Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-07-26
The Senate.

WASHINGTON, July 25th.-In the Senate
to-day Cullom offered a preamble and reso.
luton reciting the published statements
that the Minneapolis, Sault st. Marie and
Atlantic Railroad and the Duluth, South
Shore and Atlantic Railway have passed
INTO the control of the Canadian Pacific
Railway Company; that these two rail.
ways control all the approaches to the
bridge over the st. Marys river on the
boundary line between the United States
and Canada; that the ownership of that
bridge is also in the Canadian Pacific. and
that, by virtue of this monopoly, the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad-operated in the in.
| terest OF foreign Government-is able ia
! ignore and defeat the operations of the
interstate commerce bill, and directing the
| Committee on Interstate Commerce to in
! quire into these matters, ard whether auy
legislation is necessary to protect the inter
est of the United States. Laid over till to-
morrow.
The Senate then resumed consideration
OF the naval appropriation bill, the pend
ing question being on amendments striking
out of the bill the item for expenses of the
! Commission 10 locate navy yard and
| docks on the Gulf coast.
Mitchell moved to add to the clause a
like provision for the selection of a site on
the Pacific coast in Oregon, Washington
| Territory or Alaska. Agreed to.
Plumb moved 10 reduce the appropria-
ton from S25 900 to 5000. Agreed to.
Finally the amendment was rejected
| yeas 10, nays a.
So the provision was retained in the
bill, but modified, on motion of Reagan,
by including the Mississippi river. The
clause now approprlates $4,000 for the ex-
penses of three officers TO be appointed by
| the Secretary of the Navy to report as to
| the most desirable location on or near the
coast of the Gulf of Mexico. or on the
Mississippi river, for navy yard and docks
| for shipping, and for the expenses of
sounding and surveying and estimating ex-
penses, and directs like Commission for
the northern Pacific coast, 5000 of the
$l5 600 to be applicable for that purpose.
The next reserved vote was on the
amendment 10 strike out Of the bill the
words AT least one of the said vessels
shall be built in one of the nav, yards of
the United States" The amendment was
agreed to, and then the bill passed
The Senate bill appropriating $75 900 for
public building at Allentown, Pa was
passed. The Allentown bill was vetoed by
the President, which appropriated 500, coo
The Senate then proceeded to pass pri-
vate pension bills on the calendar, and dis
posed of all of them Q27) in fifty min
uteS.
Adjourned.
The House.
iCopyigh 1888, by the itorniG Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, July 25th.-In the House
this day was set apart for the consideration
of private land claims, and on demand of
McCreary for regular order, the bills relat-
ing to private claims were considered.
The bill with Senate amendments pro-
fNr thnh hold 3 ~.
Kansas was concurred in.
The resolution submitted by Breckinridge
OF Kentucky. ordering 100000 copies of the
present tariff law to be printed with the
proposed amendmeD IS, was referred to the
Committee on Printing
The bill providing for holding United
States Courts al Helena, NJ. T., passed
Afier several private land-claim bills lad
been considercc, the House went into Com-
mlttee OF tue Whole to consider the bill
establishing Il United States Land Court.
and 10 provide for the judicial investiga-
uon and settlement of private land claims
in tie Territories Of Arizona, New Mexico
and the State OF Colorado.
The House Agricultural Committee de-
clIed to-day TO reconsider the action on lard
bills and report two bills, one fixing small
tax on lard mixed with cotOn-seed oil, and
the other regulating the sale OF adulterated
foods.
The lard bill fixes a tax Of two mills per
pound on mixed or adulterated lard, and
also graduated tax on dealers. 1t makes
1t unlawful TO make, transport or import
adulteraed food or drink which is put
up and sold in deceptive FORMS 1t also
provides for the sub committee of five to
investigate lard and food adul,erations dur
ing the recess and to defer the vote on the
bill till next session
Nothing was accomplished al The even
ing session, the time being spent in useless
iiiibustering.