The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-04-19
DOINGS IN CONGRESS.
PROCEEDINGS IN
THE SENATE AND HOUSE.
Bill to Prohibit Contracts With Steam
ships Discriminating Against Any
Port of the United states.
Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.


WASHINGTON, April Is. - Sherman,
Chairman of the Foreign Relations Com
nittee, gave notice in the Senate that he
would tomorrow ask the attention of the
Senate to the Chinese restriction bill. 1t
is necessary, he said, that it should be
passed within ten days, as the present
legislation on the subject would, under
certain constructions of it, expire some
time in the month of May.
Vest introduced bill to prohibit con-
tracts by the Postmaster General with
any steamship company making unjust
determinations against any part of the
United States as to imports by vessels
carrying the foreign mail.
Vest said it was reported the United
States and Brazil Steamship Company,
one of the lines enjoying a mail subsidy,
has refused the delivery of coffee from
Brazil at the port Of Newport News. This
he understood was because of objections
by the merchants of New York CITY.
Several other members said they had
received resolutions setting forth SINH
lar fact.
The bill was referred to the Committee
on Commerce.
a resolution by PETER, asking the Sec
rotary of State to obtain information con-
corning the use of electricity in the pro-
pulSion of farm machinery and i'll the
propagation of plants i'll foreign countries,
was agreed to.
The Senate then took up the calendar.
subsequently, on motion of Sherman,
the Senate went into executive session.
When the doors reopened the vote
whereby the Senate passed the bill to
amend the Act of 1890 to establish a Cir
cult Court of Appeals and define and
regulate the jurisdiction of courts of the
United States was taken up, and after
changing the verbiage satisfactory to the
DIRECTORS, the bill was again PASSED.
The bill TO facilitate the disposition of
cases in the Court Of Claims was taken
up, and after lengthy discussion passed
yeas 81, nays Is.
Adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
WAsHIN GToN, April 1S.-McRae. from
the Committee on Public Lands. in the
House to-day, moved to suspend the rules
and pass the bill to adjust swamp land
grants. The bill provided that all swamp
or overfiowed lands granted to any
State, which were sold for cash in such
States, shall have credit for the full
amount of the purchase money received
by the United States and shall have in
demnity from the United States for such
lands otherwise disposed of.
McRae explained that the main pur-
pose Oh the HlcdSule WAS 10 quiet tne
titles of settlers.
kilgore of Texas opposed the measure,
contending that it would cost the Govern
ment 5000 600.
After further discussion, pro and con.
the motion 10 suspend the rules and pass
was defeated.
The House then went into Committee
of the Whole on the naval appropriation
bill.
Boutelle's amendment for the con-
struction of two additional battle-ships
and torpedo boats was rejected by u vote
of l02 to 50. and Cummings amendment
for the construction OF one battie-ship
and five torpedo boats was also lost by a
vote of SO TO 73-
Boutelle offered an amendment for The
construction OF two steel gunboats at a
cost Of 100000 each, and ten torpedo
boats at $4,000 each; lost by vote of
104 to IS.
Cummings of New York offered an
amendment for the construction of four
torpedo cruisers at S500,000 each. two
light-draught gunboats at S350,OO0 each
$4,000 each, but it met with similar
fate.
Holman's motion to strike out the pro-
vision for the construction of new
cruiser was defeated by 10 to IS.
a further motion to strike out the pro-
VISION lor new cruiser anu substitute
provision for four torpedo boats was de-
feated by l05 to 10.
The committee then rose. and Boutelle
moved to reeommit the BILL with instruc-
tions to the committee to report it back
with clause for the construction of two
battleships, at S4,000,000 each, and ten
torpedo boats at $4,000. Defeated-134
TO 81. a number of Democrats voted in
the affirmative.
The bill then passed and the House adj
journed.
More than 00,o00,000 Chinese are di-
rectly or indirectly sufferers from the use