Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-17
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 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
appropriating 100000 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 wine for the establishment of a gun factory
for the finishing of heavy ordnance on the Pa
cific coast, and for Notifications on the Pacific
coast
By Ingalls-For the allowance of cumulative
pensions.
By Manderson-For woman suffrage in all the
States
By Paddock-For the erection of a public
building at Salt axe, Utah, $500, 900.
By Mitchell-F0r public building at Chev
enne, Wyoming, $3.50 600.
Senator Stanford introduced the following
bills: Providing for refunding TO 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 adudica-
tion appropriating 500, 900 for public building
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building at oakland; extending the appropria-
ton for public building at Los Angeles to
$500 600.
Senator Hearst introduced bill appropriating
500 900 for the erection of public building at
San Jose.
Senator Alien introduced a bill for the relief
OF Thomas J. Miller, allowing him $500 for the
sinking of his ferryboat by soldiers to prevent
is being capture ed by hostile Indians in 1878
Mitchell offered a resolution. which was
agreed to, instructipg the Judiciary Committee
to inquire and report whether Chinese labo1ers
who 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 resolution
(Which was referred to the Committee on For
eign Relations) 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, 1888. haYing reference to
that Act.
Senator Frye introduced 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
OF the six per cent. bonds that there shall be
printed across the face of each of the new
issue a 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 lud 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 concurrent
resolution offer by ingalls, !Or a holiday recess
from Thursday, December 10Th. to Monday, Jan
uary 9th, was agreed to-yeas A. nays u
The Senate then, on the announcement from
the House of the death of Representative Cav
of Louisiana. adjourned as an additional mark
of respect to his memory.
IN THE HousE
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
Mckinley's resolution, for holding a recess
from December 29th until January Oh, was re-
ferred.
Henderson of Iowa, from the Committee on
propriating $4,000 to meet deficiency in the
appropriation; also for public printing and
binding, S250,C0). The deficiency in the ap-
preparation for the Census Bureau BANDS
amendment, appropriating 600 to enable
the Superintendent of the Census to ascertain
the number and amount of farm mortgages,
etc, was rejected and the bill passed.
A resolution authorizing the Sergeaut-at-A' ms
to offer reward of s, 900 Tor the apprehension
OF S1lcott was referred.
The bill by Springer to organize the Territory
OH the same subject, were 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 asSaSsinated while preparing his case).
Breckenridge of Arkansas said it had been his
intention to offer 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 be represented.
lnasmuch 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 pr1prieties 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
1uled and the resolution adopted Adjourned.