Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-12-18
HOME AFFAIRS.
VIRGlNIHS ERRATIC SENATOR AT
HIS OLD TRICKS.
The Cabinet Makers Still Laboring
-FiIibustering in the
House-Bank Robbers.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE RrcoRD-uNIoN.l
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate.

In the Senate.
WASHINGTON, December 17th.-Senator
Riddleberger entertained the Senate with
another pyrotechnic display this morning.
His resolution providing for the re-organ-
ization Of the Senate was laid before that
body by President pro tenn. Ingalls,. Rid
dleberger said his purpose in offering the
resolution was to depose the presiding
officer for the rebuke he had given him the
other day. He said there had never been
more disorderly scenes in the Senate than
those in which ingalls, had appeared as
common actor. AT the close of his speech
he withdrew his resolution, because he
knew it was impossible to pass it.
Senator Harris paid high tribute to In
gals impartiality as presiding officer, and
said he had intended to move to lay the
resolution on the table.
Several executive communications were
received from the different departments.
The Secretary of the Treasury reported
that S73, 241 % had been paid the State of
Oregon in settlement of the Modoc Indian
War expenses.
A letter was received from the Attorney
General in reply to the Senate resolution
as to the method in which the suit brought
in Utah against the Latter Day Saints had
been conducted.
The Secretary of the Interior also sent to
the Senate communication relative to the
leases of grazing lands in Indian Territory
Several bills were reported and placed on
the calendar.
Merrill offered a resolution (which went
over) to hold evening sessions hereafter.
The conference report on the bill as to
the Chippewa Indian Reservation, in
Minnesota, was explained and agreed to.
The Senate then resumed consideration
of the tariff bill, which consumed much
of the day.
The House holiday adjournment resolu.
ton was laid before the Senate and referred
| to the Committee on Finance.
The conference report on the House bills
to retire Major-General A. J. Smith as
! Colonel of Cavalry, and granting the right
of way to water company in arizona,
were presented and agreed TO.
Cullen introduced a bill to abolish special
taxes on distilled spirits at places where
the goods were delivered by carriers to the
vender. Referred.
Adjourned.
In the House.
WASHINGTON, December 17th.-In the
| House this morning bill was passed for
| the incorporation of the American His
| torical Association.
The Committee on Ways and Means re-
ported back concurrent resolution for a
! holiday recess from December 21st till jan
uary It'll. The committee proposes an
| amendment submitting January 4th.
Some days ago Lawler of Illinois intro
| duced bill in the House pensioning veter-
ans when they reach the age of 60 years.
To-day he introduced an amendment re-
| ducing 1t to 90 years. The amendment was
rejected and the original resolution passed.
A long wIangle ensued over the proposal
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| ton Committee, il being charged and de-
MED that the committee was iunketing and
going outside of the scope originally in
tended, particularly in considering the
proposition looking to the exclusion OF
actors.
After some further debate the resolution
was adopted
The Speaker proceeded to the call OF
States for the introduction of bills.
McRae of Arkansas introduced O bill to
settle certain outstanding accounts between
the Government and Arkansas.
| Hooper demanded its reading in full. his
object being to consume time and prevent
any attempt to pass the Oklahoma bill un-
der suspension OF the rules.
Springer made the point of order that il
was not competent for a member to de-
| mand the reading, but the point was over
ruled by the Speaker.
The reading having been completed,
Barnes of Georgia, another opponent of the
bill, introduced a bill TO establish 8 uni
form system of bankruptcy, measure OF
eighty printed pages, and demanded its
reading.
Springer declared that this was an effort
| to prevent the House from considering the
| Oklahoma bill.
The reading was interrupted bv Warner
| of Missouri, who stated that as it was evil
dent the opponents of the Oklahoma bill
would not allow its consideration to-day,
and in the interest of other public business,
he was willing to have the bill laid aside
temporarily.
Barnes withdrew his bankruptcy bill and
the call of States was then continued, but
after Perkins of Kansas had put in bill
appropriating $50 900 for public building
at Arkansas City, Kan, the call of the roll
,, was again interrupted by Anderson of
Kansas, who, with large printed bill in
his hand, said he had assurances from
Cultivate of Ohio, Chairman of the Pacific
Railroads Committee, that he would not
| attempt to pass the Union Pacific bill under
suspension of the rules. He wished to call
the attention of Cultivate and the House
to this fact.
Cultivate said he had told the gentle
man from Kansas that he would not move
the passage of the bill under suspension,
11. i i, asd intended to make
no agreement which would preclude him
from offering resolution fixing a day for
the consideration of the bill.
Owing 10 the noise iz the Chamber An
derson understood this to be promise that
no such resolution would be offered, and
he took his seat without introducing the
measure he held in his hand
The Speaker had recognized Brecken-
ridge of Kentucky to introduce q bill ap-
propriating $25, 600 for the establishment of
a geological garden in the District of Colum-
bia, when Anderson became aware of his
error. He thereupon asked unanimous
consent to introduce the bill before him,
his purpose being to kill time by demand
ing its reading, but Outhwaite objected.
The call was then continued, and several
bills were introduced. Then Spinola of
New York arose and said he held in his
hand bill which he would introduce by
request, disclaiming any responsibility for
single item in it. He sent to the Clerk s
| desk copy of the Senate tariff bill, and de-
manded its reading.
Outhwaite-'In other words, the gentle
man has Joined the filibusters.'
Spinola-"It means that we will not have
| the Nicaragua bill to-day"
Dunham of Illinois moved to adjourn.
LOsl-yeaS Al, nays LIZ.
Spinola then withdrew his bill and the
| call continued, several measures being in
troduced.
Morrow of California moved to suspend
the rules and pass, with its amendments,
the Senate bill increasing to $3.50, 600 the
limit of the cost of the public building in
San Francisco. Agreed to.
Springer on behalf of the Committee on
Territories, moved to suspend the rules and
adopt resolution making the Senate bill
for the admission of the State of South
Dakota and for the organization of the
Territory of North Dakota the special order
for tomorrow, and from day to day until
| disposed of, provided that the omnibus bill
| may be offered as substitute therefore;
thereafter the bills relating to the admission
of the Territories shall be disposed of in
the order fixed by the committee. The
motion was agreed to, and the resolution
| o1or4a1