Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-22

WASHINGTON, December 21st.-The dis.
graceful scene in the House of Representa-
tives this afternoon is the absorbing topic Of
town talk tonight, and conjecture is rife as
to what will be its consequences tomorrow.
1t is agreed on all hands that the two prin-
ciples in this most unseemly affair must be
subjected to the same discipline of public
reprimand by the Speaker of the House, and
compelled to apologize for their grossly un-
parliamentary language and conduct, on
penalty of expulsion in case Of refusal.
The excitement in the hall during
the progress of the alteration and
for some minutes after its termination
was intense almost beyond description.
When Sparks roared out :. You are scoun-
drel and a villain, in response to Weayer's
epithet of liar" Weaver rapidly walked
towards him, stripping off his coat as he pro.
ceeded, and Sparks, after clutching chair
for moment as if to raise it for weapon,
commenced to take off his coat also, and
moved towards his approaching adversary
Numbers of their respective friends FASTENED
to seize and hold them back, but Jones of
Texas, Greenback sympathizer with Wea-
yer, had meanwhile jumped over his desk
and exclaimed, "If there is going to be a
fight, I'm in it." Mills of Texas was OBJ
served to plunge his hand into hip pocket,
as if to draw pistol. Members gathered
hastily to the point from all parts of the
House, and amid cries of Order, Order" "
"Sergeant-at-Arms y and all kinds of undis-
tinguishable utterances, the confusion mo-
mentarily increased, and it actually looked
&c Hubt
Randall very properly disregarding the fact
that the House was in Committee of
the Whole, and that no motion to
rise had yet been made, hastened to
the chair, displaced the mild hammered
Chairman who was Intellectually trying to
quell the tumult, and sternly pounding with
his gavel commanded order, and directed the
Sergeant. at Arms to enforce it. This COM
mand proved effective, and the parliamentary
forms of coming out of Committee of the
Whole were then promptly gone through
with, and the House Immediately adjourned
until Tomorrow. 1t is proper to add that the
sympathy of the House and the current of
popular feeling are mainly with Weaver as
against Sparks, for the latter Eanifestly pro-
voked the violent issue and egged Weaver
into an outburst very unnecessarily.
JARNDYoE VS.. JARNDYcE-THE MGARRAHAN
CLAIM AGAIN.
Representative Caldwell, of New York, to-
day submitted to the House, on behalf of the
Private Land Claims Committee an advance
report on the bill authorizing the Court of
Claims to ascertain and determine the title
to the Rancho Panoche Grande, commonly
known as the McGarrahan bill The com
mittee set forth that the McGarrahan claim
has been before the various departments of
the Government for twenty.one years, and
then proceed to say that, without discussing
the original merits of McGarrahan's bill, they
are of opinion that the action contemplated
by the bill should not be taken by Congress
Myers of Indiana submitted minority re-
port signed by himself alone, in which it is
argued that the case should be reopened and
readjusted as matter Of simple justice to
McGarrAhan. The I'll LIZ, 5os.4 Ie,.,s. l.,
were placed on the calendar for future action.
INAUGURAL DECORATIONS.
WASHINGTON, December 2lst.-The COM
mittee appointed to report on general plan
of inaugural decorations concluded its work
to-day, and recommended series of thirty
eight light arches of gaspipe over Pennsyl-
vania avenne, with appropriate decorations
representing each State in the Union, and the
decorations of all statues in the city. The
estimated cost is $4,000.