The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-02-15
WASHINGTON.
Mondays Gatherings from tb,
Capital.

Washington, 14.-The Senate's ex-
tremely decisive rejection of the
steamship mail subsidy amendment
to the postof1ice appropriation bill.
this afternoon. was general sur
prise, as its adoption appeared, yes
terday, to be completely assured ;
and the result was rendered still
more incomprehensible by the fact
that a number of senators who,
up to almost the last mOmenl
mad warmly advocated the subsidy
appropriation, were recorded on tn,
final roll call, as voting against il.
The explanation of this seeming in
consistency, however, is found il
the fact that the senators want to
allow the money to be paid for mai
service in foreign as well as Ameri-
can built ships, provided only that
the vessels in each case should be
owned and manned by Americans
and when it became apparent from
the rejection of Morgan's amend
ment and a similar proposition,
that the original proposition would
be construed as prohibiting foreign
built ships froU being brought into
competition by American pur-
chasers, for the benefits of the sub
sides, the free ship men, including
Senators Farley, Maxey, Brown
and others, all voted on principle
against the whole project.
The bill introduced by Represent
alive Page, to-day, directs the sec
rotary of the treasury to admit free
of duty, to the port of New York,
certain jute machinery for use i'll
the San Quentin state prison.
Berry, to-day, presented, in the
House, the resolutions of the Cali
fornia legislature, favoriug a con-
greSSiOnal appropriation for the
construction of the breakwater,
ETC., at Trinidad.
The annou cement of the death OF
Fernando Wood causes sorrow il
social, as well as political circles, il
Washington. He had kept a hospit-
able house in Washington for many
years, and was personally liked by
everybody. The news of the death
reached the House of Representa-
tiveS about l o'clock this afternoon.
and created feeling of profound
regret among his late colleagues.
Mr.. Tucker, of Virginia, who is sec
ond on the ways and means commit
tee, will succeed, by reason of Mr..
Woods death, to the craftsmanship.
The announcement in the Senate
was Immediately followed by ad-
journment in respect for his mem
DRY, and this circumstance prevented
the holding of an executive session.
at which the Chinese treaties were
expected to come uD for considera-
ton.
Representative Weaver writes
that there is no truth in the pub
lished story that the nationalists in
Congress are endeavoring to organ
Ize a peoples party and to that end
intend to hold conference at Chi
cago. The national party, he sgys,
is the peoples party in the truest
sense of the term, and under its
banners viii rally all who wish to |
rescue the liberties of the people |
rom the grasp of banking, railroad |
md other monopolies.
The bill reported by Senator San
lers, to establish the territory of
Dembina, proposes to form new
erritOry from that portion of
Dakota lying north of the forty
sixth parallel.
Upon inquiry at the treasury de-
'artment, to-day, as to whether the
matters recently passed upon by the
,oard of supervising inspectors of
team vessels had been approved by
he secretary, it was aScertained
hat the work was but partly pre-
AIRED, but will be ready for submis- |,
ion to the secretary in a day or so.
The amendment to rule ten, adopted /
y the board, which reduces the :
pace between woodwork and
oilers from sixteen to four inches, l.
as been referred to the solicitor of
le treasury for an opinion upon
)me legal points.