The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-07-04
FoRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS-.
SENATE.

Senate the Fitz John Porter YETI
message, which was read. The
question being, "Shall the bill Lass
notwithstanding the objections o.
I the President?" The yeas and nays
were taken without debate and re.
suited in tie vote, yeas ~, NAYS
u. Two-thirds not voting in the
affirmative the bill failed 10 pass,
Vote in detail: Yeas; Bayard,
Beck, Brown, Butler, Call, Came
ron, of Pennsylvania; Cockrell,
Coke, Fair. Farley, Garland, George,
Groome, III 1mpton, Harris, Hoar,
Jones, of Nevada; Jonas, Jones, of
Florida; I Maxey, Morgan, Pike,
Pugh, Ransom, Sewall, Vance, Vest
and Voorhees-27. Nays: Aldrich,
Allison, Blair, Bowen. Cameron, OF
Wisconsin; Conger, Dawes, Dolph,
Edmunds, Hale, Harrison, Hawley,
Hill, ingalls,, Laphsm, Logan, Mo :
MILAN, Miller, of New York
Mitchell, Morrill,, Palmer, Platt,
thumb, Sawyer, Sherman, Van
WICK and Wilson,.
The anti-Chinese bill was called
up by Miller California;
Platt moved to strike out the
clause excluding Chinese who are
subjects OF governments other ttan
that at China.
Hoar reaffirmed his diFapproba~
ton. This clause of the bill, he
SAID, was based on barbarism, and
the American people would In his
OPINION some day repent the action
OF Congress On this subject.
tlatt's motion was not agreed to
and the bill coming at once to a vote
was passed without amendment,
yeas 43, nays II. Vote in detail:
Yeas: Allison, Bayard, Beck, Blair,
Butler. Call, Cameron, (Pennsyl-
vanis) Cameron, (Wisconsin) Cock,
rsll, Coke, Conger, Cullom, Dolph,
Fair, Farley, Garland, Groome,
Hale, Hampton, Htrris, Hill, In.
gals, Jones (Florida), Jones (Ne~
yadal Logan, Manderson, Maxey,
Miller California;, Miller (New
YORK;, Morgan, Palmer, Psndleton,
Pike, PLUMB, Pugh, Ransom,
Sawyer, Sherman, Slater, Vance,
Van Wyck, Vest and Voorhe es-4S.
Nays: AldrIch, Brown, Dawes, Ed.
munds, Hawley, Hoar, Lapham,
Mcmillan, Mitchell, Morrill,, Platt
and Wilson-12.
Dawes, from the committee on ap-
preparation reported the Notification
bill with amendments. Ord red
printed.
Jones New explained that he
bad been necessarily absent during
The vote on the Fitz JohnPorter bill
md if be had been in the chamber
1e would have voted in favor Of the
Dill becoming law, notwithstanding
he Presidents objection.
Blair, from the committee on
education and labor, reported favor
IDLY the bill to legalize the incor-
,oration of national trades unions.
Calender.
The ISOLATION offered yesterday
" Sherman was sgreed to, provid- |
ng ZOE a session of tie Senate to-
morrow July 4.h.
A resolution was agreed to author
Eng the appointment of q com
nlttee of five Senator'S 10 examine |
nto the capacity of steel producing
works. in the United States to make
teel for guns of high power, plate
uitable for war ships, and into the
haracter and sufficieucy Of the tools
n the navy yards and the foundries
ultabte for the manufacture of en-
ines for such Yessels and guns for
UGH vessels and sea coast defenses: !
lso 10 inquire as to the best method
Or manufacturing the same,
by government or by con
-act with paivSte parties.
The Senate fneisted upon ia
meudments 10 the sundry civil bill
nd ordered conference. i
The Senate resumed consideration
the bill to forfeit unearned lands
ranted to the Atlantic s. Pacific
abroad Company.
Blair said that all this effort to
)rfe1t land grants and restore 2OO,-
1900 acres that we read of in the
ewspapers, by means of this great
ovement, to destroy vested rights
nd humbug the American peorle
18th the idea that they were to re-
'ver vast portion of the public s
,main, would simmer down to
citing one twentieth part of what d
le people expects d He was 9
,posed TO all land grant forfeiture
lis now before Congress; they I
ere radically wrong, they were l
,ainst sound public policy, In fact I
icy were humbugs.
On coming to q vote Morgsn's
nendment was agreed to, yeas 81,
sys IL.
Sherman thought this left the Fill z
mere make d declaration of forfeit I
e, leaving the possession of the
cd to the company and every,
ing else open, that it would g
Mount TO nothing. o
1t was quite proper TO have the q
urts protect everybody'5 rights. Z
1t actual possession of the land by G
vernment should follow the de
aratlon OF forfeiture. He there's &
re moved an amendment which y
IS agreed 10. providing for t.ee
SUMPTION of the title by the
nIied States, end declaring the Y
acs part OF tho publ domain. bat \
It subject to disposal under the il
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