The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-02-27

feat the pOstOffice bill rather than
thaG the light of little bit of God
AIm1ghty's justice should flash
down on these railroad companies.
he hoped the conference report
would be voted down and the Senate
conferees Informed they had to back
down or would get no postoffice ap-
preparation bill.
Dunn opposed the report and ex-
pressed the hope that the headlight
OF the locomotive would not aIwsvs
continue to be lamp to the foot
path OF conference committees, He
trusted the time would come when
the people could have a Congress
which could not End how to serve
Them. The motion was agreed to
and the report was l0st-Yeas ia.
nays 113. and a further conferences
was ordered.
HiscOck, chairman of the com
mittee on appropriations, reported
the deficiency appropriation bill.
Ordered printed and recommitted.
The "pOund" rule then went into
operation.
Rice, under instructions from the
committee on foreign affairs, called
up the Senate joint resolution pro
Yiding for the termination of arti-
eles numbered from IS TO 90, and
articles 80 of the treaty between the
United States and Great Britain,
concluded at Washington MAY 8th,
1871. Passed without debate. The
hour then expired.
The internal revenue bill with
the Senate anne, .dments, returned
by the SeEaie. was taken TO the
speakers table and ordered printed.
Bills introduced and referred: BY
ROsecrans, for the retirement of
General George ". Getty, with the
rank and pay Of major general. By
| TOWnshepd, g bill to prevent the
importation of wine from Germany
until some means are provided to
prevent the importation of deleteTi-
GUS wines from that country. By
Robinson, New York, a resolution
calling on the secretary of state for
information as 10 whether the off
GERS Of the British steamship RepUb-
ticG2l, within few days past held
an emIgrant under arrest until they
sent for the British consul, and held
a pretended trial before the British
consul within the territory of the
| United States, before all JWing the
said emigrant to lane; also a Joint
resolution for the relief of England
the benefit of Ireland and the glory
|, of the United States. fLaughter.}
1t recites at length the present con
dition Of Ireland, declares her PEG
pie are painting for republicanism.
asserts that Ireland is more neces-
sary to the United States than
much Of her present territory, and
would rival the great state OF New
York In wealth, intelligence and
culture, and requests the secre-
. tary of state to open communication
with the government of Great Brit
ain TO obtain its consent for the &C
cessiOn of Ireland 10 the United
States, by purchase or otherwise.
Notwithstanding the fact that
this was the last Monday in the
session, there were ninety-fOlIr
measures introduced under the call
of states, under special order.
Some unimportant bills were
passed, and the speaker recognized
Reed, who called up the resolution
reported by him on Saturday, from
the committee on rules.
i Blackburn raised a point of order
against it.
Carlisle raised q question of CON
sideratiOn, and then Randall de
manded the yeas and nays. The
house determined yeas, 1874, nays.
1875, to consider Reeds resolution.
Reed demanded the previous
question.
Blackburn raised point of order
against the resolution, and prefaced
his argument with disclaimer of
addressing his remarks in a futile
effort to describe and itly character
ize the effort which the committee
on rules had embodied in tbs reso-
luton in order to ESCAPE the strait
into which the majority had been
driven. That question would CONS
up if the majority saw fit in its oft
employed magnanimlty to allow a
discussion of a proposition as radi-
cal and revolutionary as now the
one presented. At that time he
would ask to be heard on q merit
permit.
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