Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-05
CONGRESSIONAL
IN THE SENATE.

WASHINGTON, December 4th.-In the Senate
to day the joint resolution reported yesterday
by Hawley, to issue arms to North and South
Dakota and Nebraska, was taken up. Hawley
urged the necessity of prompt action
voorhees, quoted an interview with Governor
Foster OF Ohio, an ex.member Of the Commits
sion to treat with the Sioux. il which Foster
said: The whole trouble, in fact, was that the
Indians were starving. Give them enough to
eat and there will be no further trouble"
After lengthy debate on the Indian question
the joint resolution was amended so as to apply
to the States of North and South Dakota, Wyo-
ming and Nebraska, and passed.
Morgan introduced joint resolution, which
went over until Tomorrow, appioprlating 5000
for an investigation, under orders of the Senate,
as to the causes OF the trouble among the H.
dians.
The elections bill was then taken up and
Pugh addressed the Senate in opposition to it.
The bill he said, was never intended to be put
into operation in Republican districts. 1t was
founded on one proposition, and that was that
the State election officers might be watched,
guarded and overruled because they were
Democrats. The whole conception of the bill
was a transparent and audaeious scheme hsv-
ing no other end or purpose than the capture of
Democratic districts, and their transfer to the
Republican party in Congress, to be used in per-
petueting its supremacy in defiance of the
Gray obtsined the floor, but as he did not de-
sire to speak this afternoon, Blair moved to lay
the election bill aside until tomorrow, and
take up the displaced labor bill.
Hoar gave notice that after to day he would
endeavor to press the elections bill without
having it laid aside for any other purpose what
ever until final vote was reached
Cockrell objected to the labor bill being taken
up, and after a number of bills on the calendar
were passed, the Senate adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, December 4th.-In the House
the unfinished business in the morning was a
bill for the punishment of every guardian con.
servator, curator tutor, or other judiciary asent
for the embezzlement of the pensions of the
ward OF State.
Among the bills introduced and referred was
one for permanent Tariff Commission.
On motion of Morrow of California the House
went into Committee of the Whole on the pen
sion appropriation bill
Morrow explained that the bill appropriated
for the payment OF pensions Sl33, ,l13 coo, to be
distributed among 654, ,7l5 pensioners 1his was
the largest number of benefciaries ever pre-
vided for in any single item in the statutes of
the United States. 1t was estimated that the
gross cost to the United States OF these pensions
tor the year 1892 would average S203 40 each
He belived there would be no deficiency next
year.
Cooper of Indiana sot the floor an reviewed
all of the charges made against Commissioner
OF Pensions Raum, which formed the basis OF
investigation last session. End asserted that they
had all been proved The Pension Bureau
should be presided over by man above criti-
cism ard above reproaeh. During the last
campaign the Commissioner had gone to Indi-
ana and had invaded his (Ccopersl district
The Commissioners only excuse was that he
might defeat Cooper's election. The Com.
missioner had gone to Indiana to prostitute his
high ofTce for partisan ends. He Cooper had
great veneration forthe Pension Bureau, and
protested that the institution should not be-
| come spawning place for corporations or a
| stall for the sale of patent rights nor should il
| be presided over by a '.moribund end malodor-
Gus politician" likened by a Republican paper
| to a bad egg"
| Sawyer Of New York was surprised that
| Cooper should make his speech at this time,
| before the case closed. Cooper had said the
/ committee had abandoned any further investi.
| CATION; but it had been q clear understanding
| that the committee should hear further testi,
mony this session. Sawyer further denied that
The charges against Raum had been proved
| After further debate, the committee rose and
| the House adjourned.