Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-23
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CONGRESSIONAL.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-In the senat
the house joint resolution, donating tn
fixtures, furniture, etc. heretofore bC
longing to the territorial governments, t
the states of Washington and Montanf
was presented and passed.
Among the bills introduced and re
= ferred was one by Mr.. HOar to establs
uniform system of bankruptcy through
out the United States.
Mr.. Plumb offered a resolution, whicl
was agreed to, calling on the secretary 0
the interior for statement OF the caus
of withholding patents for lands within
the limits of the Union Pacific land grant
which are free from all claims and wert
not rescued at the date of the definite
location OF the road.
The senate bill to amend the census ac
by making the maximum pay of the
supervisors 81 900 instead of $500 was
taken up, and a letter from Mr.. Porter
the superintendent, was read to show
the inadequacy of the compensation now
provided.
Mr.. Ingalls, criticised the delay in get.
ting out the census of 1880 and its mac
! Curacies.
After protracted discussion the bill
went over without action.
Mr.. Sherman moved an executive ses-
sion, but yielded for further morning
| business.
Mr.. Morgan offered resolution calling
on the president for copies of all cor
respondence between this country and
Brazil, al papers relating to same on file
| in the state department, and desired to
submit some remarks.
Mr.. Sherman declined to yield for that
purpose, and Mr.. Morgan protested that
it was deliberate attempt to cut off
consideration of his resolution debated
yesterday.
Mr.. Sherman disclaimed the imputa-
ton and, after some further remarks, the
resolution calling for the correspondence
was agree to.
Mr.. Spooner offered a substitute for
Mr.. Morgan's resolution as to the recog-
milton of the Brazilian republic, to be re-
ferred to the committee on foreign re-
lations. 1t declares that the action of the
president in according diplomatic recogni-
ton to the present provisional govern
ment of Brazil, and instructing United
States ministers to extend on the part
of this government cordial and former
recognition of the new republic as soon
as majority of the people of Brazil
should signify their assent to its estab-
lishment and maintenance, merited and
received the unqualified appreciation of
congress.
After an executive session the senate
adjourned until January 6.
HOUSE.
In the house to-day Mr.. Cummings
New York; presented a petition from the
governor and citizens OF New Jersey for
the relief of Mrs. Della Parnell. Re-
ferred.
Mr.. McComas, from the committee on
appro prations, reported the District of
Columbia appropriation bill. Ordered
printed and recommitted.
Mr.. Breckenridge (Kentucky) calledu up,
as special order, the resolution offered
by him yesterday relative to turning over
the assets in the sergeant at arms Office
10 the present sergeant at arms. lie with
drew the resolution and substituted there |
for the following:
Resolved, That to enable the sergeant !
at arms to have full and untrammeled use
Of his Office and the safe therein, the
treasurer of the United States is hereby |
requested to take into his custody all
money and other assets placed by J. p.
Leedom, late sergeant at arms, in said |
safe and safely keep the same on special
deposit until further order of the house.
The resolution was amended to provide
that the written consent of Mr.. Leedom
should first be obtained and by the addi
ton of a provision declaring that nothing
therein contained shall be construed to
affect the liability of Leedom. Adopted.
The District of Columbia appropriation
bill was reported back and laid on the
table for the present
Mr.. Wike (Illinois) was relieved from
duty on the committee on elections, and
Mr.. Wilson (Missouri) was appointed to
fill the vacancy.
The following are the most important
appointed.
Judiciary-Messrs. Ezra B. Taylor,
Ohio; McCormic, Pennsylvania; Sher-
man, New York; Reed, Iowa; Culbert-
son, Texas Oates, Alabama; Rogars, Ar
kansas Wilson, West Virginia; Hender-
son, North Carolina Stewart, Georgia.
Commerce-Messrs. Baker. New York /;
Mason, Illinois; O'Neill, Pennsylvania;
Anderson, Kansas; Wickham, Ohio
Brown, Virginia; Lind, Minnesota; Ran
dali, Massachusetts; Stockbridge, jr:,
Maryland; Sweeney, Iowa; Campbell,
New York; Turner, Georgia; Phelan,
Tennessee; O'Neill, Indiana; Wilkinson,
Louisiana; Walker, Missouri.
observation-disclosures. Funston, Kansas
Conger, Iowa; Pugsley, Ohio; Allen,
Michigan; Brosus, Pennsylvania; Bliss,
Michigan Hansbrough, North Dakota;
Hill, Illinois Wilson, Kentucky; Hatch,
Missouri Stahlnecker, New York; Nor
gan, Mississippi; McClammy, North Car
olina Forman, Illinois; Brookshire, In
diana Joseph, New Mexico.
Military Affairs - Messrs. Cutcheon,
Michigan Rockwell, Massachusetts; Os-
borne, Pennsylvania; Spooner, Rhode
Island; Williams, Ohio; Lansing, New
York; Snyder, Minnesota; Kinney, Mis-
souri, Spinola, New York; Wheeler, Ala
bama Lanham, Texas; Wise, Virginia;
Robertson, louisiana; Carey, Wyoming.
Naval Affalrs-Messrs Boutelle, Maine;
Lodge, Massachusetts; Watson, Pennsyl-
vania; Wallace, New York; De Haven,