Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-29
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REP.
RESENTATIFFS.
The Presidents Neutrality-suspicious.
ments Confirmed - Tariff
Bill-Minor Notes.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES 10 THE REooRD-uMoN.l !
United States Senate.

United States Senate.
WAsHIyGroN. May 2Sth.-Platt reported
iayorably from the Committee on Territories
| the bill TO authorize the county of Colum.
| bia, w. T., to issue bonds for the construc-
ton of Courthouse The bill passed.
Harrison from the same committee re-
ported favorably a bill legalizing and
validating the general laws of Washington
Territory for incorporating insurance com
panles, and declaring that all such COM
panies heretofore incorporated under such
laws to have been legally Incorporated
The bill passed.
The Chair laid before the Senate Wilson's
resolution, offered yesterday. providing FOL
an investigation of the Indian traders bv
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Dawes thought the committee could not
well enter into such far-reaching investi-
CATION at this stage of the session and after
further discussion the resolution was re-
| terred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
The Senate then resumed consideration
of the Northen Pacific forfeiture bill, the
pending question being to lay on the table
| the amendment of Van Wyck, which
amendment would forfeit all the lands OF
the company adjacent to such part of the
line as should not be completed at the date
of the passage of this Act
The motion to lay on the table was de-
| teated-ayes 23, noes %.
The bill went over without action.
| van Wycks bill for the taxation of rail
road lands was then placed before the SEN
ate, and under the plan of discussing this
/ bill the debate on the Northern Pacific for
| feiture was continued.
| A protracted debate ensued, participated
in by Messrs. Van Wyck, Edmunds, Plumb,
Dolph, Vest, Mitchell and others, but it re-
suited in no action on the bill before the
| Senate.
After an executive session, the Senate ad-
journed until Tuesday next.
House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, May 2Sth.-On motion of
| Morrison, it was ordered that when the
House adjourned tomorrow it would be
| till Tuesday next.
| The House then went into Committee of
the Whole on the oleomargarine bill, the
pending amendment being that offered by
| Daniel of Virginia reducing the special tax
on retail dealers from S4S to $25.
The amendment was rejected.
| Further amendments were offered and
rejected and pending action the committee
rose and the House adjourned until to-
morrow.
Senate Combinations.
| WASHINGTON, May 2Sth.-The Senate to-
| day made the following combinations C.
| X. Greathouse, of California Consul len
eral at Kanagawa;J. N. Martin, Receiver of
| Public Moneys at New Orleans; J. r.
trasher, Postmaster at Telluride, Col;
| 1hos. h. keely, U. s. Marshal for Nevada.
Presidential Nomination.
WASHINGTON. May 2Sth.-The President
sent the following nomination to the SEN
ate to day Adolph Lippman, to be Com
! missioner Tor Alaska, at Juneau City.
The Morrison Tariff BILL
! WASHINGTON, May Sth.-Representative
Morrison has given notice that he will. in
TWO weeks more, call up the tariff bill and
allow the House a chance to vote upon it.
but 1t Is not certain that he can get the floor
| at that time. 1t is his intention to wait
| until the legislative and naval apprnpria-
ton bills are disposed of before calling up
the tariff bill, and as the appropriation bills
named are likely TO excite considerable de-
bate, he may not be able to get a full swing
by the time named. 1t begins to look as
| though the middle of June at least would
roll around before the tariff bill can be
reached, if the arrangement now under
| stood to be in vogue is to be carried out.
But whenever the bill is taken up, whether
| 1t be early or late, it is understood among
| the Republicans that they will fight it from
| the word go. They will oppose the con-
| sideration of the bill in the first place. be-
| lleylng II is an assault upon the Industries
Of the country and menace of danger TO
| the Interests OF the people; that any agita-
ton on the subject just now is to be de-
plored and must be averted at all hazards
The Republicans know that if the bill be
| once considered it will be within the power
! of the majority to tack upon it such amend
| ments as they see fit, and there will be no
| way 10 avert such results, even if the finest
+, arts OF the parliamentarian are brought to
bear. There is no telling but that. if the
| bill be considered, amendments will be
made which will trench upon every feature
of the tariff law. 1t is this danger which
the Republicans hopes to avoid.
The Wine Bills.
WASHINGTON, May Representative
| Harris of Georgia has reported from the
| Committee on Ways and Means one of the
bills demanded by the vine-growers, per-
| mitting the use of grape brandy free of tax
| in fortifying wines for expectation. The
| bill taxing bogus wines was not reached
yesterday in the committee, but is in the
| hands of Breckenridge of Kentucky TO re-
| port for the subcommittee. The friends of
| these measures counseled together, and
| considered that it would be best not to at
| tempt contest IN the committee over the
demand for free grape spirits in making
sweet wine, but to defer action for amend
ment in the House or Senate. Mckinley
| of Ohio. for the friends of this measure
reserved in committee the right to amend
on the floor. The difficulty with these bills
Is mainly due to the contest between the
revenue retormers. One party, led by
Morrison, is endeayoring to reduce the
| tariff and to maintain internal revenue
and the other, the chiefs Of which are
Randall and Mr.. Kelley, demands the utter
annlhllation OF internal revenue All bills
relating to internal revenue may be
amended on the floor, and as Randall re-
Gently said, Morrison could not report these
wine bills, because they would be made
the subject for raising the entire question
through amendments. The oleomargarine
bill was permitted to come up under an
agreement between its friends that it should
not be amended by other internal revenue
measures. 1t seems now that these COM
plications are being forced aside and that
there is hope of progress. Meanwhile an
effort will be made by Senator Stanford to
obtain a consideration of the wine bills in
the Senate Finance Committee in advance
of action in the House
Does Not Know Smith.
WASHINGTON, May 2Sth.-Some time ago
Senator Stanford received a long letter from
one Alphonso Smith, inclosing bill which
he wished the Senator TO introduce, and
explaining its provisions. Smith signed
as Director or Superintendent of the In
Ventors' Institute in California. and the
Dill proposed to aid and encourage inyen-
ton by appropriating $4,000 to each of the
inventors Institutes, the money to be
taken from the surplus funds of the United
States Patent Office now in the treasury.
AS Mr.. Stanford didn't know Smith. he laid
the letter and bill aside, without intending
any action on it. 1t now appears that
Smith caused his letter and bill to be nub-
llshed in the San Francisco papers. giving
the inference that Senator Stanford iudorsed
bis scheme Since this was done Mr. STAN
ford has received many letters from repu-
table lawyers and others in San Francisco
urging him to take no action ON the hill
some OF them speaking in no compliment
airy terms OF Smith, and stating that the
only object is TO benefit his own natent
agency. Senator Stanford has repIied To
these letters that he has not introduced the
bill. nor has any thought OF doing so: that
he does not know Smith, and consequently
cannot indorse him, and those who are in.
terested IN the matter need be under no
apprehension that any harm will be done
The Seized British Schooner.
WASHINGTON, May 2sth.-Acting secre-
tary Falrchild to-day received q renort
from Collector Anderson, at Portland Me
=, - al.