Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-09-12

The bill for the allowance Of certain pri-
yaie claims, known as the Z" Fourth of July
claims.' numbering CSC, and carrying an
aggregate appropriation of S1S0000, caused
a long and heated political discussion, in
Guiding an attack upon and defense of Pre-
sident Cleyeland's pension policy.
Harris inquired of the Chairman of the
Committee on Claims as to another of these
claims bills passed by the House many
months ago and referred to that committee.
Spooner replied that the bill, as it came
from the House, appropriated Sl550O0, but
amendments had been offered to it by Sem
ators, until now it aggregated $466,000.
The Committee on Claims had referred the
bill TO him, and be had looked into several
OF the claims in the bill, as passed upon by
the Court of Claims, and found that the
findings of the Court were not sustained by
the testimony.
The Senate then resumed consideration
of the Chinese exclusion bill, and was ad-
dressed by Stewart in favor of it.
He was followed by Teller, who criticised
the manner in which the Chinese exclusion
bill has been introduced into and passed
huriedly through the House. 1t was an
open secret that the bill originated in the
minds of persons not in the House. but
outside of it. When the bill was presented
in the Senate he waited TO hear the
Senator from Alabama (Morgan)
move TO refer it to the Committee
on Foreign Relations, and when that action
was made, or, if Withdrawn, he himself
had been almost inclined from proper re-
gard for decency TO make it, but he had
thought II the men who were supporting
the Administration did not do so it was
not for the Senators from the Pacific coast
who had been clamoring for such legisla-
, IN tal- oh IL 1o1 l.
inclined TO fall into the pit prepared by the
Democratic party. He had recalled the
saying Of the sweet singer of Israel in talk
ing of his enemy He had made pit and
digged il, and he has fallen into the ditch
which he made" That had been the con-
dition of the Democratic party when the
Senator from Maryland (Gorman) came to
its rescue.
The bill went over till tomorrow with
out action.
Plumb offered resolution, which was
adopted, requesting the President to trans
nit to tie Senate all correspondence con-
cerning the late Chinese treaty between the
State Department and the American Min
lister to China, or any other representative
or agent of the United States in China or
elsewhere. Adjourned.
The House.
w AsHINGToN, september IItn. - The
House resumed consideration of the sundry
civil appropriation bill, the pending
amendment being that relative to the
reclamation of arid regions. 4 long dis
cussion followed.
Weaver, of Iowa urged the necessity OF
Ieserging portions Of the arid lands suiia-
bic for reservoir purposes.
Eandever, Of California, and Symes, OF
Colorado, favored the Senate amendment,
which was attacked by Herbert, of Ala
bama. Finally, the debate ended, and the
appropriation in the Senate amendment
was reduced from $3.50, 600 to S100,000
Holman offered substitute for the SEN
ate amendment providing that the neces-
sary expenses for carrying on the work of
the survey shall be paid from the appro-
priation for topographic work, and sus-
pending the operation Of the desert land
law during the pendency in Congress of
legislation looking TO its repeal.
The vote resulted: Yeas 6l nays 73
No quorum, and the House adjourned.