Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-23
In the Senate.

tobal de la Sema claim.
Hoar endeavored to have his election in
ves5igation resolution considered, but it
went over without discussion, and the
sundry civil bill was taken up and passed.
Hoar again endeavored to get his election
resolution considered, but the Agricultural
Department appropriation bill was taken
up instead.
After the sundry civil bill had been dis
posed OF. Plumb called up the agricultural
appropriation bill.
Mitchell directed attention to the pro-
vision in the bill Ehich appropriates $5, 600
to be expended under the Ladies' Silk Cult
ure Association irlideveloping the raising of
raw silk, and s., $50 TO the Ladies Silk Cult
ure Society of California for the same pur-
pose. The House had also provided s., 500
TO be paid to joseph Neuman to enable
him TO continue his silk investigations.
The Senate Comraittee had struck out the
clause. Mitchell insisted on having it re-
inserted.
Plumb opposefssit, saying that Neuman
might know a graft deal about silk culture,
still he did not tank he was man who
knew how to disfibute this money prop
erly. He gave way, however, and MitchelPs
motion to reinset was agreed to.
Mitchell subsequently offered an amend
ment to appropriate $4,000 to enable Neu-
man to make fhrther investigations and
experiments with the wild native silk
worm of Caiifor,iia, but it was ruled out on
point of order.
George offered 6n amendment providing
that the distribution Of seeds, plants, ETC.,
which has herecfore been done by Sem
ators and Represe sentatives, be placed under
the direction Of athe Secretary of Agricult-
ure.
Attar ,,,,,al ri --; ~
was lost and thebill finally passed.
Reagan then spoke against the Texas
election resoiution and the Senate at 5:45
adjourned.
In the House.
WASHINGTON, February 22d.-When the
House met this morning, and Immediately
after reading tie journal, Mills moved to
proceed to the consideration of the resolu-
tion declaring the action of the Senate uu-
constitutional in substituting its tariff bill
Randall raised the question of considera-
ton.
The House refused, by vote of 143 TO Ss,
TO consider Mills resolution.
Bland moved TO reconsider this vote,
which was lost.
RandalPs vote increasing to $50, then
presented the resolution from the Commit
tee on Rules, fixing 10 o'clock as the hour
APOA N13Sl l4C 11Ouoc Sldl4 ulCtt III lu-
tire. The resolution was agreed to.
Reed, from the Committee on Rules, then
presented resolution providing that the
House shall at once proceed to the consid-
Grafton CT the bill granting a pension TO
the widow of General Sheridan OF SO 500 a
year.
Cheadle and Kilgore immediately,began
filibustering against this resolution.
After about one hours filibusteripg,
Cheadle and Kilgore agreed to let the Sher-
idan bill go through. if the amount of pen
sion was reduced TO 81 500 per year. Friends
OF the bill consented to this, end it was
passed.
The bill placing General Rosecrans on
the retired list was then taken up and Wig
orously opposed by Struble of Iowa, on the
ground that General Rosecrans had yiiified
General Grant and had declared that Grant
was scpundrel. This man, who had viii
fed the name of the country's hero, came
here to-day and asked for aid without q
word of apology or without showing that
he had changed his opinion.
Anderson of Iowa said that at one time
he had felt, in consequence of the assault
| made by General Rosecrans upon General
| Grant, that he could never forgive General
Rosecrans, but he had changed with time,
and he had come to the conclusion that the
| manly thing to do-in view of the great in
tirmities of human nature, which attached
even to the greatest heroes-was to vote for
| this bill
Cannon of Illinois said he was not yotinp
| to put General Rosecrans On the retired lisi
because of what he had said, but because OF
what he had done, and he believed that il
| Ulysses s. Grant could be called from the
| grave and stand in this presence he would
| be broad enough and grand enough tc
sweep aside the scenes which took place
after the war, arising from passion and
pi ejudice, and say, Il will vote to put the
name of this man on the retired list, in
obedience TO the wishes of the great flock
of soldiers in the late war. and on account
| of his services in that war;
| Holmes of Iowa was astonished that any
| true friend of General Grant should arise
and attempt to cast Parthian shafts at Gen,
! eral Rosecrans. He stood out as one OF tbs
heroes of the late war. The men who hao
| fought with him would never hear hi:
| name tarnished and be silent In ihs
! course of his remarks Holmes said tha
| General Grant was an autocrat when th,
war ended, and endeayored to blot tht
name OF Rosecrans as it were, from tht
roll of the army, and attempted to tarnisf
| his fair name.
Randall warmly espoused the cause o
| Rosecrsns.
| Perkins of Kansas said that wears agt
General Rosecrans stood alone on thi,
floor and opposed the Grant retiremen
bill, saying that he did so on principle
and that it was wrong 10 enlarge the re
tired list for the benefit of those who hat
| gone into the private walks of life Ap
4 plying that principle to his own case
Perkins could not see how Rosecran
| could ask for the pending legislation.
Henderson and Weaver of Iowa, Sowde
! of Pennsylvania, and McKeDna of Califor
| mia, also favored the bill, as matter o
justice 10 General Rosecrans.
Struble regretted that his colleague
| Holmes, should attempt to put upon Gen
eral Grant the name of autocrat and die
tator.
Holmes rose TO deny the use of the latte
| term, but Struble declined 10 yield. say
ing: Z You ought to be ashamed of your
| self, and sit down forever in the face o
| those remarks
After further debate the bill was passed
Randall, from the Committee on Rules
| reported the resolution providing for rh
consideration of the Cowles bill on Mon
day next. and upon his suggestion ii wa
laid upon the table temporarily. losip,
none OF its privileges.
Matson OF Indiana desired to offer al
amendment fixing dey for the ccnsiders
ton OF the bill repeating the Act placing
limitation upon the payment of arrearage
in pensions. IL was read for information
as the Speaker stated, though he sarcas
tically inquired whether 1 was for informa
ton or inisinfornation, and Henderson O
Iowa expressed wish that il could be reat
TOR business once.
The deficiency appropriation bill wa
| then considered, end without any conelu
..ion being reached the House took recess
! till evening.
| The House at its evening session, passe;
three private pension bills and adjourned
until tomorrow.
EANDALL's EEyENGE.
The Pennsylvania Democrats Victor,
Over tho Texas Free Trader.
WASHINGTON February 22d.-Two year,