Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-15

Plumb, resuming. said that the question
was not partisan one. What the people
of Kansas wanted was a faithful service
After further discussion the resolution
went over without action
The Senate bill to provide for an Indian
school at Carson City, New. was passed.
The bill to provide for the compulsory
education of Indian children was taken
from the calendar and discussed at much
length, but without disposing of the bill
the Senate adjourned.
The House.
WASHINGTON, February 14th.-I In the
House this morning, Mills, from the Com
mittee on Ways and Means, reported the
bill to provide for the purchase of United
States bonds by the Secretary of the Treas
ury. Committee of the Whole.
Caswell, from the Committee on Judi
ciary, reported the bill for the relief of i'm
porters of animals for breeding purposes
Committee of the Whole.
O'Ferrall, from the Committee on Mines
and Mining. reported a resolution for an
investigation of mining debris in Califor-
MIA. House calendar.
The Speaker announced the resignation
of Cox of New YORK from the Committee
on Territories, and the appointment of
Taulbee of Kentucky to fill the vacancy
Taulbee retiring from the Committee on
the Eleventh Census.
The House then went into Committee of
the Whole on the urgent deficiency bill In
the general debate Peters of Kansas made
a speech in which he elucidated the legal
points presented in the Anderson bill re-
quiring the subsidized Pacific railroads to
MAINTAIN and operate separate telegraph
lines. He gave the history of iegisla-
ha Suh +ha
cost of the construction of telegraph line
from the Missouri river to San Francisco
would not exceed $450,000. Turning his
attention to the contract between the
Western Union Telegraph Company and
the Union Pacific, he said that it was a re-
markabie document, and resulted in the
destruction of that competition in the tel
egraph business which it was the very OBJ
ject of the granting Acts to secure. The
Union Pacific bound itself hand and foot
by this contract, so that it could not trans
port the poles or wires of any company
desiring to construct telegraph line along
the Union Pacific, unless local rates were
paid. That was the vital proposition. No
vested right had accrued by reason of this
contract, and Congress had the power and
right to step forward and enact legislation
which would carry out the objects of the
grant.
The committee then arose.
Cox of New York introduced a bill for
the payment of claims of the Mayor, AL
dermen and Commonalty of New York
City. Referred. lit provides for the pay
ment of S2,292 657, being the amount paid
by New York City for principal and interest
on the bonds issued to the Union Defense
Committee of New York in 1S61-2l
Adjourned.
CONGRESSIONAL CHIPS.
WASHINGTON, February 14th.-The tele-
graph and telephone wires recently re-
moved from the corridor to the House of
Representatives by the order of Speaker
Carlisle were replaced to-day.
The Secretary of the Treasury has or
dered special agent to go to Watertown,
New York, and make thorough investi-
CATION of the alleged opium frauds.
The President has approved the bill re-
moving the political disabilities of Henry
H. Marmaduke, of Missouri
The House Committee on Commerce to-
day decided to report favorably the bill to
charter the Nicaragua Canal Company.
The House Committee on Commerce or
dered favorable report upon the Davis
bill, providing for the establishment of
Bureau of Health in the Interior Depart
ment.
A favorable report has been determined
upon by the House Committee on the Hoar
resolution to amend the Constitution so as
to change the Inaugural Day of the Presi-
dent from March 4th to April 30th.
The sub committee of the House Com
mittee on Banking and Currency recon-
mends the bill authorizing the issue of not
more than $30,000,000 nor less than S2,0O0,-
900 of fractional currency, in denomina-
tions of five cents. ten cents and fifty cents