument that we had no imme-
date need for any army was like arguing
that because it was not raining to-day it
would never rain. 10 be sure, the skies
were now clear, but all clouds gathered
rapidly and we were not entirely free from
possibilities of difficulty with foreign ma
tons. Besides, there was domestic danger
which justified the maintenance of troops.
This danger did not arise from bodies of
workingmen associated together for their
own benefit and to better their condition,
but from people who came from abroad
with no good intentions toward our form of
government, men who had raised the red
flag of the communicative asserted that
their object was revolution and their desire
blood. A well-OrganiZed, even though
small, standing army, Mr.. Platt said, in
conclusion, was in our present position
MARCH Ex-senator Voorhees, Und.) adj
dressed the senate to-day in opposition to
the majority report on the Duskin resolu-
tiOnS He criticised the senate for daily
ing with such subject while great public
ques IONS were pressing for attention and
the flesh and blood of men and women
were being ground in the massive hopperS
of great corporations.
Senator Voorhees, said that he heartily
endorsed Mr.. Cleveland's action in making
removals, so far as action had been had,
and he would heartily indorSe the presi-
dents action in the same direction if he
went A. thousand leagues farther The
civil-SeryiLc law had never commended it.
self to the speakers judgment. 1t had
proven itself TO be II violent and Odlous OBJ
struction to the will of the people and n
stumbling-block in the way of Il rational
and successful administration of the gov
ernment and he should vote for its repeal.
MARCH 2G.-Senators Ingalls, Logan and
Harrison addressed the senate to-day in
support of the majority report in the Dus-
kin case after which the resolutions were
adopted. Senator Ingalls'S speech was
chiefly devoted to caustc arraignment of
mugwumps, civl-service reform, and the
pOStmaSter-general.
Senator harris having demanded u Sepa-
rate vote upon the Edmunds resolutions,
the first resolution, adopting the report OF
the committee on the judiciary, was adopt
ed-yeaS 81, nays 20. The second reSOlu-
ton, condemning the refusal Of the attor-
ney-general to send copies of papers called
for by the senate, was adopted-yeaS 81,
nays %. The question being on the third
resolution declaring it to be the duty Of
the senate to refuse its advice and consent
to proposed removals of officers, the docu-
ments in reference To the supposed mscon-
duct of whom are withheld, Senator Gray
raised the point that it changed q rule Of
the senate and was not in order. The pre-
sident pro tempOre Overruled the point of
order and Senator Gray appealed from the
decision.
Senator Edmunds, in reply to Senator
Morgan who arose TO debate the point of
order, admitted that he held that the attOr-
ney-general could be punished for contempt
In failing to obey an order OF the senate.
Senator Morgan said Senator Edmunds
meant to say the senate had right to call
the Encouragement before ii OH this issue
and imprison him for contempt if he did
not produce the papers. That was the
doctrine that the senate now proposed to
assert, though IL had been carefully con-
cealed. After further debate Senator
Gray'S appeal was laid on the table and the
resolution was adopted by a vote of 30 to
90 Senators Mitchell, Rddleberger, and
Van Wyck voting with the democrats. The
fourth resolution, condemning the dis
charge of eX-uniOn soldier and the putting
in their places OF men who had rendered no
military service for the government, was
then voted on and agreed to-yeaS So, nays
l (Senator Morgan.)
MARCH 20.-The Logan army bill came
up in the senate to-day, and, after letter
from Gen. Sheridan favoring the proposed
increase of the army had been read, oena-
tor Logan spoke in support of the bill.
Senator Plumb opposed the increase of
the army as inconsistent with republican
principles of government, and because it
would simply develop more frills, furbe-
lows, and decorations. lie intimated that
the object of the bill was to provide force
to be used against the people. The proud
est day of the republic, he said, was when
the great muster occurred at the close OF
the war. There was q period of eighty