Morning journal and courier., 1886-04-16
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON, April 15. 1SS6.

1 "ASHlNGToN, Apr1i 10, 1SS6. | SENATE.-Mr. Miller presented memo l rial of the Saratoga Monument association 1 reciting that the monument has been com pleted and public dedication is desired to | take place in the fall and asking an appro l priation for that purpose
 MT. Logan then took the floor in support Of the movement for open executive sessions of the Senate. He favored his own proposi- tion because it was broadly for open sessions in all matters of nominations and confirma- tlons MT. Logan asserted that there was never a necessity for secret sessions, reading fuem Storey's Commentaries and the constitu- tion that the secrecy was not in accord with the spirit of the constitution. MT. Logan hoped to hear from Senators who fav- ored secret sessions. The talking should not all be on one side The traducers of character and the condoners of bad records would both go down before the open consideration of nominations The treacherous stiletto would give place to open and manly warfare. The man who with crooked record wanted public office would then have to seek other channels than the Senate. In 8 peoples government why should not the people know the reasons for the Senates consent, which meant the peo- ple's respect, to nomination. Secret ses- sions were demoralizing. The secrets of executive sessions were let out in some way-he would not say correctly. Was there ever, asked MT. Lo- gan, an executive session to consider an i'm portant matter from which something had not leaked outa He acquitted the officers of the Sen te of any fault iu this matter. Still the newspapers were full of incorrect state ments. Would it not be better to have the country know exactly what the Senate was doing. It seemed to bring great joy to some Senators to see the galleries cleared and the people turned out as if some great mysterious thing, like turning int, ana So hn Iona i,,a tive session. The whole thing abso- lute farce and there was nothing done in ex- ecutive sessions that could not with proprie- ty be done in open session. Secret sessions, however, afforded some Senators an oppor- tunity to talk one way in secret and another way in open sessions.
 MT. Hoar inquired whether MT. Logans logic would not require the proceedings of committees to be thrown open to the public.
 Mir. Logan said not at all, but asked why committee meetings should not be open too
 MT. RiddlebeTger withdrew his substitute for the open session resolution, saying that when he offered it he supposed it would re- quire two-thirds vote to pass the pending resolution, but finding it required only majority he withdrew it.
 The resolution then went over and NIT. Blair called up the pension bill, but after brief consideration it went over and the Sen ate went into executive session. When the doors were reopened the Senate adjourned.
 HoUsE-Mr. AcCreery, from the Commit tee on Foreign Affairs, presented the majori- ty report concurred in by all the members of the committee except the chairman (Mr. Belmont) in favor of the bill to provide for an international Central and South Ameri- can congress in Washington to consider plan of international arbitration and the de- velopment Of business intercourse between the United States and those countries and appropriating 5000 therefor.
 On motion of MT. Breckenridge, of Ken lucky. bill was passed amending section 3,336 of the revised statutes, so as to pro- vide that every brewer on filing notice of his intention to commence or continue business shall execute bond to the United States in sum equal to three times the amount of the tax which the brewer would be liable to pay during any one month.
 Pending the consideration of bill to au- thorize the establishment of export tobac- co manufactories and for draw backs upon imported articles used in manufacturing ex- ported tobacco, the morning hour expired. The House then went into Committee of the Whole and took up for consideration the river and harbor bill and discussed it. With out reaching the point of action the commit tee rose and at p. m. the House ad- journed.