Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-25
OAKLAND AND SAN DIEGO IN luck
The Senate Votes Each $780,
900 for a Public Building.
Los Angeles Must Put Up With the
vandever Coffee Mill.
House and Senate .Proceedings-The Kid
naping of Oberlander at Tia
Juana Creates Quite a
Breeze.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, May M.-In the senate
today the bill appropriating $500, 900 for
a public building at Oakland, CAL,
passed. after an explanation by Stanford
and protest by Cockrell that the cor
dition of the treasurer did not justify It.
The senate bill appropriating $3OO, 900
for public building at San Diego
CAL, passed, after like explanation by
Stanford, and without protest.
The senate bill to submit to the court
Of private land claims the title Of Will
lam McGarrahan to Rancho Panoche
Grande, California, passed.
The calendar was laid aside, and the
hill providing for punishment for viola
tions of treaty rights OF aliens was taken
up.
Morgan, continuing his advocacy of
the bill, said in reference to the Italians
killed in New Orleans, that the govern
ment was in a pitiable condition when
the secretary of state was compelled to
resort to the ecretservice funds to keep
peace with foreign government. 1t
would be impossible to frame and pass
through congress a federal code cover
ing all the cases of violation of alien
rights, and the only way to do 80 was as
provided in the pending bill.
After some discussion between Gray
and Morgan, the latter moved, with the
assent of the committee on foreign rela-
tions, that the bill go over till next De-
cember. The matter went over without
action.
Pettigrew, from the committee on
quadro centennial, reported q joint
resolution directing the president to
proclaim general holiday October 18th,
commemorating the 400th anniversary
Of the discovery of America. Placed on
the calendar. Adjourned.
HOUSE PRoCEEDINas.
In the house, today, the committee on
rivers and harbors reported back the
river and harbor bill, with the senate
amendments, with the recommendation
that they be not concurred in. Re-
ferred to the committee of the whole.
The house then went into committee
of the whole on the sundry civil bill.
In the paragraph relative to the coast
and geodetic survey, Dingley offered a
6uUbtlJutC AL lClC1C1fGC " tAC dl6Shd
boundary survey, providing for a joint
Great Britain and the United States TO
settle the boundary line dispute. The
substitute carried after au amendment
reducing the appropriation from $36, 600
to $4,000.
Holman offered an amendment vacat-
ing the positions of all persons EN-
v>1ouoI ~, <ho xuorL THO oov,1d he 1;,-
pensed with. Agreed to.
Without dispoaing of the. bill, the
DoGkery, of Missouri, offered resolu.
ton directing the committee ON Judi
ciary to inquire whether under the spe-
cial resumption act, any bonds were
sold for redemption purposes. Referred
to the committee on rules.
The house then adjourned and q
Democratic caucus was announced for 8
O'Clock this evening.
ELECTORAL REFORMS.
Mitchell, from the committee on priv
ileges and elections, today reported to
the senate joint resolution providing
for the election of United States senator's
by popular vote. The members OF the
committee are divided on the subject,
and separate reports will be made. The
joint resolution was placed on the cal
endar. The subject was discussed at
some length by the committee this
morning. An amendment proposing to
elect the president and vice-president at
the same time and in the same manner
as representatives was rejected.
WHY TWO SURVEYS?
Power today offered in the senate
resolution instructing the committee on
public lands to make full investigation
into the relations of the geological sur
vey and typographical survey, the neces-
sity of the existence of two such systems
in the same areas, and as to their per-
sonal expenses. The resolution was re-
ferred to the committee on contingent
expenses.
TO AID PENSION CLAIMANTS.
The house committee on invalid PEN
sions today agreed to report bill giving
persons having claims against the gov
ernment arising by virtue of service in
the army or navy the right, in person
or by attorney, to examine and inspect
anything in any department, bureau,
division, court or Office of the United
States, which contains any reference,
aliusion to-, or bearing upon the claims.
TARIFF LEGISLATION.
A desultory discussion upon the gen.
eral subject OF tariff legislation was had
by the senate finance committee today,
but no effort was made to secure action
upon any of the house tariff bills that
are now before the committee. There
is apparently no probability of an early
report by the committee on these meas
ures.
The kidnapping of Oberlander Taken