Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-02

1890

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WAxHrSoTos, Fec. l.-Tbe Chair laid
before q Senate lester frou the So
retary OF War transmitting rspors on
the militia Of The States: also. . letter
from the Secretary Of the Interior trans
hitting tie report Of Hallett Phillips,
relating 20 the Yellozstone Park: Also,
from the Secretary of tie Treasury
transmitting COPY Of conmulicatiou
from toe Superintendent Of the Coast
and 6eodetic Survey. With draft Of a
proposed bill 70 authorize the supplying
OF standards Of weight and raeasurs-
msnt to the Territories.
4 resolution offered By Mitchell Of
oregon vas agreed TO, directing the
Secretary OF the Treasury ~ inform the
Senate whether Alfred B. Meach am, late
superlnteadent Of Indian Al airs for the
STATE OF Oregon, vas at anv time de
ctAfed defsuitsf on his oiieiaI bond
AZ such Superintendent, and il so, when
and boz much, and whether any mon.
eys bad been SINCE paid him BY the
United States.
The senate then vent 10 the calendar
and took up and raised the bill provid-
Ing for the divisios of part Of the Sioux
Reservation in Dakota and the relin
qoishmept Of the fsdian title to the
remainder.
The next measure on tbs calend u
was Mr.. horgan's resolution, relating
70 the appointment OF ofRcers Of the
United States (tbe Trustees provided
for by the recent Utah bill to part ci-
pate With the officers Of the Mormon
church IN the management Of the af-
fairs 81 that church.
At 2 O'Clock the Electoral Count bill
displaced Mr.. Morean's resolution,
which thereupon vent over.
Mr.. Hoar then moved the amend
nents heretofore pnolished as intended
to be proposed by him. and said that he
did not propose to 90 over his srpu-
ment Of the case for the handredth
time. VI all the schemes ever suggest
ed for dealing with the subject, Mr..
Hoar said, the scheme PROPOSED by the
Senator from Ohio (Shermaa). vas the
worst. Mr.. Hoar was disposed person
ally TO the selection OF the senior Judge
Of the Uaited Ssasss Supreme Court as
aroiter IN casa OF q disagreement be-
tween the two Houses, but be supposed
the consent of this generation vsuld
not be given % minsllne the functions
Of the judicial Office With the fanctiop
| referred 10.
Mr.. Sherman would prefer 10 aee a
provision requiring that The vote should
be counted. Under the amendment
proposed by Mr.. Hear, il ever the too
Houses agreed that the Governor Of a
State had certified illegal returns, yet
the returns signed By him would have 10
be accepted and counted.
M Hosr replied that she points In
volved had been debated week after
week and month after month during
the sessions OF Con 2ress for twenty-five
years past The Senate vas therefore
prepared 10 deal With 1t u il ever eolld
be.
Mr.. Ingalls, obtained the door, bat
NS. HoAR and Mr.. sherman continued
their discussion and created some mer
riment by the eaRerness With which
each interpossd to reply to the points
made by the other before the points
had bssa fully made.
| Mr.. Ingalls, expressed bis amaEement
81 the suRRes;ioa that this bill waa "a
perfect a. the Senate could make IL.
de moved its recsmmittal 70 the Judi
| oiary Committee. and in doing 30 called
attention to the fact that Congress had
recently passed the Presidential Suc-
oession bill. and that IL lad hardly
been passed when II vas discovered TO
be defective. Mr.. lnQslls repeobated
the declaration made BY the presiding
sMoer Of the Senate on the occasion Of
| the last Presidential count, and al
though 1t vas practical abaisation Of
the power of the Senate. still Mr.. Iu
gals admitted that the presiding officer
had a right to make that declaration.
No sovereign had ever lain down the
scepter and crown more absolutely and
unnecessarily, or morn IN violation of
what Mr.. Ingalls, conceived TO be the
proper functions Of the presiding officer
on this subject. than vas done BY the
Senator from Vermont (Edmunds) on
that occasion. Future emergencies
might arise when it might be veil for
% to be confronted with that PERM.
Gous precedent The Senate had
never renowned its authority to its
presiding officer to count the vote that
vas In bis posse ssion. Referring 70 the
constitutional provision dealing With
the inability Of the President, Mr..
when James A. Garfield fell to the door
4 "a ooa otnetOG Pon0tAobca W tnc
bullet OF an assassin, the powers and
duties Of President dsvolvsd upon
Chester A. Arthur. Fortunately the
difficulty was averted. The oomposure
| Of the American people vas convincing
ment. But We did not then have q
Woe President who asserted any claim
to exercise the executive functions.
II ~ a. Al No. 49, e..
assert such claim while the
breath Of life remained in Mr..
Garfeld's body would undoubtedly have
that must have been pregnant with dis
aster and peril to the Republic" After
reviewing the genesis and history Of the
Electoral COLLEGE and the change elect
| ed by the people 10 its practical opera
ton and effect. Mr.. Ingalls, character
ized the whole affair "a at present con
Quoted a. rubbish. Ever sincs party
conventions and oancases had under
taken the work Of nominating party
candidates, ever since 1900. the whole
electoral system provided BY the Oousti
tuition vas debris and the sieotors vcfs
like marionstsss In Punch and judy
show.
Mr.. Evarts obtained the foor and the
Senate vent into executive session and
when the doors rsopened adjourned.
In his opening prayer the Chaplain
said: I'VE commend to His infinite
pity and tenderness His servant. the
Secretary Of State. Who sits With his
| children In home made desolAte BE-
cause tvics IN fortnight death hath
entered. In this time. when earthly %
tate and human sympathy availsst %
little. may the spirit OF the living God
come 10 cheer and comfort them"
Hanbask. of Kansas, rising 10 quss
ton Of persoaal privilege, cent TO shs
Oierk 70 have read an EDITORIAL from
Tuesdays New York World. entitled
The Telephone Scandal" bat tbs
reading vas immedistsly interrupted
By Breckenridge, Of Arkansas, witt the
point Of order that there vas nothina
10 the editorial which reflected upon
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