Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-14
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United States Senate,


tomorrow.
Dolph, from the Committee on Public
Lands, reported favorably the House bill
repeating the Pre- emption, Timber Culture
and Desert Land Acts, and modifying the
Homestead Act
Edmunds introduced a bill authorizing
the President to appoint and place on the
retired list of the army, one person from
| among those who had been Generals COM
| handing the armies of the United States or
| the Chief of said army Ed
| munds expressed the hope that unanimous
consent would be given for the immediate
consideration of the bill. Every Senator
he said, would see the object, purpose and
application of the bill 1t would authorize
the President to appoint General Grant to
the retired list. In its present form it OBJ
waited the difficulty observed in the FitZ
| John Porter case.
| Cockrell asked that it should lie over till
| tomorrow.
On motion of Hawley the Senate took up
the Sherman-Davis resolution.
| Senator Vance spoke upon it at length.
He declared that he had been drawn into
the Confederacy unwillingly, but when he
fought TO maintain 1t he defended the course
pursued by Davis
Senator Hawley said he only presented
!
value He, however, went into the CORE
spondence to show h W Davis conspired to
rule the South arbitrarily.
Senator Brown said he had been an
original Secessionist. and defended his
course as outlined in his correspondence
with Sherman and Davis toward the close
of the war.
| Consideration Of the interstate commerce
bill was resumed, the pending question be-
| ing on Browns amendment to the amend
ment of Vance.
| Vances amendment was that no railroad
company be allowed to charge a higher
proportionate rate for the carriage of small
than large parcels, and Browns amend
ment proposed to extend this principle to
all mercantile business, and so forbid mer-
chants from charging proportionately more
for retail parcels than for wholesale.
Vance said he would have thought
Browns amendment joke if he had not
known Brown had never perpetrated sue
cessful joke in his life. Laughter.
Browns amendment was not agreed to.
Bayard opposed Vance's amendment, as
an attempt to do what neither Congress nor
any human power could dO-deprive prop
erty of its natural strength, and take from
its weakness its inherent defect.
Sheffield and Sewell also opposed the
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| The amendment was not agreed to.
Slater proposed an amendment making
all rebates unlawful. Not agreed to.
An executive session was held, and the
Senate adjourned.
House of Representatives.
| WASHINGTON, January .-Stocksager,
to question of personal privilege sent to
the Clerks desk and had read an article in
yesterdays New York Sum- charging the
Committee on Public Buildings with log
rolling to pass bills for the erection of pub
lie buildings involving $1,000 COO and
giving Randall great credit for fighting and
exposing the Job THE statements in the
article" said Stockslager Were reckless
but considering that statements about as
reckless had been made On the floor,
especially by the gentleman from Ohio
Warner. it was not strange that news
paper reporters should repeat them. The
amount of the bills was not Sl5 .0OO. 600
bat 6,227 600. The assertion that there
was any combination or any binding to-
gether Of these bills, so far as it referred to
him, or his committee, was wholly gra-
tuitous, entirely uncalled for and utterly
false" He defended the order under which
the public building measures we're to be
considered.
Randall said he had never known OF the
article in the SIM Until it was shown him
yesterday. The material point in the con-
trOyersy between the gentleman and
himself Che proposed to take the bull by
the horns was whether there was a com
bination. He did not know and never had
charged that the gentleman was guilty OF
forming improper combinations, but be did
say the very effect of the resolution is q
combination, and naturally so. Since he
had presented his objections to the consid-
Grafton of these bills he had been appealed
to on all sides to withdraw that opposition.
He had stated that il the Committee on
Public Buildings would select dozen or
fifteen meritorious bills which should be
passed, the House could proceed under
standingly. The answer was that the mo-
ment dozen or fifteen bills were picked
out, gentlemen interested in the bills not
selected would oppose the proposition. He
was willing that the country should judge
whether there was combination or not
Browne of Indiana arising, said: "
perform a sad duty in announcing 20 the
House the death of Schuyler Colfax, at one
time Speaker of this House and late Vice
President of the United States A telegram
was received through the Associated Press
this afternoon about > o'clock announcing
this sad event.,
The House, as All expression of sorrow,
Immediately adjourned.
Fatal Shooting ARRAY in IA New Orleans
Newspaper Office.
New ORLEANS, January 12th.-At 1915
| o'clock to-day great excitement was caused
on Camp street by rapid firing of pistol
shots. The firing took place in The Mascot
office IS Camp street, up stairs, between j.
d. Houston, State Tax Collector, and Geo.
0smond, editor of the Mascot Ii is also
stated that Robert Brewster, State Register
Of Voters, accompanied HowstOn, and took
part in the shooting Houston and Osmond
each received Il pistoi-shot wound in the
hand, and Brewster was badly wounded
The trouble was caused by an article III
Saturdays Mascot rejecting severely upon
Judge w. 5. Houston a brother OF J. D..
Houston Houston says that he called at
i the -HaScot office to punish Osmond and
that he used a stick and only pulled his
weapon after Osmond had drawn his He
received a shot in his right hand, dropped
his pistol and picked it up with his left
hand and fired but once. Osmund says ::
was sitting at my desk in the office when
two men came Hp. One of them was J d.
Houston, ana the other l know by sight
but not by name. Houston asked me if
my name was 0smond. | answered Yes,
and he struck me over the head with a
club and then pulled his pistol and started
shooting | was hit in the right hand.
| There were over ten shots fired. ! fired two
and shot Houston. 4 man who was with
Houston kept shooting at Mr.. Zenick, who
was throwing things at him. l have not
the slightest idea rs to what Houston shot
or tackled me for.
SECOND DISPATCH.l
NEW ORLEANS, January 13th.-Robert
Brewster, the State Register, shot in the
ARRAY ut the Mascot office died at 2 o'clock
| this morning. Brewster was native OF
Ireland, aged A. He had been a promi-
nent ward politician in this city for many
years, and was formerly criminal Sheriff.
The Speakership of the Illinois House.
| SPRINGFIELD, January 13th.-Temporary
| Speaker +, NJ. Haines went to the office of
| the Secretary of State this morning, and
was sworn in by u Notary Public as
Speaker of the House. When the House
met at l p. NJ. he refused TO entertain a mo-
ton from the Democrats to proceed to
a permanent organization. Haines deliv-
cred long address TO prove that he was
permanent Speaker 1t was constitutional
office winch could only be vacated by his
voluntary resignation or impeachment.
Chaos was threatened for q time, but in due
| course the House adjourned till 10 o'clock
| tomorrow, and in the meantime the stu
alton will be canvassed in caucus.
Serious Labor Riot in Indiana.
SOUTH BEND (Ind.), January I3th-Yes-
tertlay the employees at the Oliver Chilled