Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-06-21
CONGRESSIONAL.
IN THE SENATE.

WASHINGTON June e0th.-In the Senate Stew.
art, rlsing TO question of personal privilege,
denied the truth OF the story recently pub ished
| giving an account OF an imaginary conflict be-
| tween himself AMI Reagan.
Reagan also stated that there was absolutely
| no foundation for the report
! The Postoffice appropriation bill and the Con.
sular and diplomatic appropriation bill were re-
| ported and placed on the calendar
Consideration of the legislative, executive
and Judicial appropriation bill was then re-
Sumed.
Alter some discussion an amendment iacreas-
ing the salary of the Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office from 81 600 to 5000 and the
Assistant Commissioner from So 600 to IS, 500.
was agreed to.
motion 10 increase the salary of the Com
missioner OF Indian Affairs from 81 900 10 s., 900
! was defeated.
Stewart moved to strike out the item of s3. 900
Tor the Executive Officer of the Geological Sur
yey.
This gave rise to a long debate
Major Powell was harshly criticised by Stew.
art and others and defended by Ingalls,
AT the close OF the discussion the amendment
was withdrawn by Stewart, and the bill then
passed.
Adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE
NAsHiNGIoN, June h;-In the House yester-
days contest WAS renewed.
The Speaker announced the pending question
to be the ordering of the previous question on
the motion made by Mills of Texas to approve
the Journal of Wednesday as amended BY the
resolut on yesterday.
The previous ques ion was ordered yeas I2o.
nays l22. Mckinley changed his vote TO an
Affirmative and moved a reconsideration
Mills moved to table the motion and to re-
consider. Csrried-yeas ISL, nays 49,
The question recurred on the approving of
the journal OF Wednesdays proceedings as
amended.
The motion as amended was agreed to-yeas
l32 nays l30.
The Clerk then proceeded to read the journal
OF yesterdays proceedings.
The journal was read and approved.
report on the anti trust bill.
Bland of Missouri raised the question of con
sderation to offer a resolution that the House
bill directing the purchase of silver bullion and
the issue OF Treasury notes, with the Senate
amendments, be taken from the Speakers
table ana the senate amendments concurred
The House determined by the following vote.
ayes Ia, noes l02, TO consider the conference
report.
After short debate the report was adopted
yeas 253 nays none.
Bland then offered resolution to take up the
silver bill.
Mckinley made point of order that the mo-
ton was not privileged.
Conger of Iowa added the further point.
amidst sarcastic Democratic laughter, that the
bill was not on the Speakers table but in the
hands of the Coinage Committee.
Bland held that the bill was on the Speakers
table.
A long discussion followed as to whether
such as would require consideration in a Com
mittee OF the Whole.
Conger of Iowa said that notwithstanding the
action OF the House in correcting the journal,
the bill had been referred to the Committse on
Coinage, and the Chairman of that committee
had actual possession of it,
Crisp of Georgia said that there was no evi-
dence of reference; the journal did not show it.
Morrow of California said that the action of
the House Yesterday was exceedingly significant
of its disposition. The fact was that there was
no reference I all. The Sneaker had no ar
thority to refer the bill. His action was not
voidable, but void. The fact was that the bill
was upon the Speakers table. The mere physi-
cal fact that the gentleman from Iowa (Conger)
or his clerk had actual possession of the bill
made no difference in the parliamentary po-
sitiOn.
Butterworth denied that the House, adopting
Mills resolution declared the bill had not been
referred
Henderson of Iowa asked if Morrow would
contend If the House, being under Democratic
management for the time being, should burn up
the record of the passage of Senate bill, the
bill would fail.
difference between the facts of the case and this
supposition.
Butterworth declared that there were not
twenty five men under the dome of the Capitol
who believed that the bill was incorrectly re-
| ferred upon their oath. Republican applause |
| Morrow replied that the majority of the House
| declared otherwise.
Williams of Illinois said that Yesterday while
| the motion to reconsider was pending and the
resolution had been adopted, the Chairman of
| the Committee on Coinage walked up to the
Speakers desk, took up bill that he (NilliamS)
| believed was the silver bill and handed it over
| to the Clerk of the Committee on Coinage 1t
| looked like conspiracy TO obtain physical pos
| session of the bill
| Conger of Iowa, Chairman of the Committee
on Coinage, said the bill was delivered to his
| Clerk before IL o'clock yesterdlt morning. Dur
! ing the afternoon, upon request of the Journal
| Clerk, 1t had been put i'll lis possession for a
| short time in order TO make some clerical in
| dorsements, but he (Conger) had again taken it
| back to the Committee Clerk.
| McCreary maintained that under the Consti-
| tuition the bill never had been properly in
charge of the Committee on Coinage The Con-
| stitution required the House to keep j urnal.
Until that journal is approved it was not proper
| to send a bill anywhere, and the entry in the
journal was void. He held that the bill was on
| the Speakers table, and should te placed before
| the House for action.
After discussion By Bland, the Speaker and
| Others Bland modified the language of his re.
| solution so as to direct that the Speaker under
Rule "a, lay the matters on his table, including
| the silver bill before the House, for action. 8
| The Speaker said that perhaps he could SIM
/ plify the matter, and suggested to Bland that he
| understood his wish to be simply to get at this
matter when it would naturally come up, sup
posing it was upon the Speakers table. and not
| passing upon the matter at this time. What the
Chair proposed to do was, tnat when the bill, or
its prstum, whatever it might be. wasreached, il
should be bought before the House. But the
gentleman did not seem 70 consider that this
was Friday-private bill day-and that private
bills alone We're in order.
Bland asked whether the bill would be laid
before the House tomorrow morning.
The Speaker declined to answer that question
until the proper time.
McComas demanded regular order.
The Speaker said regular order was a private
bin which he passed to the Reading Clerk
Springer wished to know when the Chail
might be expected to decide where the bill
was.
The Speaker said: Whenever the bill is in
order-providing the views of the other side
were correct, about which the Chair presents nC
opinion because il does not think it is the proper
time"
Bland and Springer finally insisted on a spe
cific ruling.
The Speaker finally ruled that BANDS resolp
ton to proceed to the consideration of the silyel
bill was not in order, under the rules.
Bland appealed.
Mckinley moved to lay the appeal on The
table.
The yeas and nays were ordered, peudin.
which Crisp moved tnat the House adjourn,
The motion was defeated, but the hour of
had arrived and the House, under the rule, tool
|, a recess
The evening session was to be Tor pension bus
| mess. No business was transacted at the even
ing session, however.
Eureka Citizen Dead.
EUREKA, June 20th.-Professor Bernard
: Y. Flagg, an esteemed citizen of this place
, died this morning of pneumonia. He ha