Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-17
New Bills Introduced in the House and
Senate-Committee Reports.

New Bills introduced IN the House and
Senate-Committee Reports.
WASHINGTON, December 16th.-Amoug the De-
titions and memorials presented in the Senate
were several for the passage of the pension law
| as prepared by the Pension Committee OF the
Grand Army one for the admission of Wyoming
\ as State one in favor of the Blair educational
| bill, one from the Chicago Board of Trade for
one cent letter postage, and several for a Sunday
| rest bill
The House joint resolution for printing the
agricultural report for 1889 passed. with amend
ments fixing the number of copies at 400 600 and
| eppropriating $4,000 for the cost
| Among the bills reported from the committees
| and placed on the calendar was one allowing
| California five per cent net on the proceeds Of
the public land sales of that State.
| Among the bills introduc- and referred were
| the following:
By Stanford-For the relief of manufacturers
| of vine for the establishment of gun factory
| for the finishing of heavy ordnance on the Pa
cifc coast, and for Notifications on the Pacific
By Ingalls-For the allowance of cumulative
| pensions.
By Manderson-For woman suffrage in all the
By Paddock-For the erection of a public
| building at Salt Lake, Utah, 100000.
By Mitchell-For public building at Chey
| enne, Wyoming, $50 600.
Senator Stanford introduced the following
bills: Providing fer refunding 10 the States and
Territories of the direct taxes collected during
| the war; to allow Charles Murphy to carry Ger
] tain claims to the Court of Claims for adiudca-
ton appropriating 500 900 for public building
at San LEGO; appropriatiDg S250,0O0 for public
| building at oakland; extending the approDria-
| ton for a public building at Los Angeles TO
| S3O0, 900.
Senator Hearst introduced bill appropriating
| s3O0QOO for the erection of public building at
! San Jose.
Senator Allen introduced bill for the relief
| of Thomas ]. Miller, allowing him $500 for the
| sinking of his ferryboat by soldiers TO prevent
is being captu, ed by hostile Indians in 1875
faI,
agreed to, instrueting the Judiciary Committee
! TO inquire and report whether Chinese laboTers
| VINO have never been in the United States or
| who, having been here, have left the country
| msy under existing legislation be permitted to
enter the United States for the sole purpose of
| transit across the same, either with or without
authority from the Secretary of the Treasury
Senator Mitchell also offered q resolution
| (Which was referred to the Committee on For
| elgn Relationsl calling on the President for
| copies of all the diplomatic correspondence be-
| tween the United States and the Government of
China since the passage of the Chinese Exc!u-
sion Act in October, 1883, haYing reference TO
that Act.
Senator Frye introduced a bill of last session
providing for the adjustment OF the debt OF
the Union and Central Pacific Railroads A
few changes are made in the bill, the most
important of which are the following: ANY
arrangement that the road may make shall
not interfere with the right of the road
TO dispose of the lands in its grant snd it is
further provided in the plsn of the refunding
printed across the face of each of the new
issue guarantee that the Government will
provide for the face value and interest This
is directly opposed to last years plan, which
insisted that the Government sh luid not be in
any way responsible for the new bonds
The Senate then proceeded to the considera-
ton of executive business.
After the doors were reopened a concurrent
resolution offer by ingalls, Tor a holiday recess
from Thursday, December 10Th. to Monday Jan
uary 9TH, was agreed to-yeas AZ, nays u.
IN 10 ,a,1ff
the House of the death of Representative Cav
OF Louisiana, adjourned as an additional mark
OF respect to his memory.
IN THE HousF
WASHINGTON December 16th.-The resolution
reported by McKin ey from the Committee on
Ways and Means Tor the distribution of the
Presidents message among the appropriate
committees was adopted.
Mekinley's resolution, for holding recess
from December 10Th until January 6 h, was re-
ferred
Henderson of Iowa, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported back the bill ap-
propriating $4,000 to meet deficiency in the
appropriations; also for public printing and
binding, S250,C0). The deficiency in the ap-
preparation for the Census Bureau, BANDS
amendment, appropriating $4,000 to enable
the superintendent of the Census to ascertain
the number and amount of farm mortgages
etc, was rejected and the bill passed.
resolution authorizing the Sergeautat-A' ms
to offer reward of 5000 Tor the apprehension
of silcott was referred.
Inc OH Oy springer 10 organize the erritOry
of Oklahoma and one by Baker of New York
on the same subject, We re referred to the Com
mittee on Territories.
A resolution was introduced by Lacey of Iowa
directing the Committee on Elections to inquire
into The contested election case of Clayton
against Breckenridge of Arkansas Clayton hav-
ing been esSassiuated while preparing his csse)
Breckenridge of Arkansas said it had been his
intention TO offer a resolution OF the same i'm
port but since the adjournment of last Con-
gress proceedings had been taken in the United
States Court in his State relating to matters of
current report in the district he represented.
Inasmuch as those proceedings seemed
to him to be conclusive. and as the
Court was one not organized by his
party, or any members of his party,
but was throughout its whole organization a
Republican Court, it had appeared to him that
the proprieties OF the case demanded that the
initiative should be taken by the other side as it
had been. He trusted a proper disposition
would be made of the reso ution, and the action
OF the Committee on Elections would be such as
10 give the amplest range of inquiry that was
proper under the jurisdiction OF the House.
Crisp contended that the resolution must go
10 the Committee on Elections, but he was over
Iuled and the resolution adopted. Adjourned.