Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-08

United states Senate.
WASHINGTON, January 7th.-The Chair
laid before the Senate letter from the
Secretary of War, transmitting a petition
from West Point students who arc to be
graduated in June, 1886 praying that pro
vision may be made for their appointment
to the army. Referred TO Committee on
Military Affairs.
A resolution offered by Manderson was
agreed to, calling on the Secretary of the
Interior for information as to whether any
surveys of public lands had been made
within the last two years in Nebraska :;
there are any unsurveyed public
lands IN that State; what recommendations
had been made within the last three years
by the Surveyor General of that district as
to the continuance of said office, and
whether il is advisable to discontinue the
office of Surveyor-General
D0iph, from the Committee on Com
mercP, reported favorably the bill extend
ing 10 the city of Portland, Oregon, the
of the law of 1880 relating to
the immediate transportation of dutiable
goods; also, similar bills relating to
Omaha, Nebraska, and Port Townsend,
Washington Territory.
The bills, on Dolph's motion. were at
once passed.
At O'Clock the Utah bill came up, and
Senator Morgan addressed the Senate upon
it,
An extended debate followed, and with
out concluding consideration of the bill,
the Senate adjourned.
House OF Representatives..
WASHINGTON, January 7th.-The call of
States was resumed, and many bills and
resolutions were introduced and referred.
At the conclusion of the call the Speaker
announced his committee appointments,
and the House adjourned until Monday.
House Committee Chairmanships.
WASHINGTON, January 7th. = Speaker
Carlisle this afternoon announced the
names of the Chairmen of the following
House committees: Elections Turner OF
Georgia; appropriations, Randall WAYS
ard Means, Morrison; Naval Affairs, Her
bert of Alabama; Military Affairs, Bragg
of Wisconsin; Foreign Affairs, Belmont of
New York; Banking and Currency, Curtin
of Pennsylvania; Coinage, Weights and
Measures, Bland of Missouri; Rivers and
Harbors, Willis of Kentucky; Labor.
O'Nein of Missouri; Patents, Mitchell of
Connecticut; Pacific Coast Railways,
Throckmorton of Texas Commerce, Rea-
gan of Texas; Public Lands, Cobb of
Indiana; Judiciary, Tucker of Vir-
ginia; Indian Affairs, Wellborn of Texas
Postoffices and Post Roads, Brown OF
Georgia; Claims, Springer of Illinois; Ac-
counts, Spriggs of New York; Invalid Pen
sions, Matson of Indiana; Militia, Muller
of New York; War Claims, Geddes of
Ohio; Mississippi river. King of Louis
lana; Education, Aiken of South Caro-
lima; Pensions, Eldridge of Michigan
Private Land Claims, Haskell of Ken
lucky; District of Columbia, Barbour OF
Virginia. Reform in Civil Service, Cox OF
North Carolina; American Ship-building
Dunn of Arkansas.
California Committeeman.
WASHINGTON, January 7th.-The men,
bers of the California delegation have been
assigned to the following committee places:
Morrow on Commerce Markham, Rivers
and Harbors; FELTON,, Coinage, Weights
and Measures, and American Shipbuild-
ing Louttit Invalid Pensions and Expen-
ditures in the State Department; McKen-
ma, Claims and Mines and Mining.
List OF the Most Important House Com
mittees.
WASHINGTON, January 7th.-Following Is
q full list of the most important House
committees, as announced by Speaker Car
Isle:
Ways and Reconsideration Mills, Hew-
lit, Mcmillan. Harris, Breckenridge of Ar
kansas, Mayberry. Breckenridge of Ken
lucky, Kelly, Hiscock, Brown, Reed. Nc
Kinley.
opriations-Randall, Forncy. Hol-
man, TownshCnd Burns, Cabell, Lafevre,
Adams of New York, Wilson, Cannon,
Ryan. Butterworth, Long, McComas, Hen
derson of Iowa.
Coinage, Weights and Measures-Bland,
Lanham, Seymour, Hemphill. Norwood.
SCOTS, McCreary, Bvnum, James. Rock
well, Little, FELTON,, Fuller of Iowa, Toole
of Montana.
Rivers and Harbors-Wilis, Blanchard,
Jones, Murphy, Gibson, Stewart, Coulton,
Glover, Henderson of Illinois.
Bayne, Stone, Burleigh, Grosvenor, Mark
ham.
Foreign Affairs-Belmont, Clements, Cox,
Singleton of Mississippi, Worthington,
Daniel, McCreary, Grain, Rice, Waite,
Ketcham, Phelps, Hit.
Naval Affairs Herbert, Hewitt, Wese.
Ballentine, McAdoo, Nor wood. Lore, Say
ers, Harme, Thomas, Goff, Boulette. Buck.
Public LandS-Cobb, Henley, Van Eaton.
Doran, Laffon, Stevens, Landis, McRae.
Strait, Anderson, Payson, Stephenson, Jack
son, VOORHEES, of Washington Territory.
Territories : Hill, Springer, Spriggs,
Burns, Sadler, Boyle, Perry, Dawson, Tru-
bic, Baker, Cooper, Symes, Joseph, Her
man.
Elections-Tumer Lowry of Indiana.
Robertson of Kentucky, Martin of Ala
bama, Pettibone of Tennessee, Hahn of
Louisiana, Hopkins of Illinois, Dorsey of
Nebraska, Boyle of Pennsylvania, Hender-
son of North Carolina, Green of New Jer-
sey Crockton of Virginia, Hall of Iowa.
Payne of New York, Sely of Massachusetts.
Commerce-Reagan of Texas CIeary of
Missouri, Crisp of Georgia. Caldwell of
Tennessee, O'Ferrel of Virginia, Taisney of
Pulitzer of New York, Bynam
of Indiana, Irion of Louisiana, O'Neil of
Pennsylvania, Davis of Massachusetts.
Dunham of Illinois, Weaver of Nebraska
Johnson Of New York, Morrow of Cali
fornia.
Judiciary-Tucker of Virginia, Ham
mond of Georgia. Culberson of Texas. COLI
ins of Massachusetts,, Seney of Ohio. Oats
Of Alabama, Eden of Illinois. Rogers of Ar
kansas, Bennett of North Carolina, f. B.
Taylor of Ohio, Parker of New York.
Handy of Massachusetts,, Hepburn of
Iowa, Steward of Virginia, Casweil of Wis
consin.
Banking and Currency-Curtin of Penn
sylvania, Miller of Texas, Gambler of
Georgia, Wilkins of Ohio, Arnold of New
York, Snyder of Virginia, Howard of In
diana, Hutton of Missouri, Dingley of
Maine, Brumm of Pennsylvania, Adams of
Illinois, Brady of Virginia, Woodburn of
Nevada
Agriculture-Hatch of Missouri, Aiken
of South Carolina, Green of North Caro-
lima, Winans, of Michigan. Frederick of
Iowa, Davidson of Alabama, Stahlnocker
of New York, Morgan of Mississippi, Glass
of Tennessee, White of Minnesota, Fun
stone of Kansas. Price of Wisconsin. Hyers
of New Jersey, Pierce of Rhode Island,
Swinburne of New York, Clifford of
Dakota
Military Affairs-Bragg of Wisconsin.
of Alabama, Walford of Ken
tucky, Ermentrent of Pennsylvania, Dor
gan of South Carolina. Findav of Mary
land, Vide of New York, Anderson of
Ohio, Steele of Indiana, Laird of Nebraska
McCutchen of Michigan, Houk of Ten
nessee,. Negley OF Pennsylvania, Carey of
Postoffices and Post Roads-Blount of
Georgia, Ward of Indiana, Riggs of Illi-
nois, Taylor of Tennessee, Jones of Texas.
Dockery of Missouri, Warner of Ohio
Merriman of New York, Barry of Missis
sippi, Bingham.of Pennsylvania. Wakefield
Of Minnesota, Burroughs of Michigan.
Guenther of Wisconsin, Millard of New
York Pafarc 0f Ea,sae