Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-08
LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
Especial. DISPATCHES TO THE aEooRp-usIos.,
DOMESTIC.
Congress this Week.

Congress this Week.
WASHINGTON, March 7th.-The chief
business OF the Senate for the coming week
is expected to be the discussion of the res
olutions reported from the Judiciary Com
mittee concerning the refusal of the Atsor-
ney General to transmit all papers in the
Duskin case. The debate will begin at .
O'Clock tomorrow. The Committee ON
Pacific Railroads will endeavor to bring
before the House, during the morning
hour on Tuesday, the bill recurring the
Pacific railroads to pay the cost of survey
ing and taking out patents for lands, so as
to subject them to local taxation. There
are various other measures on the different
calendars as unfinished business but in
view of tie number of pending appropria-
tion bills, 1t is not likely that any of them
will reach final action during the week
THE POLITICAL INTEREST.
WASHINGTON, March 7th.-The political
interest OF the present week IN Congress
will center in the Senate. On Friday last
Senator Edmunds gave notice that to-mor-
row he would call up the report of the
Judiciary Committee in the Duskin Ala
bama case, which involves the CONTROVERSY
between the President and the Senate as to
the right of the latter to have information
on the files of the Executive Departments
relative to suspensions from and appoint
ments to Office. The views of the Demo-
Gratis are expressed in the recent message
of the President and the report of the
minority of the Judiciary Committee,
prepared by Senator Pugh. The
debate promises to be very long
and spirited. and it is certain
that the Republican leaders will make all
the political capital they can. Logan, Ed
munds, Sherman. Harrison aud Hoar will
lead the Republican fight and Pugh, Jack
son, Mcpherson, Call and Morgan will do
battle for the minority. The principal point
of the controversy is whether the Senate
has the right TO see papers on file in the de-
partments relating to the suspension of
officials, as well as papers bearing upon
appointments. The burden of Senator
EdmuuGs argument in support of this
proposition is that as, under the law, a
suspended officer resumes mis- position at
the expiration of the session of the
Senate if his successor is not con-
tirmed. the Senate, in the exercise
of It's consenting power, should know
whether q man who is removed
by the President is really unfit to hold the
office, and the suspended man is really fit
to be allowed to continue in the discharge
of public duties. Mr. Edmunds will con-
tend that the President has declared that
he would not remove officers except for
cause, consequently some valid reason. not
political, must exist for the suspension of
the $50 Federal officers that have been sus-
pended by the President since the 4th of
March. If the Senate is to say that the
successors of these men shall not
be confirmed, thereby restoring the
old officers to their place, it as
sumes the responsibility of keeping
men in Office that the Executive
has declared are unfit to hold office To
justify the Senate in assuming such re-
sponsibility, it is entitled TO all the in
formation that the public records contain,
showing the reasons of the President for
| making the suspension. The Democi attic
Senators will maintain that the Senate has
| nothing to do with the reasons that i'm
,, PEELED the President TO make official
| changes, and that any attempt to compel
the heads OF departments 10 furnish in
| formation that the President desires with
held is an infringement upon the constiti-
| tional prerogative of the Executive The
| Attorney-General is said to have recently
rendered verbal opinion upon the tenure of
office, and it is this which causes the DEM
ocratic Senators some annoyance He
holds that in the event of a failure of the
| Senate to confirm a nomination to succeed
suspended officer, the person suspended
| resumes his office at the expiration of the
session of the Senate, and, further, that if
| the Senate does not act upon the nomina-
| ton, either favorably or adversely. the
President will not be justified in reappoint-
ing the same person during the recess
of Congress. If this opinion of the
Attorney General is correctly reported,
and the Senate refuses to act
upon any number of nominations, Mr..
| Cleveland, should he follow the advice of
| the law officer of the Government, would
be compelled to take entirely new men for
the positions that he has once filled. I'm
der Republican administrations it has been
held that the President has the right. if he
chooses, to reappoint the men who have
failed of confirmation, either because of
non-action by the Senate or in few in
stances nominations that have be.n alb
solutely rejected.
The Chinese Question.
WAsHrNGroN, March 7th-'rhe Foreign
Affairs Committee Of tue House, to-mor-
row, will take up the report of the sub
eommi,,ee recommending The passage of
Mo,row's anti-Chinese bill In this con-
neclon the committee will conside- the
Presidents message recommending pay
ment to the sufferers bv the Rock Springs
ou;ragcs ot the losses they Incurred The
Sunday Post to-day says: 1t is impossible
to learn at this time whas position the
committee will take in the mater There
can be no doubt, however. that there is
strong 6ispo ition TO make the question
political one. The Democratic members
of the committee favor reimbursinE China
for all losses caused by the riotous acts of
Americans on the Pacific slope On the
other hand, the Republican members. well
aware of the fact that the Pacific
States are in the main Repub-
Eaan ..ha fa
capital by opposing any such action, and
throwing all the responsibility on the
Democrats The membe. of the commit
tee deny that they intend approaching the
subject in any political sense; as China has
paid the United States indemnity fos out
RACES perpetrated in China, this Govern
ment will probably make some amend to
China for the losses of its subjects here.
The subcommittee has recommended a
favorable report on the Morrow bill, and it
will undoubtedly bring that measure for
ward, or something equally as strong in
the direction of further amendment of
the present law to exclude the Chinese.
Editorial Report on the Recent Florida
Freeze.
JACKSONVILLE (Fla.), March 7th.-At the
annual meeting of the National Editorial
Association, held in Cincinnati, delega-
tlOH MdS dtpOiutcu " NlSlt L iOElud ana
report to the Association their conclusions
as to the effecs of the recent freeze on the
orange industry. The party returned to
Jacksonville Friday night, and adopted and
signed an official report, in which they
say In boundary of 600 miles, cover
ing nearly 10000 square miles of territory,
at nearly every important station, we have
visited orange groves and examined the
state of the trees and extent of the damage
done. The country travelled over COM
prises the main orange producing district
in the State. In many places the lemon
and other less hardy fruit groves are killed.
These trees, however, are of rapid growth,
and will be speedily replaced by new trees
In some localities, where the orange groves
are sheltered in some degree by other trees,
the freeze was not sufficiently severe to
kill the leaves on the trees" After giving
specific details of other observations at the
various points visited, the committee says
: Our observations led to the conclusion
that the reports so unfavorable to the
orange industry which followed the frost,
were largely the result of panic among