The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-05-08
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
REGULAR SESSION.
SENATE.

| Washington, THE president pft
tenn. laid before the Senate the ere.
dentials OF Senator James 81. Garfield
and they were placed on file.
Voorhees, submitted a resolution
instTucting the committee on public
lands to inquire into the expediencY,
propriety and public policy of declsr-
ing all lands heretofore granted ii aid
of the construction of railroads ana
which have not been earned by COM
pliance with the terms of the grants,
open to public entry, and settlement
the same as other government lands,
and said committee shall have the
right to report by bill or otherwise.
Printed and laid on the table.
The conference report On the H.
dian appropriation bill WIS taken up,
on motion OF Beck, and after a short
debate, passed, without division.
Beck explained that ipasmucb as the
suudry civil and other appropriation
bills would soon follow, the appropri
alton for the expenses OF the Indian
commission could be made If thought
best.
Hear announced that he would
call up bis Geneva award resolution
on Tuesday.
Teller presented the views of the
minority of the Wallace commission
on the subject of political assessments.
Printed and laid on the table.
The morning hour expired, aud the
Senate resumed consideration of the
Kellogg -Spofiord resolutions.
Pryor supported ths resolutions in
legal argument, to the effect that
the pleas of res adjudicatd and
estoppel were not right1ully relied on
by the opponents OF the resolutions.
st the conclusion of Prior's speech,
Hoar offered, as q substitute ioI the
pending resolution. resolution that,
IN the judgment of the Senate, the
matters reported by the committee
On privileges and elections of the
present session respecting the right to
a seat in this body now held by Wm.
Pitt Kellogg, and claimed by Henry
NJ. SpCfard. are not sufficient to JUS
tiiy 8 Teopening of the decision OF the
Senate pronounced in G resolution
adopted November 30th, 1877, that
said Kellogg, was upon the merits OF
the case, entitled 70 q seat IN the
Senate of the United States from the
State Of Louisiana for a term of six
years, commencing March 4th, 1877.
and that said Spofi0rG was not entitled
to q seat in the Senate of the United
States. Ordered printed and laid on
the table.
The resolutions were then tempo
rarily laid aside.
On motion of Plumb, the Dill TO
abolish Fort Harker, Kansas, military
reservation, and dispose of its lands
to actual settlers, was taken up and
passed.
During 8 discussion, On a motion
of Davis, West Virginia, to take up
the bill repeating certain permanent
and indefinite appropriations, which
met with some opposition.owing to the
lateness Of the hour, Conkling asked
Davis whether, when the bill came
up he intended to insist upon that
part which repealed the permanent
appropriation for the payment ofi.-
terest on the bonds of the District of
Columbia; If so he would vote against
it.
Davis said the impression that gov
eminent was responsible Tor these
bonds was erroneous. It was true
that, step by step, they had been
worked in until they had become by |
some people to be considered a part
Of the public debt. They were not
upon the books in any form; and |
they did not not belong to the public |
debt IN any form or manner.
Allison said the original a3t author. /
lzing these bonds pledged the faith OF
the United States to provide for the
payment of the interest and priD-
opal by appropriation, and By means
OF taxation on the property in the
district, go that the process was not
step BY step, but was an original
pledge Of the United States in an act
the bonds.
Conkling commended that the
United Ststes stood behind the bonds
and said he did not think there was
of value in the bin and be-
ievsd every minute devoted to it
wasted.
Adjourned until Monday.