Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-17
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Congressional Proceedings-Federai APP
pointments-Etc.

Senate to-day, among the bills introduced
and referred was one by Van Wyck pro-
posing an amendment to the Constitution
relative to the action of United States
Senators.
Van Wyck called up his resolution offered
yesterday, calling ON the Secretary of Wa1
for information as 10 how the Missouri
River Commission apportioned the many
appropriations in the last river and harbor
bills for the improvement OF the Missouri
river. Alter remarks by Van Wyck the
resolution was adopted.
Blair offered resolution instructing the
Committee on Finance to inquire into the
propriety of reporting q bill providing for
a rebate on all imported materials incor-
porated with domestic materials or con-
verted into other articles and exported to
other countries for sale, thereby providing
for the extension of foreign trade without
reducing the prices of American labor.
Adopted.
The calendar was then taken up and the
bill to permit the owners of American
vessels and cargoes 10 sue the Government
for losses caused by collision with United
States vessels, arising from their misman-
agement, was advocated by Messrs Evarts
and Hoar and opposed by Messrs. McMeean,
George and Conger. Dolph supported it,
but would have been better pleased if its
principle had been extended further. The
bill was passed, the vote on ordering it to a
third reading being "a to II.
The bill granting a pension to Mrs. Bar
bara Fuchs (the step-mother of a soldier
was opposed by Cockrell as establishing q
new principle, and was defended by MeSsrs
Edmunds, Blair and Platt. The bill was
passed, and a motion to reconsider was re-
jected-yeas s, noes SO.
Van Wyck moved to make a special
order for the second Tuesday in January
the bill for the relief of settlers and pur-
chasers of lands in Nebraska and Kansas
adjoining the Denver and st. Joseph Rail-
road. The motion was agreed to.
The Senate then took up the unfinished
business of yesterday, being the bill to
repeal the Tenure of Office Act Edmunds
addressed the Senate in opposition to the
bill George made a constitutional and
historical argument in favor of the bill.
Evarts addressed The Senate stating that he
would vote for the bill and that the grounds
of its constitutionality would not cover his
vote, but that grounds of expediency
would At the close of Evarts' speech the
Senate went into executive session, and
when the doors Were reopened adjourned
HOUSE.
On motion of Wise, the Senate bill was
passed providing that Admirals Rowan and
Worden may, after forty years service, be
relieved from active service on their own
application, with the highest pay of the
grade to which they belong.
Dingley presented remonstrances against
the Dunn tree ship bill from several asso-
Citations, firms and Boards of Trade. The
remonstrances. which were appropriately
referred, represent that the adoption of the
free ship policy would DESTROY the ship
building industry, and make this country
dependent upon British yards for ships for
commercial purposes and for defense in
time of war.
The House then, in the morning hour,
resumed in Committee of the Whole con-
sideration of the SeEate Dill for the allot-
ment of lands in severalty to Indians. A
number OF amendments recommended by
the Committee on Indian Affairs were
adopted, and the committee having arisen,
the bill was passed.
sIGNAL-sERvIcE GOSSIP.
WASHINGTON, December 10th. = Chief
Signal Officer HaZen is a very sick man.
He has been i'll some time. The doctors
say he is suffering from diabetes and that
he will never recover. 1t is expected that
if his condition does not improve Hazen
will next spring ask to be relieved. This
viii bring about a scramble for his posi-
ton, which carries with it the rank of
Brigadier- General, which will involve,
either directly or indirectly, every officer
in the army. 1t is said, however, that the
President will probably promote Captain
Greely, the Arctic explorer, to the vacancy,
on account of his long experience and
thorough familiarity with the duties of the
Office.
THE AeNS APPROPRIATION BILL.
WASHINGTON, December 10Th. = The
House Committee on Military Affairs to-
day completed the army appropriation
bill, and the measure will Re reported to-
morrow. 1t makes total appropriation
of $23, ,557, ,23S. The estimates for the serv-
ice aggregated $25, ,52S, ,5S7, and the appro-
priation for the current year was S23, 794, :
001. Considerable new legislation is in
eluded in the bill.
MoRRIsoN's MEASURE.
The impression is that Morrison's mo-
ton to go into Committee of the Whole on
Saturday to consider revenue measures will
be carried in the House The most that is
said to the contrary is that the vote will be
very close.
GENERAL NOTES.
WASHINGTON, December 16th.-The Presi-
dent this afternoon nominated Erskine NJ.
Ross to be United States District Judge,
and j. Marion Brooks to be United States
District Attorney for the Southern District
of California. These appointments are
generally acceptable to the Pacific coast
representatives in Congress.
The President to-day appointed Rev
William David Walker, of Fargo, Oak, TO
be member of the Board of Indian Com
missioners, vice William T. johnson, re-
signed.
These nominations were sent to the Sen
ate to-day: J. Marion Brooks, to be Attor-
ney for the Southern District of California
Colonel Orlando B. Wilcox, to be Brigadier-
General; Lieutenant Colonel John o.
Moore, to be Surgeon-General, with the
rank of gadierGeneral; Colonel James
C. Duane, to be Chief of Engineers, with
the rank of Brigadier- General. In addition
to the above list the President sent in the
names of many other army officers.
The House Committee on Rivers and
Harbors resumed work on the appropria-
ton bill to-day. 1t has now roughly fixed
the items of appropriation for all rivers ON
the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, from Maine
to Alabama, and all harbors from Maine to
Beaufort.
California ladies are prominent this ses-
sion in special matters. Mrs. Senator
Williams has consented to assist at the
Kirmis, the fashionable society charitable
entertainment of the season, and Mrs.
Stanford presented the flowers used at the
german given tonight by the Garfield Hos
pital fair management.