Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-11
THE HOUSE.
new Bills Introduced for CalifOr.
MAS Benefit.

New Bills Introduced for Calffor.
Mas Benefit.
WASHINGTON, December 1O.-Among
the bills introduced in the House during
the morning hour were the following:
By Vandever, of California, to estab-
lish a port of delivery at Los Angeles;
also to establish port OF entry at Santa
Barbara; also appropriating 100000 for
the improvement of San Diego harbor.
By Morrow, of California, to establish
eight light houses at the following sta
tions on the Pacific Coast: At Point
Gorda, twelve miles south of Cape Men.
docino; cost net to exceed $40, 600; at
Point Buchon, eight miles north of Port
Haiford, $50, 900; at Point Arguella,
twelve miles north of Point Conception.
$35 ,000; at Dead Mans Island, at the
entrance to the harbor of San Pedro.
$25 900; at the east end of Ana Cara
Island, 5000; and on San Miguel
Island, at the west end of Santa Barbara
channel, $25, 900.
BY Morse. of Massachusetts, to repeal
the Interstate Commerce law.
By Mcdonald, of Minnesota, for a Con-
stitutional convention in the territory
north of Dakota.
By Chapman, of Michigan, providing
| for the construction of armed cruisers;
| also for the construction of Notifications
for San Francisco and other ports.
By L. j. Campbell, of New York, for
the grade of Lieutenant General in the
United States Army.
| By Dubois, of Idaho, for admission of
the State Of Idaho.
By McAdoo, Of New Jersey, proposing
Constitutional amendment providing
for uniformity as to the day for choosing
Presidential elector, and forbidding
voting for any other officer, save Repre-
sentatives to Congress, on that day.
A bill introduced by Howard, of Indi-
ana, to punish crime against the cleo
tive franchise, makes it unlawful for
any person to receive money or any
other valuable consideration for his vote
at any election for Representative in
Congress. The payment of money for
the vote OF any person at such an cleo
ticn is also declared unlawful. The vio-
lator of either of these provisions shall
upon conviction be disfranchised for a
period of not less than six or more than
ten years; for such period he shall be dis
qualified from holding any Office of honor,
trust or profit under the United States.
provided that in all prosecutions under
this act against person charged with
having been bribed, the accused NAV.
with the consent Of the prosecutors
attorney, be exempted from prosecution
by making known the person offering the
bribe.
Cultivate, of Ohio, offered resolu-
ton setting asite January Sth and 9th.
next, for the consideration of the Union
Pacific Funding bill. 1t went to the
Committee on Rules.
Holman, OF Indiana, asked for imme-
diate consideration Of resolution which
he offered, reciting the published charges
OF the use OF large sums Of money to cor
ruptly influence the recent general cleo.
ton, and directing the Judiciary Com
mittee to investigate and report by bill
or otherwise.
Dingley, Of Maine suggested an amend
ment, empowering the Committee speti-
fcally to inquire whether United States
officials had contributed to the campaign
funds.
Holman decided to accept the amend
ment. The demand for the regular order
operated as an objection to the resolution,
which was then referred to the Com
mittee on Judiciary.
The House then went into a Com
mittee OF the Whole on the District of
Columbia bill appropriation.
The District of Columbia bill was laid
aside after short debate with favorable
report to the House, and the committee
proceeded to consider pension appropria-
ton bills. This occasioned no debate and
the committee arose. Both bills were
passed and the House adjourned.