Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-04

United States Senate.
WAsEixGroN. March 3d.-A message
from the House announced disagreement
with the Senate on the sundry civil bill.
The Senate insisted on its amendments,
and the Chair appointed as q Conference
Committee Allison, Hale and Beck.
Vest hoped the Senate would agree with
the House provision regarding the Okla
homa matter, and moved that the Senate
recede from its amendment.
The Senate insisted on its amendment,
and the Chair appointed Dawes, Plumb
and Ransom Committee OF Conference on
the bill
After further discussion of the appropri-
alton bills, the Senate adjourned and the
legislative day of the Sd immediately began
The credentials of Leland Stanford and
J. 3. Eustis, Senators-elect, were laid be-
fore the Senate.
the amendment adopted appropriating
$4,000 for the purchase OF machine guns.
The committee amendments were adopted
and the bill passed.
The Senate went into executive session,
and when the doors were reopened took a
recess until clock.
When the Senate rec0nvened the river
and harbor bill was taken up. As passed
by the House il appropriated 100000 in
gross As proposed by the Senate commit
tee to be amended, it appropriatcS $4,000
eco
Conzer defended the increase.
Pending debate on the bill, Pendleton
offered the following resolution, for which
he asked immediate consideration
Rlso'red That the thanks of the Senate are
due and are hereby rendered, to Hon. George
+. Edmunds, for the courteous impartial and
able manner in which he has presided over its
deliberations. aud fulfilled the dutyof President
pro temp ore
The resolution was unanimously agreed
to. and the discussion of the river and har-
Dor bill was resumed.
Dawes submitted new conference re-
port on the Indian appropriation bill. The
only remaining point of difference, he
said, was the provision relating to the
Oklahoma lands, and on motion of Vest
the Senate reccded from its position and
adopted the House provisions.
Consideration of the river and harbor
bill was then resumed.
Dawes submitted new conference re-
port Oh the fertilization bill, showing an
adjustment of all differences.
On motion OF Pendleton the House bill
for the return of the Chinese indemnity
fund passed without debate.
The Senate then proceeded to consider
the House pension bill, favorably reported
from the Senate committee.
N.-The pension bills having been
disposed o., the en1te passed the House
bill to amend Section 76i of the Revised
Statutes, so as TO allow appeals to the
United States Supreme Court in habeas
corpus cases,
House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, March Sd. - There was
hardly a dozen members III the hall when
the session WAS resumed This morning.
The sundry civil bill had in the mean
time come over from the Senate heavily
loaded with amendments.
Randall asked unanimous consent that
this bill be taken up and the Senate amend
ments non-concurred in and sent to the
Conference Committee, but objection came
from Hepburn. and then there was a call OF
the House, which showed the presence OF
only - members.
RandalTs motion was then renewed and
agreed to, and Randall, Forney and Ryan
were appointed conterees on the part of the
House.
After various Intellectual attempts To have
bills taken up by unanimous consent, and
it being plainly impossible to have public
business transacted, the House adjourned
until II o'clock.
The House refused-aycS lbs, noes 132-
to concur in the Sei.ate amendment 10 tie
Postoifice appropriation bill relative to
ocean mail transportation.
The House recedcs from It's disagreement
10 all the Senate amendments 10 the pen
sion appropriation bill, and finally agreed
70 the bill, which appropriates $60,000,0O0.
\ recess was taken until 100 P. NJ.
The deficiency appropriation bill was
received from the Senate.
The Senate amendments were nOn-con-
CURED i'll, and Burnes, Randall and Long
were appointed conferees.
At 100 A. NJ. the conference report on the
Indian appropriation bill was submitted
and agreed to.
l:45 :. M.-The prospect AT present is that
the House will remain in session for some
hours.
The House is now discussing the confer
ence report on the postotiice appropriation
bill and it is the private opinion of many
members that should the House insist on
its disagreement to the Senate amendment
relative to ocean mail transportation. ali
extra session is unavoidable.
2:l5 !. M.-The House has adopted the
conference report on the fertilization appro-
priation bill. The postotfice bill is still ur-
der consideration.
Horr moved that the HonSe recede from
It's disagreement to the Senate amend
nents. Agreed to-ayes 1G0, noes S.