The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-29
LATEST TELEGRAMS-
XLVII CONGRESS
REGULAR SESSION.
SENATE

w ooAAA eOls LC--lue HOUSE OIL
in regard to the pay of letter Car
rierS passed.
The Senate bill for the publica-
ton OF the tenth census passed.
The naval appropriation bill was
read for action on committee amend
ments..
Miller, of California, moved an
amendment to portions regulating
the active list of staff corps Of the
navy by substituting a provision for
commission to consider all matters
relative to proper reduction of the
oficial list Of the navy, and the adj
juStment Of the several grades and
corps, and report next session.
In points of order by Hale end
Rollins, the chair ruled that all
amendments made by the Senate
committee changing the House
general legislation were out of order
on appropriation bills.
Call appealed and the Senate re-
fused to table the appeal.
The committees act dividing the
40 surgeons on the active list into
three classes was then ruled out or
order by the chair and the decision
was sustained by the Senate.
Hale endeavored to secure an I'M
derstanding by which the question
Of order would be avoided as TO
other committee amendments in
volving change in the existing
laws, but objection was made and no
arrangement was reached. The bill
was proceeded with as in committee
Of the whole, the amendments
making changes in respect to there
tirement of naval officers and pro-
motion on the retired list, and allow
ing any vacancy among rear
admirals to be flied by the Presi-
dent. The nomination of Captain
Wall as commodore was accordingly
ruled out. The amendment making
prohibition against promotion to
the grade of commodore immedi-
ately operative, instead of on July
LIST, 1888, as proposed by the House,
was objected to by Williams, and
voted down by less than a quorum
of Is to Is. Upon the question of
order being voted upon as to other
amendments, Allison, of the appre-
priation committee, construed this
as an attempt TO accomplish by in
direct ways the purpose sought to
be accomplished by the recommittal
Of the bill, to which the Senate had
refused to assent. In urging the
bad policy of this he said if the Sen
ate did not amend these provisions
it will be cut off from any jurisdic-
ton over them hereafter in confer
ence committee. This would prac-
tically compel the Senate to take the
bill exactly as it came from the
House. The committee amend
ments in regard to the number and
promotion of lieutenants having
been ruled out, the House provision
was consequently restored.
Hale moved to make the number
225 instead of 200, so the subject
might remain an open one between
the two houses. Agreed to. The
provision passed in this shape. The
various changes reported by the
committee in the items of appro-
priation were agreed to without de.
bate. The amendment was dis.
pensed with. The civil force at the
navy yards was agreed to, but the
question of order was raised upon
the proviso that not less than two
navy yards shall be maintained
upon the Atlantic and Gulf coasts
and one upon the Pacific Coast, and
this was ruled out. The question Of
order was raised by Blair upon the
item limiting the repairs of wooden
vessels to those upon which the cost
of repairs is not over 80 per cent. OF
the appraised value. The commit
tee had amended this by fixing 2;
per cent. as the limit.
The chair, Harris, ruled the
amendment out.
ingalls, said the United States haC
three great elements in great navy
"a corps of skillful, trained anC
efficient officers, some heroic tradi
tons and a great abundance o.
water. 1t had $1,000 miles Of un
defended sea coast, and in case Of al
invasion it couldrely upon the as
sistance of 14O vessels Of al
dimensions, of which but thirty
seven could possibly be rendered
| effective in case of wal
1t had been said the condition of th,
navy was attributable to the parsi
mony of Congress. A complete re
! futation of that statement could b.