The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-22
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
xLvII CONGRESS
REGULAR SESSION.
SENATE

W aShlDgton, 2l.-McMillan sub
mitted the conference report on the
river and harbOr bill and stated that
had been reached upon
all items except those relating to
the Potomac fats, Hennepin and
Chesapeake canals and Mississippi
river appropriations, the CONTROVERSY
upon the latter being as to the
amount. He said the conference
recommended concurrence as to
all the items agreed upon but also
advised, that the Senate fhsist
upon its amendments in the four
items named, and the appointment
of a new conference. tHfI
Allison and Logan protested
against the report as jeopardizing
the four items upon which no
agreement had been reached and
which they regarded as essential
features OF the bill. Debate ensued.
Logan hoped all the Senate
amendments will be insisted upon,
and sent to another conference. He
criticised the report as endangering
items which were Of more value
than the whole bill.
Ferry and Garland discussed the
effect Of the vote adopting the re-
port, and agreed that this would
refer to a new conference only the
items remaining in dispute, and that
all the others would be disposed of.
ingalls, charged that the Senate
conference had taken special care
OF all amendments for the benefit
OF their own states and ignored all
those for other states, which were of
greater necessity and Importance.
He commented upon the showing
that the items which, as lie
stated it, had been given away
were for states which had been SO
unfortunate as not to be represented
either in the conference or upon the
commerce cOmmitte. The correct
ness of this statement being chal-
leDged by Mcmillan, a long coRtro-
versy between the two senators fol-
lowed, ingalls,, quoting the action
OF the conference in favor Of sundry
items increased for rivers, ETC., in
North Carolina, Texas and Mich.
gan, as represented by Ransom, Of
the !conferees, and Coke and COnger
OF the commerce committee respec
lively; and Mcmillan denoGncins
the arraignment as unjustifiablt
and ungentlemanly.
After remarks by Kellogg in favor
of rejecting the report with q view
to maintaining the Mississippi
River appropriation, and by Beck
|; Dawes, Plumb ard Sanders, Ran
soma and Coke defended the confer
ence report. and it was finally
adOpted-forty-one yeas to twelvl
nays; and Mcmillan, Jones, of Ne
vada, and Ransom were reappointet
conferees.
l On motion of Logan the Hous,
amendment to the Senate amend
ment to the the pension appropria
ton bill was carried in. The bill
now goes to the President.
The Senate then resumed consid
GRAFTON of the House revenue ia,
DILL.
Upon Bayard's suggestion smut
was included in the provisions al
ready adopted, fixing the rate Of
manufactured tobacco at II cent:
per pound. Bayard suggested tn
propriety of retaining the stamp ia,
en- matches.
Conger explained the discount o
10 per cent allowed by the presen
law on all purchases Of stamps ez
ceeding $500 in amount, had tn
: effect of creating monopoly in tn
match manufacture, as small deal
erS could not afford to pay thes
large amounts and were driven on
Of the business.
Aldrich argued that the mate
tax, too, was one paid by the peopl'
and that its retention was in the il
2 terest Of monopoly.
}. Beck read the report Of an inte-
view with a Boston merchant, /
n which frauds were charged by th
latter in the manufacture of KIN
goods here. He also replied to a
charges to himself by newspaper
= concerning evasions of the Law
. prohibits over certifcatien of ban
: checks. He said he had been bel
e up as fool for supposing the illegi
Il practices could be stopped at al
J. and had been charged with enmit
It to national banks, when his sole pu
It pose and effort had been to have tt
u officers OF government compel Obed
= ence to the law.
I The amendment of Bayard retail
\ ing the match stamp tax was 1
Jected-ayes 8, nays 45. 7f1
Without dispOslng Of the first sc
ton, adjournment was ordered
yeas %, nays ga party vote, e
cept Kellogg, with Davis, of Iliino
voted aye with the democrats.
Bayard, by request, introduced
{ bill authorizing Samuel J.. NJ. b;
D low and Orazio Lugo, of New Yol
Albert G. Buzby and VIM. M. n
Alllster, Of Pennsylvania, and tn,
N associates, to lay submarine cal
~ between the United States q
Ire Europe. Referred.
Ill Adjourned.
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