Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-18
DOMEsFiC.
United states senate.


WAsHINGToN, February 17th.--Aftsr con-
sideriBg several bills on the calendar without
| action, the Senate agreed to adjourn over
| until Monday, and then order an executive
session.
When the doors were rsopened the pension
srrears resolution was taken up anG laid over
as unfinished business.
| Adjourned to Monday.
House OF Representatives.
| WASHINGTON, February 17th.-SpIinger
| moved to reconsider the vote by which the
| Colerick amendment to the apportionment
bill was rejected yesterday. (The amend.
ment provides that the Governor of any State
| may call special election when the Legisla-
ture fails to redistrict the State before the
| election Of Representatives.
The House tabled the resolution by $50
| to ia.
The yeas and nays were then ordered on
| Colerick's substitute, fixing the number of
Representatives at SIG. Rejected-rsys 154,
| yeas "a.
The question then recurred on the substl-
tute offered by Page of California, providing
that the House shall be composed of $40
| members. This Page decided to withdraw,
| but as it was favored by q number of
Democrats, objection was made. 1t was,
however, rejected-yess SO. nsys 14S.
The previous question was then ordered on
the final passage of the bill. which Colerick
| of Indiana moved to recommit, With instruc-
tions to the COMMITTEES Of Census to report a
provision that in State where the number
| Of representatives il reduced, it shall be law
| full for the Governor, after the State shall
have been redsstricted, to provide for a
special election.
The motion to recommit was .ost-yeas
! 107, nays 142.
The bill was then passed without division.
| 1t is as follows:
Be it enacted etc.-That after the Sd of March,
| 1885, the House Of Representatives shall be com
posed OF 1926 members, to be apportioned among the
several States as follows Alabama 8, Arkansas 5,
California g. Colorado l, Connecticut d. Delaware l.,
Florida g Georgia TO- Illinois 90, Indiana 49, Iowa
| H. Kansas Z, Kentucky IL, Louisiana 6, Maiue 4,
Maryland q, Massachusetts 12, Michigan II, Min,
nesota 5, Missi sippi Z, Missouri IA. Nebraska 3,
Nevada /, New Hsmpshire 2, New Jersey Z, New
York "a North Carolina 0, Ohio 81, Oregon l, Penn
| sylvania %, Rhode Island 2, South Carolina Z,
| Tennessee 10, Texas IA, Vermont 2, Virginia 10,
| West Virginia 3, Wisconsin o.
| Sec. g 1haa whenever a new State is admitted to
the Union, the Representative or Representatives
assigned it shall be in sdition to the number 325
Sec 8. That in each State enti led under this ap
| portlonment the number to which such State may
be entitled 10 the Forty yeightb and each subsequent
| Congress shall be elected by districts composed OF
contiguous territory, and containing, as nearly as
possible, an equal number of inhabitants and equal
! in number to the Representatives to which such
State may be entitled in Congress. No one
district shall be allowed more than one
| Representative provided that unless the
Legislature of each State shall otherwise
provide before the election of such Representatives
shall take place as provided by law, where NO
change shall be hereby made in the representation
of State the Representatives thereof OF the Forty
eighth Congress shall be elected therein now
provided by law. II the number IS hereby pro-
| vilod for shall be larger than it before is
| oho tat ivan ru dor
this apportionment may be elected by the state at
large and whe the Representatives to which the
state is entitled by districts as now prescribed by
| law in such Sate, and il the number herebv pro-
vded for shall in any State be less than it was be-
fore the change hereby made, such State shall other
wise provide before the time fixed by law for the
| next election OF Representatives.
Sec. All Acts and parts OF Acts inconsistent
| herewith are hereby repealed.
Memorials against the treatment of the
Jews in Russia and poiygamy in Utah were
presented.
A night session was ordered for Monday
instead of Tuesday.
The House then went iato Committee Of
the Whoie-Horr of Michigan in the chaiT-
upon private claims.
After which the Speaker laid before the
House message from the President, in
further com pliauce with the House resolution
! calling for the correspondence respecting the
war on, the Pacific, transmitting the report OF
the Secretary of State and accompanying
documents. Referred.
Adjourned.
ConsuIs Nominated.
WASHINGTON, February 17th.-The Presi
dent nominated Wakefield G Frye, of Maine,
| to be United States Copsui- General at Hall.
fox; Horatio NJ Beach, OF Nav York, TO be
Consul at Puerto Cobello Venezuela.
Tour OF Inspection.
WASHINGTON, February i7sh General
Sherman, accompanied by General Pope and
Colonel Morrow, will leave on the 1st OF
| March for q tour IF inspection OF the Depart
meut of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona,
visiting al the principal posts of the frontier
in those regions The visit win be extended
to Yosemite Valley and SAn Francisco. the
trip occupying eight CT ten weeks.
The star Route investigation.
WAsHIsGToN, February 17,h The Grand
Jury has commenced an investigation OF the
star route service IN Oregon.
Fiiz John POrter's Case.
!, WASHINGTON, February l7,h The Cabi.
net to-day considered the Fitz John Porter
case. It was stated that the only leyal rs
dress is for the President to pardon Porter,
thus removing his di.qua iications from hold
ing Office ard then restore him to tbs army
by denomination.
Trade Dollars TO be Redeemed.
! WAsHINGroN, February 17th.-The HOUSE
Banking Currency COMMITTEES to-day decided
to report favorably the substitute for the two
trade-dollar bills, which provides for the re
demption OF trade with standard dollars, tks
redeemed trade dollars to be regarded al
bullion, and 20 in on the monthly purchases
The amount subject to exchange will b.
100000.
Expenses OF Garf1eld's niness-AnotheI
Bill Filed.
WASHINGTON, February 17th.-Jennings
of Boston, has fled bill for S5,00Q for tn,
construction of the cool air apparatus in th'
Executive Mansion during the illness o
President Garfield.
RrightfuI RxpIosion-Fifteen to Invent,
, Killed and Many Others wounded.
CHESTER tPa.). February 17th.-About
o'clock this morning an explosion occurred o
the pyrotechnic works of Professor jackson
in this city. The building was badly shat
tered. It took fire and was consumed. A
least fifteen, and probably more, lives wer
lost, and many ara dangerously wounded
The building Is the old Homestead of Ad
miral Porter.
fSECOND DISPATCH.I
CHESTER, February 17th.-A number c
oolored families lived in the old Porter mar
sion. It seems shAt it first took FIRE. an
while ths 6remen were playing en- the a ,me
large crowd surrounded them, an explcsio
occurred, scattering destruction far and wide
The number killed is between fifteen ar
twenty. About twenty are dangerously an
fifty others more or les seriously wounded
The dead are being laid out in the City Hal
and the wounded are cared for in the varior
drug storeF. 50 tina. no accurate list can /
obtained.