The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-02-26
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
FORTY-SIxrH CONGRESS.
LAST SESSION.
SENATE.

Washington, 25.-Ransom, from
the committee on commerce, re,
ported back, with amendments, and
| Recommendation that it pass, the
river and harbor bill.
/ Withers reported favorably the
agricultural appropriation bill.
Farley reported faYorably the bill
for assay offices at DeadwOou,
Omaha and in the Territory of Ari-
iona, with amendments. Calendar.
Beck introduced a substitute, APP
proved, he said, by the secretary OF
the treasury, for his bill to issue
legal tenders to circulate as money
ON the deposit of gold, etc.
After the morning hour the Sen
ate took up the agricultural bill.
Withers, who reported the bill,
stated that the present total was
So, 900 of which S205,000 had
been added by the Senate commit
tee. The aggregate was Sl22,200
less than the estimate and $1,000 In
excess of the total appropriation for
1891. The following are the items
of increase made by the Senate COM
mittee: Restoring the salary of
commissioners, $500; to examine and
report on wool, $1,000; lnVestiga-
ton of plurO-pheumOnia, $4,000.
Among the provisions made by the
bill, as compared with the appropri-
atidnS for 1881, are the following:
Experiments in connection with the
culture and manufacture of tea, So
O00; investigating the history and
habits of insects, ETC., injurious to
agriculture, $4,000; experiments on
the manufacture of sugar from Sor-
ghum, etc, SlO,750; and of sugar
from beets, $4,000; for building on
agricultural grounds for the display
of agricultural implements, $1O,-.
600. In the committee of
the whole, the bill was
read, and the amendments of the
Senate committee acted upon as
reached. One reserving to congress-
men one-half, instead of three
quarters seed, ETC., for distribution,
was adopted with the commuters
pTOviSO for the distribution by the
commissioner, of seeds, etc., uncalled
for at the end of the fiscal year. The
striking out the proviSo
for the completion and publication
by the chronological commission of
data obtained by them, ETC., was
by Morgan and Call, Nor
gan remarking that no man could
be appointed 10y the agricultural de-
partment, unless he was a pet or
friend of the head of the depart
ment, and that the services of ca
pable men were, in consequence,
often lost to government. After
further debate, the amendment of
the committees was rejected-ayes
70, nays 81. Therefore, the commits |
sion continues. The remaining
of the committee wert
agreed to without debate. They
provide for the examination of woods |
aud animal fabrics collected at the |
international exhibit |
ton; sheep and wool products, |
$1,000; the investigation of pleurO-
Infectious and con-
lagiOuS animal diseases, an increase
Of $4,000, making the latter
sum, $4,000. The bill was reported |
TO the Senate, and passed.
Wallace, from the select commit
zee on alleged frauds in the lat,
submitted 4 report which
Was received and ordered printed.
The report of the minority will be
presented hereafter.
A discussion ensued between
Blair, Hoar and Teller, of the com
nIttee, and the chairman (Wallace)
Is to whether the reports just made
lad been regularly acted upon by,
II submitted to, the committee;
whether certain affiidavits in the
,apers of the committee, printed
nder order of the Senate, alleged
0 be forgeries, and admitted to be
ntruc, should or should not be eX-
unged from the record as unauthor-
led. A final understanding was
fected with a view to the omission !
matters Objectionable to the
and the subject was
rOpped.
Messrs. Davis. West Virginia.
Wallace and Allison were appointed
enate cOnferees on the legislative
precipitation bill. {
Plum reported favorabIy the
louise bill to amend section 1926 ;
f the Revised Statutes, relating to
Irs at lawsaffecting the title of l
inning claims.
The Senate resumed discussion of |
le House bill to regulate the pr C.
ce in suits brought to recover
lmages for infringement on =
ltentS. II
Window spoke of the present i
ltentee system as an organized u
stem of blackmail and robbery, in {
labling parties other than paten- y
eS. and often shyster lawyers, after v
old and worthless
ltents, to make raids on people. y
After remarks by Blair and Voor- u
ees, the bill was laid aside. q
On motion of Davis, West Vir- Il
MIA, the Senate bill to provide for
for a postoffice, revenue II
lice, etc, in Clarksburg, w. Va, u
.Ssed. W
By Window, the Senate bill ap- u
money for the purchase III
site and the erection of a suit q
lie building for a postoffice and W
her government offices, at Mime OF
oils, passed. %
After an executive session, the l
nate adjourned. NJ