The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-08
hAYEST TELEGRAMN.
XLVII CONGRESS.
REGULAR SESSION.
SENArE-


passed: House bill, pensioning the
WIDOW OF General Ramsey; House
oil, repeating the section of the Re
Vlsed statutes which imposes an ex.
port tax on tobacco; Senate ioini
resolution allowing per diem to en-
plOyeeS OF the Senate AID an extra
months pay. The House i9lnt reso.
luton apprOpriating $4,000 to sup
ply the deficiency in the appropria.
ton for fees of United States dis rict
attorney for the last fiscal wear
passed. The House resolution in,
structing the secretary of the raw
to convene Il court OF INQUIRY IN
investigate the loss of the steamer
Jeanette, and the death of Lieuten-
ant Commander belong, passed
The House joint resolution for a
JOintselect commission upon Ameri-
can ship building and ship owning
interests, passed. 40 to -.
The House bill passed for a rail-
way bridge across the Mississippi al
or near the mouth Of the Upper
Iowa River.
Plumb offered a concurrent rese-
lusion for adjournment at 5 pm.
Morrill, objected to the present
consideration of the resolution in
order to leave it lie for the day under
the rules.
Cameron, Of Pennsylvania, then
moved an executive session but
yielded temporarily to Morrill,, who
appealed to the other side to allow
The tax bill to come up and either
be voted upon without further
debate or at the time fixed.
On motion of Mr.. Grover, the
Senate bill giving Mrs. Louisa
Boldly, Of Lake County, Oregon,
$4,000 for damages incurred in the
Modoc massacre was passed.
Brown offered a resolution pre-
senting the thanks of Congress to
John F. Slater, of Connecticut, for
his donation Of 100000 to the
cause Of education in the south Re
feTred.
Blair, chairman Of the committee
on education and labor, called up
the resolution directing an inyesti-
CATION during recess into labor
strikes. This is to he made by the
committee on education and labor
and is to include the subject of the
relations between capital and labor,
wages and hours of labor, the cor
ditiOn Of the laboring classes in The
United States and their relative
condition and wages as compared
with similar classes abroad, will
the causes and agencies producing
strikes. The committee is to recon-
mend to remove or modify such
causes and provide against their re-
eurrepee and is empowered to send
for such persons and papers, admin
lister 0aths and visit By sub-commit-
tees different paI is of the country
A resolution was adopted with
the amendment, offered BY George
directing an inquiry into the divi.
SIGN between labor and capital in
their jVint productions In tue United
States.
The N.caraguan ship canal was
made the special order for the
second Monday of December,
The Ben Holiday bill was made
the order for the second Tuesday OF
December.
Shortly after vote was taken on
the pending motion of Cameron
(Pa.) for executive session, Morrill,.
Mean and White insisting upon the
consideration of the tax bill. The
motion prevailed, yeas 81, nays 49,
all negative votes republican.
When the doors reopened, the
Senate proceeded to the cOnsidera-
ton of the House concurrent reso-
luton for fnaA adjournment On Sat
urday, August stu.
Cameron, of Visions n, moved to
amend by fixing the hour Of ad-
Journment at IL pm. today Mon
day..
salisbury imputed OF Morrill, if
he intended to call u2 the tax bill,
and received an affirmative answer.
Sherman said he would never vote
to adjourn until the tax bill was
voted upOr.
Beck said the tax bill as proposed
only meant an at empt to take the
bill from the Senate, when il was
well known the House had not
quorum.
The amendment was lost-yea-
10, nays 10.