Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-07-26

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report on the river and harbor bill was adopt.
! ed, and the revenue bill was proceeded with,
/ the question being upon Hale's amendment
| to the sugar. duty section, to strike out the
requirement for Government tests of the
| saccharine strength Of sugars in determining
| the duties. This would leave the section to
| provide simply that the sugar duty shall be
! what it WAS before the 80 per cent. additional
! duty was put on.
After discussion the amendment was agreed
| to by vote of "a to %.
! Harris moved to substitute for the section
provision for reduction of 10 per cent. on
| all imports after January /, 1888, and 10 per
cent. additional after January l, 1884.
This produced lengthy discussion, and
without action the Senate adjourned.
House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, July 25th.-Miller of Penn
! sylvsnis made an answer to the recent attack
of Senator Butler. His remarks elected APP
plause from the Republican side.
The Speaker announced, as the regular or.
der, kelley's motion to recommit the bill
allowing a drawback upon imported material,
used in connection with domestic materials,
in the construction OF vessels for foreign &C.
count
Tucker moved to amend the motion so as
20 instruct the committee to report back o
bill which shall allow drawback equal to
the whole amount Of duties paid or charged.
BILE thereon on any and all imported material
which shall be used in the construction or
| equipment of any sail or steam vessel, con-
structed or equipped within the United States
for any citizen OF the United States, or for
any foreign citizen or subject, provided the
same shall not apply to any vessed to be en-.
gagged in the coastwise or iaternal commerce
of the United States. Hostages 81, noes 30.
Kelley's motion to recommit was then
agreed to-ayes 100, noes TO-
Washburn of Minnesota offered a resolu-
ton directing the Secretary of the Navy to
convene Court of Inquiry to investigate the
circumstances of the loss in the Arctic seas Of
the L nited States exploring steamer jean
nette, and of the death of Lieutenant Com
mander De Long and others of her officers
aud men, including an inquiry into the condi-
ton OF the vessel on her departure, into her
MANAGEMENT, into the provisions made for
the. safety of the boats crews on leaving the
wreck, and into the general conduct of her
officers and men. Referred.
concurrent resolution was adopted for
printing 100000 copies of the agricultural
report.
Page of California presented and explained
the conference report on the river and harbor
appropriation bill.
The House refused to agree to the report
81 ayes, 81 noes.
and Cox of New York moved to lay the mo-
ton on the table, pending which friends of
the bill. as it now stands, mustered their
forces and carried an adjournment.
The conference report comes up tomorrow
upon motion to reconsider.
Political Complexion of Certain Nomina-
lions.
WASHINGTON, July 25sh.-The President
is said to have adopted a new rule, which
will soon result in placing only stalwarts in
office. When stalwart's term expires he
will reaIpoint him, and when an anti-stal-
warts term expires he will replace him with
stalwart. The truth of this is lately appa-
rent from the fact that there are eighty-six
Presidential offices in Pennsylvania, and the
President has made appointments already for
seventy five Of them, or about forty per cent
In New York there are 276 Presidential off,
ces, and the President has already made
nominations to eighty of them. There have
been eighty-two nominations to office in New
York State, and but three were successive
nominations to one place-the Weedsport
Postofice. OF the twenty-five Collectors
President Arthur has appointed nineteen, or
eighty-two per cent have been known as pro.
nounced stalwarts, or have procured their
appointments through unmistakable stalwart
influence. A prominent New York Con.
gresham says it is entirely within bounds to
say that ninety per cent. of all the New
Workers who have been appointed to office
by the President are stalwarts. Examination
Of the list of the eighty.two nominations re-
ferred to above shows that five of them are
women to Postcffices. Deductipg these, the
examination of the list by political tests
shows that of the seventy-seven remaining
not less than htty-four or seventy per cent.
are either men known as stalwarts or were
appointed through stslwart influence.
Miscellaneous Washington Items.
WASHINGTON, July 25th.-Secretary Fol.
ger says there is no truth in the report that
Colonel Irish is to be relieved as Superin-
tendent Of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing.
Secretary Teller has received 1000 applica.
lions for the 800 new clerkships in the Pen
sion Office.
The Cabinet to-day discussed the Attor-
ney-GeneraIs views on political assessments
J The President believed that nobody in any
executive department declining to contribute
should be discharged or criticized. or an at
tempt be made to injure him therefor, and no
such action would be tolerated.
Representative Pacheco will leave this city
for New York to night. His family remain
in the East.
Mrs. Farley, wife of Senator Farley, is
passing the summer in the southwest part of
New York State, near Chantauqus Lake.
When Congress adjourns she will accompany
her husband to California.
The internal revenue bill will be abandoned
for the session in the Senate tomorrow, if the
, prediction of its friends are realized. Sen.
ator Morrill,. who has the bill in charge, said
this morning that he saw no prospect for its
passage before adjournment, and Senator
Allison remarked that he feared nothing
more could be done with the measure this
session.
Grant and the Rumored OstracizIng of
Minister Young.
CHICAGO, July 25th.-A special from New
York ssye A report, purporting to come
from Hongkong, under date of June 9th,
! intimating that intrigues have been put in
motion to ostracize John Russell Young en-
, his arrival in China as United States Min.
lister; that the friends of MIR. Denny. United
{ States Consul at Shanghai, claim that Grant
had promised him The Pekia Mission, and
Lii Hung Chang had urged his appointment,
a reporter called at Grants office this morn.
! ing to ascertain the truth of this report. The
General was not in town. but friend whose
position qualified him to speak with author.
ity said the story was perfectly absurd.
Denny was friend of Grant when the Gen.
eral was in China. He was simply private
citizen on his travels. He would have made
, no such promise even if he had been Presi-
dent, and certainly he could not in the posi-.
ton he was then holding. The Generals
friend could hardly believe that the story
had emanated from any responsible source
He did not believe that Mr.. Young would be
ostracizsd any more than any other Ameri.
can or representative Of a foreign country.
He thought the story was purely sensa.
: tional one.
The Star Route Trial.
WASHINGTON, July 18th. = Ex-Attorney.
| Ganara1 MaeNeaoh apd stor n -,
eral james were in attendance at the star route
trial this morning. Mac Weigh was called to the
stand and examined at great length in regard
to his conversation with Rsredell about the
star route swindles
At the close of MacVeagh's wearisome ex.
animation recess was taken, and upon re-
assembling ex-Postmaster. General James was
placed upon the stand, who testified to con-
versations he had with Reredell, Brady and
others, without giving any information of i'm
portance. Ex-senator Powell Clayton was
then called and examined as to what he knew
of Reredsll and the star route business. The
examination of this witness was brief, and
brought out no new facts.
Adjourned.
BloodIess DneI in Virginia.
CHRIsTIANsBURG Val July 25th.-Cap.
tain John S. Wise, Readjuster candidate for
Congressman-At-L Large, and John S. Crockett
the commemorative attorney of Wythe
county, came to this place on the early train
this morning, and fought duel near here
with pistols. In the first round both fred at
the word without effect. In the second
round, Crockett's pistol went off prematurely,
and after reloading the weapon both com.
batants were placed in position for another
exchange of shots. Wise's pistol missed fire.
and Crockett's fire was again harmless
Crockett, the challenging party, then ex.
pressed himself satisfied, and the fight
terminated. The meeting had its origin in
personal rencontre which took place on Mon
day, the 18th inst, at Marion, when Captain
Wise met Crockett and interrogated him
about certain language which Crockett at.
tributed to Wise. Crockett acknowledged
that he made the statement, and said it was