Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-03-22
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY,
MIR. LOGAN'S RESOLUTION.
He Proposes Executive Sessions
of the Senate with Open Doors.
PENSION BILLS IN THE HOUSE
The Opening Prayer Creates Sensation

The Opening Prayer Creates a Sensation.
The Senate.
The chair laid before the Senate a letter from
the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting
report of the supervising architect OF the Treas
ury, showing the amounts required to supply
heating and ventilating apparatus for various
public buildings throughout the country.
Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, presented several me-
MORALS from the legislature of Iowa. Among
tnem one urging the passage of the Dies MoineS
RIVER lands title bill over the Presidents veto.
THE ARTHUR KILL BRIDGE.
MI. Miller presented a memorial from several
hundred members OF the New York produce
exchange, urging the passage OF the bill to au-
thorize the construction of the proposed bridge
referred.
| MR.. LoGAN'S RESOLUTION FOR EXECUTIVE SEES
sIoNs WITH OPEN DOORS.
Mr.. Logan submitted the following resolution
| and asked that it might be printed and lie over,
saying he would call 1t up on some future day
and submit some remarks on it:
Resotred, That the sessions of the Senate
commonly known as executive sessions,
SO far as they apply to nominations confirma-
open doors, and that a public record of the
same shall be kept, the same as of legislative
The resolution was ordered printed, and to lie
| over.
INFORMATION AS TO PosTMAsTERs WANTED.
! MIR. Ingalls, offered a resolution calling on the
! Postmaster General to inform the Senate
| whether he had received a resolution of the
Senate passed on March 4th which asked as to
the number of fourth class pOstmasters re-
| moved since 4th March, 1885, ana, if the reso-
| luton had been received, why it had not been
| answered and when a response might be ex-
| pected.
Mr.. ingalls, said that eighteen days had
| elapsed since the adoption OF the resolution,
such postmasters, and did not call for names
] Or other particulars OF detail, it merely re-
| tiers. which he (Sir. Ingalls, thought might be
done in two or three days at the utmost.
On the objection OF MIR. Cockrell the resolu-
ZION went over one day.
THE URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL
from the House was laid before the Senate,
which, on motion of Mr.. Allison, insisted on its
| amendments and agreed to q committee of
| conference.
| MR.. LoGAN's ARMY BILL.
The chair laid before the Senate Mr.. Logans
bill to increase the efficiency of the army.
Mr.. Logan, at the suggestion of the Secretary
| OF w ar, moved for some further amendments of
detail to the bin and they were agreed to.
NJ Mf: hale then moved to strike out the second
| 10000 enlisted men in the army. and argued
that the existing force of 25, 600 men was SUI
|
! army had to do.
Mr.. Morrill, said our population had increased
| oy about II ,0OO, 900 people since 1874, and if
/ we nad mad Sufflclent men at the right places
| at the outbreak of the Indian wars referred to
| those wars would probably not have occurred.
| Mr.. Morrill, favored. the increase to 80 600 men
and opposed Mr.. HIDES motion.
| Mr.. Legas, ssid- thai If Mr. Hale could get a
letter from Gen. sheridan. Gen. Sherman, Gen.
Terry or any leading officer OF the army, stating
| that % GOO men was enough for our army, he
| !Mr Logan would agree to withdraw
the proposition to increase the army.
Ihe proposition 10 increase not owing to
any appended danger from Indians others,
but IL was that the government Of the United
| States might have an army OF some respecta-
| bility. 1t was not unnatural for the navy to
| desire reduction OF the army SO that larger
| appropriations might be got for the navy.
| IN SUPPORT OF THE PRESIDENTS POSITION.
AT 2 p. m. the Senate resumed consideration
| floor in speech in support of the Presidents
| position.
House Of Representatives.
THE OPENING PRAYER CREATES A SENSATION
| quite sensation was produced In the House
this morning when the chaplain devoted his
opening prayer to an invocation to God to rid
the land OF gamesters, whether in cards, dice,
chips, stocks, wheat, bucket-shops, Or boards of
| trade, and to lead the people to know that
money-making, other than by the sweat Of the
| face, was contrary to His laws.
On motion OF Mr.. Butterworth fOhio) sec
onded by Mr.; Weaver uowa(, the prayer was
ordered TO be inserted in the Record
| On motion of Mr. Bragg (WIs.1 O session was
ordered Tor Thursday night, for the considera-
ton OF resolutions relative to the death of Jos
| eph Rankin, late Representative from the
| state OF Wisconsin.
| PENSION BILLS.
The House then proceeded 10 the considera-
| ton of pension bills coming over from the FRI
day night session.
Bills were passed increasing to $50 month
"a nf ft,<a
Spicer and Fillebrown.
District i'm Congress-.
THE PROPOSED DUPLICATE WHITE HOUSE.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Morrill, from the
committee on public buildings and grounds,
reported favorably the bill TO appropriate $780,
goo to erect on the south side of the Executive
Mansion a building similar in size and external
appearance to the present mansion.
HOURS THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS SHALL
REMAIN OPEN.
Mr.. T. J. Campbell, of New York, introduced
| bill in the House to-day providing that the
executive departments Of the government at
Washington shall be open for public business z
hours each day except Sundays legal holidays
and saturdays, and that on Saturdays between
ments shall close at II clock noon.
THE SPA SPRING.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Sherman presented
the deed of gift Of Mr.. Crutchett to the Spa
Spring at Biadensburg, donating it to the gov
eminent.
Capitol Topics.
THE MORRISON TARIFF BILL.
1t will not be- long now before the Morrison bill
will be ready to report to the House, and there
| is an attempt being made to arrive at some
understanding about 1t among the democrats
| in the House. The lOw-tarif men are not at all
sure of their strength, and 1t is said that they
have proposed to Mr.. Randall and his followers
| to hold u conference for the purpose OF coming
TO an agreement. The "reformers'' want to
know just what is the least concession that will
satisfy Mr.. Randall. The prospects Of an I'M
Outstanding are not bright, however, and the
reformers are bound to make the Randallites
bear the full responsibility If the bill is de-
feated.
| GEN. HAZEN'S DEFENSE.
The investigation of the signal service will be
continued by Mr.. Robcrtson's committee on
Wednesday. Gen. Hazen has been making
very elaborate preparations for his defense
REPRESENTATIVE LIE FEvRES PLAN FOR Ap.
POINTING CADETS.
| Representative Ben. lie Fevre of Ohio intro
duced q bin in the House to-day to reform the
| method Of making appointments to the mill
| tary academy. It provides that cadets shall be
hereafter so selected and appointed from the
sons or defendants Of soldiers who served in
the late war. and where these cannot be had
rom the younger enlisted men In the army.
Further, that when cadet shall have praCli1-
ated from the military academy he shall be as
signed TO regiment of the army as an en-