Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-27

bers this morning, and took a recess until 4
o'clock.
REPUBLICAN INTENTIONS.
The Republican programme, as outlined
this morning, is, after hearing what the SUI
preme Court has to say regarding the Fusion
LIST statement, to have the Governor issue a
proclamation commanding the dispersion of
the Fusionist Government, and if any one
persists in exercising administration or legis-
lative functions to arrest him Immediately.
Probably the Governor will give the Fusion
lists not over twenty-four hours warning.
THE END APPROACHING.
The Fusionists appear to have entirely lost
heart, and now only talk of an appeal to the
people at the polls next autumn. 1t IS ex-
pected that Wednesday will see the last of the
dual Government in Maine.
1t is reported that the Fusionists employed
the great seal of the State to authenticate
their document sent to the Court at Bangor.
THE REPUBLICAN, HOUSE.
AUGUSTA, January 26th.-The House met
at IL o'clock. The Senate is not in session.
The Speaker presented an order providing for
a joint special committee to investigate in re-
gard to the taking of the seal and records.
The House transacted but little business, and
adjourned till p.M NJ.
REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE.
AUGUSTA, January 26th.-Both branches OF
the Republican Legislature to day passed
resolutions providing for constitutional
amendment electing the Governor by plu-
rality instead of a majority vote. The Senate
appointed Committees on Investigation, En-
listments and Enrollments of men, and on the
loss of the State seal.
THE FUsIoNIsTs.
The Fusio1ists seem to remain firm, but
will not attempt to transact business, and
will meet and adjourn from day to day until
the decision of the Court is received. Should
it sustain the Republicans, most of them will
take seats in the Legislature. 1t is thought
that every Senator, with the possible excep
ton of one, will take his seat.
The Republican Legislature will enter al
once on the dispatch of important business
before them without further preliminaries.
The troops will remain there until matters
have settled down to peace basis.
BRICK PoMERoY LEAGUE.
morrow will publish an expose of the forma.
ton of circles of " Brick Pomeroy League
in Maine, with State Circle, devoted to
communistic doctrines and now employed in
endeavors to seize the State Government.
There are five Circles known in Cumberland,
and some in York, Knox and other counties.
This organization is managed by advanced
leaders of the Greenback party, and the mass
of that party are still ignorant of their exist
ence.
Affairs at the National Capital.
Especial to the RKcoRD-UNIoN
WASHINGTON, January 26th.-Representa
tive Davis to-day introduced the bill fore.
Swallowed in these dispatches last night, pro.
viding for an increase Of tariff duty on rice
to four cents per pound, and on nut-oil
twenty five cents per gallon. He also intro.
duced a bill imposing duty of three cents
per pound on mustard seed, the rate formerly
collected before it was placed on the free list,
and which Davis proposes to restore in the
interest of the California production also a
bill extending until next year the time allowed
by the Act of 1874 for stamping unstamped
documents. Davis foreshadowed bill for the
taxation of the manufacture of opium in this
country was lot introduced to- day, on &C count
of delay at the Treasury Department in
furnishing certain information required to
perfect its details, but it will be ready for In
PRODUCTION before next Monday.
Representative Pacheco introduced du-
plicate of the bill heretofore presented by
Senator Booth, opening to presumption and
settlement the lands within one mile of Camp
under the general law, although no longer re-
quired for military purposes. Pacheco will
shortly introduce bill providing for the i'm
provement of the harbor of Santa Barbara,
and is now collecting argumentative data of
various kinds to accompany and support it
before the Committee on Commerce.
The decisive vote-175 against 62-by which
the House of Representatives to-day adopted
Judge Kelly's resolution declaring that the
negotiation of a commercial treaty fixing the
rates of tariff duty, without the concurrence
of the House of Representatives, would be in
violation of the Constitution, is hard blow
to the Chotteau project, and possesses addi-
tional significance from the fact that industri-
Gus efforts have been made since last Monday
to diminish the unavoidable majority by abb
senteeism or other indirect means, so as to
cause the resolution to fail for want of the
requisite two thirds.
Governor Litkin, of Colorado, was OH the
floor of the House to day, and had long con-
sultation with Representative Bedford touch
ing the Ute Indian question.
Charles Francis Aiam', Jr., of Massachu-
sets, will be heard by the House Committee
on Commerce tomorrow, In opposition to the
Reagan interstate commerce bill.
The Star says Senator Sharon has taken
the pains to deny that he has drawn cent of
his pay for the present Congress.
Senator Blaine is expected to arrive in
Washington tomorrow, and take his seat for
the first time this season.
The Pacific Railroad Combination and
the Istilmus Canal.
NEW YORK, January 26th.-The CONNER
ciat Bulletin, regarding the Pacific Railroad
combination, says: Great as is this union, it
is thought only to be fore runner of a still
larger one, which viii take place in the
Wabash system of roads, and possibly the
Southern Pacific and Texas Pacific 1t is
not unlikely, either, that the Central Pacific
will eventually come into the consolidation,
that company, as well as the Vanderbilt sys-
tenn of roads, being now in harmony with the
Gould system, which includes the roads yes
terday consolidated, as well as the roads
known as the Wabash system.
The same paper has statistical article,
showing that by the time the Isthnus Canal i,
opened the tonnage that may be expected to
avail itself of the Darien route viii amount to
from two and a half to three millions yearly
that the canal will cost $3.50, 000, 600 at least,
the interest on which would call for an annual
net income for meeting all expenses of S15,-
COG, 900. Now De Lesseps, carefully consid-
ering what shipping could afford to pay, fixes
his tolls at 50 per ton of vessel tonnage. Ac-
cepting this excessive rate, his total income
upon 5 COG, 0of tonnage would be SO, 00O, 600,
or Sc, 600, goo short of the interest charges, to
say nothing of the work king expenses. TO all
men Of business these facts will condemn the
scheme as the widest Of financial impossi-
bilities, and it is inconceivable how the Paris
bankers could employ their influence with
the French public to foist upon them such a
worthless investment. De Lesseps here
strikes difficulty that he can by no pcsSi-
bilities of reasonable estimate surmount,
and ne cannot but think that when he comes
to compare his sanguine hopes with the cool
calculations Of his finances, he will subside
into state of disguised disappointment.
Fire I'm the Brooklyn Psnitentiary.
New YORK, January 26th.-A large Ere is
reported in the shoe shop of the Brooklyn
Penitentiary. The prisoners are secure.
SECOND DISPATCH.l
New York, January 26th.-The shoe shop
of the Kings County Penitentiary, at Brook
lyn, took fire in the loft to-day. AS soon as
the flames were discovered the prisoners were
ordered to quit work and fall into line, even
while the machinery was in full operation,
for the engineer in the lower part of the
building was ignorant of the fire above. The
prisoners had been at work about two hours,
ami were promptly marched back to the
prison. Many were ignorant of any fire in