Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-01


it was ,out of hearing. The party,
amid uproarious cheerings, were driven
out to the residence of Mrs. B. H.
Hill whose guest Davis will be- The
children of the city, numbering not less
than 5000, were in line all the way from
the depot to Mrs. Hills residence. dis
tance of over a mile, and scattered flowers
before the exPresident's carriage Two
thousand Confederate veterans followed
the carriage to Mrs. Hills residence Davis
was accompanied by his daughter. The
city is wild with enthusiasm. No other
man ever received such reception from
the Georgia people.
United States Senate.
WASHINGTON, April 3Uth-The confer
ence report on the Indian appropriation
bill was submitted by Dawes and concurred
in by the Senate.
After the passage of several private bills
the Postoffice appropriation bill was taken
up.
After debate the Senate adjourned.
House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, April 30th-Hatch called
up the bill creating the Department of Ag-
riculture, and the House preceded to its
consideration in Committee of the Whole,
and the morning hour expired pending a
on the debate.
The House then went into Committee of
the Whole Mills of Texas in the chair on
the river and harbor appropriation bill.
Adjourned
Washington Gossip.
WASHINGTON, April 30th.-Friends of
Warren Green, Consul ul-General at Kama
gawa, have asked that his nomination be
Withdrawn.
1t is estimated that there has been de
crease of about Sll 10000 in the public
debt during April.
The House Committee on Labor to-day
heard Representative Springer in support
of the labor arbitration bill introduced by
him last Monday, ana which is in general
in accordance with the message of the
President on the subject Members of the
committee seemed favorable to a perma-
nent Arbitration Commission, but the mat
ter did not go far enough to indicate what
action would be taken.
Speaker Carlisle was witness before the
telephone committee to-day.
About l,500 people witnessed the ball
game between the Philadelphia and Ma
tional Clubs to-day. The game was unin-
telesting. Score-Philadelphia y, Ma
tionals 3.
The Postmaster at Atlanta. Ca, applies
to-day to the Postmaster General for leave
to close his Office tomorrow, on account of
the dedication of q monument in honor of
the late Senator Hill. His request was de-
MED.
Chinese Restriction in the Senate and
House.
WASHINGTON, April 30th-The bill re-
ported in the Senate yesterday upon Chi
nese restriction meets with general favor
from the California delegation in the
House. For three months the Democratic
House Foreign Affairs Committee had un-
der consideration the Morrow bill, and
only yesterday reached a final agreement
TO report it favorably, but so emasculated
as 10 deprive 1t of most of its original
value. On the other hand, the Republican
Senate has quietly considered the case, and
bill which contains the virile
features of the Morrow bill in improved
The Senate bill omits the
two-years' clause, but this is considered by
those most earnest in the matter TO be of
little practical value, and if a Chinaman is
going to return to this country at all he
will do so within two years 1t re-
duces the duration of the Act from
twenty years to ten years, but that
takes it to 1896. and before that
time public sentiment will have changed to
such an extent that the treaty will be abro-
gated. 1t retains the passage clause, re-
the number to be carried by a YES
sci to one for every fifty tons of registered
tonnage, and throughout shows the result
of careful and intelligent consideration.
p" This, said prominent Republican to
your correspondent tonight, " is the be-
ginning of the end and will afford practi-
cal relief to California" 1t is understood
that the bill has been read in the presence
of Senators Sherman, Edmunds, Evarts
and Morgan, all of whom concur in its
provisions, and will support it on the floor
of the Senate. 1t will undoubtedly pass
the Senate, and when it gets to the House
will be taken up there as a substitute for
the emasculated bill submitted by the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs
The Debris Clause in the River and har-
Dor Bill.
WASHINGTON, April 30th.-The House
to-day, in the consideration of the river
and haIbor bill, reached and passed the
second section, which makes it unlawful to
dump discharge, wash, or cause to be
dumped, discharged or washed, from anv
mine or mineral land or bank, tailings,
bowlders, gravel, clay, earth or debris into
any navigable waters or rivers. etc, or to
deposit such debris where it shall be liable
Senator Jones and Tinnin's Confirmation.
WASHINGTON, April 30th.-Senator Jones.
who was one of the four Pacific coast Sena-
tors who originally telegraphed the Presi-
dent not to appoint Tinnin Surveyor of the
Port OF San Francisco, now SAYS that he
will vote for Tinnin's confirmation. as he
has not been able TO find anything against
the character of the man which would war
rant the Senate in rejecting him for the
position to which he has been appointed.
A Big Scheme Being Quietly Worked.
WASHINGTON, April 3Oth.-One of the
biggest schemes before Congress is being
worked very quietly, and its friends are
quite confident of its success. The plan in
brief is the building of an additional outlet
for the Mississippi river, and those who are
backing it modestly ask the Government to
take hand in the enterprise As nearly
as can be ascertained from the meager in
formation obtainable from those in charge
of the measure. it is contemplated to pro-
pose to build this outlet free of cost, and
that the Government shall pay the COM
pany according to the results For each
foot of reduction in the volume of the
water, the company will expect the Gov
ernment to pay il one million dollars. The
magnificent possibilities of this raid on the
Treasury cannot be even estimated. En-
gineers who have experience in the matter
say that such an outlet would at first re-
duce the volume of the water at the point
where the company intends to make its
measurements, but at the time of q
flood the water would De backed up so
much further up the stream that the addi-
tional outlet would be of no appreciable
benefit. The estimates of the reduction OF
the water vary all the way from six to fif-
teen feet. The outlet can be built for a
/ comparatively small sum, and conse.
quently there will be an immense margin
for profits in case the proposition passes
This scheme is much simpler and more
gigantic one than the river and harbor bill
1t is said that its friends will make an en-.
deavor 10 have il introduced as an amend
ment to the river and harbor bill, wher
| that measure reaches the Senate. i
adopted, of course. the points in disagree
ment, of which this scheme would be one
would have tc be referred to conferenc,
committee. The House would never hav,
chance to debate the proposition to yanl