The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-05
ID III
SENATE

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/ Washington. Z 4aUWin6om, from
the foreign relations committee, re-
ported the House bill to establish
diplomatic relations with Persia, and
for the appointment of a consul
general with salary of $1,000.
Passed. q s. l.gf
The conference report on the bill
for the sale of part. of the Omaha
| Indian reservation in Nebraska was
cdncurred in.
The House bill TO relieve certain
soldiers of the late war from the
charge of desertion, passed. so
amended as to exclude from its ben
eiits those who served less than
twelve months, or who Intentionally
deserted. $685. '.H ttr1 I-
The tax reduction bill was then
taken up, 40 to 20, but was tenn
porarily laid aside to enable Slater
TO call up the conference report
upon the Indian Greek orphan fund
bill. On the latter Cameron, of
Wisconsin, Ingalls,, Saunders and
VanWyck. with Davis, of Illinois,
voted with the democrats. The
principal point in the controversy
on the Indian bill Was the item of
100000 for the support of the
Loyal Refugees tribe, which the.
senate had voted to have charged
against the Indian Creek fund, and
as to which the confereeS reported
that the money shall be paid by the
United States directly, and nothing
in the act shall prevent the latter
from being reimbursed, hereafter,
for the same by the Greek nation.
The report, after discussion, was
adopted. il.. -r $3.50 a
Debate on the tax reduction bill
was resumed.
| Beck replied to Hoar's statement,
yesterday. that he had been aiding
the republican party by his blum
ders aud criticised the Mckinley bill
as fayoring Hoar's constituents and
depressing those of the speaker.
Hale presented the conference re-
port on the naval appropriation bill,
andIc explained that an agreement
had been reached upon all items in
dispute, except that IN reference to
the temporary closing of the navy
yards, to transfer personal property
and stores therefr0m, and the. one
authorizing that report he made
upon The additional lands anu /" ateT
front for the Norfolk navy ard.
He said the House cOnferees are-
garded the decreasing of the number
of yards as the most important re-
form in the bill, as they
believed there were now
too many yards. Personally,
the Senate conferees agreed with
them in this, but were constrained,
invieW of the vote Of the Senate to
report formal disagreement. The
result Of the compromises of the
two. or three items was as follows ::
! The Senate amendment for the pro-
lection of government from any
liability to complete the unfinished
monitors is assented to by this. The
reduction on the line navy has been
arranged by restoring the cOmmO-
| doreS to ten in number; in diStrl-
buting the reductions agreed upon,
through the different grades, are as
follows: Rear admiralS, 1 !; cOmmO-
doreS, Is; captains, ) commanders,
l3; lieutenant commanders, s;
| lieutenants, 3D. instead of 80, as
pro osed by the House; masters, % (;
| ensign, %, as to the retired list
the conferees had not interfered
! with the pay now received by any
officer; out had provided hereafter
4 that officers upon the list shall haye
the rank and pay to which they
were entitled at the date of retire
ment. Concerning the duty to which
officers shall be assigned who are
| not at sea, that part OF the clause
which provides that such officers
shall be assigned to shore duty, in
which the secretary Of the navy
can assign what is their duty, is re
tanned in the bill, and the remainder
is stricken out. The conference re-
port was acceped and new conferees
appointed upon the two items re-
manning in dispute.
Logan, Cameron, Pennsylvania,
Anthony, Hampton and Jones,
Florida, constituted the select COM
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examine report upon heavy ordl-
nance and projectiles.
After executive session AillSon,
Hale and Beck were appointed. CON
ferees on the sundry civil bill,
Consideration of the tax TeIuc-
ton bill was resumed, the question
being upon Harris amendment pro
viding for reduction Of10per cent,
after January Sth 80, and an ad1i-
tional 10 per cent after January ISL
"a, upon import duties. Hairs
rose to discuss his proposition. lie
argued that the relief to be affected
by the amendment would beDeht
the entire people of the country,
while that of the reduction OF tolls
under the bill, amounting to. about
$40,000,OOO, benefited only a small
class. He denied that the amend
ment would seriously prejudice any
interest of the country, and gave
notice that he would ask fer a alVl-
sion OF the questiOn.
At 6 u Morgan rose, VITA the
evident intentiOn of making q speech