Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-09-13


CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
ghe Senate.
WASHINGTON, September 12ih.--In the
| Senate George offered an amendment to
the trust bill reported yesterday from the
| Committee on Finance. The amendment
consists OF four additional sections, the
most important being one making il the
duty Of the President, when satisfied that
| the price of any article OF merchandise has
| been raised in consequence OF agreements
or combinations, 10 issue Il proclamation
suspending temporarily the collection Of
import duties on such articles. He sun
| ported his amendment IN q speech of some
| length.
Hoar made some very sarcastic and
| pointed remarks as TO the connection OF
| The Cabinet and The Democratic party with
trusts. After referring 10 The various kinds
OF trusts, he said there was another trust
| he would Ike to have some information
about. Abiding to Congressman Scott of
Pennsylvania, he said he would like to
known whether that gentleman had any
relation to any OF these great trusts or to
transportation interests, coal interests. or
oihsr interests; whether he was interested
| IN trusts which levied a tax On the fire of
every workingman in winter and increased
his fare when he travelled BY railroad in
the summer for piesure or business.
Reagan expressed his regret that great
question could nOt De created in the Senate
without partl2an issue being made out
OF it.
Payne remarked that the Standard Oil
Company seemed to trouble all tie time
the mind of the Senator from Massacbu-
sets. That company was a verv remark
able and wonderful institution. II had
| accomplished within the last two wears. as
commercial enterprise, what no other
modern company had done. For himself
he had never had dollars interest in it.
had never owned Z dollar of its stock. had
never rendered it any service. and had
never received any service from it. In con-
ciusiop, Payne minated that the Senator
from Massachusetts was laboring under an
excited Imagination, although he had ex-
| perience enough and wisdom enough 10 be
able to rise above the demagogue.
| The discussion closed and Mr.. GEORGES
amendment was ordered printed.
Spooner offered q resolution recitipg the
TACT that Joseph Hoffman, of Brenham.
| Tex, prominent Repub lican and witness
| before the Senate Committee on PRIVILEGES
and Elections, had been recently shot down
N cold blood in that city that his assassi-
nation was believed to be directly attribut.
able TO his political views and ACTIVITY. and
to the fact that he had given strong testi-
mony before the COMMITTEES investigating
the alleged election outrages, and instruct
ing the Committee ON Privileges and Elec-
tons to investigate the circumstances OF
the killing Of Hoffman, with special refer.
ence to ascertaining whether il was due in
any sense TO his testifying before the com.
mittee.
The resolution gave rise TO an extended
and heated political discussion, the speak
ers being Senators Spooner, Pugh, Eyarts
| and Reagan. The only noticeable incident
IN the debate occurred when Spooner began
to read q Geographic dispatch in news
paper, headed Riddlei with Buckshot.' 81
Looking over to Butler, Spooner said
Inc Senator from South Carolina sneers
st it."
Butler-"The Senator from Wisconsin is
exaggerating his own importance i'm
mensely if he supposss that / was paving
any attention whatever TO what he says"
Spooner-"l do not know that the Sena-
tor was paving any attention to me-"
Butler-"Not the slightest"
Spooner-"If did assume for moment
that matter Of this character was entitled
to the slightest consideration in that direc.
ton, confess my error at proper time
There are proper occasions when such
things may be presented
ButIer-" The Senator, l repeat, is mag
nliylng his Importance immensely if be
supposes was concerned about it
Spooner-'I beg to say to him that did
not assume that | possessed Importance in
his eyes. II IS matter of indifference tc
me whether do or not"
AT the close of Spooner's speech he re.
Cured to the circumstances, and said: g
owe the Senator from South Carolina ar
apology, in view of the fact that he did MOI
interrupt me orally, for abiding to him If
the discussion, and that apology certainly
tender him."
Butler" That is quite satisfactory"
The discussion as to the Texas matter,
having been resumed, Salisbury said h,
regarded it as disgrace to be constituting
the Senate of the United States a politica
machine to advance the interests of thu
Republican candidate for the Presidency
Such investigations we're gotten up merely
for political effect, and they were digracj
to the Senate and reprebensibie in every
point OF view, as tending TO keep up tht
spirit Of race amnesty at the South
After further debate the bill relating Il
postal crimes was concurred in.
The resolution for printing $4,000 add
tional copies Of the Pacific Railroad Com
ihlSsloii was aSreSu 10, ana the senate al
journed.
| The House.
WASHINGTON, September 18th. - Ate
several Intellectual attempts to take up ant
consider private bills, the discussion Of tn
sundry civil appropriation bill was re
| sumed
A vote was taken or Holman's substitute
taking funds from the Typographical Sur
vey appropriation for the purpose of irri
eating arii lands, and it was defeated
to As.
Breckenridge of Kentucky's amendmen
was adopted which provided an appropri
alton of 100000 for the purpose of invest
eating the extent to which arid land can bt
redeemed by irrigation. The Director o
the Geological Survey is instructed to maxi
an annual report of the progress of th,
inquiry of all lands which may hereaf;e
be designated for sites for reservoirs
bitches or canals for irrigating purposes
and all lands made susceptible of irrigation
are reserved from sale or entry until other
wise provided for
The bill concerning appointments in tn,
Marine Hospital was passed.
The bill to regulate the telegraph com
panies under the interstate commerce law.
was taken up.
IN the afternoon Springer moved to take
up the Oklahoma Territory bill and cen
slider the same in Committee of the Whole
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