Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-01
edmunds introduces a Bill Extending
the Presidents Appointing Power
Without Consent Of Senate.
What Senators Vance aud Butler Think
Of Beck7s Anti.Railway Attor.
ncy BiIl-It Is Dead.
sawyer Reported More Than HaIf ahe Pen
sion BUS DusinE tho Present
Session OF tho senate.
MIX congress.
TUE SENATE.

VI VI" itElslotlV2 appropriation dill. mi
the course OF the discussion on amend |
ments increasing the clerical force OF 7
some Of the departments, Mr.. Reck de. |
olared inst be ielt humiliatcd by the fact
taat many Of the appropriations were
Diminished 50 that members Of the house
might DC able to go TO the country
and say how economical thev vers
ana how extravagaut the senator's
He also criticised the house for lts delay
IN passing appointment bills, He was
not proud OF the record.
After executive session the senate took
q recess until p m.
among the bills introduced In thu
senate to-day Is one, Il IL shall become
laWi luat VIII vest IN the president the
sore power OF appointing q largo number
Oh oincers who are now appointed sshy
and with the advice and consent OF the
senate Among these are postinusters
oil ali elassee, collectors Of Internal rev.
enue, collectors of customs at posts In
/ which The gross revenues 40 not exceed
# dollars, and all other custom on
GERS, all territorial officers except Judges
OF the supreme court, all district attor.
neys and United States marshals, Indian
agents snd district land officers. The
bill was introduced by Senator Edmunds.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, june 30.--Mr. BOYLE Of
Pennsylvania from the Pan-Electric com.
mittee submitted a report signed by four
members OF the committee upon the sub.
| jet OF It's Investigations. 1t is accom-.
1 panied by the following resolutions,
! Resolved, that a full, fair and exhaust.
I've investigation has failed to adduce any
evidence which tends 10 show that Attor.
ney-General Garland, Solicitor. General
/ Goode, Secretary lamar, Indian Commits.
sioner Atkins, Railroad Commissioner
Johnston or Senator Harris, they being
the, officers named in the Pan Electric
/ publications OF the newspaper press
which gave rise 10 this investigation, and
any act, official or otherwise, connected
with the matter investigated which was
dishonest, dishonorable or censurable.
The report and resolution, which are
conpurred in ~ MIR. Haie, were referred.
Mr. Raney OF Massachusetts, also SUB
mitted a report signed by four Republican
members of the committee.
| AIR. Hale Of Missouri presented his in
| dlvidu6l views.
endar
Mr. Reed OF Name reserved all points
- NAhNA hEAiuob LuI IGHVlullDH NtEOH-
panying Messrs. Boyles aud Raney's re-
ports, stating that the resolution had never
been submitted to the committee or acted
upon by IT.,
Mr. Boyle said the resolution Ind been
presented with the consent OF the gentle
man from Massachusetts, who had ex-
presslY waived any meeting OF the COM
mittee.
Mr., Raney replied that that was true as
FAR as the report was concerned, but he
had never seen or heard Of the resolution
before.
Mr.. Boyle thercupon asked 30 With
draw the report and resolution, hut Mr..
Hale objected. The house then WENT into
committee OF the whole, Mr. Reagan Of
Texas In the chair, Oh the sundry civil
appropriation bill.
On motion Of Mr. Randall OF Pennsyl- |
vania an amendment was adopted appro- |
priatlng Sli, $50 for the service of the |
army and navy hospital at Hot Springs,
Ark.
On motion Of Mr.. Grosvenor OF Ohio an |
amendment was adopted providing that |
none Of the money appropriated for ex.
penses of United States courts shall be
paid for fees of marshals ON any written
bench warrant, or arrest Ut any person
who may be under Indictment by any
United States grand jury, when such per-
soi Is under recognizance taken before
any United States commissioner, re-
qulring his appearance before the court
In which such indictment is found.
The committee having reached the last
PAGE Of the bill rose.
Mr.. Belmont OF New York submitted q
conference report on the diplomatic and
fnnGUiur upFhraIriatif.n l.fIt anA
agreed to.
The house then adjourned.
BEcK's ARTI.ATToRSEY BILL.
WAsmSGToN, June 30 ~ confess
that am beaten By the railroad aitor-
neys" said Senator Beck, discussing the
prospects OF his bill 10 prohibit senators
fromacting both az senator's and paid at
torneys IN railroad lard grant matters,
which has been committed 10 committee
on judiciary. III you ask nue. whether ex-
pected SUCH turning over OF Yotes, can
only ask In reply, what would any man
have expected Of q second vote when the
first was 81 TO Il in favor OF the biIli
Would II have been reasonable 10 ex-
pect that the same men who thus passed
the bill would In a few days undo that
vote by 81 70 2lf II yon want TO know
the present prospects Of the bill, you had
better ask Senators Edmnnds or Eyarts
or Pugh. 1t is In their hands now
frhe bill lie dead" said Senator Vance,
Notwithstanding that several senators
who voted TO reconsider and reverse the
vote by which the bin was passed de-
clared that they would support II when II
came before the senate from the commit
tee In the regular way"
Senator Butler thinks that the commit
toe viii duly report back the bill and that
the senate win pass II.
SAWYER AND THE PENSION Bills.
WASHINGTON, June S0.--Of the pension
bills reported to the senate during the