Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-26
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| WASHINGTON, January 25th.-In the Sem
ate TINS morning the resolutions offered by
chandler, calling on the Navy Department
Ior information as to the purchase of plans
| and specifications in foreign countries of
shlps OF war and as TO the contracts made
| Ior shlps and ordnance since the 4th of
March, 1885, were taken up. The first of
| them was adopted and the second referred
| 10 the committee on Naval Affairs. The
! thlrd was amended by substitute of 1880
for 1885.
Ihe resolution offered by Mitchell call
| ing on the Interior Department for infor
| nation as to the boundaries of the Indian
reservation III Oregon was taken up and
! passed.
The Senate then resumed consideration
of the deficiency bill. .
Mr.. Hale, who has charge of the bill
| again defined the attitude taken bv the
Senate Committee on Appropriations in re-
gard to items which the House had
| refra1ned from placing in the bill. The
House, he said, was continually leaving off
| the appropriation bills items necessary for
| the carrying on of the departments. or
items which were obviously correct and
proper. If such items were added by the
Senate, charges of extravaganza would be-
made against it by the House, and elaborate
| tables and memoranda would be got I'D at
SllC CiQ vi luc StSSlJu W SHOW IDaJ the 6X-
travagance existed in the Senate, and not
in the 81 )use.
The amendment was agreed to.
Hale, from the Committee on Appropri-
ations, offered an amendment appropri-
ating S261 ,l61 to complete the construction
and armament of the the three steel cruis-
ers, Chicago, Boston and Atlanta.
A long discussion ensued. many Senators
arguing against the propriety of putting
! into the bill amendments that would have
the effect of delaying its passage Hale de-
| Tended his action in offering the amend
| ment, on the ground that the Senate had
| just overruled the position which the Ap-
preparation Committee had taken on the
subject-not to add any items to the bill as
| 1t came from the House-and upon the
ground that the Secretary of the Navy
| stated that the appropriation was abso-
| iutely needed
| Allison, Chairman of the Committee on
| Appropriations, made a long and some
| what impassioned speech in contradiction
| OF the statements made in the House to
the effect that the failure of the de-
| ficiency bill at the last session was owing
to delays in the Senate and to the Senate
having put upon the bill amendments
which the House could not assent to.
Hale then withdrew his amendment.
Eyarts moved to strike out of the item of
| S5OO,O0O for the repayment of duties on
| imports collected provision limiting the
rate of interest thereon to per cent Re-
| ected.
Evarts then moved TO add to the pro.
vision the words, But this amendment
shall not affect existing suits or demands"
and ii was agreed to.
Without further amendments the bill
was passed, and after an executive session
the Senate adjourned.
The House.
| WASHINGTON, January 25,h-Mr Hen
derson of North Carolina, from the Com
mlttee on Judiciary, reported a bill to
amend the internal revenue laws. 1t
abolishes what are known as minimum
punishments, and gives discretion to the
Court to impose any punishment for viola
tions of the internal revenue laws, not ex-
ceeding the maximum limit authorized by
the statute.
Bacon of New York asked unanimous
consent for the present consideration of the
resolution reported from the Committee on
Manufactures directing that committee
to inquire into the names, number and
extent of the corporations engaged in man.
ufacturing or mining or dealing in any of
the necessities of life and known as
trusts" and pools" their method of do
ing business, and the effect their combina-
Randall of Pennsylvania said he would
like to have the resolution amended so as
to extend the inquiry to include the
Standard Oil Company and the Whisky
Trust, perhaps, and every trust of any
kind III the United States
Brumm of Pennsylvania wanted to have
the inquiry extended so as to apply TO
anthracite combinations.
Scott of Pennsylvania said Congress had
nothing whatever to do with the question
Hopkins of Illinois suggested that the
resolution only looked to an investigation.
Congress then could determine what powers
it had in the premises.
Mason of Illinois, author of the resolu-
ton, stated that the object of the resolu-
ton was the ascertainment of the effect
which such combinations had on the price
of necessaries and, further, to ascertain
whether or not, By reason of the tariff,
these combinations were able to raise the
price of necessaries. If there was no way
to protect the people against these trusts
except by a revision of the tariff, he was
ready to vote on that question now.
On motion of Randall, several amend
ments tending to broaden the scope OF the
inquiry were agreed to.
The resolution, with its accompanying
preamble, was adopted, and the House adj
lOurned.