Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-17
Flfifsih CongrsaS
The SENATE.

following:
By DIR. Farwe1, to brevet army officers
on the active and retired list.
By ar Sablu, 10 authorize the Presi-
deng to confer breves ranks 90 army Of
d.ers for brilliant serylces.in IadiAn cam
pa'gus.
BY Mr.. Taller, 10 su'horize citizens of
the UoiEed States to return estray cattle
from Mexico to the U1i!ed States without
payment u duty.
The resolution Cffsred by Mr.. Lamb
some weeks ego directing Inquiries as to
the feet Fl Inc fl.lsGt mail service was
taken up sui agr cd 70.
ArelolutioR If red 6y mir. Henderson
- ne days sgo requiring tue Secretary OF
War 10 furnish TO SsEsgCrs on their re-
quest, s list Of persons TO whom copies OF
the record OF the reosllion are ID be
issued, was taken up.
NJ. M&Uderson said thEt since Offering
the resolution he had = conversation with
the Secretary Of War, who expressed his
readiness to supply the Information asked,
and said that the refusal 70 do SO before
WAS owing to a rule II the department
not established by him. Some unf0rtu-
nate results, said Mr.. Henderson, SO far
ae the comfort of the Senators Was con-
cerEed, had come from the discussion of
the question Of pu2lic documents
some days ego. His own mail
and the mails Of Other Sa1a-
tors were inundated with requests Of
documents, among them the records Of
the rebellion. There wers no copies Of
that document within 5is gift ana never
had been, the whole ISSUE Of the valuable
publication having been monopolizsd by
the members Of the Forty-seventh Con
gress.
Mr.. Cullom remarked that he was haV-
ing the same experience, aud that nsny
Of his letters suggested that perhaps inc
documents might Re got from the dis
unguIshed Ssnstsr from Missouri West J
Mr.. Vest said every Gay and every hour
since the discussion last week, had con-
Armed him in his bslief So 10 the unques-
tiOnSble waste of public money II the way
Of printing documents.
He did not want pubic money thrown
aWhy on trash.
The discussion was further continued
by Senators Aldrich, CockrsH and Teller.
Tle latter in the course Of his remarks
lad some stress upon the fact that
matters in the departments were
Kept secret, snd he protested sgsiGst
there being any secrets, the people being
entitled 10 know what their servants
were doing. Extending this ides 10 the
Senate itself, he declared that he con-
sidered secret sessions OF the Senate to
be entirely uprepublicsn, except, per
asps, waen there was 8 treaty pending
which ought to be considered In the
secrecy Of exs cU,lve session. There vas
no more reason Tny tue question Of CON-
1runklg executive appointments should be
considered behind closed doors than there
vas WY the Senate should legislate be-
hind closed Coors, as it had once done.
&r. Plumb asked him whether he
thought Cabinet meetings should also De
open. While the Senstor WAS about it,
he might as well 20 over the whole sub
iscs.
Mr. HaTley also suggested the secret
deliberations OF the Supreme c0u {, and
asked whether they also shoul; be public.
Mr. Teller replied that what he insisted
upon was that when a secretary Of de-
psrtment made an adjudication of
4 question, that adjudication should be
made public. He did not claim that when
the President called his CaoineT about
him their discussions should be public,
but ne did say that when the CAbineg
came tOra determination that determine
tIon vas the property of the whole peo-
pie. The President had no right to con-
zeal It aud each member Of the Cabinet
ought to be compelled TO tske the re-
spUIsibility OF advice gwen to the Presi-
dent, and also il there Was any subject
which the Senate desired to consider IN
private, and which ought TO pc coneid-
cred in private, the doors on application
eff Two Senet0rs might be closed, but IS
soon as the matter wns determined every
Senator's vote should oe made kDown
The question of the SenstCr from Con.
pectlcut WAS lrite one, ana not new or
original. It had been asked by people who
did not consider the difference between
The process OF arriving at q conclusion
aud the conclusion itself. The Supreme
c9urt flied its decisions when they were
made and the position Of each member OF
the court upon it wss known.
After further discussion participated in
by Senators Vest, MAnderssn, Teller,
HswlsY and GormaR, the resolution WAS
adopted,
Mr. Morgan cF-red resolutions which
we're adopted, calling on the Secretary Of
sae Interior for Information as to SNUG
Cling over the Mexican border in conse-
Suenca of the free zone aud calling on
ghe authorities for copies OF correspond
ence with ihe Ri xicsn government on
that subject.
Oas hundred and eight private pension
bills were passed anu Alter executive
Session the Senate adjourned until Mon
day.
THB H5UsE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. lS-The following
committee reports among others were
B1bmittedI
By Mr. Adams of Illinois, from the
committee or judiciary (ddvr rsely)
designating the h,st Monoay III October
Ss The day on whcl Congress shall meet.
Laid on the taele.
By Mr.. Clsrdy Of Missouri, from the
conn iltee n commerce to incorporate
the Maritime Csual Company Of Ncara-
qua. Committee Of the whole.
By Mr.. Peel of Arkansas, from the
committee on Ind 81 affairs to divide the
great Sioux reservation into smaller
reservations. House calendar.
On motion of Mr. Docksry Of Missouri
Senate amendments were concurred in in
the House bill providing for tue appoint
msnt of eleven division sup. riutendeuts
Of rail way mail service.
The House thsn went Into committee Of
the whole on the urgent deficiency bill.
Al amendment WAS adopted eppropri-
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