Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-02-18
PRESIDENT AND SENATE.
Mr.. Edmunds' Resolutions Reported.
Mr.. FINDLAY SUCCEEDS Mr.. CURTIN.
The Senate.

OF the Attorney General, with authority to re-
sundry resolutions, which ask NAV be nlaced
on the calendar
The President pro tempore.-Doest the Senator
Mr. Edmnnds;-No, sir; but the Senator from
Alabama tMr. Pugh) desires to make remark.
THE MINORITY OF THE COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Pugh.-From the minority OF the commit
tee on the Judiciary, as to the report just made,
I desire to state that they knew nothing of the
contents of the report until 1t was read to the
committee this morning. The minority desire
TO prepare report in which they will present
have until Monday week within which to- pre-
pare the report; and it is understood that the
majority report and the resolutions accompany
until we get leave to file the minority report.
The time given us to do SO is not to extend
beyond next Monday week.
tions read?
Chief Clerk Johnson read the resolutions.
Mr: Butler.-Is there report accompanying
The President pro tempore.-Yes.
Mr.. Butler.-Is it to be printed?
MI. misunderstanding; it will be printed
committee, as well as the resolutions, be printed
in the Record also.
The President pro tempore.-If there be no
objection that order will be made.
tIhe report which is very long, and the reso-
lniions Will, therefore, appear in full in the
Congressional Record OF tomorrow
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The following is the full text of the resolu-
tons:
RESOLVED, That the foregoing report of the
committee on the Judiciary be agreed to and
adopted.
Resotued, That the Senate hereby expresses
Its condemnation OF the refusal of the Attorney
General, under whatever influence to send to
the senate copies OF papers called for by the
resolution of the 25th of January and set forth
In the reports of the committee on the Judi
ciary, as in violation of his official duty and
subversive of the fundamental principles OF the
government and OF good administration
Resolved, That it is, under the circumstances.
the duty of the Senate to refuse its ad vice and
consent to proposed removals of officers. the
posed ociai a or n ~ reerenSe to the sup
are withheld by the executive or any head of a
department when deemed necessary BY the
Senate and called for In considering the
Rssoived, That the provisions of section 1854
OF the Revised Statutes, declaring "that per-
naval service, by reason of disability resulting
from wounds or sickness incurred in the line Of
De eav or to
proper, discharge Of the duties of such
put in execution, and that to remove or TO pro-
pose to remove any such soldier whose faith
fulness, mpetency and character are above
reproach and to give place to another who has
not rendered such service is violation of the
spirit OF the law and of the practical gratitude
owe to the defenders Of constitutional liberty
and the integrity of the government. All OF
which is respectfully submitted.
GEO. F: EDMUNDs, GEO. F. HoAR,
soHI r !! M isG1LLs A a F WIssoS,
recites the fact and circumstances of the
removal Of Duskin and the appoin tment of his
successor. 1t declares that it has been the uni
form practice of the judiciary committee since
the passage of the tenure of office act to call
upon the heads Of departments tor all 'papers
and information" in the possession OIL the de-
partment touching the conduct and admiuistra-
ton of the officers proposed to be removed, and
the character and conduct of the person pro-
posed to be appointed. This has been done with
the unanimous approval of all OF the members
although the composition OF the committee has
been, during the period, sometimes of one po-
iitical character and sometimes of another.
In no instance. until this time,
has the committee met with any delay or
denial in respect OF furnishing such papers and
information with a single exception, and in
which exception the delay and suggested de-
NAL lasted only for two or three days. The
length
One of the appendices is list showing the
numbers Of officials OF various ranks who were
the first thirty days of the present session of
Congress.
aAmong bills introduced was one by Mr..
Bowen, to provide for new basis TOR the circu-
iation OF national banks.
THE EDUCATIONAL BILL.
At two pm. to-day the Senate resumed con.
sideration OF the educational bill, which was
yesterday ordered printed, with the amend
ments adopted.
House Of Representatives..
MR.. FINDLAY SUCCEEDS MR.. CURTIN.
The speaker announced the appointment Of
Mr.. Findlay (Md.) as q member of the COM
mittee on banking and currency, to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the resignation OF Mr.
Curtin (Pa.)
Mr.. Crisp (Ga.l from the committee on Pacific
railroads, reported bill amending the Pacific
railroad acts so as to compel those railroads to
pay TO the United States the amounts paid out
by it for surveying the lands to which they are
In the morning hour the House resumed the
consideration OF the bill forfeiting the Atlantic
and Pacific railroad land grant.
The District i'm Congress.
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ASKED FOR.
A petition for q special appropriation Of
$4,000 to build a wing to the Children's hos
pital of this city was sent to the appropriation
committee by the House yesterday.
WIN. TALBERT's CLAIM.
Mr.. German yesterday introduced in the
Senate a bill to refer to the Court of Claims the
claim of VIM. Talbert, of this city, for the use
by the government of his patented improve
ment Tor marine railways.
THE COMMISSIONERS AT THE CAPITOL.
Commissioners Edmunds and Webb to-day
called upon Chairman Ingalls,, Of the Senate
District committee, and submitted their views
in regard to the pending bills to establish police
regulations anc the bill relating to taxes.
THE GRANT MONUMENT.
Mr.. Hoar to-day reported favorably from the
senate library committee the bill he introduced
yesterday to appropriate S25O,OOO for the erec-
ton OF monument in Washington to Gen.
Grant
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
memorial from the plumbers of the Dis
trtct protesting against any change in the me-
chanics lien law was to-day presented to the
Senate.
Mr.. Palmer to-day presented a petition in the
senate from Mrs. Cornelia r. Schenck, widow
OF capt. Daniel T. Schenck, OF New York, who
contracted sickness which terminated fatally
wDaae preparing the defenses Of Washington in
1853, praying for q pension.
In the senate to-day MIR. Ingalls, introduced q
Dill providing that the chief clerk OF the De-
partment OF Justice shall be ex-ofticto trustee