Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-21
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


IN TIE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, January 20th.-In the Senate
this morning favorble report was made on the
bill admitting Wyoming as State; also, on the
bill providing for temporary form of govern
ment for Oklahoma.
Pasco addressed the Senate on the paragraph
in the Presidents message regarding elections
He said an attempt was to be made to seize the
electoral machinery of the States. The power
of the General Government over State elections
had been spaTingly exercised in the past. There
had been no past campaign with plank in its
platform claiming the right to exercise control
over elections in the State. The message of the
President, he said, had contained no syllable in
favor of free and honest elections, except as to
the suppression of the votes of the coloIed peo-
pie at the South. There was no evidence be-
fore the country Of any such suppression. He
presented some election statistics of different
sections to prove that the silent voter is incIeaS
ing in every section of the country.
Chandler said there was one citizen of Florida
who might be termed silent voter" and that
man was John Burr, colored citizen OF Madi-
son county, Florida, who in October last hay
ing been to Jacksonville as a witness concern
ing political Outrages, was killed on his return
to Madison eouniy by the Democrats of that
county on account of the testimony he had
given. He also reminded Pasco of other polit-
ical murders and outrages in Florida.
Pasco expressed the belief that the elections
in Florida ever since the memorable one of
1876 were as fair. peaceful and quiet as in New
England 1t was not surprising that there were
some Irregularities there, because Senator Chan
dler had been one of the principal agents in the
Florida election fraud in 1876 and the demoral-
ization resulting from that had not entirely dis
appeared
The allusion to his course in Florida in 1876
was taken up by Chandler, who denied the
charge that he had then approached the Chair
man of the State CanvaSSing Board and had
promised that if the State was canvassed for
Hayes the majority of the Returning Board
would be taken care of.
Ingalls, will not speak on this subject to-mor-
row. but will address the Senste on the Butler
bill Thursday. After an executive session the
Senate adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, January 2Gth.-In the House to-
day the Speaker appointed rs the Worlds Fair
Committee Gambler, Hit, Bowden. Hatch,
Frank, Sprinkler, Flower, Belden and Wilson of
West Virginia.
The cali OF States for the introduction of bills
Clunie introduced bill providing for the de-
p-siting of grape brandy in special bonded
warehouses. The bill fOrfeits to the United
States all grape brandy found elsewhere than in
a distillery or special bonded warehouse, not
having been removed therefrom according to
law.
McKeDna introduced bill authorizing Cali
fornia to take for school purposes other lands in
lieu of sections 16 and So. He also introduced a
bill imposing tax of ten cents per pint bottle
on wines not grape juice but manufactured ac-
cOrding TO formula.
Morrow introduced the bill recently offered in
the Senate by Frye for the relief of the Ameri-
can merchant marine and Mitchelfs bill pro-
hibiting the coming of Chiuese to this country.
Morrow presented the memorial of the Cali
fornia State board of Viticutural Commission
ers protesting against the Internal Revenue
tax.
Conger of Iowa introduced Secretary Win
dom's silver bill.
The House then proceeded to the considera-
ton of the Okalahoma town-site bill. Action
was taken on several sections and others were
passed over temporarily. The committee rose
and Dunnell from the Committee on the
Eleventh Census reported back the Senate bill
increasing the minimum of the compensation
of Supervisors of Census from $500 to 81, 900.
Passed.
Hit of Illinois, from the Committee on For
eign Affairs reported back the various World S
Fair bills, and they were referred to the special
committee having charge OF that subject. Ad-
journei.