Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-28

WASHINGTON TOPICS.
Provisions Of the Proposed International
Banking Bill.
ALASKA SOON TO BE EXPLORED.
Guarding the Mexican Border-The
President Says the Apaches
Must Go-Etc.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE nEcoRD-u.uoa.l
WASHINGTON TOPICS.
ALASKA SOON TO BE EXPLORED.
CoNGRls ssIoNAL.
IN rrr SENATE.

WASHINGTON, May G7th.-To-das, in the Sem
ate, Blackburn was excused froEa further sery-
ice on the Committee on Territories.
Allison presented remonstrance from the
citizens OF burlington, Iowa, against the 1mpo-
sition of duties on .eres from Mexico.
Cullom offered aEesolution calling on the Sec
Rotary of the Treasury for information as to the
authority under which merchandise in bond
appraised or unappraised. ard goods OF domes-
tic origin are permitted to be forwarded between
the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United
States over the Canadian Pacific Railroad, etc.,
and also to report by what authority meEchen-
disc other than the products of contiguous coun-
tries is permitted to enter the United States
under consular seal and proceed to its destina-
ton without the entry or examination ct the
port of first arrival. There was he said, evil
dence of irregularities. and that the country
was probasiy losing some of its revenue.
The Senate then resumed the consideration of
the imported liquors bill, the question being on
the substitute reported yesterday from the Judi
ciary Committee.
of Congress to delegate its powers back to the
States.
GeorgeYsupported the bill
Eustis SAID the effect of the passage ofthe bill
would be that the States would be coming to
Congress soon and asking permission TO exclude
cotton. seed oil, dressed beef, and other articles
and thus finally build up on impentrable wall
about their borders against products from for.
eign and other States He was a States right
Democrat of the strictest sort, and in favor of
the States exercising to an unlimited extent the
rights which they had reserved, but the powers
which they had lodged in the Federal Govern
ment and lodged wisely, he wanted the Federal
Government TO exercise exclusively.
After some further debate the bill'went over
until tomorrow.
TIE Vice President announced the appoint
ment of Blackburn as a member of,the Commit
tee On Appropriations and Carlisle as member
of the Committees of Finance, Territories, and
Woman Suffrage.
The conference report on the bill to simplify
the law in relation 10 the collection of revenue
was presented and agreed upon. The executive
session then adjourned.
IN THE HogSE.
WASHINGTON May 27th-In the House to-day,
Mckinley, of Ohio. submitted conference re-
port upon the Customs administrative bill.
McMiliin, of Tennessee lone of the confereesl,
said he declined to agree to thesreport for the
reason that he believed the bill would increase
taxation outside the sugar schedule The tariff
bill increased the duties to an average of fifty
eight per cent. The pending measure would
raise the average between sixty and seventy
per cent. This would result In the prevention
of imports, closing the custom houses and the
destruction of commerce.
Mckinley said the measure was substantially
the bill recommended by the Secretary of the
Treasury at the last three administrations and
practically the same as the Mills bill. 1t was a
bill not to increase the rates of duty but to pre-
vent frauds upon the revenue.
The conference report was ad0pted-yeas 127,
nays II. the Speaker pro tenn counting quo
rum. The Democrats as a rule RETAINED from
voting
The House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the river and harbor appropriation
bill. Some minor amendments were offered
and rejected. McCreary raised the point OF
order against those portions of the bill which
prescribed penalty for the maintenance of OBJ.
structiye bridges across navigable waters
Pending decision, the committee rose and the
House adjourned.