The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-02-28
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS
SENATE.

| lOtment or lands IN Seyeralty to
indians Of Umatilla reservation,
| Oregon.
Van Wyck offered the following
| resolution for which he asked i'm
mediate consideration
ReSolosd, That the con mittee on
postoffices and postroads he directed
to inquire whether at any time the
Western Union and Baltimore &
Ohio telegraph companies, or any
officers or employees Of said COM
panies had entered into contract
or ssregotistiOn for the purpose of
consolidating said companies, or
making animation for any pur>
pose.
After debate the resolution was
referred to the COMMITTEES on post
offices and post roads.
Blair introduced bill to extend
the time for the compile ion Of rail
roads west OF the Mississippi river
to which grants of public lands
have been made and which in good
faith are prosecuting the worn of
construction, without the forfeiture
o. such grants.
Lapham introduced a bid to incor-
porate the Yellowstone Park rail-
lad.
Vest offered a resolution, agreed
to, calling on the Secretary of the
Interior fer information as to
whether a lease has been made to
any part of the Crow reservation in
Montana to any pc son or ass ocia,
ton, if so, the extent of such lease,
upon what terms made and by what
authority Of law sucI action has
been taken by the Department.
Also, whether any permit has been
given to grazing cattle on that
reservation, and If so, by what au-
thority of law it has been done
The Senate resumed cons; deration
Of the bill to provide new cruisers
for the navy.
The debate wss participated in
by Jones (Fla.) Mcpherson, Hale,
CockreJl and Beck. The latter
critic sed the management of the
ravy yards, a, & referring TO the
statement of the admiral that on
one occasion $4,000 had been
changed to the wrong chip, said
one could tell but wat that money
might be given to Dorsey to take to
Indiana. It wss shame the gov
ernment could not build its own
ships, but had TO give work for
contractors. 1t was vice in
the administration, dishonesty in
the management, cODnivance snd
collision between contractors and
off ers of the government; that was
Dur trouble.
Vest said but few moments ago,
while in the corridor, he (VesD he'd
. en- appealed TO by sn officer in the
NAYS, an old personal friend, saying
for Gods sake, Vest, vote for this
BILL" Vest had told him he wac
mistaken, it was for John Rosch's
sake he meant. The Almighty had
1othing to do with it. When steel
vessels were put up for com EDITION,
only Roach and Cramer could bid
or them under the terms OF the
)ill.
Hale said the committee on naval !
.ffairs were sponsors o. this bill, r
md the committee had never seen :
II heard of John Roach in connec-j
ion with it. The bid of John RO ach
or steel vessels was 100000 less
han other bidders.
Vest inquired who brought in this u.
uestion OF inefficiency of the navy
ards. Was it not an ally OF the ]
enator from Maine, his assistant
djutant general (alluding to But
cry, who did not know the navy
ards were h0tbeds Of political cor {
upton? 4
Butler, with great warmth, re- !
elled the assertion that he was an
lily or adjutsnt general of anyone n
his question. The Senator from l
iissouri had better state in plain
srms what his real opposition to /.
ne bill is. 1t is that he has no con-
dence in the honesty OF the present e
administration of the department.
t is that perhaps some political ad.
antsge may accrue to the party to :
'hich the Senator from Missouri !
nd myself does not belong, if we l
ote this sum of money to build
II Sc ships; but 1 refuse to subor- I
mate q high public duty to the :
,hlevemen. Of party advantages.
Mcpherson said the gentleman
no had been asked for an innate
pom the ships which John Roach
for, had stated if could 9
ave had the same inspector to in ;
,ect the work that John Roach Z
I'D, he could build them at John a
oach's price. !.
Butler remarked that when the q
,nator from New Jersey (McPhtr =
M said John Roach had put O d
in the Navy Depart 2
ent, be (Butle) would take issue
it'll him. He thought the Sena |
II ouR M to prove that. IL
Mcpherson stated he had not said
at. u
Butler q1ired whether be now 4
lderstocd the Eenator IS not
larging that John Roach had put
tative in the Navy De- |
Irsment. II
Mcpherson replied that if anvil
snator had heard him make a H.
atement which the Senator from e
nth CarOljng CHARGED he Mo "a