The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-14
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captain Geo. A. Johnston was
nominated to be collector of customs.
at San Diego. The nomination was
referred 10 the committee on com
meree and has not yet been reported
back TO the Senate. Charles of
drunkenness ana general unfitness
ier The position are preferred against
Eli" Johnston. Senator Miller is
opposed TO his nomination. but
Representative Pacheco. through
whose influence Johnston was ap-
pointed, says the charges cannot he
sustained. Senator Farley, who is
member of the committees on com
merce, has J. hnston's case in charge
1t Is expected that he will soon re-
quest Senator Miller to present a
list OF the cha les he makes against
Johnston, and Gnlass they are su-
stained the nomination will be
favoEably reported.
The President to-day nominated
no. a. Brierty OF Los Angeles. to
be collector Of customs at Newport.
of Wilmington. MS 1
Governor Pachec0 said Mr.. Brierty
is excellently qualified for the posi-
ZION; that he has worked early and
late for the party, and that here
quested the President 10 aDpoiHt
him without Mr.. Br;ertv having
solicited the place.
Senator Miller says that the story
printed in the Herald of this CITY
on the first of July that he was
stuck on 81 ,200 horse that smashed
ms buggy and severely injured him
is a lie made made out Of whole
cloth. he says that II was written
Dy a scamp he had befriended. Mr..
Miller has not bought q horse and
had no occasion to have a horse
Trained. The senator regards him
self as thoroughly able to handle
any borse that he may seeft TO buy.
A spicy political debate preceded
the consideration Of the internal
REVENGE bill in the House to-day.
As this bill passed the House, it
provided mainly for the abolition Of
bank taxes. Th0re was such q
clamor from the west on reduc-
| ton of those taxes that fall
directly upon the people, that the
4 republican senator's determined
to add to the bill provisions lower
ing the duties On steel rails and
sugars. The democrats hoped that
| Congress would adjourn without
making any more reductions than
were proposed in the House bill be-
cause the responsibility for such
failure would restup0n the major
ity. They could not, however, con
siStently tight against the considera-
ton Of the bill as amended BY the
finance committee. but re4enQsd
themselves by talk ing loudly against
the measure and after wards refusing
to vote when the questiOn-came up.
In the debate, early this after
noon, the democrats claimed
that the restriction of duties
was agreed upon by caucus
because the republicans were afraid
to enter the campaign next fall
upon the record made thus far by
the republican majority, and that
changes proposed in the tariff laws
! indicated a want Of confidence in
: the tariff commission, aud that the
reductions proposed with duty on
steel rails and suger were a delusion
and a snare, intended TO hOOdWink
+ the people and supply the repub-
hcan stump speakers with ammuni-
? ton for the campaign. The repub-
leans maintained ithat the position
of democrats on consideration of a
: bill showed they were insincere in
their professions IOf a desire to re-
duce taXatiOn. The republicans
, were tride uncertain this morning
as 10 what the ultimate would be.
IL was asserted that HOar and
Dawes would not vote for the bill
unless it provided for reduction of
the duty on steel, a firm Of infuen-
tial steel manufacturers in WOrces-
ter having requested the senators to
: vote for such reduction.
Senator Voorhees,, it is said. sur
lprised his democratic friends by
making a strong protection speech.
He asserted privately that Senators
r Camden and Davis, Of West Fir-
! ginia. Morgan, of Alabama.
Cab, Of Florida, and one or two
other democratic senators will stand
with him against the free trade
theories of a majority Of democratic
3 senators.
II The action of the Senate, to-day,
: in taking up the House internal
s revenue bill, shows that a majority
in both houses is in favor certainly
7 Of the proposition of removing tax
l on banks, and that the bill will be
t passed this session, unless It is 50
loaded down with tariff amendments
D in the Senate that it fails TO gel
e through The House.