Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-05
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NAsHISGToS, February 4th-In tho Senast
! to-day a letter from the Secretary OF War was
| received announcing that there is no additional
information on the files of the Department rel
atiye TO the organization of Captain Lawrence
| Hulis Company OF Oregon Volunteers
Senators Irgalls and Dolph presented peti-
| lions from the citizens of Washington Territory
| FOR its admission as State.
senator Hoar presented petition signed. bv
| John q. Whittier Edward T. Hale Major Hepi-
snway and others. repp senting that the anoien;
AMI celebrated ruin of Casa 6rande, the ancient
Temple OF tne prehlstorie age, of the greatest
llnal county, A. T, is unprotected from Gepr,s-
dationS nom visitors ana has suffered more
frem this source in eleven years than In the $50
years preceding. Ii is therefore petitioned that
the Government take steps 10 protect this ruin,
Senator ESarts presented the report of the
committee on Privileges and Elections on the
washington county, Texas, outrages, with a res,-
olItion directing that the committee report q
bill 10 revise the existing laws respecting the
election OF members of Congress ana to protect
the elective franchise
On motion of Dawes, 6 bill was passed 20
allow the Indians to cut dead and fallen timber
on the reservations.
sherman's antitrust bill was taken up, and
senator George made speech in which he OPP
posed same OF its provisions
Al 2;So p. N. the Union Pacific funding bill
was taken up FOR consideration.
As the bill was read, the date July l. 1855 as
1 that up TO which calculations should be made
was changed wherever it occurred to July :
1852, and the other dates were made to conform
to that change.
Mitchell gave notice he would, at the proper
time, move TO commit the bill with instructions
TO include legislation in reference to the Cen
iral Pacific Railroad Company. Fry stated that
the Central Pacific had net been included be-
cause there was no parallel'sm between the
cases OF the Union Pacific and Central
Pacific. The question of the Central Pacific had
been again raised by its President Mr. Hunting
ton, who had appeared before the committee
and presenteda a bill, which had been introduced
by Mitchell as substitute for the pending BILL
with the Central Pacific. II seemed to him that
those matters could be settled in separate bills a
good deal better than they could be in one bill
He recognized the fact that there was an i'm
mense difference between the situation of the
Union Pacific and the Central Pacific and that
much more leniency must be granted to the
Central Pacific than to the Union Pacific 1.-THE
Government expected to get its debt paid by the
Central Pacific, that company should have a
very long time is which to make the payment
The report OF the committee was then sent to
the Clerks desk and read.
Mitchell made the motion, of which he had
given notice, to recommit the bill, and stated
the reason why he thought the motion should
prevsH. He spoke of the enormous amount
that would be due by the Pacific Railroad Com
panles TO the Government at the time of the
maturity of the debt (Sl45 924 000l. Any legisla-
ton having FOR its purpose the payment of tnat
almost fabulous sum had to be regarded as of
the Vely utmost importance. 1t was not his
purpose 10 discuss the merits of the pending
bill II was his purpose, however, to attract the
attention of the country to the general situation
and inaugurate an inquiry as to the propriety
and Justice OF proceeding to the consideration
OF the pending bill, while it omitted to include
matters relating to at least half of the whole
controversy
Frye. ought to say, in justice to the Cen
trail Pacific, that lately that company has shown
disposition and very great desire to make
settlement and adjustment OF its debt with the
United States and there is now pending before
the committee an amended bill, which the
committee is called to consider tomorrow
morning"
Mitchell" That is all right That shows a
disposition of the committee to do that which
it had omitted. l insist that 1t is not wise TO
have the roads forked at that stage of the game
and TO proceed with one branch of the contro-
versy, leaving the other branch untouched and
unconsldered. II any part of it was to be post
poned it should have been the Union Pacific
part -
AT this point Mitchell yielded. fsr a motion to
adjourn. conference WAS ordered on the
consular and diplomatic appropriation b.ll and
to have Allison and Cockrell appointed con-
terees on the part of the Senate.
Adjourned.
In the House.
WASHINGTON, February 4th-To-day was 'ss,1s-
pension day" in the House. upon which day il
is in order to move to suspend the rules and
pass bills by a two thirds vote. After a thirty
minute debate number of members were on
hand with bills to take advantage of this order
and secure their consideration. The River and
Hsrbor, the Pacific Railway Funding Act the
eight-hour labor bill, the Sheridan pension
and other bills were represented but each had
its opponents, who hoped to filibuster and con
sumo time to prevent consideration.
Payson OF Illinois opened the fight by intro
ducing on a call of the States a number of
lengthy bills of provisional sections and de-
manding their reading The reading was tenn
porarily suspended to allow the conference re-
port on the interstate commerce bill to be con-
Friday was agreed to. further conference
was asked on amendments upon which the con-
ference did not agree.
Considerable debate followed upon the mo-
ton that the House reeede from its amendments
which the Senate had disagreed to, but the mo-
tion failed, and Crisp, Landers and O'Neil of
Pennsylvania were appointed conferees for
The Nicaragua Canal bill conference report
was then taken up.
Clardy, Chairman of the conference commits
tee on the Nicaragua bill, took the floor and ex--
planned the effect of the amendments as agreed
upon in conference, and gave the reasons for
the action of the House conferees in receding
from the amendments which had been voted
upon in the House.
He had spoken but q short time when Peel CT
Arkansas moved to take a recess until 7:30 at
which time, under the order previously made,
DlIlS reported from the Committee on Indian
Affairs would be considered. This motion was
agreed to- and at 4S5 the House took recess
This action ended the suspension day.
privilege; SO, what with Payson' Introduction
of dilatory bills and the consideration OF con-
ference reports, no chance was had for vote on
the International copyright bill, the pension
and funding bills, and Mrs Sheridsn's pension
bill. Individual motions to suspend the rules
Will not be the order again in the present
House until the last six days of the session
AT the night session the House considered the
bill opening the Sioux Reservation, but owing
to strong opposition the bill was Withdrawn, in
the absence OF quorum, without decisive ac
tion.
Bills were passed providing for the allotment
of lands in severalty TO Indians on the Oneida
Reservation in Wisconsin, and the Peorias and
Mismls in Indian Territory
FROM BISMARCK.