The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-12-15
FORTY-NlNTH CONGRESS.
HOUSE.

ury estimates Tor 1888.
Committee of the whole, with
Hammond in the chair, to discuss the
sundry civil appropriation bill.
Atkinson, of Penn, favored his
amendment making the appropriation
$2,OOOOOO, TO embrace relief of veter-
ans entitled to admission in Soldiers
Home.
McComas, of Nd, amendment pro-
viding for increase from 100000 to
S267 900 for Baltimore postofllce. This
much year was necessary to complete
the building. Adopted.
Other amendments were adopted rs
follows: Increasing from $4,000 to
$4,000 the appropriation for the pub
lie building at Galveston, Tex;
increasing from $4,000 to $4,000
the appropriation for the public
building at Jacksonville, Fla: appro-
priating 100000 for the building at
Troy, N. Y; appropriating $4,000 to
begin work on the public building at
Detroit, Mich. increasing $4,000 to
100000 the appropriation for the
building at Rochester, y. y: appro-
priating $4,000 for a breakwater at
the Marine Hospital, Chicago, and APP
priating $4,000 for repairs to tho
Smithsonian Institute, Washington.
The house then, without further &C.
ton, at 5 p. m. adjourned.
SENATE.
Senator Morrill,, from the commit
tee on finance, reported back iavora-
bly to the senate the bill for the re-
tircment of the trade dollar, and bill
to prevent frauds on American manu-
fatturers. Calendar.
Among the bills introduced and re-
ferred were the following.
Senator Harrison (by request)-To
increase the pensions of those who
have disability equivalent to loss of
hand or foot.
On motion of Senator Hoar the
the house amendments TO the electo-
raj count bill non-concurred in, were
taken up and conference asked. Sem
ators Hosr, Edmunds and Pugh were
appointed conferrees on the part of
the senate.
Among the memorials presented
was one by Senator Spooner, from II
German aid society in Wisconsin, en-
pressing the idea that there was no
further necessity for stimulating m
migration 20 this country: that no
satisfactory reason can be assigned for
allowing foreigners to vote and hold
office after one years residence and
before thew are naturaized, and sug
gcs ing the enactment Of laws making
naturalization and suffrage to conform
to uniform standard.
On motion of Senator ingalls,, the
senate took up the bill reported by
him yesterday, directing that none of
the avenues, streets. alleys or reserva-
tons of the city of Washington be
occupied for other than ordinary pur-
poses, without the consent of congress
being first obtained. After consider
able debate the bill passed, and the
senate then took up the bill repeating
the tenure of Office law.
Senator Edmunds took the floor in
opposition to the bill. lie said the law
had been in existence nearly twenty
years. President johnson, to restrain
whom it was enacted, obcyed 1t, al
though he believed it to be unconstitu-
tional, and all his successors had
recognized its validity as guard and
restraint, and if there was any value
in that constitutional power Of re-
straint vested in the senate, that value
was to be entirely destroyed by the
repeal Of that statute, and there would
be turned over, as If in the affirma-
tive. to the President the power of
immediate removal of every one of
the public servants whose appoint
ments were confirmed by the senate.
Senator Hoar advocated the passage
of the bill. II had been reported |
from the judiciary committee last ses-
sion, but on account of the controvcr-
sy then existing with the President on
the subject of Office, he had not deemed
il proper to ask the senate to act upon
Il, but as that question had subsidized,
he now deemed it proper to
ask the senate 10 vote whether il
would return 10 its ancient policy of