Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-01-09
WASHINGTON NEWS.
CONGRESS FLOODED WITH sllLs FOR
THEIR CONSIDERATION.
Territories Asking to be Admitted--Seo.
rstary Lamar's Resignation Accepted
-AG. A. r. Mans Body Discovered on
. Dissecting Tablc-senator Dsck's
Rsturn-Otkcr News.

week The Hul.>c is already flooded with
bills. The hill clerks have been busy put
| ting them in order. In the House alone
there have been introduced in this session
| 5, 26S bills against IL ,526 during the entire
life Of the last Congress According to the
average perreatagc of the work done a,
different stages Of Il Congress, there will be
about IpI.uDo bills introduced in the lower
branch OF this Congress. while the Senate
will swell the grand total to the neighbor-
hood of Is go or 20,0O In the House OF
the 4.th Congress, only six years since,
the total number of bills was about q, ,OOO
and in both Houses of that Congress there
were scarcely 9eoo measures proposed. Now
the number promises 10 be doubled. In the
last House there We're nearly 4,o0J bills re-
icrrcd to each OF the Committees on War
Claims and Invalid Pensions. The number
for thc former committee. il is estimated,
will in this House he brought up TO about
coca, white those for the latter committee
may reach a,urn. Notwithstanding the inn
preston that ihere is not to be 4 great deal
OF pension legislation.
Ia the House there will be another call
Of the States and Territories for the intro
duction OF bills. The Committee ON Rules
may submit u report which will occupy
considerable time in the Senate. Friday
viii be private lill day, and the prospects
arc that With the Intervening time for COM
uIittee work there will be an abundance ot
matter reported for iual consideration.
The Committee un Accounts is expected IN
report unanimously in favor Of the pass re
al a resolution TO place Thomas Coakley, of
New York, on the door-kecpers roll, he
having been dropped in the reorganization.
The principle this involves .slll likely bring
about sharp debate.
Mr. Blair saws he intends to push the
y q 3D., Hl,a
Senate this week, and expects it to con-
sumc most of the time each day after the
morning hour.
Mr. Brown, OF Georgia, wants to talk on
the internal revenue system. He wants
the internal tax abolished. The Commit
tee on Territories viii probably report with
favorable recommendation the bill TO
divide Dakota on an east and west line,
admit the southern half To statehood. and
name the north half Dakota and the south
half South Dakota. The Committee on
Indian Affairs will also probably report
the bill 10 open the Sioux Indian reserrs-
ton in Dakota.
Senators are divided in their opinions as to
whether caucuses will be held on the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Lamar, and as TO the time a
report will be made by the Committee on
Judiciary. II is not generally expected
that a report will be made this week, or
that caucus will be held by either party.
House Committee ON Territory Organized.
W.sHISerox. January s.-The House
Committee on Territories, of which Mr..
Springer is Chairman, was organized. This
is the committee which will have charge of
all the bills relating TO the admission of
the Territories into the [ nion. Bills have
been introduced looking to the admission
of Montana, Washington Territory, New
Mexico and Dakota. A bill has also been
introduced To divide Dakota, admit the
southern half and leave the northern half q
Territory.
Mr.. Springer, when asked what may be
done in any Of these cases, said: Very
probably enabling acts will be passed for
some of these Territories, that is, We may
pass an act enabling some of these Terri
tories 10 adopt State constitutions and to
construct the machinery of State Govern
ment, preparatory 10 recognition Us States
The admission OF new State is a very i'm
portant matter" continued Mr.. Springer,
-'and cannot be done on mere application
or on any mere arithmetical basis. Some
how an impression has got abroad that Q
Territory must have a certain population to
qualify il for admission. Some put il ut
40 600, some at 100. some at 10000 and
I have seen it placed AS high as lfs). .OOO
hSh hahC sVOis II upWu tIiht NOD
ulation required 10 qualify Territory for
Statehood was just the population which in
apportionment Of representation gets one
member in the House of Representatives.
But all these theories are entirely fanciful
and arbitrary. There is no law, no rule,
and no custom about il. The admission Of
. new State is entirely matter of iegisla-
tive discretion. Ii is within the power of
Congress 10 erect No Mans Land into .
State and admit il to the Union There is
no census qualification prescribed The
State of Illinois was admitted when she
had less than io,Wo population. Dakota
has over G00,v0 now. The Congress. in lis
discretion, may exclude Dakota and may
admit mo Mans Land"
Snatched from the Dissecting Table.
WASHINGTON. January Strand Army OF
the Republic men are indignant over recent
developments in connection with the death
and ignoble burial of Captain Amos Cliff.
an old G. A. Il. comrade. Captain Gift
was employed in the Pension Office He
had served on General McClellan's staff
and WAS Past Commander of Post 55.
Mystic River, Conn. Captain Cliff went 10
Providence Hospital, an Institution in this
city ,managed..by Catholic Sisters of Charity,
for the maintenance of which Congress ap-
propriates $4,000 annually. After being
in the hospital a while. and without giving
the hospital people any information about
himself or friends. he died on december "a
He was buried in PotteF's field and hi, body
has since been discovered on a dissectiny
table in the Georgetown Medical College
His friends in The Pension Office
and the Grand Army men were unaware,of
his death for a week or more after IL oc
CURED, and We're then inexprcssibly pained
and shocked 10 hear that he had been hurieG
in Pottersfcld. Further investigation by
G. A. X. men, with view In re.ntcrmrni
led To the discovery that his body had been
removed from the pauper's grave, but il
was soon traced to the dissccting table. for
tunately unmutillateh, Captain Gifts re.
mains will be decently inferred hyG. 4. r.
comrades, with Christian ceremonies, n
Arlington Cemetery. &. \. X. men blame
the hospital authorities for not taking
proper steps to find ont CAPTAIN Cliffs
friends before huryinG him like a pauper.
and propose 10 60 to the bottom of the
whole matter.
Secretary Lamar's Resignation rendered
and Accepted.
WASHINGTON, January 9.--Secretary La.
mar has formally rendered his resignation.
and the President accepted it. The letters
which passed between tho Secretary and the
President read as follows:
WASHINGTON. ID. c.. January :.
To the President:
SiR-When some months ago YOU in
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