National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-03-27

| on the new nomination, was provided for.
| Mr. jackson said, In the original tenure OF
| office bill, but was specifically struck out
| by the committee Of conference. IL was
also true as matter of fact, that Gen.
| Grant and other Presidents, in submitting
| nominations to the Senate, had used inter
changeably the words "removedn and
suspended" Mr. jackson had examined
many such cases, and had found Gen.
| Grant using the word "removedn when, in
| fact, the person designated as removed"
had, technically, been only "suspeuded."
Mr. Edmunds asked whether such cases
| did not occur during the session Of the
Senate.
Mr. jackson inferred that they did, but
| was not sure.
Mr.. Edmunds thought they did. lie said
that President Hayes had been called on to
explain whether that form Of nomination
! vice or "removed" person when, I'm fact,
the person had been suspended) meant
"remoyal' or not; and President Hayes had
replied that II did not imply anything of
the End, but only meant that the person
was removed If the Senate should consent
to the removal. That fact, Mr.. Edmunds
said, could be found on the Journals Of the
Senate.
Mr.. jackson, in concluding his remarks,
said:
see nothing in this but an attempt to en-.
croach on the functions and rights of the Ex.
eGutiye and Of obstructing him and his ad.
mnistratiOn in their efforts at REFORM No
President for the past half century has ever
acted with more moderation; none with more
conscientious regard for the public interests,
| and yet at the very outset of his administra.
tion he is to. be obstructed in this way on
| grounds wholly unwarranted. He may well
appeal from this Senate to the country, for the
country Will sustain him in his action.
Mr. George followed, also in opposition
| to the majority report.
| In the Morning lpuF Mr. Rich ri n
Tennessee, on behelf Of the committee on
war claims, called up and the House passed
the Fourth Of July claims bill. [The pro-
visions Of this bill were published in the
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN OF the Goth In
slant. The amount involved in the bill is
S23s, 2C01
The House then went into committee of
the whole (Mr. Mcmillan, of Tennessee, In
the chair on the Indian appropriation bill.
point Of order was pending against the
clause appropriating $1,000 for annual al
lowance to Capt. II. II. Pratt while in
charge Of the Carlisle Indian school. The
discussion which ensued though confined
to the teChncalities of the rules, which
do not give much scope to eloquencc, was
conducted In an earnest and, at times, eX.
cited and noisy manner for more than an
| hour and q half.
The issue was whether the clause was In
order by reason Of similar clauses contained
In previous appropriation bills, though not
being authorized by, statute law. The
| point OF order was sustained by the com
mittee-93 to GS-and the clause was struck
out.
MIR, Nelson pursued his announced in
tention by raising point of order against
the appropriations for the Salem (Oregon)
Indian school.
Pending decision the committee rose
| Mr. Burnes, of Missouri, submitted the
| conference rpnptt tho 1nTpianpy
bill, and It was agreed to.
| While this was being done MIR. Wellborn,
OF Texas: Mr.. Perkins, OF Kansas, and
others surrounded Mr.. Nelson and APP
pealed to him to depart from his policy In
regard to the Indian bill, but he was OBJ
durate, and at 4;45 the House adjourned.
Debate upon Gen. Logan's bill to in
crease the efficiency of the army was con-
tinued in the Senate during the morning
| hour Wednesday.
Mr. Teller opposed the increase of the
army, and advocated the taking Of a num-
Der of Indian children from hostile tribes,
| placing them in industrial schools, and,
thereafter, he claimed, Indian wars would
cease. The children would constitute hos
tages for the good conduct Of the parents.
The hour Of 9 o'clock arriving, the army
| bill went over, and the resolutions reported
from the judiciary committee were placed
before the Senate
Mr. Morgan addressed the Senate In OPP
position to the majority report. He en-.
tered upon an exhaustive analysis of the
| question, not only as II affected the i'm
mediate case under consideration, but the
| mutual relations, generally. of the EXecu-
tive and the Senate. Mr.. Morgan discussed
at some length the question of the constitu-
| tional limitations on the Presidents powers,
| to show that they did not affect his power
| OF removal, and that his discretion In that
respect was absolute.
Mr.. Voorhees, obtained the floor, but gave
| way fos motion to adjourn. He VIII be
the first to speak on the resolutions to-day,
and will be followed by Mr.. Evarts.
The Senate then, at $3.50 p. m, adjourned.
After the morning hour Wednesday the
House went into committee Of the whole
(Mr. McMillin, of Tennessee, in the chair
on the Indian appropriation bill
The subject of Indian education was dis
cussed by Messrs. Peel, Cutcheon, Holman,
Storm, O'Neill, and Cannon, after which
the committee rose and the bill was passed
| yeas 22G, nays 3.
The House Immediately went into COM
mittee Of the whole (Mr. Hammond, OF
Georgia, in the chair on the postoilice APP
preparation bill.
Mir. Blount, Of Georgia, chairman OF the
committee on postotCes and postroads,
briefly explained the provisions of the bill.
1t appropriated, he said, S54,326,5SS, as
| uSNlhpl uIl tbNlluult VI g~lD,boO, lpD, anu uu
appropriation Of S53, 700, 800 for the current
year.
Mr.. Burrows, OF Michigan criticised
several items in the bill, including the in
adequate pay Of railway postal clerks.
Another instance wherein the law was per-
fectly plain was that in relation to trans
portation Of foreign mniTc, vet for the Dur-
pose OF making that law a nullty the
Postmaster General had found no difficulty
in looking beyond the law and outside OF
II for a reason on which he could base his
refusal to execute 1t. At the proper time
| Mr.. Burrows will move to amend this bill
so as to make the appropriation equal to
the full amount Of the sea and inland post
| age, and only regretted that under the
rules Of the House he could not do more.
1t was the business Of the Postmaster GEN
eral, when Congress had determined to let
the service to the lowest bidder, to make
an effort to execute the law, instead of
sitting down and declining to make the
slightest move toward Its execution.
Mr.. Burrows quoted from the Democratic
| platforms from 1872 TO 1884 the civil service
| plank, and ended by citation from Mr..
Cleveland's letter OF acceptance, In which
he laid down the doctrine that the selection
and retention of subordinatcs In govern
ment employ should depend on their as
certained fitness for the work. The
people were sickened with this boast
Of the Democratic party. 1t had ceased
to draw, and 1t would be better TO
ring down the curtain and put out the
lights, II the Democratic party wished TO
save the performance and the performers
| from public ridcule and contempt. Let II .
| be taken from the boards or II would be
Missed oil by disguised public. This
democratic reform administration would
have to answer for Its Justification Of cltl-
zens at the bar Of public opinion, where IL
would receive a swift and merited condem-
nation. Applause on Republican sdel
The committee then rose, aud the House,
al 5:i5, adjourned.
The announcement that Messrs. Evarts
and Voorhees, were TO deliver speeches
upon the subject Of the judiciary commit
tees resolution touching the relations be-