The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-25


Orleans sub treasury IL connection with 1
handling silver dollars.
Eusts's. resolution thus amended WAS |
agreed TO.
On motion Of Dawes, the sanate re-
sumed confederation Of The. bill TO pro |
VIDE for the allotment of land in seveFalfS
TO Indiana. After Q short debate. pay
ticipated in by Dawes, Plumb, Ingalls,,
Teller, Msxey and Chase, the ball at 2
O'Clock weat over.
HOUSE
The house went into committee of the
whole. Hatch OF Missouri, in the chair
on private calendar
On first bill on calendar. Scott, OF
PennsylvanIs, offered g verbal amend-
ment and proceeded to deliver Q speech
on the silver question. He preceded
his speech by expressing q regret
that the gentlemen repre-
sentlng his own political
faith had seen proper 20 anticipate their
party opponents in their criticisms Of
the first Democratic president and sec.
retaries Of the treasury who had occu.
pied those positions IN the past twenty
five years, and desired further to cay, in
justice 70 large majority Of the gentle
men who differed with himlpo Officially,
and who represent their party In both
branches of congress. that he did not
believe they would 90 far ignore facts es
TO intimate that organizations of wealth
succeeded in alarming the president and
secretary OF the treasury, IS they have
done in several previous I'd.
ministrstiOns. If language employed in
this connection meant anything at all it
must be construed to mean that the pres
ident and secretary OF the treasury were
under the influence of capitalists whose
interests should be aDtago1istic 20 those
of produce classes and those OF wage
makers and what facts susceptible of
such construction have been submitted
in proof of the charges or in the senti-
ments uttered, and they seemed TO him
to rest only in bare, unsupported state
ments of thosa who promulgated them
It was true they had recommended the
suspension of silver dollars under the
provisions of the act of 1878, but could
any one say that such recommendation
might net ultimately prove a. WIse and
well calculated 70 promote public good
as its continued coinage had been shown
by practical experience to be of doubt
tul advantage.
WASHINGTON. Feb Ex-senator Ed
munds to-day reported the following
resolutions from the senate on judiciary
accompanied by 9 long report.
ReS0koed. That the foregoing report OF
the commltte on judiciary be agreed to
be adopted.
Res0tUed, that the senate hereby ex-
presses its condemnation of the refusal
of the attorney general, nnder whatever
influence, to send to the senate copies Of
papers called for by its resolution OF the
| 25th of January and set forth in the re-
/ ut in6TRfaPU
| violation of his official duty and snbsid-
ence of the fundamental principal of the
government end good administration
| thereof.
ResOLCed, That il is under those cir
cumstances the duty of the senate to re-
fuse its advice and consent to the pro-
posed removals of officers documents
| and papers IN reference to the supposed
official or personal misconduct of whom
are withheld by the executive or any
head of department when deemed nee
essary by the senate and called for in
considering the matter.
Another resolution declares that thai
section of civil service which rules il
soldiers ought to be faithfully and fully
executed. The report was signed by
Senators Edmunds, Ingalls,, Mcmillan
Hoar, Wilson and Evarts.
Among the petitions presented in the
senate and appropriately referred to, wa
one by Hoar from the citizens OF the
United State, citizens whose names
Hoar seemed to indicate that they werC
foreign born, and praying for SUBMISSION
, by congress to the several states abolish
ing the presidency. When the "repor
of the committees was announced to b
J in order, Eduonds rose and said: "Mr
President am instructed by the com
mittee of the judiciary to whom was re-
ferred the letters Of the attorney general
, with authority to report with open door
and to make the report with sundry re
, solutions which ask may be placed OF
the calender.
President protempOre--"Does tn
senator desire to have them read"
Edmund-"NO sir, but the senator
from Alabama, {Mr. Pugh) desires u
J make few remarks.
Mr., Pugh (from minority of commit
tee on judlciary):-"As to report jus
made, / desire TO state they knew moth
; ing of the contents of the report until
was Rad TO the committee this morning
The minority desire to prepare repoF
in which they will present their views
and to enable them to do 80. they hav
until Monday q week within which Il
prepare the report, aud it IL understoOI
, that the majority report and resolution
accompanying 1t will not be called ~
for consideration until that time"
Mr.. DavIs.-"Can We have resolution
read ~
Chief Clerk johnson resd the rcsolu
tons.
Mr. ButIer-"Is this report accom-
panying these resolutions? ?"
, President pro tempOre--"Yes."
Butle:-"Is il to be printed "
Edmunds-"Certainly It will b
printed. Under the rules l ask that TIL
report of the committee as we'll as thu
resolutions be printed In record aiso"
President pro tempOre-"If there b
no objection that order will be made"
The report recItes facts and circum
stances of the removal of Dustin AnC
the appointment OF his successor o
United States attorney for the sOuthe r
} district of Alabama, and declares that I
has been the uniform practice OF the I
dietary committee since the passage c
the tenure office act to call upon the
heads of departments for all "pApers anC
information in the possession OF the de
partmenE touching the conduct Of thu
administration OF officers proposed z
be removed and the character anC
conduct of the person proposed 70 b
appointed. This has been done will
the unanimous approval of all the mem
bers, although the composition com
position committee has been during tina
period sometimes of one political char
acter and sometimes of smother. One o.
the appendices is a list showing mum
bers of officials of various ranks WhC
were susdended or removed by the pres
ident during the first thirty days OF thS
present session OF congress"