The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-27
1T sQUEEZEs THROUGH
Edmunds' Resolution Adopted BY Bare
Majority.


Majority.
| WASHINGTON CITY, March 21-The chat,
Friday laid / efore the senate thu president.
message transmitting The report OF the ciyi
| serN ice commission
Hoar intro iuced a bill providing for in
quests under national authority. He said
the bill was suggested by the reports OF
recent occurrences at Carrolton, Miss
According to these reports a wanton and un
proyoked crime had been committed result
ing in the death of a large number of citi
zens, in which the victims were of one race
and he presumed of one political party, and
| all the murdeTers of another This bill.
| Hoar sail was intended 20 supply method
If inquiry which would lie removed from
politics
The Edmunds resolutions were then
paced before the senate and Ingalls, took
the floor in support of the majority rssolu-
| tons
| ong before Ingalls, concluded his speech
tie gale les filed up and many members
came over IRON the house and occupied seats
in the Sc ATE chamber
| lHgall, took up the question where the Cd
| position left it, conceding all that lemc-
| cratic senators demanded reSpec M the co =
snJutional powers of the executive as to ar
| pointments 10 Office He Genied thai tie
ma lority Ind asked for The presidents rea-
SONS The president in his mesa. e to the
senate, started olt with an absolutely I'M
founded inputation upon the position OF th5,
| ma. orlty by saying tat senators and com
| mittees had importuned the executive for
hls reasons for suspensions lngall also de
nj d that private" papers had been ASKED
for. That issue had been brought in by the
| administration. A tender conscience needed
no accuseT. 1t was tire interior conscience
of the administration out of which was
evolved this phantasy, this farcial allera-
ton 1t had been charged that the senate
was trying to keep Republicans in office
The Republican, Ct Kansas, and the speaker
b, lieved that no Republican could hold Office
under Democratic administration without
either sacrificing his convictions o. forfeit
Ing his self esteem, and so when the new
administration was inaugurated Kansas
Republicans began to make excus IS for re-
tlrrng to private life. They did moi stand
upon the order of their going; they fairly
trampied upon each other in 'tumultuous
and indecent hast to get out of
office There was no craving for
mercy. No mercenary straggler went for
shelter under the bomb proof tenure-of-
office act, and no sutler crawled behind the
fragile breast work of civil service reform
If, sal Ingalls,, at the expiration of one
year, few yet rempined in Office, it was be-
cause the victors had be- n unable to agree
among themselves, or had leen unable to
discover among Their own number, comge-
tent Or qualified successors for those that re-
main in O.fic2.
ingalls, did not believe in non-pai tisan-
snip Political parties We're Indispensable
to populr governments He had no pa
thence in men who believed it u badge of
virtue now to belong to a political party
or that it reflected glory on a statesman to
elect independence OF his party
The senator's criticism of the mug
wunps was very severe, and the intima-
lions and reflections cast upon that class OF
politicians were extremely pointed tie lik-
ened them to TIE third sex.
which was endowed with the
contempt OF men and the derision
of women" The speech caused repeated
onthurstS of applause in the galleries and
during the "mugwump description" a nun
~ u '"sNA''"' '1ib iiSliNOt " W d"-
Senators Logan and Harrison followed
IN support OF the majority report
The question was then on Van WICK
amendment providing that in such eases
OF removals the matter of confirmation
shall be considered in open session of the
senate. Van Wyck made a strong speech
in advocacy of the amendment.
Logan said he would vote for the
amendment but for the fact that it was
thought that it would incumber the reso,
luti0ns.
Hoar raised the point that the amend
ment was not in order inasmuch as il
changed the rules of the senate and no
notice had been given of it.
The president protempore sustained the
point of order and appeal taken by But
Ter was laid upon the table. Yeas, 81;
nays %. This was strict party vote,
except that Van Wyck and Riddleberger
voted with the democrats.
Harris having demanded a separate
vote upon Edmunds resolution the first
resolution adopting the report of the com
mittee on judiciary was adopted
The second resolution condemning the
refusal of the attorney general to send
copies of papers called for by the senate
was adopted. Yeas, 80; nays, 25.
The question being on The third resolu>
ton, declaring it to be the duty of the
senate TO refuse its advice and consent to
the proposed removals of officers, docu,
ments in reference to supposed miscon-
duct OF whom are withheld, Gray raised
The point that it changed n rule of the |
senate and was not in order.
The president pro TEN overruled the |
point of order and Mr.. Gray appealed
from the decision. Mr.. Gray's appeal
was laid on the table. Mr. Brown moved |
to amend by striking out the third resolu |
ton altogether. Lost A vote being
taken on the third resolution it WIS
agreed to, yeas 30. nays 90 Messrs. |
of Oregon. Riddleherger and
Van Wyck, voting with the democrats. |
The fourth resolution cnntcmning the |
discharge of ex- union soldiers and put
ling in their places men who had rem
lered no military service for the govern.
ment was then voted upon and agreed to;
yeas Sc. nays, 1. (Morgan) Before that
resolution came TO a vote Butler said that |
II he had time he could demonstrate that
The republicans had violated the law re-
ating to soldiers ten times where the !