Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-08
House to Examine the Charges
 Preferred Against Him.
HON. PHILIP SYDNEY POST
Of Illinois Dead-Ransom of North Carolina President
 Pro Tenn. of the Senate.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.--The chaplain this morning in his prayer referred in touching manner to the death of the late Congressman Post of Illinois, and invoked divine blessing upon the bereaved family. After the approval of the journal Mir. Johnson, democrat, of Ohio, presented petition of s. J. Ritcbie of Ohio, preferring additional charges against Judge Kicks of the United States circuit court. The mat ter was referred to the judicial committee, with resolption agreed to by the house directing m investigation of the charges. The house agreed to meet tomorrow night for the purpose of reading the bill provid- ing for the cod ification of the pension laws. Mir. Henderson, republican, of Illinois, announced the death of Representative Post, and offered the following reso utions: Resolved, That the house of representa- tives has heard with profound sorrow of the death of Hon. Philip 5ydn ey Post, late representative from Illinois.
 Resolved, That a committee of nine members of the house be appointed by the speaker to act with such senators as might be selected to attend the funeral of the de- ceased, and as further mark of respect the house do now adjourn.
 The resolutions were agreed to, and the speaker appointed the following as com mittee on the part of the house: Messrs. Henderson, Lane, Marsh, Childs and Wheeler of illinois, Bynum of Indiana, Boutelle of Maine, Lucas of South Dakota and Stallings of Alabama. The house at 12:l5 adjourned until tomorrow.
 IN THE SENATE.
 In the absence Of tho vice. president and Senator Harris, president pro lem. of the senate, the secretary called the senate to order and asked what its further pleasure was.
 Thereupop, MT. German offered resolu- tion declaring that in the absence of the vice-president and the president pro tem. MT. M. w. Ransom, senator from the state of North Carolina, be and he is hereby chosen president pro tenn. of the senate. The resolution was agreed to and Mir. Ransom was escorted by Mr. Blackburn to the secrelary's desk, where the oath of office was adm nistered to him by Mir. Nor Till, the oldest mem Der of the senate.
 In taking the chair, MT. Ransom said: ..Senators, thank you sincerely for this expression of your confidence. But it IS --4 de to myself to say that immediately on A De return of the distinguished senator Rm Tennessee, who has been elected president pro tenn. ot the senate, shall ask to be relieved from this position, and that that senator, who has discharged his duties as presiding officer with so much ability and with so much satisfaction to the senate and the country, shall be returned to the place''
 Mir. Bate stated that his colleague, Mr. Harris, was necessarily absent, and would be back in Washington in a few days.
 Mr. Ransom left the chair iE few min- utes, and called MT. Manderson to it.
 MT. Peffer, popnlist, of Kansas, haviny been recognlzed in vlrtu, of the notice given hy nm last week of his intention to address he senate on his bill for ''service peusions,' was asked by Mir. Lodge to yield for d motion to take up the resolution ln reference to the removal of vessels of war from the Hawaii islands.
 .' have no objection to yield if there be no aebate upon II, '' said Mir. Peffer.
 Having been assured on that point by MT. Lodge he yielded, and the motion to take up Inc resolution from the calendar was made by Mir. Lodge.
 MT. George asked unanimous consent to say word or two on that proposition. He . promised not 10 occupy longer than five minutes, and Ar. Peffer said he had no ob- jrction to yielding that time.
 -,1r. Gray-l desire to say word or two. he presiding officer (hlr. Manderson)-- Is there objection?
 Mir. Peffer-I think had better go on with my remarks. l only yielded the floor with the understanding that there should be no debate.
 Mr. Gray-There will be some debate.
 Mir. Butier-I cannot permit the resolu tion to be taken up and acted upon with out making ore or two observations in re- la,ion to it.
 T he presiding officer put the question on MT. Lodge's motion, and the motion was agreed to-yeas 33. nays 12. All the re- publican votes were in the affirmative and also the following democratic and popuist votes: Messrs. Allen, Butler, Cockrell, George, German, Gray, Hill, Jones of Arr kansas, Kyle, kindsay, Martin, Morgan, Pasco, Peffer, Ransom and Yoorhees.
 MT. Palmer rose to address the senate, but offered to yield the floor to MT. peffer. The presiding officer--The senate by it's action has taken up the resolution and it is now before the senate. On that resolution the senator from Illinois has tue floor. Does he yield to the senator from Kansas? Mir. Palm sr-I do.
 The presiding officer--The senator from Kansas is recognized oD the resolution of the senator from Massachusetts now before the senate--Lodge'S Hawaiian reso- lution. Laughter.
 MT. Peffer thereupon proceeded to read to the senate m elaborate argument in ad- vocacy of his bill for "servIce pensions.h At the close of MT. Peffer's remarks the Lodge resolution went over until tomorrow and the Nicaragua canal bill was taken up as the unfinished business, MT. Mitchell, republican, of Oregon, making an argu nent in its favor.
 He said, in conclusion, that the con struciion Of the Nicaragaan canal was a question in which there was DO partisan or sectional division, in which all parties in all sections might meet harmoniously and 1OlQ common cOuuEel LOT tue common good. He believed that the pending bill, would insure the early construction<o1 the canal and its maintenance -,-under the government of the United States.
 MT. Pasco obtain e2 the floor and the bill went over until tomorrow.
 A comsG,nieation from the secretary of >Stete, h reply to a resolution of the senate, was read and laid on the table, stating shat "Mr. J. w. Foster, in assisting China \p peace negotiations with Japan, sustains
 cfilcial or other relation 10 the United
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 6soxe from the house announcing
 relation to the death oi Repre-
 st of Illinois having been read
 ], resolution was offered by
 and agreed to directing that
 had beard the announcement
 lsensibility, and providing for a
 )of five senators 10 attend the
 fessrs. Palmer, Cullono. Mitchell
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 Q appointed special committee,