Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-02
WASHINGTON.
Important Bills Signed by
the President.
NEW APPOINTEES CONFIRMED.
Partisan Chickering's in the Senate.
Fabian Tactics Pursued in
The House.

The House.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
WASHINGTON, October lin the SEN
ate to-day among the bills reported from
Committees and placed on the calendar,
was the House bill to forfeit certain
lands granted the Northern Pacific.
The Presidents message announcing
the approval of the Chinese Exclusion
bill was received and read. After brief
debate, on motion of Sherman, it was
referred to the Committee on Foreign
Relations.
Hale offered resolution reciting the
circular of Gen. Bennett, directing the
discharge of Republican employees from
the United States arsenals, stating that
under it honorably discharged soldiers of
the Union Army, and the widowsEand
daughters of soldiers have been dis
charged, and directing the Secretary OF
War to transmit to the Senate forthwith
full information as to such order, stating
fully whether the necessities of the De-
partment required that the order should
be issued and why an order issued on
public business should be marked "Con-
fidential." Hale said that there was
nothing in the previous history or record
of the Secretary of War that would have
led him (Hale) to believe that he would
have permitted or authorized the issuing
OF such circular, extending (for the first
time) party prescription to women and
children. He did not know, in the his
tory of party politics and party conflicts,
an instance where the dogma, "To the
victors belong the spoils," had been car
ried to that extent.
Cockrell objected to immediate consid-
Grafton of the resolution and said that he
would tomorrow answer fully the re-
marks of the Senator from Maine, and
would state what the Democratic party
was responsible for and what it should
have done long ago.
The resolution went over till to.mor-
row. The Senate then took up unfinished
business and after executive, adjourned.
NORTHERN PACIFIC FORFEIT BILL.
Senator Dolph, from the Committee on
Public Lands, reported as an amendment
to similar bill which has passed the
House, the Senate bill to forfeit all lands
granted to the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company which are co-terminous with
that part of its line which ehall not be
constructed at the date of the passage of
the bill. This, however, is not to be con-
strued as forfeiting the right of way or
station grounds needed by the company
in constructing its roads. Where per-
sons are in possession of forfeited lands
under title secured in good faith from
the Northern Pacific, prior to January l,
1887. they shall be entitled to purchase
the same from the United States in guam
titles not exceeding 320 acres to any one
person, at the rate of $3.50 per acre.
The city of Portland is confirmed in it's
right to the land conveyed to it by the
Northern Pacific for the purpose of en-
abling the city to secure good water
supply.
COMBINATIONS.
The following nominations have been
confirmed by the Senate:
judges OF Probate in Utah-Thomas
Brandon, Pardon Dodds, J. A. Marshall,
F. L. Daggett, Charles Foote, S. V.
Frazier, VIM. Goodwin, S. V. Harkness,
G. A. Herman, Jacob johnson, L. B.
Kinney, VIM. G.. Stark, Henry Shields.
Chief Justice OF Washington Territory
Charles Boynton, of Pennsylvania.
Minister to Russia-Lambert Tree, OF
Illinois.
Minister to Belgium. 6. Parkhurst,
of Michigan.
Secretaries OF Legation-Chas. K.
Holiday, Venezuela; Ward Martin,
China; II. L. Villas, Argentine Republic:
II. K. Whitehouse, Mexico.
Member of the Mississippi River Com
mi ssion, Professor George Davidson, OF
California
Register OF the Land Office at Seattle
J. B. Baird.
Inspector General, with the rank of
Major-Captain H. W. Lawton.
SENATE TARIFF BILL.
There was full meeting of the Senate
Finance Committee this morning, at
which three or four points left open in
the Tariff bill were considered and dis
posed Of. The bill is now complete and
is to be reported as soon as the minority
finish their report.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
In the House, McCreary, of Kentucky,
acted as Speaker pro tenn to-day. A
number of bills were introduced and re-
ferred.
The Speaker pro tenn laid before the
House message from the President an
nounclng his approval OF the Chinese
bill. 1t was read and referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Dunn, of Arkansas, moved to suspend
the rules and put upon it's passage the
Senate bill to incorporate the Maritime
Canal Company of Nicaragua. Messrs.
Spinola and Lawler announced their in
tention OF making the point of no
quorum, and Dunn withdrew his motion.
Similar action was taken by Morrow, of
California, with the Senate bill to in
crease the limit of the appropriation for
public building at San Francisco. The
bill having been called up and the point
of no quorum being raised by Kilgore. of
Texas, Morrow withdrew the measure.
Abbott, of Texas, moved under sus-
pension of the rules the passage of the
Senate bill for the erection of a public
building at Fort Worth, Texas.
Dingley inquired whether Kilgore in
tended to raise the point of no quorum
on this question.
Kilgore replied that he had otaing to
DO with this bill, whereon Lyman, of
Iowa, demaneed second on the motion,
and intimated his intention of raising
the point OF no quorum. Then Kilgore
manifested a desire to compromise, and
withdrew the point he had made against
MOrrOW's bill and Mr. AhhOtt tamnOra.