Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-16


steel during the past fiscal year. Also
letter from the same Secretary, transmit
ting, IN compliance with q recent resolution
of the Senate, the report of Captain Buxbv,
United States Engineer, on the sea-coast
Notifications of Europe.
Edmunds, from the Committee on Judi
ciary, reported favorably the bill to relieve
General Alexander r. Lawton, of Georgia,
of his political disabilities. He asked for
| the immediate consideration of the bill.
Going to the calendar, the Senate took
up Hoar's bill to provide for the Presiden-
! tial succession, and Hoar addressed the
Senate on it.
On the conclusion of Hoar's remarks the
Senate took up the bill to increase to s.. 600
the salaries of United States District Judges,
but, after some debate, laid it over till to-
| morrow.
Frye then called up the bill providing for
code of joint rules for the Senate and
| House of Representatives. and the Senate
proceeded with its consideration.
Referring to rule providing that no in
| toXicating liquors be sold in the Capitol
Frye said a majority of the committee be-
| lieved the subject of that rule to be one
that should be left to each house separately
and the committee had therefore recon-
mended that the rule be struck out
Ingalls, thought il it were intended to
! legislate on prohibition, the Senate. House
| and the President would all be called upon
| 10 do their share. While he (Ingalls)
might have his private opinion rs TO the
propriety or Improperly of the use of
alcoholic liquors in the Capitol, he thought
the matter one of legislation rather than
of action by the Senate in its individual
capacity
Riddleberger moved to strike out the
words " for sale" SO that the rule would
exclude liquors. whether for sale or not
On this he called for the ayes and noes
but the call was not sustained.
On the committees proposition to strike
| out the rule the ayes and noes were de-
manded, and resulted-ayes %, noes 36.
Brown, in Offering an amendment SINH
| lar TO the one that had been offered by
Riddleberger, said he Brown did not sup
| pose the Senate cared to go beyond the idea
Incorporated in the prohibition laws of
| prohibition States. He thought a Senator
should not be prohibited from taking So
| cial glass with friend in the Capitol
Vest said he was opposed to the
| rule as setting up system of espi-
| onage. Everyone knew that if a Senator
| wanted liquor in his committee-room he
would have il, and would visit the severest
punishment in his power on any clerk who
should inform on him. The whole thing
was simply an attempt to meet the fanatical
spirit in the country on this question, to
which Vest would not give countenance
Browns amendment was lost-ayes q,
| noes 35.
An amendment of Morgan's was agreed
| to, combining the joint rules to so much of
| the Capitol as was in the control of the two
| Houses of Congress. This excludes from
| their operation so much of the Capitol as is
| controlled by the Supreme Court
Cockrell offered an amendment, to the
| effect that any Senator or member of Con
| gross violating the rule should be liable to
| expulsion. 1t looked very small, he said
| for Senators to be passing rules for the pur-
| pose of inflicting punishment on committee
| clerks for conniving" at the use of
| whisky in the Capitol, when it was motor
Ious that distinguished Senators who voted
| to keep this rule kept intoxicating
| liquors in their committee ROOM"
| CockrelIs amendment was disagreed to-
ayes 20, noes IS.
| On motion of Edmunds, the clause pro
viding for the dismissal of clerks who
| should connive" at the use of liquors
was striker out, in order to make the rule
| harmonic with the sense of the Senate on
| Cockrelps amendment
| With that clause the thirteenth rule was
| then adopted by a viva voce vote
On motion of Henderson, the rules were
| laid over until tomorrow, and the Senate
went into executive session.
When the doors were re-opened, the
Senate adjourned.
House of Representatives.
| WASHINGTON, December 15th.-Morrison
OF Illinois offered q concurrent resolution
providing for the holiday recess from De
| cember 22d to January 9th. Laid over for
one day under the rules.
Morrison then called up the report of the
| Committee on Rules. which was presented
yesterday, and the proposed new code of
rules was read at length.
| AT Morrlson's suggestion, the reading of
| the report itself was dispensed with, and
the general debate was opened by Morrison.
| with short explanation of the proposed
| revision. There was nothing new, he said,
in his proposition. He had merely grouped
such OF the propositions as had been sub
mitted to the House from time to time as
were believed to be essential to the speedy
organization of the House. to the proper
distribution of Its work: and to more con-
servative and economical legislation. 4 fter
touching briefly upon one or two of the
minor changes proposed, he argued in sup
| port Of the distribution of the labors of the
Appropriation Committee.
Randall followed Morrison, speaking at
length. He said that the tendency of the
work OF the Committee on Appropriations
l NsAS W iilNAOdSS tlit DllDliC OF
the Government. He instanced the river
and harbor bills, which had been increased
from an average of 100000 when in
possession of the appropriations Commit
| tee TO an average expenditure of more than
100000. Randall read from President
Arthurs message, stating that q sufficient
amount remained from the appropriations
of the previous year to carry on all the
necessary works, and yet Congress had
actually passed bill for $S,OO0,O0O.
O'Neil of Pennsylvania interrupted to
say the people had not sustained President
Arthur in that particular.
Randall replied that he could point out
| where the people had defeated candidates
who voted for the bill
O'Neil said such was not the case in Phil
| adelphia. His Republican colleagues. who
| had always voted for proper river and har-
Dor appropriation bills, had been reelected
| to the House.
| Randall suggested that he had always
voted against the river and harbor bill and
he had been returned.
| The discussion was continued at consid-
! cradle length, when Morrison gave notice
| that he would endeavor to close the general
| debate tomorrow afternoon.
The House then adjourned.
The Question of Confirming the Califor-
MIA Appointments.
WASHINGTON, December 15th.-There is
| some gossip here among Californians re-
| speeding the confirmation of Collector
| Hager. 1t was reported at the time the
| announcement was made of opposition to
| 'rinnin's confirmation, that Senators Stan
ford and Miller might oppose Hager. Moth
ing will be done about the confirmation of
| the California appointments until the ar
+, rival of Senator Miller, who is expected the
latter part of the week. 1t is not thought
that any serious objection to Hagers con-
firmation will be made Senator Stanford
is not regarded as in favor of policy of
| objectius to the Presidents selections for
office, unless his appointments are found
to be personally unfit tor the trust. 1t is
very doubtful If Tinnin's appointment will
be confirmed, if, as reported, Miller, Stan
ford, Jones and Fair are against him. In
| the Senate great consideration is paid to
| the wishes of Senators representing the