Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-14

! SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO RECORD-UNiOE.i
United States Senate.
| WASHINGTON, February 18th = Hoar,
! from the Committee on Privileges and
| Elections, reported resolution allowing
| George f. Spencer, formerly Senator from
! Alabama, 81, 1872, being his actual and nee
esSary expenses in maintaining his title 10
| his seat.
salisbury said as a member of the COM
mittee he did not concur in the resolution.
On the objection Of Cockrell, the Tesolu-
| ton went over one day
Hoar. from the Conference Committee on
! the electoral-count bill, reported that the
| House and Senate conferees were unable TO
| agree The disagreement, Hoar stated, had
taken place in the first week Of the session
The Texas Pacific land forfeiture bill, as
| the pending special order, was placed before
| the Senate.
Blair asked unanimous consent TO take
up the anti-foreign CONTRACT labor bill.
Van Wycll declined to yield, and a dis
cGsSjOn ensuei.
Blair moved that the Senate proceed to
the consideration og the labor bill.
Van Wycll asked the Chair if this would
not again dispace the Texas Pacific forfeit
| ure bill, and Telegatc it to the calendar.
The Chair said it would
Van Wyck-Then | want that distinctly
understood.
Van Wyck called for the yeas and nays
ion Blair's motion, and i was agreed to
yeas 30 nays 10.
The labor bill was therefore taken up
and It's consideration proceeded.
A lorg debate arose, participated in By
HaWley, Blair, ingalls, and Bayard ut the
conclusion of which the Senate, without
action, adjourned.
House Of Representatives.
WASHINGTON. February 13th.-The H ouse
met al 10 O'clock, in continuation of Thurs
days session.
On motion Of Payson, The Senate amend
ments were concurred in to the House bill
TO prevent unlawful occupation OF public
lands
Willis moved when the House went into
Committee of the Whole on the river and
harbor bill, that all debate on the pending
section be closed in an hour and half
Reed raised point that this motion was
not in order, as it was not competent for
the House to close the debate Oh paragraphs
Of bill not yet read in committee.
The Speaker pro TEN. Blackburn said
this point would have been well taken if
directed against general appropriation bills
and revenue bills, but that the river and
harbor bill had been repeatedly held to be
neither, and the Chair, therefore, oyeTruled
the point Of order
Read appealed from the decision, and
said that such q ruling would establish a
precedent OF a most astonishing charac-
ter, and one which must necessarily recoii
on both sides of the House In the rule
which allowed debate 10 be closed on
pending paragraphs no distinction was
made between general appropriation bills
and other bills, and it was not possible for
any member to give any ground of differ
ence between them.
Long called the attention of the House to
the fact that if the principle involved in
the decision of the Speaker was carried
out, it would be in the power of any COM
mittee to put the entire bill in one section,
and then cut of debate upon that section.
Alter further argument, Willis moved to
lay the appeal on the table. Agreed to-.
ayes q, noes 49,.
Then, though it was two minutes past y,
the House adjourned, and was Immediately
called to order again on Fridays session.
Henley, from the Committee on Public
Lands, reported back resolution request
ing the President to inform the House
what were the reasons which impelled him
to appoint q Commission to examine the
line of the California and Oregon Railroad,
said railroad having failed to complete the
line within the time required by law.
Oates offered q substitute resolution, re-
spectfully requesting the President not to
contisn any favorable report which may be
made by the Commission recently appoint
ed hy him to inspect section of the Cali
fornia and Oregon road, nor order patents
to issue until the Senate acts upon the
House bill forfeiting certain lands granted
to aid the construction Of that railroad, nor
till after adjournment of the present Con-
gress. He offered this substitute, he said,
| because he did not think the original reso-
luton was exactly respectful TO the Prest-
dent, and would not accomplish the pur
pose intended
The substitute was ruled out on a point
of order.
Henley demanded the previous question.
! but no quorum voted, and Horr raised that
point, saying that such an outrage should
never be perpetrated on the Executive
without debate.
The previous question was seconded-116
| to 4T-on a vote by tellers.
Steele then moved to lay the resolution
on the table. Lost-42 to 6S.
| The resolution then passed
| The House then proceeded to the consid-
Grafton OF the business under the special
rule.
The House went into Committee of the
Whole, with Springer in the Chair, on the
| postotlice appropriation bill, the pending
question being on the point of order raised
by Holman sgainst paragraph allowing
additional compensation TO American
steamships for carrying the ocean mails.
The Speaker oyerruled the point of
order, and Holman appealed from the de
cision of the Chair, but the committee, by
vote Of $50 to 45, sustained the ruling.
On motion of Bingham, an amendment
was adopted providing that the rate on
drop letters, including delivery at letter
carrier Offices, shall be two cents an ounce.
The committee rose and reported the bill
to the House, and the previous question
having been ordered on the bill, the House
took recess until o'clock, the evening
session to be for the consideration of the
pension bills.
At the evening session the House passed
q number of pension bills, and took recess
until 10 O'Clock tomorrow.
Jurisdiction Over the Yellowstone Park.
WASHINGTON, February I3th-The bill
relative to the jurisdiction over Yellow
stone Park, which passed the House to-
day, is the one introduced in the Senate
by Senator Vest, at the last session. An
amendment, providing that the iurisdic-
ton over the park should be transferred
from Montana to Wyoming was offered by
Delegate Post, after the bill passed the
Senate, and was incorporated in it as i;
passed the House to-day.
The Insane Asylum Fire.
PHILADELPHIA, February 13th.-Of the
6S4 lunatics confined IN the insane asylum
building which was destroyed by fire last
night there are many missing, but it is
thought that most of them wandered away
At Q o'clock this morning two more charred
bodies were found in ward No 9 They
had been roasted beyond all recognition