Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-14
The Senate and H1use This wse,..

DOMESTIC.
The Senate and H1use This Week.
WAsHINGToN, December 18th. Four
hundred and seventy bills and Joint resolu-
tlons have been introduced in the Senate,
but only two committees have yet held
their first meeting, and no measures have
been reported back TO the Senate. No
calender has therefore been made. Bevond
the probable passage Of the Presidential
succession bill, to be reported on Monday,
and the adoption of Fry's resolution en-
bodying code of Joint rules, no pro
gramme for legislative business during the
week can be indicated. Four hundred and
fifty-six nominations have been sent to the
Senate, and many OF them will probably
be reported at the first executive session.
A considerable portion of the latter half of
the week is likely to be spent with closed
doors.
Although the Committee on Rules of the
House has completed its labor of formulat-
ing a new code Of rules for the government
of the House, and will submit its report
tomorrow, it is not thought probable that
the discussion will then be begun. 1t is
expected that the debate will be postponed
until Tuesday, in order that members may
have an opportunity to see the proposed
revision in print There is a desire on the
part of many members TO have
call of States Monday for the introduc-
ton of bills for reference to appropriate
committees when appointe 7, and in defer
ence TO this desire, it was informally agreed
by members of the Committee on Rules
yesterday to make no opposition to such
call. There are, however, members of the
House who express an intention to oppose
the introduction of bills until the House
oh hoy or ,o; H.
the Morrison code, the jurisdiction of the
various committees, and who hold it to be
useless to inundate the Speakers table with
a food of bills till some proper outlet is
provided for them. AS the House is not
governed at present by any definite system
OF rules, these members contend that it
will require unanimous consent to order
call, and assert that this cannot be obtained
The discussion of the rules viii consume
the remainder of the week, and the contest
over the scheme to distribute the labor of
the Appropriation Committees work prom
ises to be sharp and interesting.
There is talk of an adjournment for the
holiday recess before the e4SSf the week,
but no definite plans have Been arranged,
and it is probable that an adjournment will
not be reached until the week following.
Bills to be Introduced by California Con
gressmen.
WASHINGTON, December 19th.-If the
States are called in the House tomorrow
for the introduction of bills, Congressman
Morrow will introduce bill for an act in
respect to and amendatory of 1.-The Act to
execute certain treaty Stipulations relating
to the Chinese" approved May 6, 1882,
amended by the Act of July 5, 1884. Also,
a bill to designate certain Commissioners in
United States Circuit Courts, TO hear and
determine certain cases of alleged restraint
of liberty under the Acts of Congress in
relation to the restriction of Chinese immi-
grafton, and to provide system of pro-
cedure in such cases. This bill is designed
to provide system of procedure in cases
of habeas corpus, should the United
States Supreme Court determine, in the
case recently appealed from a District
Court, that the right of habeas corpus is o
constitutional privilege that cannot be de-
MED the Chinese, except under the general
laws applicable to all persons within the
jurisdiction of the United States. The bill
will not be pressed until the Court renders
its decision, and if the Court decides that
habeas corpus is not a proper procedure for
determining the right of Chinese to land in
the United States The bill will be dropped.
Also a bill to amend Section ia of the
revised statutes, providing that any United
States Judge who resigns his office after
holding his commission thirty years, shall
receive the same salary during the balance
OF his life as was paid him at the time of
resignation. This bill, if passed, would
apply to the work of retirement of one or
two Judges on the Pacific slope Also, a
bill to amend Section 764 of the revised
statutes, providing that appeals to the Su-
preme Court, in habeas corpus cases, shall
be taken on questions of law only. Ap-
peals are now allowed on questions of fact.
Also, bill appropriating 100000 for the
purchase OF a site for anew public building
i / San Francisco.
Congressman Markham has Just stprepared
bill to create new judicial district of
the southern half of California. He is in
correspondence with friends in Tulare and
Fresno counties, to ascertain if it is desired
that those counties shall be embodied in
the proposed new district
In addition to this list of bills, Henley
will introduce bills forleiting the grant of
the California and Oregon Railroad. the
Oregon and California, Southern Pacific.
Northern Pacific and several grants in
Michigan. These bills were reported from
the Public Lands Committee in the last
Congress, and the California and Oregon
forfeiture bill passed the lower house.
The California Delegation and the Com
mitteeships.
WASHINGTON, December 13th-Members
of the California delegation have called on
Speaker Carlisle to express their wishes as
to assignment on committees. They have
called the Speakers attention to the fact
that they should not be considered as dele
cations of other States. for although there
are only six of them, they represent an ex-
tent of coast line equal to that from New
York to Florida, and which at the least
would include seventy or seventy-tve rep
resentatives They feel that are entitled to
good committeeships, and are pressing Nc
Kenna for the Committee on Naval Affairs.
FELTON, for the Ways and Means, Markham
for the Rivers and Harbors, and Morrow
for the Judiciary. Henley will probably
have the Craftsmanship of the Committee
on Public Lands, and the disposition Of
Louttit is not known until he arrives.
Senator and Mrs. Stanford in Washington.
WASHINGTON, December 13th.-The Post
o-day says: Senator and Mrs. Stanford
hope to move into their K-street residence
in week or ten days, and have been busy
since coming here, experimenting the de-
tails of its furnishing and decoration. They
are noted for their genuine hospitalities.
and their home promises to be the scene of
many notable entertainments. Mrs Stan
ford will not probably go out a great deal
this winter in society, but will entertain
elegantly and quietly in her home, as is her
custom. She brings to her position many
graces of mind and person, and her social
experiences as the wife of the Governor of
California peculiarly fit her for the en-
larged sphere which she will CON
troll here. Her philanthropic and char
liable views are of the same magnificent
purpose that moves the Senator. She
supports four kindergarten schools in Cali
fornia-three in San Francisco and the
other in Menlo Park-the average attend
ance of pupils reaching 500. She practically
manages the work of these institutions. and
is deeply interested in the methods of the
teachers and the progress of the pupils.
She also intends presenting the city of San
Francisco with her fine art collection.
which it has taken years to form, and will
be an invaluable gift, which, taken in con-
nection with the university her husband
has so magnificently endowed, are almost
unparalleled in generosity, and of immense
Importance to the State so benefited.
Our Mercantile NAVY.
WASHINGTON, December 18th. - Jarvis
Fallen, Commissioner of Navigation. has
just completed his annual report. giving am
account OF tae work of the new Bureau of
NaT- Ell