Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-19
GENERAL NEWS.
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES TO TIE RECORD
UNION.
DOMESTIC.
rnIted states senate.

| WASHINGTON, January 1Sth.-Dayis re-
ported favorably from the Judiciary Com mmit-
| tee the bill to retire United States Supreme
Court Justice Hunt.
Blair offered resolution instructiDg the
| Committee on Public Lands TO inquire into
| the administration Of the land laws, and the
systems of their operations in the practical
disposition OF the lands, and any abuses and
| hardships in their administration, and
report the facts and recommendations
Adopted.
Brown consumed the morning hour by
talking on currency, aud urged contraction.
He argued that the commercil Il value given
to gold or silver was not their intrinsic value
as metal, but value which the Government
stamps upon them as medium Of exchange
The value of silver had been reduced, not be-
cause of over production, but because of its de-
monetization by the British and German Gov.
ernmsnts. He then reviewed cur legislation
on the silver question, showing its unfriendly
character, and continuing: While silver had
not been able TO withstand it, gold would not
have stood it any better if an assault had
been made upon that metal as to what shall
| he its ratio equivalent. He thought the
| French standard about the true one. That
ratio was one upon which France would be
willing TO stand with the United States, con-
trsyerting the assumption upon which the
/ secretary Oh tne Ddu DdScu LIS ic'
| commentators for stopping silver coinage
that il this was not done gold would flow from
| the United States and silver would take its
| place. and we would he reduced in the COM
| mercial world to the level Of minor and less
civilized nations.
Brown argued to show that we had fixed
rates between the two metals higher than it
had been fixed by other commercial powers,
ours being 16 to l, while most commercial
| L.. A -
and that practically the very reverse OF the
flow of gold from and Of silver into the
] United States would be the result of
| this. Figures showed that under our
coinsge system the drain of gold was
toward the United States and the draining of
silver from the United States, and each was
increasing in volume from year to year.
| Our ratio as to silver had not been fixed too
low, and if we bad erred at all we had fixed
| power we were assailing our own interests In
seeking to depreciste the value of this pro-
duction and in joining with Germany and
| Great Britain in giving to gold alone the
name and importance of money.
| Sherman. Beck and Bayard took part in
! the debate. and the subject was then in
! formally said aside.
| Adjourned.
| House OF Representatives.
WASHINGTON, January 1S:h.-The House
resumed consideration of the report of the
| Committee on Rules, proposing an increase in
| ths membership Of certain committees, the
pending question being on Orrh's substitute
| for the appointment of Board to select com.
mittees.
Robson made q point of order that the
| substitute was not garmane 20 the original
proposition, because the substitute applied to
| the next House, and not to this, and because
it embraced matter not in the original propo-
sition.
After considerable discussion the point CT
order taken against the substitute was sus-
tanned by vote of 163 ayes to "a noes.
Bslford Of Colorado raised a point of or
der, that by rule Ii no member is permitted
to speak more than once on the same ques-
| ton until every member choosing to speak
| shall have spoken. He said Robson and
Haskell had spoken half a dozen times on the
subject Laughter and applause on the
Democratic side. He wanted to know
whether the privileges of the House were
centralized in the hands of two or three
members, or whether other gentlemen had
right to he heard en- questions affecting the
organization of the House.
The Speaker-The gentleman himself had
not been seeking the floor to be heard on a
point of order before
Belsord-I have been seeking the floor for two
days, and have failed because don't belong
to the sacred circle which assumes the domi-
nation of the debate. Renewed laughter and
applause on the Democratic side 1 am ut
tering hut common complaint when | say
| that young members of the House appear to
have no rights in it. I desire to discuss tine
whole question.
The Speaker-The pending question is the
point of order on the substitute.
Bslforl-That is what I want to speak
about desire to discuss it as it was DIS
cussod yesterday by Kelley and day by
Robesoi. That is, by embracing the entire
question about the aa endmsnt of the rules.
The Speaker-Ths Chair thinks his point
of order Lad better be disposed Of first.
Tee discussion OF the point Of order was
resumed, and was fnrther participated in by
Calhirs, Hooker. Baypes, Sparks, Burrows
of Michigan. Miller, Scales, Hammond of
Georgia and Page.
At last the discussion was brought to a
close, and the Speaker proceeded to state his
opinion or the point of order. The eubsti-
tute. he said, proposed to amend the report
made by the Committee on Rules, but it WAS
in fact proposition TO cha1Se rule. It
wss not in any respect kindred to enlargiug
the committee. Still, on account of the pecu.
liar elaticns Of the Chaic to the proposed
smendment, he would avail himself of his
right to submit the point ef order to the
House for its decision.
The question was submitted to the House,
and the point of order taken apainss the sub
stituse was sustained by yeas 163, nays "A
So the substitute was ruled out of order.
Adjourned.
Nominations by the President.
WASHINGTON, January 1S.h-The Presi
dent has nominated Frank w. Merrill to be
Resisser of the Land Office at SusanviIle,
CAL; and Receiver Gordon W. Meylert to be
Receiver of Public Moneys at Susanville,
Cal.
Iiems OF Washington Gossip.
WASHINGTON, January 1SGh.-The sub
committees at both ends of the Capitol 10
charge Of the various Chinese immigration
bills have held several meetings duriog the
past few days, and expect soon to be ready to
report de6nite recommendations to their re-
spective full committees. The Senate sub.
committee is working on the basis of General
| AIillers bill, and it will probably be reported
withoutany very material changes. The House
| subcommittee has not yet concluded its de-
liberatiens but it is confidently expected
! that q satisfactory measure will be agreed
upon in time for action on the part Of the
| full committee next Wednesday.
All the Republican Senaters and members
of the House Of Representatives from the
Pacific coast have unitsd 10 letter to Presi
|
of Colonel Tristle, formerly of Nevada, and
now resident of Arizons, to be Governor of
Arizona, and the appointment OF Hiram NJ
Van Arnarn, of Oakland, Cal, to be Secre-
tary of Arizons. Trittles appointment is
said to be specially advocated by Senator
Jones' The nominations Of both these gen.
tlemen will probably be sent to the Senate at
an early day.
Cabinet Making.
WASHINGTON. January 1Sih.-It is said
that Folger will succeed Hunt on the Su-
preme Beech, and ConkiiDg will go into tie
Cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury. Davis
action in the Hunt matter is thus explained
by many. Folger's experience in the Treas.
ury Department has been unpleasant, and
his work hard.
The Jeanette Survivors.
WASHINGTON, January 1S:h. = Secretary
FIelinghuysen, has received dispatches from
Hoffman. United States Charge d'Affaires at
st. Petersburg, reporting the action of the
Russian authorities in aid of the survivors of
the Jeanette. On receipt of the Presidents
orders to make provision for tie payment of
the expenses of maintaining the rescued men
and sending them to the United States,
Hoffman had q conference with General Ig-
natieff, who showed very deep interest in
the fate of the crew. He had already tele.
graphed the Siberian authorities to furnish