The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-17
SENATE.


of Mr.. Ransom, the Senate bill appropri-
ating $500, 900 for the erection of light
house at or near Diamond Shoal, off
Cape Hatteras, N. c., was taken from
the calendar and passed.
INEFFICIENT MAIL SERVICE RESOLUTION.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Plumb,
some weeks ago, directing inquiry as to
the causes of the inefficient mail service,
was taken up and agreed to.
MANDERsoN's RESOLUTION.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Mander-
son, some days ago, requiring the Sec
retary of War to furnish to Senators on
their request lists of persons to whom
copies of the Record of the Rebellion are
to be issued, was taken up.
Mr.. ManGerson said that since offering
the resolution he had conversation
| with the Secretary of War, who ex-
pressed his readiness to supply the infor-
nation asked, and said that the refusal
to do so before was owing to a rule of
| the department not established by him.
The discussion upon the resolution
| took rather wide latitude in its course.
Mr.. Teller laid some stress upon the fact
| that matters in the departments were
kept secret, and he protested against
there being any secrets, the people being
/ entitled to know what their servants
were doing. Extending this idea to the
Senate itself, he declared that be consid-
| cred the secret sessions of the Senate to
be entirely unrepublican except, per-
haps, when there was treaty pending
which ought to be considered in the Sc
cresy of executive session. There was
no more reason why the question of con-
firming executive appointments should
| be considered behir ID closed doors
than there was why the Senate
should legislate behind closed doors,
as it had once done. If there
was any subject which the Senate
| desired to consider in private, and which
ought to be considered in private, the
doors, on application of two Senators
might be closed, but as soon as the
matter was determined every Senators
vote should be made known. If he
| could inform his constituents how he
had voted ON this or that nomination, it
would be satisfactory to them, and he
should be ashamed of himself if he ever
cast vote in the Senate (secret or OPEN
that he would not be willing to have
| published. "a treaty comes here of inn
portance to the people-a treaty in which
the whole people of the United States
are interested, and yet we sit here with
| closed doors and refuse to assume the re-
| sponsibility of our votes for rejection OF
ratification"
After further discussion participated
in by Vest, Henderson, Teller, Hawley
and German, the resolution was adopted
MIR. SAWYER EXCUSED.
Mr.. Sawyer was, at his own request
excused from further service on the
Committee on Education and Labor, or
the ground of his time being otherwise
fully occupied, and Riddlegerger was ap
pointed in his stead.
The Senate then took up private pen
| sion oils, on the calendar, ana Wne1
the calendar was exhausted there haC
been 10S private pension bills passed.
ADJOURNED TILL MONDAY.
After an executive session the Senat
adjourned till Monday.
CARY NOMINATED.
The President to-day nominated Chas
s. Cary, of New York, to be Solicitor G
the Treasury.
CONFIRMED.
A large number of combinations c
Presidential nominations were mad
public to-day, among them Commodor
Braine to be rear admiral, and ten nor
commissioned officers in the regula
army to be second lieutenants.