Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-02
CONGRESSIONAL.
Senator Stanford Presents
Several Petitions
RELATING TO CALIFORNIA.
Dakota Wants to be Admitted ia
Statehood with Double
HOnOrs


Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
WASHINGTON, February 1.-Senatol
Stanford presented II the Senate to-
day petition of the San Francisco
Chamber Of Commerce, asking for ar
appropriation for the repair of the
Hartford, to improve Mare island
and for legislation that will grant in.
creased commercial privileges and
increased appropriations for sea coast
defenses. He also presented petitions
of the University Of California for the
removal of the duty on books; from
the citizens and Chamber of Com.
merce of Eureka, asking for the i'm.
provement of Humboldt bay; from
the California State Horticultural So.
ciety, in favor of maintaining the
present duty on fruits and raisins
from the salt manufacturers of Cali.
fornia, against removing the duty on
salt; from the citizens of Pasadena,
to establish a permanent High Court
of Arbitration, and from the National
Cooperative Homestead Society Of
San Francisco, for the enactment oi
cooperative homestead laws.
BORDER SMUGGLING.
Coke presented memorial'signed
by mercantile men of FL Paso repre-
sentipg that an extensive amount oi
smuggling is done between the border
towns of Mexico and the United
States, and asking that a reciprocity
treaty be entered into to prevent it.
Referred.
Morgan remarked that if Congress
would pass law to carry in'o effect
the provisions of the treaty with Mex
leo which was ratified two or three
years ago, the purposes of the memo.
rial would be substantially accom-
plished.
Coke concurred in the opinion, and
added that nothing could help the
commerce of this country with Mex
leo more than the execution and en-.
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LEGISLATIVE MEASURES.
Among the bills reported from com.
mittees and placed on the calendar
were the following:
For the inspection of mints for ex.
portation; prohibiting the importation
OF adulterated food or drink; author.
izing proclamations by the President
in certain cases, and increasing the
pensions of soldiers and sailors who
have lost both hands.
Frye, from the Committee on For.
eign Relations reported adversely the
bill to facilitate the settlement and
development of Alaska.
Among the bills introduced and re.
ferred were the following:
BY Cameron-To place on the pen.
sion roll all officers and enlisted men
who have served in the army or navy
between the 4th of March, 1851, and
1st of February, 1866, at the rate OF l
cent per month for each days SER
vices, this to be a Use vice pension
bill" and in addition to invalid pen,
sions for disability.
Arguments were also heard in favor
of admitting Dakota as a whole.
THE NEAT TRADE.
A bill providing for the inspection
of meats for expectation was reported
favorably by Senator Evarts to-day
from the Committee on Foreign Rela
tions. 1t authorizes the Secretary Of
the Treasury to cause careful inspec
ton to be made on all sales of pork
and bacon intended for exporta ion
and to authorize the proper customs
officers % give a certificate stating the
condition OF the meats. 1t is made 9
misdemeanor punishable by fine, i'm
prisonment and forfeiture to impor,
any adulterated or unwholesome food
or drink. The President is granted
the power to suspend by proclama
ton the importation of any article
from foreign countries whenever he il
satisfied that any adulterated article is
about to be imported into the United
States or that any foreign state is max
ing unjust discrimination against the
importation of articles from this coun
try. The Secretary of the Treasur, il
dLSO duILOliACo dU CilC CApChSO Ol thS
owner to place in quarantine all cat
tie, sheep and swine imported into the
United States.
Frye wanted to call up the resolu
tion on the Canadian resources, but
Riddleberger objected.
Call addressed the Senate on his
resolution, instructing the Judiciary
Committee to report legislation to pre-.
vent the United States Courts man.
sing railroads through receivers
from depriving the creditors Of their
liens through receivers certificates.
IN SECRET SESSION.
The Senate in secret session again
briefly considered the British extra
dition treaty, the pending question
being upon Riddleberger's resolution
for its consideration with open doors
Mr.. Riddleberger spoke for nearly
half an hour, pleading that the mo
tives which impelled the Senators t.
vote against the treaty be stated pub
licly. The subject went over without