Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-31
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate,

WASHINGTON, January 30th.-The follow
| ing bills were reported from the Committee
on Public Lands: To establish a park at
| Pagoza Springs, Col. TO extend the laws
of the United States over certain unorgan-
lied territory south of Kansas.
| Hoar from the Committee on Privileges
and Elections, reported proposed consti-
tutional amendment SIS to the meeting of
| Congress, and said he would ask the Senate
tomorrow to take it up and deal with it.
Sawyer, from the Postof1ice Committee,
reported back adversely the proposition to
reduce the letter postage to one cent. He
stated in reply to Beck that the committee
| had made new written report, but that he
did not think it prudent to attempt to re-
duce postage at present.
| Plumb offered a resolution on instructing
| the Postoffice Committee TO inquire into
| the case of insufficient mail services, espe-
cially in the West and South. The postal
service in the West had come to the point
where its condition was absolutely unbear-
able. The resolution went oyer.
| Among the petitions and memorials pre-
| sented and referred were the following {:
| OF the National Board of Trade, in favor
OF reciprocal trade relations between the
United States and Canada; of the Board of
Trade of Wichita, Ks, i'll favor of the Or
ganization of the Territory of Oklahoma !;
of Cigarmakers Union, No. A, of St
Louis, against any interference with the
internal revenue tax on cigars.
George introduced joint resolution d.
| rectng the Commission of Labor to make
an investigation as to the cost of produc-
| ing the leading articles of consumption in
the United States and competing countries
| Referred.
The House bill making an appropriation
to carry into effect the law establishing ex-
perimental stations at Agricultural Col
| leges was reported from the Committee on
Appropriations and passed.
| The Senate took up the Blair educational
bill, and Morgan spoke for the third time
in opposition.
| EvartS announced his intention to speak
upon the bill tomorrow.
| Edmunds offered resolution, which was
adopted, calling on the Commissioner of
Agriculture for the reports made by Pro-
fessor Swenson on the subject of sugar
making
Dolph introduced bills, which were re-
| ferred, to establish the Sun Dance Land
District, in Wyoming, and authorizing the
leasing of school and University lands in
Wyoming.
| Adjourned.
| The House.
| WASHINGTON, January 30th.-The House
Committee on Invalid Pensions has agreed
! to report favorably to the House the bill
granting a pension of $1,000 year to Mrs.
John A. Logan and to increase the pension
of Mrs. A. a. Blair widow of the late Fran
els p. Blair. Jr., to the same amount
A favorable report has been ordered by
the House Postoffice Committee on Repre-
sentative Andersons bill requiring subsi
died railroad companies to afford equal fa-
cilities to all telegraph companies for
prompt and convenient exchange of tele-
graph business over the wires, and to main
tain and operate their own telegraph lines.
The following bills were introduced
By Lawler of Illinois-Abolisning the
tax on oleomargarine. Referred to Com
mittee on Agriculture
By Turner of Kansas-Providing for a
bounty on wheat, corn and -four exported
from the United States.
By Stone of Kentucky-To prevent COM
binations for the purpose of regulating the
prices of stocks, bonds or labor
BY McCreary of Kentucky-To establish
| United States Land Courts.
By Oates of Alabama-To prevent aliens
from pre-empting or entering homesteads,
and to provide for leasing grazing lands for
a period not exceeding ten years.
By Townshend of ilIinois-To place salt
on the free list
By Baker of Illinois-Directing the Com.
mittee on Postoffices and Postroads to in
qulre into the expediency of reducing the
postage on seeds, bulbs, etc, and of reduc-
ing to three cents the fee for money orders
| for s. or less.
BY Cutcheon of Michigan-Resolu;ions