The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-12-23
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-

capital stock Of the same 1T any place out
side. the state under tho laws BY
which the said corporation was
incorporated, and all transfers OF tho
stock Of any such, corporation, at any
point Of place outside, tho limits OF the
corporated, shall DO void.s Mr.. Van Wyck
introduced a bill proposing an amendment
to the constitution in relation to tho elee-
ton Of United States senator's.
Mr. Blair offered resolution instructine
the committee On finance to inquire into
the propriety OF reporting bill providing
q rebate on all imported materials incor-
poratcd with domestic materials or con.
verified into other articles and exported to
ing for the extension Of foreign trade with.
out reducing the prices OF American labor.
The senate took up the bill to repeal tho
tenure al office act. Mr. Edmunds opposed
tie, bill Mt some length when he was at
tucked with a fit OF coughing, which forced
him to resume his seat. Mr.. Hoar favored
ths hill NJ? EySsss ss sa,,.d H..
cussion or division, the bill for the re tire
ment and1ecoinaee Of the trade dollar. The
senate also passed tho bill to repeal the
tenure OF office act by vote Of 80 to 22:
The law is but . shadow OF tho iron clad
act BY which the Republicans
Of 1857 held In check President
johnson. Az it then stood It Tor
bade removals from Office during tho ses-
sion OF the senate except with tho advice
and consent OF that body: During tho 70.
cess OF the senate the president Was allowed
to make no removals at all, but might
suspend an officer on satisfactory. ev idence
OF miscondu ct in Office, crime or
incapacity until the next meeting OF the
senate. When Grant became president the
house OF representatives, being overwhelm-
ingly Republican, voted to repeal the law,
but the more cautious senate would consent
amended gives tho president unlimited pow
ct OF suspension during the recess OF
the senate until the end Of the next session
OF the senate. Should the senate refuse to
approve the suspension the discarded 81.
ticer would be restored to his place on the
final Adjournment OF the senate, but as
the president can Immediately resuspend
him this restriction is futile, and for all prac-
teal purposes the suspension Of an Official
sal No suspended officer has ever been
restored since the passage OF the act OF
1869, and all the efficacy, remaining in
the tenure OF Office law is it, inhibition
Of removals from Office during tho SEES.
sion Of the senate, unless that body
approves the removal and consents
to the appointment OF q new man
The house bill extending the free delivery
system, passed the senate, it provides:
Letter carriers shall be employed for free
delivery at every incorporated city, village
or borough containing q population OF so. :
600 within it's corporate limits, and may
be so employed at every place containing
a population OF not less than 10, 900 with
in it's corporate limits, according to the
last general census, or at any postoffice
which produced gross revenue for the pre-
ceding fiscal year OF not less than SIC, 600.
HousE.-A resolution was adopted in.
etruc ting the committee on appropriations
to inquire into the recommendation OF the
secretary OF the interior for the conaolida-
tion OF certain Of the offices Of surveyor
general and making it in order to propose
= reduttioh OF expenditures BY the aboli:
these Offices on an appropriation
bill. Mr.. Belmont introduced bill for the
appointment by the president OF com.
mission to investigate the Canadian fisher
les troubles. All the amendments OF the
committee OF the whole to the sundry civil
bin were agreed to and the bill passed. The
bill allowing $246, $50 to the McMinnville
e. Manchester Railroad company OF Tenne-
see for property taken by the army in
J 1865 passed.
i SENArE.-Not in session.
| HoUsE.-The motion of Morrison that
the house resolve itself into committee oil
the whole for the purpose OF considering
revenue bills was defeated by five
votes, the vote standing-yeas 149,
nays 154. There were some changes
on both sides from the vote of the
18th OF June last, which also resulted in
the defeat OF Morrison. The motion then
| foS1 oI 1>~rn ,r%4 @k
not, voting, 81. The changes from
that vote were as follows: The
following Democrats, who voted with
Mr.. Randall on Juno II. voted
with Mr.. Morrison: Tim J. Campbell,
New York; Findlay, Maryland; Pindar,
New York; Viele, New York. On the other
hand Mr.. James Of New York, who voted
with Morrison last, June, voted against
him. Messrs. Hayden and Stone OF Mas.
sachusetts. Republicans who voted against
consideration in June, voted with Mr..
Morrison.
The Democrates who voted against Mr..
Morrison are the following: Bliss, Boyle,
Campbell of Ohio, Curtin, Ermentrout
Foran, Gay, Giddes, Green OF New Jersey,
1rion, Lawler, Leievre, Martin McAdoo
Merriman, Miller, Randall, Seney, sowden,
Spriggs, Stahlnecker, St. Martin, Wallace,
Ward OF Illinois. Warner OF Ohio and
Wilkins.
The Republicans who voted for the mo
ton are Hayden and Stone of Massachu.
sets, Nelson Strait, Wakefield and White
OF Minnesota.
SENArE.-The president pro tenn. an
nounced the following appointments tt
committees:
Claims, Mr.. Spooner as chairman in p|ac;
OF Mr.. Pike, deceased, and Mr.. Cheney ir
place of Mr.. Spooner; District OF Columbia
Mr.. Cheney in place OF Mr.. Pike; civil ser
vice, Mr.. Williams in place OF Mr.. Pike
epidemic diseases, Mr.. Cheney in place O
Mr.. Spooner; improvement Of the Missis
sippi river, Mr.. Williams in place OF MIR
Pike; routes to the seaboart
Mr.. Williams in place of Mr.. Henderson, re
signed.
Mr. Vest introduced a substitute 10,
the bill to incorporate the Atlantic 1
Pacific Ship Railway company, and stare'
that it simply provided for a naked incor
pora ton OF the company without an,
guarantee by the government.
The senate joint resolution authorizin
the secretary OF war to accept a tract {
land on Lake Michigan twenty five mile
from Chicago. donated by the Commerce.:
Club of Chicago for military proposes, VIA
adopted. The house bill for the relief {
the survivors of the exploring 'steame
Jeanette, and the widows and children {
} those who persisted in the retreat from til
} wreck OF that vessel in the Arctic seas
passed. Mr.. Blair introduced bill to a
J low soldiers and sailors who have los
both arms an increased pension.
Senator Spooner, by request Of Senate
Miller, who is absent, introduced bill
extirpate contagious pleuro.pheumonii
; foot and mouth diseases, and rinderpcs
, among cattle, and to facilitate the 9,
, poration OF cattle and the products of Iiv
! stock.
Senator Sherman presented resolutio
from the National Cattle Growers asst
, chiffon recit,ng:
Whereas, There were in Montana resc
, vations aggregating $4,000 square mile
!, part OF which lay SO near the Canada
border as to cause constant petty wnria,
between opposing tribes. involving frequen
, ~ the property of whites; and, where:
this enormous acreage gave nearly 300
acres to each Indian, it was resolved to |
the hest thing to do to place these Jndia'
on lands Of their own in severalty, and t
( throw open the remaining lands to publ
entry, the proceeds to be covered into IL