Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-03
United states senate.

ct OHefeu the loliOWlnR resolution
Reso.red, That it is the sense of the Senate
that the Executive of the United States is not
restricted by constitutional law in removing or
suspending appointeeS that the Senate has no
right TO require that reasons shall be given for
such removals or suspensions; that it is the
right OF the Senate TO call for any information
relating to the conduct of removed or suspended
appointees, or to the qualification and fitness of
all persons whose names are presented to the
Senate for confirmation or rejection, and il is
the duty of the Executive to comply with all
demands for the same.
Considerable debate ensued, and the
matter went over.
Stanford offered a concurrent resolution,
which was agreed 10, providing for an in
vestigation by the Commissioners on Pub
lie Buildings of both Houses of Congress
as 10 the charges made in 1853 and now be-
ing renewed against the official conduct of
Samuel Strong during his superintendent
of public buildings.
The electoral count bill then came up.
Mr. Eyarts took the floor and favored the
re-commitment of the bill to the COM
mittee.
discussion followed, participated in by
Teller, Edmunds and others, at the close
OF which the motion to recommit was
brought to a vote, and resuited-yeas 80,
nays 22-the affirmative vote being about
equally divided between the Republicans
and Democrats. All the proposed amend
ments went with the bill.
The Dakota bill was then placed before
the Senate, and Mr.. Logan obtained the
floor but gave way for an Executive ses-
sion, after which the Senate adjourned.
House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, February I'd Immedi-
ately after reading the journal, Holman
offered the following:
Resoiyed, That the House has received with
profound sorrow the intelligence of the death
of Thomas A. Hendricks late Vice President OF
the United States.
Res0lred, That the business of the House be
suspended i'll order that the eminent services
and private virtues OF the deceased may be APP
pTopriately cOmmemorated.
Res0lr6d, That the Clerk of the House be di-
Tected TO communicate these resolutions to the
Senate.
Eulogies upon the life and character of
the deceased Vice-President were then pro-
nounced.
Messrs. Kleiner and Holman, as repre-
sentatives OF the commonwealth which
knew and loved Mr.. Hendricks best, closed
eulogies with brief addresses, descriptive
Of the public and private virtues of the
dead statesman. and then resolutions were
unanimously adopted and the House ad-
journed.
Appointments by the President.
WASHINGTON, February 2d.-Up to date
the President has made ,2S2 appointments
to office. OF these, 35S we're to fiji vacancies
caused by designations, q to fill vacancies
caused by death, 25S to fill vacancies caused
by expiration of term. and 6i5-or a little
more than one-half-to succeed Republi-
cans suspended.
Important Political Developments Ex-
pected.
WASHINGTON, February ID. = Senator
Stanford Offered concurrent resolution
to-day, which was agreed to, providing for
an investigation by the COMMITTEES on
Public Buildings of both Houses of Con
gress into the charges made in 1858. and
now being renewed. against the official
conduct of Samuel Strong, during his
Superintendency of Public Buildings.
When Mr.. Strong goes upon the stand if
this resolution is adopted. and it probably
will be, and tells the history OF his reIa-
tons with the Treasury Department. and
the influences that brought about his re-
moval, it is expected that important de-
veiopments will be made.
Dement'S Denial.
WASHINGTON, February 2d-Surveyor-
General Dement,, of Utah, made a state
ment to-day, in which he said that he had
ives TO Utah ne did not state that fifty Der
cent. Of the land entries were fraudulent
he made no statement about mineral lands
being entered as homesteads he did not
state that there was a ring, including all
the Federal officials from the Governor
down; and he made no discovery to war
rant any such statement: he'had discovered
nothing which would implicate Governor
Murray, or any other official in Utah :
he never stated that any Western Republi-
can Senator received $25,C00 for opposing
the Edmund's bill, nor that several Demo-
cratic members of the House had received
several thousand dollars for services of the
same sort. The newspaper men who sent
out the interviews which Surveyor General
Dement, repudiates, Will ask the Public
Lands Committee of the Senate to give
them hearing in order that they NAV
vindicate themselves and give the sources
of their information
Senator Stanford's Washington Residence.
WASHINGTON, February 2d.-The para
graphs which find their way into print
occasionally, conveying the impression
that the house in this city of Senator and
Mrs. Stanford is sort of " living tomb, :"
as one writer phrases it,are wide OF express
ing the truth in the case The Senator
and his wife no doubt grieve over the
death OF their son, but their grief is not of
the sensational character that has been
described. Neither has their residence
been closed to all visitors During the
past week Mrs. Stanford has entertained a
number OF friends at quiet but elegant din
ners, and she expects to entertain a large
number more before the season is over.
They have also been handsomely enter
tanned at the homes of their friends here.
They will on Monday evening next give a
dinner to the Pacific coast Congressional
delegation, to which a number of Senators
and Representatives from other States have
been invited to meet the special guests of
the evening.
Capital Notes.
WASHINGTON, February Ex-senator and
Mrs. Stanford will give grand entertain
ment on Monday evening February Stb
TO the Pacific coast delegations. MANY dis
tlnguished people have been invited. The
reception, il is said, will eclipse ANYTHING
seen in Washington for many a day.
Hugh J. NOLAN will be appointed assist
ant doorkeeper of the House of Representa-
tives at 81 200 per annum.
General Theodore S. West. of Wisconsin.
has been appointed Special Agent of the
Treasury Department for the Fourteenth
District. which includes California, Oregon.
Alaska and Washington Territory. with
headquarters at San Francisco.
The Department of State has directed an
investigation to be made of the circum-
stances attending the killing of Captain
Crawford on the 18th inst, by Mexican
troops.
The House Committee on Banking and
Currency to-day directed an adverse report
to be made on Representative Seney's bill
to make shareholders in National Banks
individually liable for debts of the bank.
The Committee on Expenditures in the
Department of Justice will on Thursday
begin an investigation of the telephone
cases, as authorized by the House of Rep
resentatives.
The Attorney-General's letter to the Sem
ate, in respect to the Austin case, was to-
day, in executive session, referred without
further discussion to the Judiciary Com
Rittee, which has authority to report upon
it in open session.
The Senate to-day confirmed W. II.
Brinker, Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of New Mexico.
Commander-in-C Chief Burdette. of the
Grand Army of the Republic, telegraphed
this evening to Commander r. H. War
field, of San Francisco, that the national
encampment of the 6. A. r. will be held
in San Francisco, commencing Tuesday,
August 3, 1886.
The New York Cigarmakers.