The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-07-09

alnrmaulVe. lne following Dem ts ,s..s e &
ed in the affirmative: 80 sot. 4
Messrs; Allen GMiss.l Barksdale. Barre
Bland, Burnes, Bynum, Caldwall loSarfys oays
bell (Ohio), Carleton, Cobb. Graz, Na,np
bertson, Daniel Dockery, Earidpe F;an G1l'
er, Frederick, Geddes, Hatch Hansil aasn
Holman, Jones (Tex.) Kleiner I,afsnty' Ifny'
Lanham, Lawler, Lowry, Matson mn
bury, Mills, Morgan. Murphy. Neal Nay NTas'y
Sayers, Skinner, Stewart (Tex1 secs sta
(Mo.), Tarsney, Taulbee, j. NJ Tar,a Ts,Jae
lTenn.), Tillman, Townshend Van Fs3aor ,or
Warner (Ohio), Weaver, (Iowa). WeIIhor,
Wilkins, Winans, Wise, Wolford ars
Worthington. "i'u
SENATE.-The consideration OF the Iao;.
latlVe appropriation bill was concludsd
and the bill was passed. The amend mants
we're agreed to. The amendments ;rerau ,.,enes
ing the compensation OF the commissana.
| OF pensions from $4 900 to S5. 900 was Il
| lected--24 to 20. The vote was snhse
! quently reconsidered and the amendr
agreed to without division. The ILL.,
amendment as to the commissioner ~ ,at
ents was agreed to--24 to 10. The an,enS
ment increasing the compensation al tbs
solicitor OF the treasury from "a. 600 Ia
! 81, 500 was rejected.
Mr. Edmunds' bill, whose provisions
nave not yet been clearly stated, is ais fol-
this act, the president OF the United states
shall have the power and it shall be b;a
| duty, to appoint the officers now appoint.
| ed by and with the advice Of the senate 81.
| ceptlng heads OF departments assistant
secretaries in the various departments
assistant postmaster general, assistant
| attorney general, ambassadors and othar
| public ministers and consuls, justices and
| judges OF the court OF the United States IN.
| cluding the supreme court Of the District Of
| Columbia, the supreme courts OF the terri.
| tories and the court OF claims, officers n
| the military and navy service, collectors of
| customs in districts in which the gross rev
| enues collected in any one year exceed
-, the treasurer and assistant treasurer.
! controller of the currency, commits.
! sioner OF internal revenue, controller Of
! the treasury, commissioner OF customs
register OF the treasury, solicitor OF the
| treasury, director OF the mint, supervising
inspector OF steamboats,, supervising sur
| geon general, solicitor general, chiefs oithe
several bureaus OF the navy department..
| Sec. 2. That each officer SO appointed
| by the president shalt hold his Office for
| four years next after the issuing OF his com
mission, subject to the provisions of this
! act.
Sec. 3. That any OF the officers so ap-
| pointed by the president may be suspended
! whenever the president or the head OF the
| department in or under which the officer
| serves shal have reason to believe that
| said officer has been guilty OF malfeasance
| in office, or neglact Of duty, or Of any OH
| cial or personal misconduct, rendering it
injurious to the public interest for him
longer TO hold such office.
| HousE.-A senate bill passed for an ad-
| ditional supreme court Justice In Montana
| Inc senate amendment excepting the Gulf
| d Ship Island railroad from the provisions
OF the bill forfeiting the lands OF six south
! ern railroads was concurred in. Thesenate
amendments to the bill repeating the pre-
emption and other land laws were non-c0n-
Cured in. Consideration OF the general de-
ficiency bill occupied the rest OF the day.
Mr.. Dockery, in speaking on the paragraph
relative to the navy department, said: In
1866 there were 800 servicsable vessels in
the navy; to-day there were but 81 vessels,
and OF these the secretary oil the navy GER
titled only 81 were servceable. During these
20 years $419, 100000 had been expended
for the naval establishment, Of which $90,-
900, 900 had been expended for construc-
tion and repair.
SENATE.-The senate resumed considera-
tion of the river and harbor appropriation
bill. The following amendments, among
Others, were agreed TO:
Appropriating 81 600, 600 for improving
New York harbor, so as to secure thirty
foot channel at the Sandy Hook entrance
OF the harbor, upon such plan as the secre
tary oil war may approve; appropriatlng
$500, 600 for the improvement OF the 20
tomac river in the vicinity al Washington
In q discussion on an amendment Mr.
Beck declared:
The trouble was that the country had
too much money. The country would sui
fer more by reason OF the amount ofmopey
in the treasury land which was increasing
every year by taxntion) than 1t would u
the government had barely money enough
to carry on it's ordinary business. Only
$144, 900, 600 OF the debt could be paid on
before September, 1891, and for thatthere
were 1924. 600. 900 lying idle in the treas
ury. Therefore he did not care whether
the bill appropriated ten fifteen or twenty
millions. so long as the money was proper
ly spent Let the money be spent this way
and get into the hands OF the people
The president vetoed the senate pili lof
the relief Of Martin Il. Bun6y. The presl.
dent says: The claimant, who was quar-
termaster, after the settlement OF his AZ
counts, was found to be indebted 70 tne
government. Thereupon he put In q CLAIM
for forage for horses, more than suincehe
to offset his indebtedness. There isnosug
gestion that he had or used any horses, anu
ii he did e ;iss;. *; ~
age at the time ne settled his accounts,
then he presents case OF incredible igno.
rance OF his rights or & wonderful lack y
that disposition TO gain every possible au-
vantage which is usually found among
those who deal with the government ihe
claim is not allowed, on the ground thac
it would set precedent which could haru, mare,
Iy be ignored and which, II followed, wonu ~,
furnish another means of attack Upon .ns
treasury quite as effective as many whlch
are now in active operation. -.
HoUsE.--Tbe house went into comnape.wwe
OF the whole on the general dcficency bl.
Messrs. Bragg and Guenther offered "a
amendments. which were adopted. appro.
priating in the aggregate $4,000 70 pay
judgments and awar is recovered asainss
the United States for flowage damags
caused by the Improvement ofthe FOX anu
Wisconsin rivers. \. ~,
:, q ,,,an,l,,,a,,4 ~, tl,e s,1ndrv civil bill.