Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-19
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
The SenaIe,

WAsIIISGJoS, October lsth.-In the Senate
this morning, Senator Brown offered resou-
tion for final adjournment on Saturday, a sub
stitute for Allisons recess resolution. Adopted
Allison accepted Browns resolution, and, on
the vote majority of the Democrats voted in
the affirmative, and d majority of the Republic
cans in the negative.
There was q demand for division and. the
Chair, after longer pause than usual, declared
the concurrent resolution adopted.
Teller offered resolution instructing the
Committee on Indian Affairs to Inauire as totke
truth of the report that the Secretary of the Tn-
terror had purchased large number of Wagons
for the Indian service manufactured with prison
labor in Tennessee. He made some remarks on
the subject, intimaring that the complaint was
really against the late Commissioner of Inasian
Affairs.
After lively debate between Teller, Bates
and Cocknell, the resolution went over on an
objection sy Cockrell.
The Senate then took recess for haitian hour.
in expectation of some message fromithe FRESH
dent.
The Senate resumed consideration of thu tariff
bill. and was adressed by tsldIich. He asserted
that the tables concerning tariff rates In the
House and Senate bills furnished by the. Bureau
of Statistics and produced some days ago by
Vest, were full of misstatements and errors and
entirely inaccurate and misleading and that
the bu5eau ofhcials, II they knew anything
about the subject, must have known. that it was
so.
The discussion was continued by Senators
Frye, EyarIs and Teller.
tables of the bureau, and said that they were
perfectly correct. and had been ma se out under
the headings prepared by himself and by Kep-
pens.ein, Pension employe of that Bureau
who had been in thosnapartment at least since
1879. and who had 10 interest," directly or indi-
nectiy, In any Misrepresentation
Allison offered 9. resolution sQthorizng the
FiRance Committee to continue las investlgati "a
into the tariff matter.
Laid over till to-morrcw, ana the Senate nd
jo1rned.
The House,
WAsHISGToS, October 1StAA-rhe Announce
ment in the Hsule that the Senate had rsssed
an adjournment resolution was greeted with
applause by the handful OF members present.
Cox was in the chair at she opening Faror-
har of New York Complained of the Absence o.
the Speaker and inveighed against Roeping "a
skeleton OF ihe HoSlse in session while .he polt
| ical game was going OH
Richardson OF Tennessee called for the reau.
lar order.
| Farquhar made the point of mo quorum"
| The Chair ruled thai il could not 9ffciaJlx de
eide no quorum, as the Ho1se was moi
counted. The journal was then read and the
| Chair asked if il should be approved.
| Taylor OF Ohio objected and raised the poin
| of 10 quorEm.
| The Speaker said that on examination h,
fo,snd it was the duty of the Speaker not of th,
House. to approve the journal The Journal va
/ approved.
The bill granting the right of way to a wate
company across the lndisn Reservation in Ar
= IONA wss called up. Ths Senate amendment;
were rejected.
A resolution was adopted authorizing tn
Committee on Appropriations. to sit during III
vacation.
The Speaker pgo tenn laid before the TIous
the adJournmeht resolution Of Senator McMil