Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-10
POLITICAL NEWS.
Yesterdays Doings in the
Senate and House.
NEW BILLS INTRODUCED.
Iamar's Nomination Discussed
Senator Stewards Views
Oh the Subject.
,Assoeiated Press Dispatches to the HERAIr


WASHINGTON, January 9.-The
Senate Judiciary Committee further
considered, this morning, the nomi.
nation Of Lamar. the time was
chiefly consumed by Senator Evarts
in opposition OF .his confirmation. He
was rather sharply questioned by DEM
ocratic Senators and retorted in kind.
All Of the members were present ex-
cept Wilson, OF Iowa, and Vest, who
are paired. 1t is in contemplation,
since the resignation of Lamar, to
proceed with the cases OF Villas and
Dickinson.
WHAT IS EXPECTED.
All the members of the committee
having expressed themselves on the
Lamar case in committee, no doubt
is entertained but that there will be a
majority and minority report. The
division will be upon party lines, the
majority report, of course, being ad-
verse.
IN THE SENATE
the following bills We're introduced
and referred:
By Sherman to establish Bureau
of Adulteration, and to regulate and
prohibit the importation, manufacture
and sale OF adulterated articles Of
food and drugs.
By Coke, for Board of Arbitration
to settle the controversy between the
United States and Texas relating to a
strip of territory.
By Dawes, for the appointment OF a
Superintendent of Indian Schools
By Farwell, to create Lake and
Gulf Waterway Commission.
BY Jones, of Nevada, concurrent
resolution requesting the President to
negotiate treaty with China contain
ing provision that no Chinese shall
enter the United States, except the
Ambassador and others engaged in
diplomatic service and merchants en-
gagged in trade between the United
States and foreign countries. The
bill was laid on the table,
Mitchell offered resolution calling
on the Secretary of State for copies of
the correspondence with the Ameri-
can Minister at Corea relative to the
recent alleged attempts OF the Chinese
Government to dethrone the King
and to absorb Corea. Referred to the
Committee on Foreign Relations.
Teller, from the Committee on Pub
lie Lands reported bills granting to
the City of Colorado Springs in the
State of Colorado, certain lands for
water reservoirs, and granting rights
of way through public lands for irri-
eating purposes. Placed on the cal
endar.
The Senate then took up the reso-
luton offered by Brown on the 4th Of
January, for the repeal Of the Internal
Revenue laws. Brown. dressed the
Senate in favor of the resolution and
moved its reference to the Committee
on Finance. Beck objected and the
resolution was laid on the table.
THE BLAIR BILL.
After Browns resolution to repeal
the internal revenue laws had been
laid on the table, the Blair educational
bill was taken up. Vest said that if
he were called upon to frame title
for it, he would call it the '"Act to
erect monument to the memory of
Alexander Hamilton and to encourage
mendicancy in the Southern States"
He expressed surprise and regret that
the Democratic Senators who had
given their lives to the defense of a
strict construction Of the Constitution
and the Jefersonian doctrine, were
now found willing to surrender all
the landmarks of their party in the
presence Of great temptation. In his
Judgment the enactment Of the pend
ing bill would be greater calamity
than war, pestilence and famine.
After executive session the Senate
adjourned.