The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-13
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
XLVII CONGRESS
REGULAR SESSION.
SENATE.

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Company to construct bridge over
the Missouri.
The Senate went into executive
session, and when the doors were
reopened Pendleton presented pc
titiOn from 10000 citizens of CincIn-
natl and COYingtOn, asking the pass
age Of the civil service reform bill.
Garland, from the judiciary COM
mittee, reported as a substitute for
the relief of a. Sydney SebbS and
similar measures, on the original
bill amending section 1918 Revised
Statutes, referring to the disqualif-
cation from appointment to any pc
sitiOns In the army of the United
States and for other purposes. 1t
amends the section to read:
No person who held commission
in the army or navy of the United
States at the beginning of the
late rebellion, and resigned his
place, and afterwards served
in any capacity in the military,
naval or civil service of the So
called confederate states, or other
of the states in instruction during
the rebellion, shall be appointed to
any position in the army Of the
United States.
Sec. 2-That section 1856 of the
Revised Statutes be, and the same
is hereby repealed, and hereafter the
oath to be taken by any person
elected or appointed to any office of
honor or profit, either in the civil,
military or naval service, except
the President Of the United States,
shall be as prescribed in section
1857 Revised Statutes; but this re-
peal is not to affect oaths specified
in existing statutes respecting
special or subordinate officers and
employees.
Sec. 3-That section $40, Revised
Statutes, imposing certain diSquali-
fcatlOns upon grand and petit jurors
of the United States, and section
S21 Revised Statutes, prescribing
the oath for grand and petit Jurors
in the courts United States be and
the same are hereby repealed.
The japanese indemnity bill came
up as unfinished business, the ques.
ton being upon Morrill's amend
ment to pay back, in legal coin, the
exact sum received from the
japanese government, namely, $785,
900. After discussion the amend
ment prevailed-yeaS %, nays -.
Morrill, moved to further amend
by directing the destruction of the
bonds uader the control Of the stat
department. known as the japanese
indemnity bonds. Morgan said the
amendment just adopted reversed
all previous congressional action
on the subject, and would turn OVel
to Japan the $4,000 proposed to be
distributed to Admiral McDOugal
and his men of the Wyoming ant
ZIakiaAsg. He said that officer wa,
now compelled to look t
Japan for payment and tina
the reason for this was none
other than that McDougal
was democrat. That gentleman
was suffering to-day because he hal
not received money, but he would
probably receive fairer treatmen
from the democrats Of Japan thai
from his own ceuntrymen.
ingalls, said that by the amend
ment the Senate have voted $7S5,
600 more than Japan ever asked for
and went on to say that the whoIr
claim had been for years substan
TALLY in private hands. He hat
voted to pay the principal and inter
est in last Congress, but he knew
now what he did not know theo-
that the Japanese minister had de
Scended from his diplomatic position
and had appeared as lobbyist il
support Of claim, making his com
munication not through the stat
department, but through senate
to influence the action OF the Sena5
in favor of a return of the fund.
Morgan-I am bound to say tina
statement is historically untrue.
A long wrangle ensued between
ingalls, and Morgan. ingalls, wen
on 10 criticize the statements mad
by Morgan, in the course of the de
bate, as to assurances which tina
senator claimed to have receiveC
from the japanese minister. tina
nothing was to be paid by Japan 70
| lobbying on the bill, and that tina
government was entirely willing
that $4,000 should be retained t.
pay the officers and crew of th
wyoming and TIakiG9g. lie QA
CALLS knew that an agent pro
fessedly acting for the Japanes
, government, had been urging tn
bill upon congressman and pre-
pairing pamphlets.
Morgan, said, it might not be wis
for him to repeat in the Senate TIL
denlals of lobby influence on tn
part OF any representative Of Japan
winch, upon inquiry at the legation
he had received.
Window, chairman Of the com
mIttee on foreign relations, from
winch the bill was reported
sad he spoke deliberately whe
he asserted that to PASS the bill 8
, amended would be a burning sham
20 the United States. It was noI
an admission that S7s5,0O0 belonge
TO Japan, and had been unjuStl
WlCnheld. Under their agTeemen