Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-16
CONGRESSIONAL pRocEEprkes.
The Senate.

WASHINGTON. October 15th.-In the Senate to-
day Hoar called attention 10 the Union Pacific
Railroad funding bill, and suggested in view of
its great Importance that IL should be set down
for hearing for the first Tuesday in December.
Agreed to.
A message was received from the President
vetOing pension bill, and Blair. in connection
with the veto message, proceeded to discuss pen
sion votes generally, and the case Of Mary Ann
DOherty, in particular His remarks brought
forth reply from Goes rell of Missouri who
warmly defended the course of the President
! In reply. Blair characterized the President as
an infamous libeleC, in having used his great
! power to detame and libel this woman Do
heTty unnecessarily Mary Ann D0Berty, he
asserted, was 9 woman Of IrrepruachGbie char
acter. v hile there was no proof of the CHARGE
ter of her asSaiant.
At the close of BIairs remarks, the Presidents
message vetoing the bill granting pension TO
Referred
Another message from the President return
ing without his approval bill granting pan
sion To w. :. BrOa0shaw, was laid reore the
Senate. The ground of disapprova is that his
disability was not contracted in the military
service Laid on the table.
/ Hale introduced o bill authorizing the Sc Gre
tary OF War to protect the Washington aqUeduct
| tunnel.
Brown presented petition of the Womeu's
! Christian Temperance Union of Georgia for the
/ repeal Of the internal revenue laws and ad-
| dressed the Senate. He referred to the fact
! that there was no quorum of either house in
! the city of Washing on, and that no business
could be lawfully done in the face of a single
objection. There was, therefore, he said but
one thing left to he done and that was to ad-
jOurn at the earliest day possible. He asked
Allison TO say whether there was auy possible
char ce OF passing tariff bill at the present
session.
Allison SAID he did not see anv possibility of
passing it in the Senate, under the surrounding
circumstances, ana even il it was passed by the
Senate it was impossible 10 have an amendment
! considered in the House before next December.
! 1t was 1act that, with the tariff bill entirely
and absolutely out of the question, Congress
was not at this day and hour ready TO adjourn.
| The neral deficiency bin HAD not yet received
| the signature OF the President, and was only
sent to him Friday or Saturday. If he had his
! way he should push the tariff bill to the cxclu-
/ sion of all other business
| The discussion of the adjournment resol luton
! stopped here, and the Senate proceeded with
the consideration of the tariff bill.
Vest Allison and others spoke on the ones
| ton, and finally Teller obtained the floor and
the tariff bill went over until tomorrow and lhe
Senate adjourned.
| The House.
tCopyrtgdi, 1855. byHss California Associated Press
| WASHINGTON, October 15th.-The lopg-prom-
ised resolution for the final adjournment of Con-
| gress was introduced in the House this morning.
| There was conference OF the Democratic lead
| ers before the House met, but they were unable
| to agree upon the matter.
! Oates of Alabama undertook to solve the
problem by presenting resolution for an adj
| iouinment on Wednesday next. The resolution.
was accompanied by preamble reclt1ng that
/ there is not q quorum present in either the SEN
| ate or the House. and thstthe Speaker declared,
/ in answer to an inquiry from Laham of Texas,
that Congress could not adjourn sine die with
out the presence of quorum if any member
| saw fit to make the point.
Oates then withdrew the preamble to the res
oution, and it viii be laid over until tc-morrow
1 for further action.
/ Prior to this Wheeler of Alabama had offered
! 8 buncOmbe resolution, Ieciting that the Senate
| tariff bill is eyised to maintain high taxes ana
/ foster monopoleS, and it is the duty of the
! Democrats in Congress to maintain the contest
| until the constitutional expiration of the pres
| ent Congress. The resolution was referred. after
| Mr.. Dingley and Mr. Farquhar had denounced
| IT as the product of q Democratic caucus.
! Several Senate bills were referred to appropri-
| ate commit, es
| Under the call of States, sowden of PennsyI-
| yaDia introduced several general pension bills
| One proposes to pension all the Union soldiers
/ OF the war who have or may attain the age of
! % yea s. Another is to pension all honorGbly
! discharged soldiers or sailors
By Mr.. Wheeler-A bill TO designate the time
! OF meeting of Congress.
| The point of no quorum made last week
( against the passage of the electoral count bill
was withdrawn, aud the bill was agreed to
without amendment
The House then adjourned.