Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-12
Senator stanford,s FIRST Vote.

Senator Stanford's FIRST Vote.
WASHINGTON, December 11th. Leland
Stantord's first vote in the Senate on a
railroad measure has been cast Senator
Maxey introduced bill granting the st.
Louis and San Francisco Railway Company
the right Of way through the lands of the
Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, in Indian
| Territory, which was referred by the Chair
| man to the Committee on Railroads The
bill has been before the Committee on
Railroads twice before, and was reported
tavorably. Harrison, of the Committee on
Indian Affairs, objected to the bill being
referred to the Railroad Committee, on the
ground that that committee was not as
| careful Of the rights of the Indians as it
should be. The question was debated with
great spirit, and it became clear that its
reference to the Committee on Indian Af-
fairs would practically kill it. Stanford
listened attentively to the debate, and when
1t closed voted against referring the bill to
the Railroad Committee. 1t was sent to
the Committee on Indian Affairs by
vote OF 30 TO 27. Riddleberger then re-
signed from the Committee on Railroads in
disgust.
| The San Francisco Surveyorship.
| WASHINGTON, December 11th.-Senators
| Stanford and Miller. of California, will
both oppose the confirmation of w. J.
Iinnin, to be Surveyor of the port of San
Francisco: Representative Henley, who
secured Ilnnin's appointment has visited
| the Treasury Department. and learns that
no charges are filed against him. He SAYS
that the only opposition against Tinnin
grows out of political grounds. He was
member of the Stockton Convention and
has always been thoroughbred Democrat,
and Mr.. Henley thinks that notwithstand
ing the opposition of the two Senators he
Will be confirmed. Mr.. Henley says, also,
| that the opposition starts from Judge Field,
who was very anxious to have Mr.. Gwin
appointed Surveyor
Caucus of Republican Senator's.
| WASHINGTON, December 11th.-The Re-
| publican Senators met in caucus at II
o'clock to-day. Sherman resigned the DO
sition of Chairman of the caucus, and
Edmunds was elected to that. place. This
action was due to the fact that no Senator
has ever been Chairman of the caucus and
presiding officer of the Senate at the same
time, and Sherman felt it incumbent on
him not to depart from the line of prece-
dent action OF the caucus. The committee
on the arrangement of the Chairmanships
OF Senate committees, decided to tender 10
Senator Sewell that of the Joint Committee
on Library, and to Senator Logan his old
place on Military Affairs. Nearly all the
time was devoted to the discussion of the
toward
q, the Presidential appointments No addi-
honal action was taken on the proposition.
The Senators expressed their views freely.
and were found to be practically unani-
NOUS against the adoption of any general
policy of opposition, but were agreed ON
the adyisability of treating each nomina-
ton upon its merits. Opinions were ex-
pressed, and generally assented to, that
| good men appointed to Office because they
| ho
cept In cases where their predecessors were
removed on unfounded charges, brought for
| the purpose of making pTetexts for the
creation of vacancies. In such cases it
was urged that the nominations should be
held up to give the removed officials an
oportunlty for vindication. The Senators
who We're present expressed the opinion
tnat inns plan, Tor the present, will govern
the course of the Republicans.
Code of Congressional Rules.
WASHINGTON, December 11th.-The Sen
ate Committee on Rules held its first meet
ing this morning and instructed Senator
Frye the Chairman, to report back to the
Senate code OF joint rules for the govern
ment of official intercourse between the
two Houses. The code is identical with
the joint code which the Senate acted upon
two years ago, except in respect to Rule 49,
which the committee has stricken out
This rule prohibits the sale of Intoxicating
liquors in the Capitol buildings. The Sem
ate has rule of this kind in It's own room.
The committee thought it was matter
which should be left to the control of each
| House
United States Marshal and District At
torney for California.
WASHINGTON, December I1th.-It is not
likely that the United States Marshal or
District Attorney for California, which are
the only important offices in the State vet
untitled, will be appointed until after the
lst of January. Mr.. Henley has recon-
mended Joseph Nolfskill for Marshal. and
Dennis Spencer, of Napa, to be District At
torney, and he thinks that both will ulti-
mately be appointed
The Salt Lake Lewdness Case.
WASHINGTON, December 1lth.-Delegate
Cain, of Utah, this evening received a dis
patch from Salt Lake, stating that Chief
Justine Zane, in the case of Deputy United
States Marshal NandercoOk, arrested on the
9TH instant, charged with lewdness. had
sustained the Territorial law, which makes
the offense named a misdemeanor The
decision has direct bearing upon a large
number of similar cases.
Suffering Savages.
WASHINGTON. December 11th.-Secretarv
Lamar has requested the President to ask
congress to authorize So, 500 out of the
$4,000 appropriated by Congress last year
to supply food and other necessities of life
| in cases OF distress among the Indians moi
having treaty funds, for the temporary re-
lief of the Northern Cheyennes on the
Tongue and Rosebud rivers, Montana.
The Department is informed that the In
dians are in great distress for want Of food
and sufficient clothes.
The Death Penalty.
New ORLEANS, December 11th.-John
Alexander tcolored), convicted of the
murder of his wife last February. was
hanged to-day in the parish prison, in the
presence of fifteen witnesses. Alexander
killed his wife with an AK, cut her to
pieces put her in a sack and buried her in
"a ditch, where her remains were found
several days afterward, leading to the dis
covery of the murder and the conviction of
the murderer. Alexander professed to
| have been converted to reiipion and