Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-26
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Congressional Proceedings.

DOMESTIC NEWS.
Congressional Proceedings
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, February 25th. - Logan.
from the Committee on Judiciary, reported
two original resolutions agreed to relating to
railroad graRts-one calling on the Secretary
of the Interior to inform the Senate as to
whether any of the railroad compsuies men
toned in the Act of May Z, 1873, had failed
to comply with the requirements of said Act,
and when and in what respect they failed,
and whether they subsequently complied /;
and further, if said companies had paid divi-
dends, and to what amount, and what steps,
if any, had been taken 20 enforce the provi-
sions of said Act. The second resolution
called on the Attorney General for similar
information.
VOORHEES, offered a preamble and resolu.
tion, which was referred to the Committee on
Judiciary, instructing that committee to in.
quire concerning the leases of lands in Indian
Territory for cattle grazing; how much
money had been paid into the treasury for
such leases; whether the less ees had sur
veyed the land, etc.
The banking bill, as modified By the
amendment of Morrill,, was passed-43 ayes,
II noes. The bill as passed ia as follows:
Be it enacted, etc, that upon any deposit already
or hereafter made, OF any United States bonds
bearing interest in the manner required by law at
any National Banking Association, the party max
ing the deposit shall be entitled receive from the
Controller of Currency circulating notes Of different
denominations in blank, registered and counter.
signed, as provided by law, not exceeding in the
whole amount the par value Of the bonds depos-
tied; provided, that at time shall the total
amount of such notes issued TO any such Associa-
tion exceed the amount at such time act ualy paid
in of its capital stock and that all laws and parts Of
laws Inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be
ard are hereby repealed.
Section .. That Associations organized for the
purpose OF issuing notes payable gold under the
provisions OF Section 5S5 OF the Revised Statutes of
the United States, upon the deposit of any United
States bonds bearing interest, with the Treasurer
Of the United States, shall be entitled to receive cir
eUlatlng notes TO the amount and in the manner
prescribed in the Act tor other National Banking
Associations.
United States inconsistent with the provisions Of
this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.
The presiding officer then laid before the
Senate the bill to suthoTiZs the construction
of additional steel vessels for the navy
After an executive session the Senate ad-
jourred.
HOUSE.
Ellis, rising TO question Of privilege, sent
to the Clerks desk and had read from the
New York Sun CT Saturday extracts from a
document said to be in possession of the Post
othce Department, stating that George +.
Bratt gave 3 fee of several hundred dollars
to Z. John Ellis for services in securing
star route contract on the Donaldson route.
Ellis entered solemn and unequivocal denial
of the whole story.
Ransom offered joint resolution appro-
priating 100000 for the relief of sufferers
by the recent great wind-storm in the South
ern States. He said that over 500 people
were killed and many thousands wounded,
and the suffering resulting from the storm was
awful. Brown and Pugh supported the reso-
luton.
Gibson introduced joint resolution ap-
propriating $4,000 for the distribution of
seed among the sufferers from the Ohio floods.
Referred
Clements, from the Committee on Foreign
Affairs. reported resolution requesting the
President to transmit to the House all COM
muuications between the United States and
Russia in regard tC the condition and treat.
ment Of Hebrews in Russia, especially in re-
lation to Hebrew citizens Of the United
States. Adopted.
Upon the call of the States the following
bills, etc, were introduced and referred:
By OAts-To prohibit aliens and foreigners
acquiring or owning lsnd within the United
States.
By Rosecrans-To authorize TIE coinage of
silver dollars aud fractions thereof, under the
metric system also, for the coinage of gold
metric dollar, two dollar and fraction of dol
lar, and double eagle, eagle and half eagle !;
also, for the coinage of a stella also, to
establish a system of coinage Of gold and
silver, and 70 obtain a proximity value be-
tween them.
By Belford-A resolution calling On the
Secretary of State fer information touching
the alleged subjectien Of naturalized German
American citizsns to military duty while
temporarily residing in Germany.
By Finerty-A j1iut resolution declaring
that Congress lsiHents the death Of Wendell
Phillips as s national bereavement.
The House went into Committee of the
Whole blackburn in the chair) on the
pleuro- bill.
Hatch of Missouri supported the bill. He
ridiculed the fear expressed by some of the
opponents Of the bill, that it would provide
for large number of Federal cffices to work
against the Democratic party. He was not
afraid Of few more offceholders. That was
not what the Democratic party had to fear.
What the Democratic party wanted was
funerals-funersls in New York, funerals in
Indiana, funerals in Ohio. Laughter 1t
wanted to bury some Of the barnacles and
COMMITTEES sit here few days ago. aud a
majority Of that committee did not even have
originality or independence enough to fud a
place in the United States wherein to hold
the Convention outside OF the place where
the Republican Convention was to be
held He had travelled long enough in
the wake of the old barnacles of the
Democratic party following the Republican
party. He wanted little new blood in it,
little independence IN it, little originality in
it. Before he would have followed the Re-
publican party to Chicago, he would have
gone to Los Angeles. He would have gone
to where tie thermometer recorded 400 de-
grees below zero, or 300 degrees above the
boiling point, rather than have gone to Chi.
csgo. Laughter. He would have the Dem
ocratic party possess independence enough to
strike out on its own hook.
The bill was then read by sections for
amendments.
Hatch offered an amsndment providing
that the number of persons employed in the
Bureau of Animal Industry shall not exceed
twenty persons at any one time. Adopted.
Cox of New York, replying to the remsrk
Of John S. Wise. said the gentleman made
speech referring to him as "a pillar of brass
by day and a pillar OF gas by night" No
gentleman has spoken to him about that
speech who had not said it was untimely
He would not say it was in bad taste, for he
respected the gentlemsns father, if he could
not in all respects honor the son.
The committee, without action, rose, and
the House adjourned.
The DanvIlIe Inquiry.
WASHINGTON, February 25th-The first
witness before the Danville Investigation
COMMITTEES to-day was Congressman John l..
Wise, who stated the issues of various Vir-
ginia campaigns. The Funder party, he
said, sou sht to perpetuate the race issue. He
introduced papers to show that the whites
brought on the difficulty at Dsnville for po-
li;ieai purposes, having despaired of winning
the contest otherwise. Senator Sherman
asked if the Funders were inspired by objec-
tion to persons or to race. The witness
said that it was objection to race the men
appointed were unobjectienable. Witness
said that Danville and Pittsylyanis were the
most lawless communities in Virginia.
Pittsylvsnia county, and the adjoining
county in North Carolina we're alike in this.
Senator Vance-Thst's Republican county
by large msj jority, sir.
Witness-Yes and wherever there is Re-