Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-02-12
CONGRESSIONAL.


WASHINGTON, February 1lth.-In the Senate
Hoar introduced bill to prescribe, in part the
manner of the election of members to Congress.
Referred to the Committee on Privileges and
Elections. 1t provides that in all States of the
Union the representatives to Congress be elected
in and for the districts now prescribed by law,
until the apportionment of representatives shall
be mace by Congress according to the census to
be taken in 1890, any law of such State here
after to be passed, to the contrary notWithstand-
ing. Hoar stated that fear had been expressed
in various quarters that there would be an at
tempt to make new representative districts, Ito
take effect at the next election and gerry
mander some States in the interest of one or
another political party, before the next Con-
gress.
The Senate then took up the bill to provide q
temporary government for Oklahoma. The
pending question was the amendment offered
yesterday by Plumb to comprise mo Mans
Land" within the limits of the proposed terri
tory. After lengthy discussion the bill went
over till tomorrow without action on the
amendment
The Senate bill for the relief of certain set
tiers on public lands passed. It provides for
legalizing land claims filed during the vacancy
Blair then resumed his address on the educa-
tional bill. The Senate soon went into execu-
tive session, and then adjourned.
Among the bills introduced and referred were
the following:
By Edmunds Establishing a public school
system in Utah: also providing for the in
specton of meats for expectation, and pro-
or drink, and authorizing the President to make
| a proclamation in certain cases.
By Pierce-To create an Agricultural Commits
sion to investigate the present depressed condi-
ton of the agricultural interests of the country
IN THE HOUSE.
| WASHINGTON, February 11th.-In the House
! to-day a quorum was counted as usual by the
| Speaker on the vote to approve the journal.
Cannon of Illinois called up the proposed code
of rules and offered resolution providing that
the general debate close at l O'Clock tomorrow,
| and the previous question shall be considered
| ordered at 4 o'clock tomorrow. Vigorous pro-
tests against cutting off the discussion in such
| short order were made by The Democrats but to
no effect. Cannon demanded the previous ques
ton. but the House would not sustain the de-
maId, and many Republicans voted against it.
| The demand was rejected-58 to 149.
Cannon demanded the yeas and nays on his
demand for the previous question, but not
| sufficient number of members arose to enforce
the demand, and amid applause from the Dem
| oeratic side, the Speaker so announced
Springer offered a resolution providing that
the general debate proceed until adjournment
| tomorrow afternoon, in which time the code
could be considered under the fve-minutes' rule
| till o'clock Friday, when the previous ques-
ton could be considered. Ordered adopted
| without objection.
Grosvenor took the floor and spoke for the new
/ code. In his opinion the rights of the minor
| ity were ended when the minority expressed its
\ opposition to the measure and recorded their
| votes against it, and protested to the country.
| The proposed rules instead OF yesting power in
| the Speaker would prevent one man power
i from ruling over the House, as had been the
| case in the Forty-ninth and Fiftleth Congresses
when the Speaker had declined to recognize
mott ms for the passage of the tobacco bill, the
| Blair educational bill, and the general pensions
| bills. The Democrats were here to day to OBJ
| struct legislation. The whole purpose of the
Democratic party on this floor was to obstruct
and impede the representatives of the people
| from going forward with the business of the
people, and the Republican party was on the
| side of Congress. The Democratic party stood
| as an obstructionist and nothing else. The pro-
| position now made was thatthe majority should
| take possession of the responsibility which had
| been placed upon it by the votes of the people
| of the country. He knew of no plans to rob
the treasury. If an attempt were made he
Holman characterized the proposed code as
| complete revolution OF parliamentary proceed
| ure, and especially antaeonized the clause pro-
vid.ng that one hundred members should
constitute q quorum in Committee of the
Whole He spoke of various occasions upon
which a resort to flibustering had been of ben
eft to the country, and referred with much en-
nhasis to the defeat of the force bill by the mi
nority, under the lead of Randall
Payson defended the code. He reviewed in
some detail instances where the minority's l.
atory tactics defeated the will of the majority
The only rights which the minority had were
to have fair, free full discussion, and to offer
amendments on pending propositions. There
the rights of the minority ended.
Hatch made war on the report as an entirety.
He was opposed to the report in toto, because it
was a partisan question. and because it came
from the Republican side of the House and
renreseuting the Republican party The gentle
men on the other de said The only rights the
minority had were to discuss and amend, but as
far as the minority was concerned, one of their
rights was to protect the public treasury.
Fuuster suggested the Democratic minority
should protect the treasury from the Demo
cratic Sergeant-at- Arms.
Hatch replied that if the gentleman didn't
know better than to assert that any man on the
Democratic side was responsible for the bad
action of a subordinate in the Sergesn alarms
office. he had better go back TO Kansas and stay
there
Pending further debate, the House tcok re-
oaSs r-Tlti, II O'clock to morrow.