Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-12
A HARD FIGHT.
The Effort to Defeat the California Five
Per Cent. Bill.

| WASHINGTON, March 11th.-The bill to
pay California five per cent on land sales
was taken up in the House yesterday. Nc
Kenna moved that debate be limited to half
| an hour, and said that unless the debate
was limited there would be no time in the
hour allotted for the bill to pass it.
The point of no quorum was raised,
when Mckenna's motion was carried by a
| viva voce vote, and considerable time was
wasted in polling the House.
| Holman OF Indiana who was fighting for
| delay, succeeded in getting a call for the
| ayes and noes. which consumed half an
hours time. By a vote of 127 to rs, Nc
| kenna's motion was adopted. He then
| moved that the House go into Committee
| of the Whole and take up the bill.
Jackson of Pennsylvania said that Nc
| Kenna was trying to rush the bill through.
| McKenna angrily denied it, and said that
| the opponents of the bill were simply try
| ing to kill time and thus defeat the measure
| by getting it on the calendar and thus prac-
| tically burying it.
Then followed number of waiting
| motions, which showed that McKenna had
| ascribed correct motives to the bills oppo-
nents.
Mckenna tried several ways to head off
| the bills enemies, one of which was his
| motion that the bill be postponed and made
the special order for April 4th, Immediately
after the reading of the journal. Upon this
| and all motions favorable to the bill, there
| came the time-killing demand for the ayes
and noes. and these motions had to be
withdrawn. The hour set apart for the
bill was thus being rapidly consumed. 1t
was nearly up, when Landes of Indiana, a
| member of the Committee on Public Lands
and an enemy of the bill, moved that it be
1 loid ha hla Nd lol IL.
| and noes.
His motion was lost by vote of 6S to
J 143, but Mr.. Landes had accomplished the
| purpose of the opponents of the bill. By
the time the roll-call was over, the time
allotted to the bill had expired 1t thus
goes on the calendar, and cannot come up
again until the Committee on Public Lands
gets another day let apart for its business.
the effect of which is that the bill has
] hardly one chance in hundred of coming
before the House again this session.
Unlawful Timber. Cutting,
WASHINGTON, March 11th.-The Secre-
tary of the Interior has requested the At
tornev- General to institute Joint civil suit
against the Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany and ]. G. Jones & Co., of Portland.
Or, and the Williamsport (Pa) and North
western Lumber Company, of Knappton
Washington Territory and Samuel France
and the Northern Pacific Lumber Company
are also defendants. The suits are for the
value of wood, estimated at $4,000, al
legged to have been unlawfully cut from
public lands in Washington Territory.
California Pensions.
WASHINGTON, March 11th.-California
pensions have been granted as follows
Peter Moro, San Andreas J. J. White, Los
Angeles; Mr.. Fugitt, Glenville; ]. B.
Mitchell, Elk Grove; w. c. Priest, Big Oak
Flat; II. H. Davids, Covelo: Jacob Rob-
erts, Davisville; Richard Palmer, Vallejo
q. G. Myers, Arbuckle; James Webster,
Sacramento c. n. Copp, Colfax.
Comm. to California.
WASHINGTON, March 11th.-C. P. Hunt
ington called upon the President yesterday
and had long talk with him in regard to
! railroad matters. Huntington starts from
here on Monday for California, where he
expects TO spend two or three months
Huntington said last evening that hereaf.
| ter he proposed to spend several months
! every year in California.