Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-02

valescing, and Hope TO be thoroughly re-
stored to health very soon."
United States Senate.
| WASHINGTON, June 1st-Beck, in intro
| ducing bill to prohibit members of Con-
| gress from acting as attorneys or employees
| of railroad companies that hold charters or
| have had grants from the United States, re-
marked that there had been much crimina-
ton and recrimination in both houses
| about the matter of members of Congress
being employed by railroad companies.
THE bill, /" he said, was intended to see
if q remedy could be provided for the
trouble"
Miller called up the bill extending the
eight-hour law to letter carriers. He said
| the Postoffice Department had ruled that
| letter-carriers were not entitled to come un-
der the provisions of that law, but Miller
saw no reason why these employees should
not be put on an equality with other en-
ployes. The bill passed.
! On motion of Dolph, the Senate resumed
| consideration of the Northern Pacific land
| forfeiture bill, and lengthy discussion
| took place.
| AT o'clock the matter went over until
tomorrow, and the bankruptcy bill was
| placed before the Senate.
After debate, and without action, the bill
went over until tomorrow.
| On motion of Plumb, the Senate then
took up the bill to prevent the acquisition
| of real property by aliens.
Plumb said he would personally prefer
to have had bill in some respects more
restrictive than the present one, but the bill
| represented the views OF the Committee on
| Public Lands.
| The bill was passed.
Sherman called up the supplemental
Chinese immigration bill-that which ex-
plains the meaning of the original bills on
the same subject passed in 1882 and 1884.
The bill was passed as reported from the
committee.
| Sherman called up the bill TO indemnify
| the Chinese for losses incurred by the riot
at Rock Springs, Wyoming He said he
regarded it as good policy, good Chris
| tianity and good humanity to reimburse
| the injured parties.
Cocilrell and Mitchell opposed the bill,
and Edmunds favored it.
! Without action upon the measure, the
| Senate adjourned.
House of Representatives.
| WASHINGTON, June 1st.-The House went
| into Committee of the Whole on the oleo-
margarine bill The first amendment in
order was that offered by Daniel of Vir
| ginia, aboiishing the tobacco tax rejected
by 50 to Ill.
| An amendment was also offered by Dan
| iel abolishing the tax on fruit brandy; re-
| jected by IS to l25.
Durham of Illinois offered an amend
ment reducing from ten to three cents per
pound the tax on oleomargarine.
| Amendments were offered fixing the rate
at four and five cents per pound, but they
were rejected; onlv, however, after couple
| of hours had been consumed in securing a
quorum.
On motion of Hatch the amendment of
fered by Dunham was amended so as to fix
the rate at eight cents, and as so amended
was agreed to.
Pending further action the committee
rose.
The Speaker appointed Messrs. Rlount,
Riggs and Bingham as conferees on the
Postoffice appropriation bill, and the House
then adjourned.
| The Chinese Restriction Bill Passed in
l the Senate.
WASHINGTON, June 1st-The Senate TO-
day passed the Chinese restriction bill. The
members of the California delegation are
much gratified at the success of the meas
ure in that body. Representative Morrow
said this would simplify the equestion in the
House. The bill as passed does not con-
tain the Objectionable features with which
the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
incumbered the measure. He was conf
dent the House would now pass the bill in
substantially the same shape as that passed
by the Senate. Some of the provisions con-
tanned in the Morrow House bill are likely
to be added in the latter body, particularly
those limiting to two years the life of re-
turn certificate, and extending the term of
exclusion from ten TO fifteen years.
The Worlds Corn and Wheat.
WASHINGTON, June 1st = The Acting
Commissioner of Agriculture in reply to a
resolution of the House making inquiries
concerning the stocks of corn and wheat in
this and other countries, demand, con.
sumption and prospect of production
throughout the world, has transmitted an
exhaustive compilation of statistics by Pro-
fessor Dodge, Statistician of the Depart
ment of Agriculture. The tables show that
the worlds product of wheat in 1885 was
3,110000,000 bushels; requirements Of con-
sumption, 8, 3,165,000,000 bushels-present-
ing a deficiency of 55,000000 bushels,
drawn from the previous years surplus of
125, 100000 bushels. They find the pro-
duct of Europe medium, those of India
and Australia large, and a heavy reduction
in the United States. For the supply of
the coming year, the crops in Australia,
India and South America, already har-
vested, are probably about 100000
bushels less than those of last year, while
those of the United States promise fully
100,000,000 bushels more than the harvest
of 1885. The wheat in the United States,
on May 1st last, was 100000, 900 bushels,
against 152 600, 900 bushels in 1885. OF the
commercial stock of wheat, New York
held 4,l3S,095 bushels, Buffalo, 244, lit,
Chicago IL, III ,s04, Milwaukee 1886, ,030,
| Minneapolis 4,707, ,999 and Duluth 1888
74S. The crop of corn in Sc was l.
617 100000 bushels. The consumption
was 5S7, 100000 bushels, and the exporta-
ton 100000 bushels. The estimated
acreage of winter wheat now growing is
2f,727,0S7, and spring wheat II 100000.
Total, 36, ,527, ,087.
Public Debt Statement.
| WASHINGTON, June 1st.-The following
| is recapituiation of the debt statement is
| sued to-day: Interest bearing debt, prin-
cipal and interest, 1922. .237, lii; debt on
| which interest has ceased since maturity.
principal and interest. $535, ,951, ,727; total
debt. principal and interest, 81, 776, sos, ,166
| total debt, less available cash items, 81 ,4T4,-
! $40. .S92 net cash in the Treasury, S76. 1i2,-
| Gil debt, less cash in Treasury, June |,
| 1886, 81. .39S 19S, ,2S1: decrease of debt dur
ing the month, S, ,S2S. .566; total cash in
Treasury as shown by Treasureris general
account, S490, ,406. 800.
| Republican Caucus.
| WAsHIEGToN, June 1st.-The Republican
Senators held another order of business
caucus this morning Among the meas
ures which it was decided to consider in the
near future were bill to repeal the pre-
empton and timber culture law and alien
| land bill.
The Mormon Lobby at Work.
| New YoRK, June 1st.-The Tribuae's
Washington special of May 31st says: An
effort will be made by the House Commit
tee on Judiciary tomorrow to make some
report on the Edmunds Utah bill, which
passed the Senate early in the session, and
| which has been smothered in the House
| Committee. A powerful and persistent
Mormon lobby has been at work to prevent
the bill reaching the House, and to defeat
| it should it come up for consideration
Apparently the lobby has succeeded, as it
is now SO late in the session that even
should the bill be finally reported to the
House, its opponents would talk it to
death Hence there is little hope of any,
thing being done by the House.
The President at Home Again.
| WASHINGTON, June 1st-The President