The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-01-09

Width, by marking its boundaries
With at least six substantial
stakes, and shall commence work
within ten days thereafter, TO
explore and define the mineral
deFo3t, which must be either by sink
ing shaft or by an open cat, cross
cut or tunnel; and so long as the
claimant shall work his claim with
reason able diligence the claim shall
be ytId; bu. q suspension o! work for
thirty days before perfectiug the title
shall operate as a forfeiture. Re-
i9Ered tosthe committee Of the whole.
Garfield was copgrA,ul tied, this
morning, on hie election
rils, chairman Of the committee
~ TIE revision OF laws, reported back
ms amended Senate bill for q supple
ment TO tha Revised Statutes.
ke:!af's amendment, that the pub
llcstion authorized by the bill should
be pr;ma tacie evidence of the laws
Of the supplemental courts of the
United States, but reference to any
original act shali not be precluded.
wss adopted, ard the bill passed with
| the committees amendments.
Wilson reported a resolution from
the printing committee that the
Glover report be printed.
Conger asked lhst it be read, as be
understood it was net in the hands OF
the House.
Pending action the morning hour
expired.
In the discussion regarding the
powers and functions of the various
conmittees, Garfield expressed him
self satisfied that the rivers aud har-
bOrs should receive liberal appropria-
tons. Since 1861, $l25, 600, 600 had
been spent in opening mp the great
water COURSES OF the country, and thai
work ought 70 10 on until all the
natural water channels and nsvigablt
tuveTs we're improved He explained
that the committee on appropriation.
and the committee on ways anC
means stood with their backs to escl
other locking in opposite directions
and both had to be consulted aaL
hsrmonized.
Hooker was glad the committee o.
rules was unanimously favorable e
change. The rules now seemed i'm
Ipediments to legislation. Last sessior
he had proposed a change in thI
rules, taking away from the commit
tee on appropriations the duty of re
porting any general appropriation
bill except the legislative, sundTy
civil and deficiency bills. THIS sug
gestion had not been acted 90 by TIT
committee on revision of rules. On
tne contrary. they had taken from
the committee on commerce the righ
lt) report tho river and hsrbor bill
! He believed the committee 90 appTC
priatjo1s bad dwerfed the ether com
nittees in Congress. and at the pres
ent rate there would scol b;
no use for any ways and mears con-
mittee. He would, ct the prope
time, submit so smendnieu. that ih
various appropriation bills shopll b
prepared by their appropriate az
natural committees
! Randall denied that the commits
on revision bad designed TO dwarf al
committee powers. or degrade CON
merce. They had, however, believe
| tbs time had come when the river az
haIbor appropriations should hav
fall consideration and not be exce>
sive, as they sometimes are. Apprc
priations for rivers and hsrbors hat
grown rapidly OF late. If all the est
mates for rivers and halbors h.
been adopted the treasury would hav
been bankrupt long ago.
Il There was a humorous and spilits.
passage between Randall and hi
colleague, in which O'NeAl affirmed
that Randall had neglected to prov!d
for his own section; that bis section
did not approve of his action and tina
be came back to Congress By nj
individual and personal exertioa
lO'Neal ran on, eulogizing E int
Washburne. former chairman OF tn
committee of commerce, whe,
McCooke asked if this was Wash
burne boom.
Stevenson defended the action ofti
committee on rules and particularly
favored the rule which referred
the river and harbor bill to the com
mittee On appropriations for revision
The committee then rose, ant
several executive communication
were appropriately referred.
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