The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-06-17
CONGRESS-.
PROCEEDINGS YESTERDAY
IN THE SENATE AND
THE HOUSE.
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE STILL
KILLING TIME ON UNIMPOR-
TANT MATTERS.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON. June l2-After routine morning
business in the senate Mr.. Walthall addressed the
body in favor of Mr.. Frye's bill TO promote polit
ical progress and commercial prosperity of the
American nation.
Mr.. Whithorn replied, begging indulgence and
pardon If he transgressed its usages by so early
Undertaking to address it. lie rested his justifca,
ton on the great interest he took in the bill intro
duced by his friend, the honorable senator from
Maine, (Frye) with whom he had the pleasure of
long association in the house of representatives.
Mr.. WhithOrn believed that the interests of the
people of his state, as well as the union, were
deeply interested in the policy sought to be inau-
gurated by the adoption of that measure and not
only were the United States interested, hut the
entire continent was Interested in the policy.
On the conclusion Of Mr.. WhithOrn's speech the
Northern Pacific bill was taken up and informally
laid aside for the purpose OF considering the army
taken up and its consideration proceeded with, and
after some debate passed precisely as reported
from the senate committee
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Jnne ~ After the reception of
yarions committee reports, the house went into
con n TIE of the whole on the Legislative apprOpria
ton oil; the civil service clause having been read,
the chair stated that the pending question was the
point of order raised by Mr.. Morrison of Illinois,
against the provision looking to the change of
rules of the commission
Mr. Holman, of Indiana, briefly antagOnized the
point holding that the provision was merely a
Limitation on the expenditure of public money.
Mr. Morrison, ip support of his point, said that
under the law, the duty of adopted regulations
devolved on the commission and the president;
the IurpOse of the proposed legislation was to i'm
pose certain conditions, which the law did not i'm
pose, and therefore was change of law in contra
-pention of the rules of the house 49,. -s'-..s 2
Mr. Reagan of Texas, laid down the principle
that the house mi. hit refuse to appropriate at all
for the civil service commission without a viola
ton of the rule and argued that such being the
case, 1t was clearly in order to place Limitation
the expenditure of the appropriation commission
az an autOcracy which this bill sought and ought
to take away from it, Go
Mr.. Reed,Of Maine, promised his agreement with
a sarcastic apology for interfering in this affair
among brethren, who, however they might differ
of economy and reform. He said they we're go
united because they said so. daughter II pleasd
him to see that gentlemen from Indiana and Texas
Mr. Holman and Mr.. ReaGan-had to arrive at
their age in order to ascertain the fact that the
house ought not to he limited in its powers. He
inquired of Mr. llo man why he had not employed
the leisure which the house had forced on him in
taking the five great bills away from the appropri-
alton committee in framing a bill regulating eX
penditures. The gentleman mind had been active
on other subjects such as the matter he brought in
Yesterday to abolirh the provision for paying the
vice-president,
Mr.. Morrison stated that he had suggested to Mr.
Holman the propriety of making the change which
had been made.
He deemed it unfortunate that the point of order
should hava been made for it was evident that the
point of order would have to be sustained. Why
not Withdraw it, Let the country see how many
of the patriotic democrats who had applauded to
the echo the assault made on their brother demo-
crat from Maryland (Findlay) would venture to put
their names on the list? Let the country see how
many democrats desire to stand upon record
themselves in favor of economy and reform as
presented by the committee on appropriations.