Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-06
CONGRESSIONAL.
ingalls, and Cockrell Forget Sue Dig
nifty Of Their Positions, and
Indulge in Personalities.
Henley Attacks Charles fruncis Adams In
tho House and Brings Adams Do
tenders Brayely TO the Front.
XIX Congress.
THE SENATE.

IOte inc senate Calling iOI tHS beCICJhIJ
Of the Interior for Information as b. the
the authority for the issuance OF tie re-
cent order OF the commissioner Of the
general land Office suspenelng the receipt
OF applications for public lands under
pre-empting timber culture and desert
| land acts. The Tesolu lion having been
read, Mr.. Walthall saiG that the secretary
OF TIE interior, on the d0y Of the issue Of
the order, had determined to revoke II as
/ lie mad serious doubts as 10 It's legality
| He had revoked the Ovder.
| Mr.. ingalls, was glsd, first because the
order had been revoked, bat regretted
The statement OF the grounds on which
the revocation had been made, He On
galls) G1lrmed that no precedent In har-
mony with the order of jane woC,d be
| found in the interior department. The
revocation was right, bat the reasons
given for the revocation were not right
The constitution OF the United States
(Dgclls contlnued) required the presl-
dent Of the United States to take care
that the laws were effectually executed
The president was responsible
for the acts OF his executive officers.
Mr. Ingalls, did not assume that Presl-
dent Cleveland on the I'd day OF June, or
at any day since, had been in a condition
either to approve or disapprOve OF the
acts Of his subordinates, and while Mr..
ingalls, eXonerated the secretary OF the
interior from any active intervention in
the matter, the radical diff
Guilty lay In the fact that
The executive had placed vast
national interests in the hands Of subor-
dlnate ofEcers, who assumed not to see
that tbn lava TafthfuHfty
but that valid and suOsisting laws OF the
United states were suspended over vest
area of the public domain and many
thousands of citizens were denied their
rights under the laws The advent Of
the present commissioner OF the general
land Office 30 his position had been signal
Ted by an immediate sus-
pension Of 900 entries of
public lands. The commissioner Of
general land Office assumed that every
enc of those claimants was engaged In
fraudulent attempts TO plumber the
United States. He suspended every one
OF those entries declaring that patents
should not Issue, and sent out vast
corps of inquisttors and spies instructed
10 tlRd evidence 10 support the sas-
piciOns of the commissioner Of
the general land Office. That pol
icy had been pursued up 20 this
time. So great had been the
hardship, injustice and oppression OF Che
commissioners course that the secretary
OF the interior had been called upon TO
revoke the prior orders of the commits
sionec.
MIR. Ingalls, was proceeding to read
letter addressed by the commissioner of
the general land office TO the secretary OF
The Interior, dated May s, 1886, when Mr.. |
Cockrell asked what document Mr.. ingalls, |
was going to read from, MIR. Ingalls, re- !
piled letter, and stated that 1t was from
the commissioner.
Mr. Cockrell inquired whether the SEN !
ator was going to read from an Official |
document of the house or of the senate.
Mr.. Ingalls, replied that II the senator
denied the authenticity or suspected that
he (4ngalls) wanted TO tamper with the
text o. the letter he (Cockrell) could
send to the document room and get the
report, Mr.. Ingalls, then stated the
number of the document.
Mr.. Cockrell asked why could not
he senator answer question at once.
Mr. ingalls,; The senator from Maine
s.ncapable OF asking polite question
If anybody; that's the reason.
NoNhiSll' anu lue senator from
KANSAS Is incapable OF answering gentle
nan"
Ingalls,: 81 shall never have an oppor.
unity oil answering gentleman when
iyer the senator from Missouri interro.
yates men
The chair urged the senator's to keep
)rder.
8Edmunds (sotto voce) "That is
ingalls, (also soto voce): "You say II
$ after reading the letter"
3 Mr. Ingalls, said his mail was burdened
With complaints OF the action OF the com.
missioner. He cited cases within his
to show the hardships and In.
Justice caused by the course OF the land
)tlce. He added he was not complaining
)t the president or of the secretary Of
The interior who doubtless had been i'm
posed upon, whose Instincts and sympa.
.hies were such that they could
lot be with 'ths man who prefers
against the entire commit
ee." His Qngalls) complaint was Of
he agency that was administering the
system In opposition to the interests OF
thousands OF his (IngallsO constitu.
1nts, aud thousands of other
DOOR, honest and Industrious PEG.
pie who were endeavoriup To
)ulld up communities and states In the
West, In their names Mr.. ingalls, fell
called upon TO say that no greater inva.
sian OF public right, constitutional law.
and the prerogatives Of freemen were
ever committed in any age or az any time
han the order of the commissioner of the
general lsud oillce, date June ,, 1856,
the operation ofvalid subsist.
ing laws OF the United States. IL
was an offense that II committed
by the secretary OF the interior
md sanctioned by the president
would Justify their impeachment aud |
removal from office. MIR. Iagalls was
very glad, Indeed, that the secretarysof I
The interior had seen ht thus early and
promptly TO disayow the order.
Mr.. Beck said the secretary Of the /
Interior desired toe adoption OF the roso.
luton offered by the senator from Kari
sas so that he could be informed OF t. I
The causes that had led TO the Issue OF 4
me order and ,precedents for
The issue of the orders would 1
then be seen Mr.. Beck believed |
the order OF June . to have boon issued 4
without authority OF law, and was glad
the secretary OF the interior had revoked |
II so promptly. MIR, Beck hoped some
action would be taken to prevent repe.
ution of an essumption OF authority, |
claimed for It's issuance, II practice, In |
support OF such orders, had grown up In
the Office,
After further debate the resolution Of
Mr. ingalls, was agreed to.
The oleomargarlne bin belng brough |
from the house, the question OF its refer |
ence was postponed aud the bin was
allowed TO lie ON the table N await ~ a /