Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-02

| united states Senate.
| WASHINGTON, February 1st.-The Chair
laid before the Senate letter from the Sec
retary OF War, transmitting report on the
militia OF the United States also, letter
| from the Secretary of the Interior. trans
mitting report of Hallet and PhilIins re-
lating to the Yellowstone Park also. let
| ter from the Secretary of the Treasury.
| transmitting copy of communication
| from the Superintendent of the Coast and
Geodetic Survey, with the draft of a pro-
posed bill 10 authorize the supplying of
standards of weight and measurement to
the Territories.
The Senate then went to the calendar,
took up and passed the bill providing for
the division of part of the Sioux reserya-
lion in Dakota, and the relinquiSbment of
the Indian title to the remainder
The next measure on the calendar was
| Morgan's resolution relating TO the appoint
ment of officers of the United States (Trus-
tees provided for by the recent Utah bill,
to participate with officers of the Mormon
| Church IN the management Of the affairs of
| that church.
AT 2 o'clock the electoral count bill dis
placed Morgan's resolution, which there
upon went over
Hoar then moved the amendments here
| tofore published, and a dong debate ensued. =
Without final action the Senate went
INTO executive session. and when the doors
were opened adjourned.
| House of Representatives.
| WASHINGTON, February 1st.-In his open
ing PRAYER the chaplain said: We com
mend to Thy infinite pity and tenderness
| Thy servant, the Secretary of State, who
! sits with his children in a home desoIate
| because twice in a fortnight death hath en-
/ tered. In this time, when earthly estate
} and lnnpon +hx-a
may the spirit of the living God come to
cheer and comfort them.
| Hanback, of Kansas, rising TO Question
OF personal privilege, sent to the Clerks
! desk TO have read an editorial from YES
terday's New York World, entitled.
Stephens Scandal :" but the reading was
immediately interrupted by Breckinridge
OF Arkansas, with the point OF order that
there was nothing in the editorial which
reflected upon the gentleman from Kansas
III his representative capacity.
An extended discussion took place, when
the Speaker finally decided that the gentle
man had shown no question of personal
| privilege
After the call of the States, Bland offered
for reference to the Coinage, Weights and
| Measures Committee, a resolution calling
Oh the Treasurer for information as TO
| whether any arrangement was effected by
| tiiC WIFI the clear
| lng-houSe Committee OF New York, to pre-
vent the circulation of silver and if so, by
what authority of law that department
assumes to virtually suspend the coinage of
| silver by holding the money in the treas
ury. 1t also calls for information as to the
amount of silver dollars in the treasury un-
represented by outstanding certificates on
| the 4th of March last, and what is the
amount to-day; also, what amount of in
| terest-bearing debt is now subject to the
call, and what policy is to be pursued in
payment Of silver thereon and other dues
I Matson secured the floor, and moved to
| suspend the rules and put upon its passage
| the bill increasing the pensions of soldiers
widows from S. to $12, which, after some
discussion, was agreed to, and the bill
passed.
| Adjourned.
The Senate and the Attorney General.
| WASHINGTON, February 1st-Attorney-
| General Garland, who has been the target
1 for Democratic attacks during the past
week, or account of his connection with
the Pan Electric Telephone Company, re-
ceived a shot from another quarter to-day
The Senate went into executive session
| about halfpast 4, and the first business laid
| before 1t was the letter of Attorney General
! Garland to the Senate in response to re-
| quest of the Judiciary Committee for in
| formation regarding the suspension of
| Geno NJ. Duskin, United States District
| Attorney for the Southern District of Ala
bama, the conduct of his Office. and the
appointment of J. d. Burnett as his
successor. Mr.. Edmunds said that the
letter of the Attorney Genera, should
be referred to the Judiciary Committee,
and that the action of that committee on
the letter be reported in open session of the
Senate. Mr.. Edmunds has always been a
great stickler for the maintenance of absc-
! lutte secrecy in regard to the business
! transacted in executive session. He has
soundly ectured the Senators of both par
| ties whom he has suspected of having
made public the executive proceedings, and
he did not hesitate to-day to tell the Senate
why he proposed to make public the exec
utive action of the committee of that body
: on the matter referring to the confirmation
Of nominations. In dignitied but severe
/ manner lie hauled Attorney General Car
| land over the Goals for having given IL the
| pcblic the letter in reply to an executive
communication of the Senate. He main
tanned that ii was a breach of the etiquette
demanded from one department to another,
and intimated that there was less excuse
for such a gross violation of courtesy on
the part of an officer who had once been a
member of the Senate, and who was thor
ou2hly informed regarding the customs of
| that body. The head of the Department
of Justice had seen fit to make his com
municaton public and Mr.. Edmunds held
that the Senate should make its reply to
Attorney-Gencral Garland-if the judiciary
Committee should see fit to make any re-
ply or report upon the subject matter OF
his letter-also public Mr. Edmunds'
resolution went over for the day under the
| rnles, an objection being made by a Demo
cratic Senator. 1t is understood that At
torney-General Garland denies that his let
ter was made public from the Department
of Justice He says that only three per-
sons in the Department knew about it
himself, SolicitorGeneral Goode and Col
onel Clay, Chief Clerk, who copied the let
ter-and he is confident that neither of
those gave it out.
The National Finances.
New YORK, February 1st.- The COM
mercidl B,dictiRS Washington special saws
The month of January has been. as it
always is, unfavorable to national finances.
The .results are not, however, worse than
were expected, or in any way disappoint-
ing. The gold fund has been decreased
| Sl1,500,000, The continued coinage and
inflow of returning standard dollars have
increased the amount on hand by S., 500 O00
The output of fractional silver has con-
tinued but failed to balance the inpour,
and the amount on hand has increased by
about 81 000000. The inflow of silver GER
| tiscates increased the amount in the Treas
ury by 81 800 600. TIE extensive loss of