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

Washington, 2l.-McMillan sub
mitted the conference report on the
river and harbOr bill and stated that
agreements 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.
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 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 chaI-
lenged by Mcmillan, a long contrO-
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 Michi-
gan, as represented by Ransom, OF
the conferees, and Coke and Conger.
OF the commerce committee respec-
lively; and Mcmillan denouncine
the arraignment as unjusti6able
and ungentlemanly.
After remarks by Kellogg in favor
of rejecting the report with a view
to maintaining the Mississippi
River appropriation, and by Beck,
Dawes, Plumb ard Sanders, Ran.
SOM and Coke defended the confer.
ence report. and it was finally
adopted-forty-one yeas to twelve
nays; and Mcmillan, Jones, of Ne
vada, and Ransom were reappointed
conferees.
On motion of Logan the House
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 tax
Dill.
Upon Bayard's suggestion snuff
was included in the provisions al
ready adopted, fixing the rate on
manufactured tobacco at II cents
per pound. Bayard suggested the
propriety of retaining the stamp tax
en- matches.
Conger explained the discount of
10 per cent allowed by the present
law on all purchases of stamps ex-
ceeding $500 in amount, had the
effect of creating a monopoly in the
match manufacture, as small deal
ers could not afford to pay these
large amounts and were driven oUt
Of the business.
Aldrich argued that the match
tax, too, was one paid by the people,
and that its retention was in the in
terest Of monopoly.
Beck read the report Of an inter
view with a Boston merchant, In
which frauds were charged by the
latter in the manufacture of knit
goods here. He also replied to all
charges to himself by newspapers,
concerning evasi0ns of the law,
prohibits over certifcation of bank
checks. He said he had been held
up as a fool for supposing the illegal
practices could be stopped at all
and had been charged with enmity
to national banks, when his sole pur-
pose and effort had been to have the
officers of government compel Obedi-
ence to the law
The amendment of Bayard retain.
ing the match stamp tax was re-
jected-ayes 8, nays 40.
Without disposing of the first sec
ton, adjournment was ordered
yeas 20, nays ga party vote, ex
cept kellogg, with Davis, Of Illinois
voted aye with the democrats.
Bayard, by request, introduced
bill authorizing Samuel L. NJ. Bar
low and Orazio Lugo, of New York
Albert G. Buzby and VIM. N. Nc
Allister, Of Pennsylvania, and theil
associates, to lay a submarine cable
between the United States ant
Europe. Referred.
Adjourned. :.