The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-06-17
The Closing scene.

very tamely, the only thing especially no
ticeable during the closing hours being
the'mauner in v hich faction OF the House
aided By Sp sker Randall, continued tc
succeed in preventing the transaction Of
any business whatever. The feeling Of
indignation csus' d by this exercise OF TIE
tactics Of obsti uction which has foI
several days made it impossible ID pass
scores of meritorious bills that other
wise would have become laws, Is wide
spread and undoubtedly well founded.
Among the bills and IN 3asures introduced
since the commencement Of the present
congress, and which, at the adjournment
of to-day, will lay over in various stages
of incomplete ed action to take their
chances st the next session, are the
fol owing Introduced by Sen ttor Booth:
To restore forfeited railroad grants TO
public domain; 10 reduce the price of
public lands within the railroad limit
(Reported favorably from Sensts COM
mitteeG to prevent obstruction 10 pre-
emption and homestead settlers; to defne
the acts & a1tinR lands to the Southern
| Pacific Railroad COml any, Cali
| forniA: to authorize the investment Of
the proceeds of CaliforLi ia agricultural
/ college lauds in United States bonds,
/ bbC.1 HclLllAk lEha blAdAA ~ PEI NNAAes Al
| est, (passed the Senate, but together
with Pages duplica'e, although re-
| ported favorably, were not reached in
the House,: bill concerning registers
and receivers fees; a bill to pay San
Francisco for street improvements in
front Of the government buildings; bill
to provide public buildings at Sacra-
mento: q bill to confirm the STRAIT on sur
Vey; a bill to restore the Fort Redding
Military Reservation to the public do
main; a bill for the adjudication of the
title to the Rancho Los Virgines (iatro-
duced also by Pscheco); bill for the |
relief Of Frank Soule and his bondsmen |
(passed the Senate but left pending in the |
House with Davis duplicate BILL; |
bills for the relief of John Cutler, Hsr-
low l.. Street. Hsnry G. Smith, ?. n.
Briggs, a. Griffith, c. n. Fentcn and
General John a. Suffer. By Senator
Farley: To create new customs collec-
ton district, with Wilmington as the
port of entry, passed the Senate, but left
pending in the House; to create south
ern Judicial district in California, still
before the Judiciary committee; to estab-
fish q dead letter Office in San Fran
cisco, reported from Hthe committee
favorably; to authorize the secre-
tsry of the interior to accept the deed
of relinquishment for the excess selections
for the California State University; bill
for the adjudication of the title to the
Rancho de Naps; to authorize the
Of Etenographer for
United States courts and bill for the
relief Of J. N. Dorsey and w. f. Shep-
hard. By Representative Page: TO
restrict Chinese immigration (reported
favorably from the education and labor
committee, but remains on the House |
calendar;) for the appointment of O com
mission on the debris question, (consOli-
dated with Berry's bill and reported |
favorably;) to confirm the Stratton
survey of Pueblo, San Francisco, ire
ported from the committee fsvorably and |
remains on the House cslendsr;) to pro- |
vide public buildings for Sacramento, |
reported favorably and on the House |
calendsr); to abolish the duty on |
printing type; 10 impose customs duty |
on crude borax, etc; to repeal the tax on |
bank deposits; to admit steam plow ma
chinery free Of duty; for the relief of |
settlers on the Western Pacific Railroad |
grant; to provide a reservation for the |
Mission Indians of California; to author
ize the state Of California to select lieu |
lands for school sections returned as |
mineral; to authorize allowances for the |
rent of land offices, and bill for the re- |
lief of James Brodie. By Representa- |
tive Horace Davis: To provide for public |
buildings for San Francisco reported |
favorable and OF House calendar)i to
grant TO San Francisco thu use of the
Preside Reservation as q park to
impose an iHtsrnal revenue tax
on the manufacture Of smoking
opium (favorably considered IN commit
tee but not reported); to impose increased
duties on rice, China nut oil, arrowroOt
and starch; to impose a duty en- farlua,
fago root, -four and mustard seed; to
establish a civil government for Alaska,
to authorize the use by the city eff San
Francisco Of reservation for quarantine
purposes, reported favorably from the
committee and on. the House calendar;
for the relief of the former occupants OF
Point San Jose Military Reservation,
reported favorSbly from the committee
and on the House calendar; to extend
the time for Stamping unstsmped docu-
ments, and the bills for the relief Of
williams and Thornton, j. d. Riley and
the Pacific Submarine Wall Company.
ByPacheco: For the issuance of patents to
the heirs of Juan Reed for the Rancho
Corte de MADEIRA, reported favOrably |
and on the House calendar); to erect
poslofice building st Los Angeles; to
donate u camp Of independence to %rejo
and Mono counties for school purposes;
to create a new customs collection |
district; to establish a fog signal at San |
Louis Obispo; for the relief Of Frederick
Fredley. By Representative Berry: To
restore the Klamath River Indian re-
servation 10 the public domain; to
repeal the duty on grain sacks; to pre-
vent distractions to preemptlon
and homestead settlers on public
lands; and bills TO equalize soldiers
boupties: for the relief of 0. b. jackson
ct al, ID. G. Wilson, Alexander Mckay,
Thomas Guneau William b. Rexford,
J.R. Fergerson, Anna q. Hurley and
Augusta Leechinsky, and bill propos-
ing an appropriation of 100000 to pro-
tect the naYigable waters of California
from further injury; also bill on mining
debris.
The main feature of this bill was COM
biued by the mining committee with
Pages bill for the appointment of COM
mission, and the combination substitute
measure is now on the House calendar,
with the committees recommendation
for passage. Although this bill has failed
to make further progress this session, two
long steps have been taken towards the
accomplishment Of practical results in
the same direction by the insertion in the
river and harbor act, of Fsrley's amend
ment providing for comDrehensiv9
aus~oy- and report by government
engineers as 10 the best methods, and the
cost of preventing further injury to
navigable waters from mining debris;
and By the adoption of Horace Davis
revolution requesting the engineer depart
ment to report separately what is the best
mode Of operating TO diminish the tidal