Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-19
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Senate Passes Several Minor Bllls
ANA Resumes Consideration OF
the Ednunds Resolutions.
The House Continues It's Consideration OF
the Lpdian Appropriations Bnl
without Aciion.
KILN Congress.
THE SENATE.

WASHINGTON, March ll.--Mr. CullOm
called up his motion of yesterday to make
the nterstate-commerce bill the special
order for March 30. Mr.. Cullom's mo-
tion was agreed to.
Mr. Hoar called up his motion of YES
terday to make the bankruptcy bill the
special order for March 81, saying, how
ever, that he did not expect to antagonize
the nterstate-eommerce bill Mr.. Hoar's
motion was agreed to--yeas 80, nays A.
Mr.. Allison called up the urgent deli
cheney bill, and the senate concurred
with the house of representatives that
some Of the Items making up the sum ex-
pended for the funeral Of Gen Grant
were not properly OF the urgent deficiency
character.
The senate passed without debate the
bill providing for a commission OF five
persons to investigate the alcoholic
liquor traffic, its relations to revenue and
taxation, and its general economic, Grim
inal, moral and scientific aspects.
The senate also passed the bill proyd-
Ing for study in the schools of the terri
tories and the District of Columbia Of
the nature Of alcoholic stmulantS and
narcotics.
The senate passed the bill to remove
the charge of descrtion from the records
of the adj itant-geueral of the army
against soldiers who re-enlisted in the
late war without having received a dis
charge from their first regiments, pro
vided the secretary shall be satisfied that
the re enlistment was not to secure a
bounty.
Mr.. Logan called up his bill TO increase
the efficiency of the army. 1t was
amended and ordered printed.
At O'Clock the unfinished business
was placed before the senate, it being
the resolutions reported by Mr.. Edmunds
from the judiciary committee expressing
the tenate's condemnation Of the attor-
ney-general for refusing 10 furnish papers
called for by the senate.
Mr.. Van Wyck offered ne IN amendment
to the resolutions the fol- wing; "And
in all such cases of removal the mater
denomination shall be considered in
open session of the senate. -
MIR. Jewell occupying the chair re-
marked; "rhe amendment viii be pre-
sented and lie over"
Mr., Brown then took the floor in oppo-
sitlon TO the report of the majority of the
committee. He said IL seemed to him
that there was n single question at issue
between the president and the majority
of the senate, That question was, had
the president, without the advice and con.
sent of the senate, power to remove
"A federal officer, when, in his opinion,
public interest required such removal.
Mr. Brown argued at length to show that
the constitution conferred the power of
removal on the president alone, aud that,
as the constitution was the supreme law
that settled the question, no matter how
many acts congress might have passed in
violation OF 1t. lie read from the consti-
tuition and from speeches Of distinguished
men, and cited opinions of the supreme
court in support of his position. The
senate, he said, had no more right to
de and OF the president the evidence on
which he acted as the reasons for his
action, than 1t had to demand of the SUI
preme court the reasons for It's decisions,
or TO demand Of the house of representa
tlves its reasons for passing particular
bill. 1t had no more power over the
subject than had the pre- sideut to ask the
senate for its reasons for rejecting nomi-
nations. The attempt was naked
usurpation on the part of the senate.
MIR. SpooDer took the floor in support
OF the majority, but before he flushed
his speech the senate went into executive
sesslonand soon adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March lS.-~In the morn
ing hour the house resumed considera-
ton OF bill conferring jurisdiction ON the
court OF claims to inves igate private do
nestle claims, other than war claims
against the United States.
MIR. Warner of Missoqri, author OF the
bill, explained its pre- lsions and adyo.
Gated Us passage as matter of Justice TO
the claimants and as measure of relief
to congress.
Mr.. Gibson of West Virginia and Mr..
Pettibone of Tennessee, while favoripg
the tone OF the bill, objected to the ex.
ception Of war claims from its provision
Mr. Springer said the war claims com.
mittee would prepare bill covering
those claims, and pending the demand for
the previous question the morning bour
expired and the bin went over as uptln.
lshed business. The house then went
Into committee Of the whole on the Indian
appropriation bdl. Consideration of tho
oil dragged drearily along, no amend. |
mentS OF any importance being offered |
and such as were offered being usually
ruled out on points OF order. After |
long unlptoresting discussion, after fin. /
ishing forty-two Of the torty-elght pages /
OF the hil the committee rose and The |
lOusp ad iOurned