The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-02-03
SALT LAKE DAILY HERALD THURSDAY FEBRUARY=s

is concurred IL BY the testimony OF
prominent officers ofthis government
for a long series of years, as to the
feasibility and necessity CT establishing
ouch stations; and the great advan-
tages to flow therefrom to the naval
and commercial interests are Clear ly
set forth, and the considerations sd.
duced cannot but commend them
selves, I am confident that by ear
nest and careful attention Congress
will be convinced OF the wisdom and
propriety of the suggestions tbus pre-
scented, and recommend to Congress
the appropriation OF the sum
named by the secretary OF the
navy to be placed at his disposal
at once for expenditure. as soon as
suitable arrangements can be made
to the proposed END. Ordered printed,
and referred to the committse on sp-
preparations.
The House then proceeded to the
consideration OF the superintendent
bill, without limit on debate.
Cox explained and advocated it's
provisions. Under it the slave states
Wonld gain eight and lose twelve
members; the middle states would
lose three. The old slave states would
make net gain OF ak representa-
tIves, while the rest Of the states
made a gain OF two; that
is, the west would gain eight,
while New England, New York,
and Pennsylvania would lose ak. Ii
anyone complained that this was sec.
tional or partisan, he might calculate
the net gains OF the north and south
from numbers OF 290 to S19 and the
south had not differed from the ante.
bellam times more than so per cent.
1t might not be accurate to say that
the southern states had increased
more than the northern; though
practically they had done 30. owing
to the detective census OF 1870.
Whether true or not, such divisions
of north and south had lost
their significance; in any event,
the north continued to exceed
the south in Congress, in the
electoral college, in the Senate and in
population. but the wonderful in.
crease of FIVE states west of the Mis-
sissippi was q fact OF census. In
twenty years they had doubled their
number, leaping from one-tenth OF
the whole population to one.fith.
Those five states had increased 81
per cent. No etate east of the Mis-
sissippi bad attained 30 per cent,
while the Pacific states had gained 90
per cent. during ten years. This
country Was in every sense repub-
licsn. The people OF the United
States had the same greed for gain,
ambition to excel, love of rule, desire
for intrigue and play Of unruly pre-
! JUDGE, Jealousy and passions that had
made the history Of other nations
tragicsl even in their decline. Still, in
spite thst Decentralization, in its worst
aspect, the answer might be made,
who shall compete with US in album
dant hsrvests? our rich balances in
trader cur increase in commere? ex-
psusion of labor? our influx OF
precious metals and our inexhaustible
mines of coal, copper, gold and
silver? our ample expectations and
importstions? our attractive forces
our incomes and outgoes by rail,
canal, lake, river and sea2 our in
yent;vs faculty with its miracles OF
manufacture? and above all, and be-
yond all, what can rival the star
which, as it moves westward from
every reneaing centre of restless
population has, in century, added
AZ, 0C0, 600 to its active energies.
After much more eloquence on
America, in the same vein, which
was loudly applAuded as q fine tribute
to his native land, and for which Mr..
Cox received the congratulations of
the House, without action, the House
adjourned.