The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-02-26
Fridays session began at /

The bill passed authorizing tn
President to invite all foreign
nations to participate in the inter
national exhibition of 'S3.
The House went into commit
tee on the sundry civil bill
and Atkins moved to strike
out the appropriation of $40,
600 for printing 10000 copies OF
the record of the rebellion. He said
he had always favored such print.
ing, but the refusal to purchase the
| Polk and Bragg papers impaired the
history. 1t would not detract from
from the glory of the federal soldiers
to compliment their confederate foe,
but to the contrary. However, he
withdrew his motion, being assured
by republicans that it was desired to
print everything that would throw
light on the late war.
Hostetter offered an amendment
appTopriating $4,000, enabling the
secretary of the treasury to trans
port, free of charge, subsidiary sill
yer coin when required to do so
Adopted.
The clause having been read ap-
pointing Gen. Geo. B. Mcclellan a
member of the National Home for
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, to fill
the vacancy occaSioned by the death
of Gen. Ohm Love, Brown moved
to insert the name of Gen, Daniel
McCauley, in the place of Gen. Nc
Clellan, and Weaver moved to in
sert the name of Gen. B. F. Butler.
Both motions were defeated, not
withstanding the remarks made by
Weaver that Butler should be Sc
lected on the ground that there was
no man in America who could show
such a non-partisan record.
The motion made by Brown to in
sert the name of Gen. NJ d. Man
son was defeated.
The committee informally rose to
enable the Speaker to announce At
kins, Clymer and Baker as confer
ees on the legislative appropriation
bill, and then resumed its sitting.
GoOde offered an amendment
appropriating 100000 for the
establishment, at the Isthmus of
Panama, of naval stations and de
pots of coal, for the supply of war
steam ships.
Blount raised the point of order
that the amendment was not In con-
tinuatiOn of any work in progress,
and argued that the object was not
so much to establish stations, as in
connection with a prOtectorate of
the 1SthmuS, in consequence of the
proposed inter-Oceanic ship canal.
Whitthorne, chairman of the naval
committee, replied to Blount, saying
that the ISthmus of Panama was to
be the possible future limit of Anne
rican coastwise trade, and there
were mineral lands there which
could be obtained now on good
terms. The amendment was offered,
not only in the interest of the
navy, but was of great national
interest to the country, aud he |
warned the gentlemen not to trifle, |
by delays or technicalities, with an
in which the honor and
interests of the country might be
involved.
The chairman said he would sub
NIT the point of order to the COM
mittee for decision.
Mcmahon charged that behind |
this proposition was a scheme for
the benefit of the Chiriqui Land |
improvement Company, which was
the owner of 100000 0 acres of land
on the isthmuS, which included two
harbOrs that were to be made coal
ing stations. How many private
schemes might be involved in the
he did not know. Both
had a suspicion that it was not for
TIE promotion of the honor and
glory of the United States.
The question of order was over
ruled, 70 to 80.
Keifer quoted from the recent
message of the President to show {
he Importance and economy of pro-
Tiding these naval stations.
Mcmahon expressed his surprise
1t the suggestion that saving of
s250,000 could be effected annually {
" the establishment of coaling sta i
ions. If that were so, why did not
he cute Yankees connected with :
he Chiriqui Land Company es- ]
abliSh those stations themselves.
'uylng the coal and sell it to gov
!
Harris, a member of the naval
ommlttee, disclaimed with much ,
Indignation, the idea that a repre- !
entatlve of the land company had I
cen before that committee. or had l
it in any respect. 1t was l
elleved by the President and by q
le secretary of the navy, that. in I
lew of the complications that NAV !
rise in the future. it was wisdom y
n the part of the United States to .
ave a coaling station on the At t
mite and Pacific side of the 18th d
luS. Was this House unwilling to ?
1trust the President and secretary I
the navy with the power to fix Z
leSe locations D
King, chairman of the INFER 1;
2eanic canal committee, denied u
lat any representative of any land o
had appeared before or j
ad influenced the committee. "
Whltthorn criticised the democ- q
ICY Of BlOunt and Mcmahon, con- "
astIng 1t with that real democracy III
hlch had added empires to the ma 81
onal domain, whose idea was the q
anifest destiny of the North Am al
lean republic and whose motto OF
as, NO pent up Utica to contract VI
II powers, but the whole al
'undleSS continent is ours, OF
leSe gentlemen, Blount and Iil
cMahon, were neOphytes and ID
cayunes of democrats. Laughter) co
5 to the intimation of jobbery, ali %
at he had to say was that when al
g proposition came before the com IN
ttee, it was referred to Goode as a IN
b-cOmmittee, and the intimation De
ut anybody appeared before him IN
the committee in the interest of az
2 land company, was uncharitable II
d false. pli
never intimated it. 10
NhitthOrne-lf / was so unchar- q
BILE and mean as others are, de
ght throw out the intimation that IN
, money of French schemers is tlo
ng used to defeat the great Gn'
lerican idea and project, but | do olc
! indulge in such intimatiOn. l COZ
ieve the House and the country Ter
animated by the same spirit us ldl
committee on naval affairs. uel
ich is, that the future greatness or,
| honor of the country demand aul
5 work of preparation to meet gre
Slble emergencies. tSS
lcMahOn thought the remarks of Dea
distinguished friend a little I'M ing