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Show FORTY-JflKTH COJfGKESS. The Senate. Washington," February 2. The Chair laid before the Senate a letter from the Secretary Secre-tary of War, transmitting the report of Major Ma-jor Jones, of the corps of engineers, regarding regard-ing improvements in Oregon. Among the petitions presented and appropriately ap-propriately referred were several by Frye, from various organizations of the Knights of Labor of Maine, praying that the lern-tory lern-tory known as Oklahoma be opened to set - 41 Among the' measures favorably reported from committees was the joint resolution by Blair, from the ' Committee on Woman s Suffrage, providing for a Constitutional amendment extending THE BIGHT OF SUFFBAGE TO WOMEN. Cockrell stated Mt this report was not the unanimous judgment of the committee, and that the minority reserved the right to pre-jnt pre-jnt a written report in opposition to the j measure. . r 1 btddlebebgeb's besolution. . ' ! RiddJebergerofEered the foUowing resolu- j tion: Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate Sen-ate that the Executive of the United States is not restricted by constitutional law in removing re-moving or suspending appointees: that the Senate has no right to require that reasons shall be given for such removal or suspension; suspen-sion; that it is the right , of the Senate to call for any papers relating to the conduct of removed or suspended appointees, or" to the qualification and fitness of all persons whose names are presented to the Senate for confirmation or rejection, and it is the. duty of the Executive to comply with all demands for the same. . . --' "In offering the resolution, Riddleburger said his purpose was-simply to bring the subject jip in open debate. It did not involve in-volve any so-called high perogatives of the Senate when it should go into "secret or executive ex-ecutive session; but only that of an abstraot question as to whether the Executive could be called on or required to give reasons for removals." Riddleburger asked for immediate immedi-ate consideration of the resolution. ' Cockrell objected. Pugh said he would submit either to-day or to-morrow a substitute forRiddleburger's resolution. The matter then went over.-, ' ; ' " j -The House. .;rT. Washtngton, February 2. Immediately after reading the journal Holman offered th following: , r Resolved, That the House has received with profound sorrow the intelligence of the death of THOMAS A. HENDRICKS, Late Vice-President of the United States. Resolved, That the business of the House be suspended in order that the eminent services ser-vices and private virtues of the deceased may be appropriately commemorated. Resolved, That the clerk of the House be directed to communicate these resolutions to the Senate. Bynum, who represents the district which formerly returned Hendricks to the House of Representatives, was the first speaker to bear testimony to the WOBTja OF THE DEAD STATESMAN. He traced the life of Hendricks through childhood, youth and manhood, showing in every stage the manifested ability and talent which made his name familiar to every household in the land. Hendricks was no ordinary man he was one of few great men whose greatness increased, and whose sublimity sub-limity became more sublime the nearer he was approached. He was an honest man ; suspicion never breathed calumny against his integrity. He passed through THE FIEBT FUBNACE OF PUBLIC LIFE Without a scar. His statute, to fully represent rep-resent him, should be chiseled in spotless white marble. He daily practised the greatest great-est of all virtues charity. |