The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-03-01
xLyn. CONGRESS-.
SECOND SESSION.
SENATE.

SENATE. 70
Washington, 2S.-Edmunds, from
the committee or judiciary. reported
adversely the House bill to provide
for the restoration to citizenship of
such citizens of the United States
as had become naturaliZed citizens
of Great Britain.
Tabor offered a Joint resolution
providing for the participation by
government in the national mining
and industrial exposition to be held
in Denver.
A message was received announc-
ing the names of the House con-
terees on the internal revenue and
tariff bill.
at Garland's request the message
was read.
Garland asked to have read from
the Congressional Record the reso-
luton instrueting the conferees to
consider fully the constitutional OBJ
jections to the internal revenue bill
as amended by the Senate, and bring
the same, together with the opinion
of the House in regard thereto, be-
fore the committee Of conference,
ETC., and moved, to reconsider the
motion by which the Senate had
agreed to the conference.
Ingalls, raised the point of order
that it was not in order to read or
refer to particular words OF acts of
the other house upon pending
measures. &
Garland said his motion to recon-
slider was made in good faith. He
had voted for the conference yester-
day in the belief that the Senate
was in possession of all the House
had done IN this matter, but now
it turned out from the Official record
that practically a fraud had been
committed upon the Senate. There
could have been a full and free con-
ference under the conditions made
by the action Of the House. His
vote, and probably the vote of other
Senators upon agreeing to confer
ence would have been different if
he had known all the action of the
House, and is the motion to recon
slider should prevail, he intended to
take the position that the Senate
could not confer under such cond1-
tions.
The President finally ruled that it
was not in order to read from the
House record as Garland had pro-
posed.
Garland appealed from the de-
cision. After the question had
been debated for some time, Ingalls,
offered a resolution declaring It to
be the opinion of the Senate that
the conference should be full and
free, and instrueting the Senate con-
ferees if they found any limitation
was placed by the House on the
action of its committee, to retire
and report that fact to the Senate
for its consideration.
Sherman at first objected to the
resolution, but withdrew his objee-
tion later, and the resolution was
agreed to without division.
| Garland withdrew his appeal, and
| the Senate resumed consideration
of the bill to give increased pen
sions to one-armed and one-legged
soldiers.
Edmunds moved to lay Garland's
motion on the table. Lost, ayes "A,
nays 20.
The pending question being on
the motion of Vest, to strike out
the words, "or shall have suffered
disability equal thereto"
| Mitchell said when the bill passed
the House, the statement was made
that it would involve an increase OF
expenditure of 81, 500 900, but it had
been ascertained that it would re-
quire 100000 to carry out the
provisions of the bill.
! Voorhees, declared in favor Of the
bill, ami called attention to some
figures showing that in 1870 the
number Of soldiers who had suffered
amputation of limb was less than
$1,000, and one half Of those were
now dead and buried.
Harris said the majority Of the
committee On pensions had reported
in favor Of postponing this bill, and
in Difference to that report he would
move an indefinite postponemeHt of
the bill, which was discussed at
length.
The motion to postpone was indef.
initely lost.
/ Vests amendment striking out
the equivalent disability CHANGE
was lost.
Platts' bill, of which he gave no.
tice some days since, was adopted
The amendment providing pension:
/. to survivors of the American ant
7 Indians wars was lost, Williams
: made a speech in favor of pension
ing Mexican veterans, and incident
ally expressed the opinion that t.
increase the pensions bill woult
|. take $50,0O0,00O from the treasur.
the first year. Bill reported to tn
q Senate, the amendment made il
!. committee of the whole concurre
i in, and the bill, as amended, passed
y Allison reported sundry civil bill
. and said he would call it up to-m0l
q row. After executive session.
q Adjourned.