The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-09
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
FORTY SEVENTH CONGRESS
REGULAR SESSION.
SENATE.

Washington, 8.-After the morning
hour Morrill, spoke on the tariff bill. The
speaker said our nearest approaches to
free trade had been in seasons of ma
tional disasters, as were the years 1888,
lS47 and 1857, and the further we had
receded from free trade, the better
had labor Jared and the greater had been
the material and educational advance
ment Of the country. Evidences that
free trade in Great Britain was on the
wane were apparent in s, 600 houses in
Sheffield, and in 10, 1000 in Birmingham,
DOW marked ITO let He contended
that the British policy had been every
where regretted.
The president pro tenn. submitted the
response of the secretary of the interior to
the Senate resolution, transmitting q LIST
OF the names of officers, clerks and other
employees on the rolls of the department,
with their salaries, date of appointment,
the state to which they are charged, and
an indication of who served in the Union
and who in the Confederate armies. Ia
bled and ordered printed.
The bill introduced by PendIeton to
provide that the principal officers of each
executive department may occupy seats
on the floor of the Senate and House, was
on m9tion OF Pendleten referred to spe-
ciat committee of ten, to be appointed by
tie chair.
A bill was introduced By Vest for re-
cording marriages in the territories; also
to make wife competent witness in
. trial for bigamy in the territories Of the
United States.
By Logan, to refer the claims of the
western Cherokees or old settlers to the
United States court of claims for adju.
dication.
By Cockrell, for the investigation and
examination of the accounts of certain
land grant railroads, in accordance with
the decision of the supreme court, anG
for full report Of the results to Con-
gress.
a bill was introduced to amend Ger.
tain sections Of the Revised Statue con-
corning taxes on deposits OF banks. 1
further exempts from taxation saving
deposits in these associations, saving.
banks and saving institutions. and sc
much of their deposits as have been in
vested in security.
By Cockrell, to amend certain Sec
tons of the Revised Statutes. It pro.
vides that every soldier or officer who
served in the military or naval service
during the rebellion for ninety days, and
was honorsbly discharged, and in csse o.
his death his widow aad minor children
shall be entitled 10 l6o acres public land
not otherwise reserved or appropriated.
By Plumb, TO amend section ia re-
vised Statues of the United States. The
bill. ref-es judges of the United State:
courts after ten years service at seventy
years; and after twenty years service, al
sixty-fiVe years.
Voorhees, submitted resolutionwhich,
at his instance was tabled, and ordered
printed for reference to the
committee on finance, on the
recommendation in the Presidents
message in favor Of repeating the acts
authorizing the coinage Of silver, and the
issue Of silver certificates snd their retire
ment from circulation.
Garland introduced bill in relation to
the presidential succession, upon which
he gave notice of his intention to speak
when the subject was taken up on Tues
day. Tabled.
Ferry, from the committee on posi-
offices, reported back with amendments 8
bill granting the ranking privilege to
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He asked unanimous consent for suspen'
sion of the rules to consider the bill. The
bill passed without objection, being the
first of the session to pass the Senate
Pending motion for adjournment, Pres
ident pro tenn. Davis addressed the Sen
ate as follows: "Senators, you will par
don me for going outside the rules in
calling attention to the fact that the 5th
of December, the day on which Congress
convened, was the fftieth anniversary
of the day when Isaac Bassett, much es-
teemed doorkeeper Of the Senate, became
connected with this badly. half q CEN
tury ago he entered the service rs page,
through the influence Of Daniel Web
ster In all the mutations of parties 10
attempt was ever made to disturb him.
Surely no higher tribute could be paid to
his fidelity and to his integrity than thst
be had been so long and so satisfactorily
identified with the history of the Senate.
/ am sure the sentiment on all sides is
cordially expressed when I wish him
health and happiness in the mama of the
Senate Of the United States"
Adjourned till Monday.