Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-09-25
CONGRESSIONAL


WASHINGTON, Septem Der 24th.-In the Senate
to day Frye offered a concurrent resolution
(agreed to) directing the Secretaries of State,
Treasury, War and Navy to examine the report
and recommendations of the International Ma
rine Conference of February, 1890, and prepare
and submit to Congress bills for the enactment
into law of such recommendations as far as
they apply to their respective departments and
meet their approval.
The Senate then proceeded to consideration
of the bills on the calendar. Among the bills
passed was the Senate bill in recognition of the
merits and services of Chief Engineer George
Wallace Melville, q. S. n, and other officers
and men of the Jeanette Arctic expedition.
1t provides for the advance of Melville one
grade and for a medal TO each survivor and
heirs of the dead.
Hale introduced a joint resolution (Which
went over without action authorizing the Sec
rotary of the Navy to purchase, at his discre-
ton, nickel ore, or nickel matter to be used in
the manufacture of niekel-steel armor, plating
armor piercing projectiles and other naval OBJ
jects. and appropriating Sl,0OO 900 for that pur-
pose.
The Senete resumed consideration of the
House bill with the Senate substitute) defining
the jurisdiction of Courts of the United States
and il passed-45 to 6. Conferrees were APP
pointed.
The bill as passed provides for the appoint
ment by the President of an additional Circuit
Judge, with the same compensation as other
Circuit Judges. 1t created in each circuit
Court OF Appeals, to consist of three Judges
and which is to be Court of record, with ap-
pellate jurisdiction. A term is to be held an
nually by the Circuit Court of Appeals in the
several judicial circuits. No appeal, whether
by writ of error or otherwise, is to be hereafter
taken or allowed from any District Court to the
existing Circuit Courts, but all appeals shall
only be subject to revision in the Supreme
Court of the United States or in the Circuit
Court of Appeals.
Hales joint IT solution appropriating a mill
ion dollars for the purchase of nickel for the
Navy Department, was referred to the Judiciary
Committee.
The Senate then resumed consideration of
the bill to establish United States Land Court.
Blair made a determined effort to have it
postponed, in order to take up the House bill
for the adjustment of wages of laborers under
the eight-hour law, but after long discussion
his motion was rejected.
ton.
The Senate bill to pay the representatives of
Captain Ericsson s13. $780, due him by decree of
the Court of Claims in 1857, was passed.
Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, September 24th.-In the House,
yesterday, Miller of South Carolina was de
clared elected from the Seventh South Carolina
District. He appeared to-day and took the
oath.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs reported a
resolution calling on the President for informa-
ton relative to the killing of General Barrun-
dia. McCreary of Kentucky strenuously sdTo-
Gated the resolution.
The resolution was adopted.
Stewart of Vermont, from the Committee on
Judiciary reported the following:
The House, deeming 1T a high duty that the
utmost courtesy and decorum demanded by par
liamentary law and precedent should mark the
mutual relations of the two houses of Congress-
does hereby express its disapproval of the I'M
| parliamentary language used by Hon. Roberto
Kennedy, Representative from the state OF
Ohio, in speech delivered on the floor of the
House on the Sd day of September, 1880, and
published in the Congressional Record of Septem-
Der H. 1890, and considering it impracticable TO
separate the unparliamentary portions of said
speech from such parts thereof as may be par
lamentary; therefore.
Resolved, That the Public Printer be directed
to exclude from the permanent Congressional
Record the entire speech of Hon. Robert P
Kennedy in the first resolution mentioned.
Kennedy made an eloquent speech in his own
defense, making, however, no apology for his
previous remarks. In his speech he referred
again to the pledges in the Republican plat
form, and the fact that the election bills had
not vet been passed upon by the Senate. 1t was
for this that he had spoken of the broken
pledges. 1t was not the fault of the House, and
he had right to say this here and elsewhere.
He had but spoken in defense of the rights OF
the poor, down-trodden and oppressed; in be-
nalf of liberty, justice, a tree ballot and a fair
cunt.
Stewart spoke briefly in reply, saying that the
question simply was whether the speech, which
was in spirit and substance bitter and savage
arraignment of a coordinate branch, was vio-
lation of parliamentary law and of the privi-
leges OF the House.
Struble of Iowa endeavored in vain to secure
action on the substitute declaring that the
House disapproved of SO much of the speech as
in any manner reflects uuon the Senate or any
member thereof in his official capacity.
This was not read and the previous question
was ordered on the former resolution, it being
adopted-150 to 30.
The House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the Senate amendments to the de-
fcency bill.
The French spoliation claims amendment was
nonconcurred in and a conference ordered.
The Senate bills granting pension of So 900
year to the widows of Generals Fremont, Nc
Clelland and Crook were passed.
On motion of Boutelle, the Senate bill passed
providing that naval vessels of the first rate be
named after the States of the Union; that OF the
second rate after the cities, those of the third
rate after important events or names connected
with the naval history of the United States and
those of the fourth rate after lakes and rivers.
Adjourned.