Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-11
WASHINGTON.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR SENATOR
MILLER'S FUNERAL.
California Inventors-Senate Com
Inittees-The Grain Crops
Minor Notes.
WASHINGTON.

The Dead Senator.

conveyed to the Capitol, and every mark of
respect that it is the custom of the Senate
to pay deceased member will be paid to
senator Miller. Senator Stanford has been
very busy all day in trying to secure
sufficient number OF senators who are will
ing TO so 10 California, to accompany the
remains. Thus far he has met with but
poor success, because the interests of
Senators are such that they cannot
get away. 1t is probable that three,
or perhaps five, Senators will be
induced TO go. Senator Jones will
be Chairman of the Senate COMMITTEES. and
the others will likely be Senators Harrison.
Hale, Beck, and probably German. 1t
will be definitely ascertained who can be
relied on, and an announcement will be
made tomorrow. In the House there is
some talk of committee of seven, but
nothing has as yet been determined upon.
1t is probable that the committee will con-
sist OF Representatives Louttit, McKenna.
Butterworth, Tucker, Latlon, and two
others to be selected tomorrow.
Words of Sympathy.
WASHINGTON. March 10th.-To-day the
flags of the Senate and House wings of the
Capitol are floating at half-mast In the
Senate the chair that Senator Miller occu-
pied is draped in mourning. The bereayed
family received the sympathy of many
callers, and more than 100 telegrams of CON
dolence from all parts of the world were
received at the house. Blaine sent a svm-
pathetic dispatch, expressing his sorrow at
the loss OF a good man. General Scofieid
also sent similar message. A large num-
Der of like dispatches were received from
California. The entire family, consisting
OF Mrs. Miller, Miss Dora Miller, Captain
.. U. Miller, the deceased's cousin and
Lieutenant Clover, will go to California with
the body
United States Senate.
WASHINGTON, March 10TH During the
transaction of the routine morning business
OF the presentation of reports from COM
mittees, Blackburn said: g Mr. President.
am directed by the Committee on Naval
Affairs to report favorably the nomination
which sent 10 the desk"
"What is that ?" said Harris.
"A nomination"
Sherman's breath seemed TO be taken
away. After moments hesitation he
said in something of an undertone: " 1t
will be withheld
Blackburn begged pardon of the Chair.
The Chair laid before the Senate Logan's
resolution offered yesterday to refer to the
Committee on Rules for investigation the
letters of Eads denying that he (Eads) had
any representatives or the floor of the SEN
ate. The matter went oyer,in Logan's ab-
sence.
The Iowa land grant forfeiture biz was
tiken up. The amendment offered by Nc
MiLin yesterday was rejected after some
debate
The Chair laid before the Senate letter
from the Sergeant-at-Ar,ns transmitting
listpof such private secretarieds of the Sena-
tors as had not been reported to the Senate
n . rdlay, axx-,tb
The letter was read.
Rddleberger called for reading of the
hst:also and it was read
Rddleberger then called up the Eads
matter, and said he found in the Record
Letter from Eads, addressed to the Senator
from Illinois (Logan). He would like to
know how the Senator got the letter into
the. Record
logan said he had nothing to do with
getting it into the Record
Riddleberger said he could load down
the Record with letters criticising the SEN
ator especially during the Presidential
campaign, but he had not done il. fads
could not charge him (Riddleberger) with
falsehood, and put it Sin the Congressional
Record, but the Senator could take Eads'
letter and make it part of his remarks, and
as the letter appeare in connection with
Log2ns remarks, he (Riddleberger) was
left to answer it as SUCH
Logan was astounded that Mr.. Riddle
berger should say that he logan charged
him with anything. He merely presented
the letter of respectable citizen of the
United States
Riddleberger said he would always resent
lmpuations such as contained in that let
ter. lie was not so great soldier as the
Senator from Illinois, but he would vet
discover and uncover the conspiracy to
make the United States Government in
dorse for Eads' Ship Railway Company.
!" We all know, he said, that ex- Secretary
Window was at the head of that company y
Logan, at the suggestion of several Sen
ators, modified his resolution so as to pro-
vide for reference of Eads' letter to the
Committee on Commerce
Riddleberger said he would decline to
appear before any committee What he
had to say would be said to the Senate and
in open session. He did not believe in he
Senate becoming more English than the
House OF Lords.
At = o'clock the matter went over with
out acting the Chair then laying before the
Senate the resolutions from the Judiciary
Committee concerning the relations of the
Senate and the President, and Pugh took
the floor.
He related the facts connected with the
Duskin case. and said the Senate resolution
did not call for public official documents.
but for private documents and papers reIat-
ing exclusively to an official act of the
President in the suspension of Duskin as
District Attorney.
Upon the conclusion of Pugh's sneecb
the Senate adjourned,
House OF Representatives..
WASHINGTON, March 1Oth.-The Com
A
increase the naval establishment. Referred
to Committee of the Whole.
Henley of California, from the Commit
tee on Public Lands. reported the bill
granting to the State of California 5 per
cent. OF the net proceeds of the sale of pub
lie lands in that State Referred to Com
mittee of the Whole.
Pulitzer, from the Committee on Civil
Service Reform, reported adversely the
Seney bill to repeal the civil service law.
Stone OF Missouri asked that that bill be
placed upon the calendar, and that he have
leave to lille minority report. 50 ordered.
Rogers, from the Committee on Pacific
Railroads, reported the bill recurring the
Northern Pacific Railroad to pay the cost
of surveying its lands. House calendar.
The House went into Committee Of the
Whole (Townshend of Illinois in the
Chair on the Indian Appropriation bill,
and after short discussion, adjourned.
"And the Mountain Labored," Etc.
WASHINGTON, March 1Oth.-Represent
tive Henley appeared before the Commit
tee on Pacific Railroads this morning in
support of his resolution authorizing the
appointment of committeeto make an in
vestigation, for the purpose of ascertaining
whether or not the Union Pacific has di
yerted any of the net earnings of the road.
thereby defrauding this Government by AN
evasion of the provisions Of the Thurman
Sinking Fund Act. Mr.. Henley. after stat
ing what he expected to be able to prove,
was asked number of questions BY dianr-
ent members of the committee. lie was
asked from whom he obtained the infor-
nation contained in bis resolution, and he
replied from Colonel James, of New York,
formerly Collector of the Port of San Fran
cisco. He was asked if he had witnesses
that he proposed to summon to substansi.
ate the assertions contained in his reso;l-
tons. He said that he believed that the
officers of the Union Pacific could give
the information required. Mr.. Eyarhardt
said that it was not probable that the Off
GERS of the road would give testimony to
c-iminate themselves. When Mr.. Henley s
examination was concluded, Mr.. James
took the stand and made rambling state
ment as to what he had accomplished in
the New York Ien;siafr,re and what bo