Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-13

VASES NGToN, February l2th.-In the Senate
to-day -Dolph presented petition for the ere
alton CT a new county out of Whitman and
Spokane counties, w. l., and remonstrance
against the same.
senator Teller presented an amendment to
the sundry civil bill appropriatiog sle0,000 to
continue the construction OF certain military
deienses.
lThe senate passed the House bill granting a
right-of-way through the Fort Lowell Military
Reservation to the Pima Land and Water Com
pany OF Arizona for The construction OF camel
and irrigatiBg WORKS.
Alter the passage of a number of private bills,
the consideration OF the naval appropriation
bills was resumed.
An amendment was adopted appropriating
$4,000 for testing Hurst guns and then the bill
passed
A message from the President transmitting a
report from the Secretary of State as to the seal
fisheries of Behring Sea was presented read
ana referred.
finished business-the Union Pacific fundiu g
bill-be laid aside and the report OF the Com
nittee on Privileges and Elections, as to out
RACES in Washington county, Tex, taken up.
Coke objected and Harris demonstrated
against occupying the Time of the Senate at this
inopportune and inauspicious period of the
session in political discussion.
Sherman supported Evarts' motion, and
Morgan demonstrated and declared that If the
debate was opened the Republican Senators
might as well pro side for their incoming Pres
ident calling an extra session.
Chandler commented on Harris remark as
TO this being an inauspicions moment for tax
ing up the subject, and said he wondered when
a more appropriate time could be selected than
one When the process had been commenced In
certain ates of killing off contestants for seats
IL the House of Representatives, and he pro-
ceeded to speak of the assassination of Clayton
in Arkansas.
Berry aracterized the killing of Clayton as
a eowardly murder, and said the insinuation
that the people OF Arkansas were responsible
for it, directly or indirectly. was not true.
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ton to lay aside the Pacific Railroad funding
bill and take up the report of the Committee,
and it was agreed TO by party Vote 10 10.
Harris then came forward with another sug-
gestiOn. Ii was that, in order to economic
time and avoid an irritating sectional debate a
vote be taken at once, and without discussion,
on the adoption of the committees resolution
for the projection OF voters
Evarts said he should be glad to keep the de-
bate within bounds. but thought 1t right that the
committee which reported the resolution should
be permitted to lay before the Senate the
grounds On which the resolution was based. 1t
would be optional with the Senators on the
other side TO replyor not.
Adjourned.
In the House.
WASHINGTON, February 12th.-In the House
to-day the Senate bill to enable the President to
protect the interests Of the United States in
Panama was referred ID the Committee on For
eign Affairs and leave granted the committee
10 report at any time.
The House then resumed consideration of the
oAAdllS-I-iilolt C9httsteu eleCttOH CAST
O'FaFrell of Virginia, a Democratic member
of the Committee on Elections, defended the re-
port OF the committee.
He was followed by Cooper of Ohio Rep.),
who denounced the South Carolina election
methods.
vote was to have been taken at 2 O'Clock to-
day, but it has been pos .poned until O'Clock
10 morrow, ali of to-day to be devoted to discus
sion.
Townshend introduced a bill in the House
appropriating $4,000 or display of American
corn products at the Paris Exposition also u
bill providing that Canada shall be invited 10
join the international Conference with the
south American Republics, soon TO be held i'll
Washington.
Favorable reports were authorized on the bill
promoting Chief Engineer George W. Melville,
one grade with the rank of Commander, for
meritorious services i'll search of the Jeanette
survivors