Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-02
TIE CAPITAL.
WORDY WAR BETWEEN TOM REED
AND BUTTERwORTH.
Frank Pages Residence Raided-
A Lawyers Big Doodle
Mills and Bynum.
lsPBCM DHrArCEEs TO THE REcoRD-uN1OS.l !
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate,

tCop7ghi, 1888, ~ ute Cal lforrd associated Pres
WASHINGTON, August lst-Senator Ev-
arts to-day reported the joint resolu-
ton, with amendments, authorizing the
President 10 take prompt and neces-
sary measures to obtain indemnity from
the Venezuelan Government for the seizure
of three vessels of the Venezuela Trans
portation Company in 1871. The report
says that it is high time some action should
be taken in this matter.
Senator Plumb reported in the Senate to-
day the House bill to enlarge the powers
and to create an Executive Department of
the present Agricultural Department, to be
under charge of the Secretary of Agricult-
ure, he receiving the same salary as other
Cabinet officers
Senator Stewart introduced q resolution
directing the Secretary of the Interior to
furnish the Senate with list of the can
celed desert land applications and amounts
paid to the United States for the same, and
to state whether the applicants are entitled
to reimbursement, and how the Land Office
can settle such claims.
After considering other business, the
sundry civil bill was taken up.
Calls amendment to the bill, after re-
sumiug the discussion left over from last
evening, was withdrawn.
The bill was then reported back to the
Senate and all the amendments conquered
in except that appIopriating $50, 900 for the
widow of Professor Baird, on which Rea-
gan demanded the yeas and nays. The
amendment was concurred in-yeas %,
nays IL.
Sherman explained that he had not voted
on the amendment because he thought the
appropriation too lalge. He would have
been willing to vote for an appropriation of
$4,000, and he suggested that the amount
would be reduced by the Conference Com
mittee.
The bill then passed
Allison stated, in response to a query,
that there now remained undisposed of
five of the regular appropriation bills-the
army bill, navy bill, sundry civil bill, gem
eral deficiency bill and Notifications bill.
He thought it might be safely assumed that
all appropriation bills could be disposed of
next week. He could not say when the
tariff bill will be presented.
Adjourned.
The House.
WASHINGTON, August 1st-After dispos-
ing of routine business the House went into
Committee of the Whole on the Senate
amendments to the army appropriation
bill. The pending motion was that made
by Townshend of Illinois, TO non concur in
the amendment appropriating 81, 500 for re-
pairs to the sea wall and wharf at Wilett's
Point, n. Y.
Burns of Missouri addressed himself to
the policy which the House should follow
in acting upon Senate amendments. He
then proceeded to oppose the establish
ment OF gun factory at Watervliet Arse
nal.
Hooker of Mississippi could see in the
amendment no disposition on the part of
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House. The purpose of the opposition TO
the Senate amendments seemed to be to
obstruct any legislation on the subject of
public defense, because il would not be pos
sible to pass the Notifications bill at the
present session.
After considerable further debate on this
line, during which Butterworth and Read
had one or two heated colloquies, the pend
ing amendment was non-concurred in, as
was also the one appropriating 1000 for
the manufacture or purchase of cannon
and carriages.
Bayne moved to substitute Allegheny
Arsenal for Watervliet Arsenal as the site
of the proposed gun factory. Rejected
Townsbend moved TO non concur in the
| amendment providing for the establish
| ment of gun factory and for the purchase
| of steel. Agreed to.
The committee then rose.
The recommendation of the committee
as to minor amendments was carried out
and the amendments non-concurred in.
Sayers of Texas offered a resolution de-
claring that the House will insist upon its
| disagreement to Senate amendments Nos.
26, 81, SO and 35, relating to Notifications or
| ordnance, and that the House requests q
| conference thereon, and further declaring
it the judgment of the House that the man.
ayers on the part of the House should in
| sist on the disagreement and should not
| consent that appropriations for fortifica-
tons should be placed in the army bill, as
| that subject had been referred to the Com
mittee on Appropriations, and that such
| appropriations should be placed in the
fertilization bill.
Townshend raised a point of order
against the resolution, and pending de-
cision the House adjourned.