Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-10
CONGRESsION
N me sENATE.

WASHINGTON, May 9th.-In the Senate today
q communication from the Treasury Depart
ment, with reports from special agents as TO the
evasion of the laws against the entrance of the
Chinese coming from Canada, was referred 10
the Committee on immigration.
The annual pension appropriation bill was
taken up, the question being on sherman S
amendment increasing the number of pension
agents SALARY $1,000 rron eighteen to twenty
Agreed to. Vas 25. nays IL. A party vote, ex-
cept hat of Payne. who voted aye, and Allison,
ingalls,, Plumb and Teller, no.
The bill having been reported bsck from the
Committee on the Whole to the Senate the
question came up again for action.
After lengthy discussion, sherman's amend.
ment was agreed to by vote of 81 to 2l. Payne
voted with the Republicans, and Allison. In
gals and Plumb with the Democrats. Teller
did not vote.
The bill was then passed and the military
academy bin taken up and passed.
The army appropriation bin was next taken
up. Among the amendments agreed TO was q
paragraph appropriating Sie0000 for buildings
at military posts, for Libraries, gymnasiums and
canteens.
Hale moved an amendment that no alcohol
liquor, beer or wine be sold or supplied en-.
listed men in any such building.
Cockrell moved to amend the amendment By
striking out "beer and wine
No quorum voted and the Senate adjourned
leaving Hale's and Cockrells amendments
pending.
IL THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, May ath.-In the House TO-DAY
Hit of illinois called up the bill granting pen
sion OF Sl,2.0 year to Della I. s Pariiell the
daughter of Admiral Charles Stewart with
amendment reducing the pension to $50 {
month. Amer discussion the amendment wa,
agreed to, 50 to 26. and the bill passed
The House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the tariff bill.
Turner of New York spoke against the bill
Gear of Iowa, member of the Committee OF
Ways and Means, said the old proyerb scratch
Russian and you will find Tartar, might bl
applied 10 the Democrats. for, /, the fiimsy pre-
lenses were scratched off OF the Democrat tn,
| free trader would be found. Ii the Unite(
States could produce sugar in sufficient guam
! ttty 10 supply the domestic wants, Gear said b,
! would foster Il by fair protection. He believed
however, that that was impossible. He wa
convinced that the United States must look {,
other countries for her sugar. He colteuies
| that the sugar schedule of the bill would be
! blow at the sugar trust.
Mcmillan inquired how it was that the suga
trust securities had had such phenomenal lis
( recently
Gear suggested that the pending bin gave th
reliners protection only four-tenths of a cen:
while the Mills bill gave than one cent.
Mcmillan replied that the pending bill CAV
them free raw material was evident ftom tn
rise IL the sugar trust. The securities Of tn
| trust were not 10 be hurt by this bill
i Gear expressed his opposition 10 any trust O
comb ne formed TO enhance the price Of tn
/ necessaries of life. The time had come for tn
American Congress TO end the sugar combiu
by passing the pending bill. This bill gave th
4 people cheap raw material and cheap refine,
| sugar, and destroyed root aud branch tn
/ greatest combine known TO the country-a com
bine which might be called the American devil
| fish. which has been deyouring the substanc
| of the people for almost a century.
Crisp did not believe that to the manufacture
| protection had been beneficial system. AS {
I laborers In manufacturing establishments, as