Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-10-02
CONGRESSIONAL.
n THE SENATE.


WASHINGTON, October 1st-In the Senate, TO-
dav. Sherman offered a resolution for the ap-
pointmeut OF a committee of two, 70 join like
committee on the part of the House, TO wait
upon the Pl esident and inform him that unless
he have any further communication TO make
the two House are ready to adjourn.
Blair said he wanted 10 call up The labor bill
and have it acted on before adjournment
He was informed that the resolution was
merely to call on the President for any COM
munication he might have to make, and that it
would not interfere with the consideration of
the labor bill The resolution was agreed to.
The Committee on Printing reported back the
House bill to revise the wages of certain EN-.
ployes of the Government Printing Office, with
a substitute providing that the pay of all em.
ployes engaged exclusively on night work, be.
tween P. NJ. and P NJ, be 20 per cent. in add-
ton to the amount paid for day labor. Calen-
dar.
mess. Nj. Blair appealed TO Edmunds to with
draw his motion, in order that the labor bill
might be taken up.
Edmunds insisted upon his motion, and the
Senate went into executive session. When the
doors Te-opened the conference report on the
House bill in reference to contracts for survey
ing public lands was agreed to.
The Nice-President laid before the Senate
three veto messages IRON the President, two on
bills referring to the Court of Claims, and
third bill to prohibit book k-mRking and pool
selling in the District OF Columbia, for the pur-
pose of gambling.
The Presidents objection to the latter bill is
that it does not prohibit book-makipg and pool
selling; on the contrary, permits il in the of
the Washington Jockey Club and other clubs
owning race-traeks. If that form of gambling
is to be prohibited, as the President thinks it
should be, the prohibition should apply to all
places and persons.
The messages were laid on the table.
Messages from the House asking concurrence
in the resolution to make another correction in
the tariff bill was not considered, on Edmunds
objecting.
At five minutes before o'clock the enrolled
tariff bill was received from the House with
the Speakers signature. 1t was Immediately
signed by the Nice-Presioent and sent to the
President.
Aldrich thereupon reported back the adjourn
ment resolution, amended to fix the time at
o. clock to-day. Agreed to.
Harris offered & resolution rendering the
thanks of the Senate to Vice-President Morton
for the dtgnifed, impartial and courteous man.
ner in which he has presided over The delibera-
tions of the Senate.
IT was unanimously adopted, as was also one
offered by Ransom in compliment to Senator
Ingalls, as President pro tenn
Sherman and Harris as a committee, reported
that the President had no further communica-
tion to make TO the Senate.
A message was received from the House an
nouncing concurrence in the resolution as to
negotiations with Great Britain and Mexico 10
preven Chinese entering the United States
V,ce-President Morton then rose and made a
brief speech, thanking the Senators for the reso-
luton adopted and tor the cordial co operation
he had received from all. He then declared the
Senate adjourned without day.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, october 1st. To-day in the
House, before the reading of the journal
Breckenridge raised the point OF no Quorum
While waiting for quorum message from the
Senate announced an agreement to the confer
ence report on the tariff bill. Shortly before
O cock Breckenridge withdrew his point but
it Immediately renewed by Kigore of
Texas.
But few minutes afterwards Kilgore relented
and withdrew the point and the journal was
read.
Mckinley of Ohio called up the House con-
current resolution directing the Clerk 20 num-
Der eonsecutively the paragraphs of the en-
rolled tariff bill, with the Senate amendments
Agreed to-
ton was agreed TO directing the Clerk to make
further correction IN the punctuation of the en-
rolled tariff BIZ
Mckinley offered a resolution for a committee
of three each. from the House and Senate to
wait upon the President and inform him that
Congress was ready to adjourn if he had no
further communication to make. Adopted.
Carter of Montana submitted conference re-
port on the bill to dispose of the Fort Ellis mill
tary reservation in Montana.
This bill Allen of Mississippi took as very
remote text for political speech, in which he
charged the Republican party with degeneracy
and inconsistency.
McCreary of Kentucky gave notice that he
would raise point Of no quorum against the
lks
Caswell of Wisconsin submitted letter ad-
dressed to the Speaker by Postmaster Wheat
rendering his resignation.
subsequently Spooner of Rhode Island from
the committee. submitted a report. 1t states
that although the relations between Dalton, the
previous Postmaster, and Culbertson The mail
contractor, gives rise to grave suspicion of some
private arrangement between them, whereby
Dalton, during the Forty-ni1th and Fiftieth
Congresses, derived personal profits out of his
contracts for carrying mails, 10 absolute proof
was obtained.
The report was accompanied by a resolution
declaring the Office OF Postmaster OF the House
vacant and directing the Assistant Postmaster
to perform the duties until a Postmaster shall
be appointed and qualified
Hayes of Iowa submitted minority report,
dissenting in reference to Postmaster Dalton.
Pending discussion upon the question McKin-
ley called up the resolution for final adjourn.
ment, with an amendment fixing the hour at 6
O'Clock. Agreed to.
The Wheat resolution was then agreed to
The Speaker laid before the House q letter
from Representative Conger, stating that he
had forwarded the Governor of Iowa his resig-
nation as Representative from the Seventh
District of that State.
The Speaker further stated that he had re-
ceived a substantially similar communication
from Representative De Haven of the First Dis
triet OF California, but the letter had been mis-
laid.
The Senate concurrent resd]etion for negotia-
tions with Great Britain and Mexico for the
prevention OF the entry of Chinese laborers into
the United States was agreed to.
CaSwell of Wisconsin asked unanimous con-
sent for the consideration OF the resolution of
the election of P ]. Flint of Wisconsin as Post
master of the House.
Williams Of Ohio objected and Caswell with
drew the resolution.
Mckinley Chairman of the committee sp-
pointed 10 wait upon the President, announced
that the President had no further communica
ton 10 make, and then the House took recess
During the recess all the members left the
hallto make preparations for departure from
the city. and when the Speaker reconvened the
House that official looked down upon a vast
array of empty seats. he merely stated ac-
cording to concurrent resolution, that he de.
cared the first session of the Fifty first Congress
adjourned witbou. day.