The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-25
EoRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
SENATE.

favor2bIy I0S II -;
snr the relief of the Greeley expedl,,
~. .gon The Senate voted down all
co iV to limit the expenses OF
az 1Tped ton. After az eeing to
IL on amendment providing TO form
s al relief party by volunteers, the
INF ,esoJu ton was agreed to.
mes (Nevsds) reported, with
.nGn.nt a resolution reiatiDg 70
olerks FIR the Senate. The amend
n'ont IS. that clerks shall be spo
Limited only for the session, at 80
Por dsv. TIE resolution so anenoFd
Was sgreGd to. i.4oo ..
,.-nSgn relations, reported adversely
~ tba Joint resolution abrogating
~! ~ I'D Hawaiian treaty. The resolu-
t tIW now goes to the calendar.
'lo Sherman a presented a minority re-
,oTt on the same subject. Ordered
Pill Hin, from the committee on post
oeices and post roads, reported
1 1anII,v"TablV the DILL making all public
70 roads post routes. Calendar.
1O qncan submitted joint re solu-
ION nroviding for the removal Of
t ~ remains of the late Major Gen
ora1 r. G.. Ord from Havana TO
Washington. By request of other
Senator'S Logan allowed it to be over
until to morrow.
Bills introduced: Sherman, for the
reservation of woods and forests of
The national domain, and the ada
cont sources of navigable rivers and
their affiuents in the United States.
II is the bill presented by the same
Senator in the first session Of the
Forty seventh Congress.
Miller, On. ", to authorize the
president to pay the Chinese gov
eminent the fund now under the
control Of the Secretary of State of
the United States, and known as
the Chinese indemnity fund. 1t
was a bill, Miller said, in keeping
with the japanese indemnity bill
passed by Congress. This money
lad been given by China for the ex.
press purpose of liquidating certain
specific claims. These claims had
been Iiquidated and large balance
left, which undoubtedly belongs to
China and ought to be returned.
Referred to the foreign relations
committee.ss
The Chair announced that the
next business in order was the con-
sideration of the Alaska civil gov
eminent bill.
Sherman inquired when his reso-
luton relating to the Virginia and
Mississippi elections would be in or
der.
The Chair replied that the resolu-
ton could not come before the Sen
ste in regular order before to>mor-
row.
The Senate resumed cons Iteration
Ofthe Alaska bill.
In consideration of the bill. the
debate was participated in by Har-
rison, Plumb, Vest, Frye, Jones
(Florida), Hoar, Van Wyck and
Morgan. The clause prohibiting
the Importation, manufacture or
sale OF liquors gave the debate
little liveliness. AS the clause
stood it prohibited liquor for any
purpose.
Plumb and Frye favored that
form.
West opposed the adoption of any
rule for ALASKA that did not apply
to other Territories. Whatever
views were held about prohibition,
it. was thought it would not do to
exclude the medicinal use Of liquor
in country where the thermometer
frequently indicated temperature
Of so below zero. He was not
hypocrite enough, thank God, to
vote for bill with such sweeping
clause.
Harrison defen led the bill.
a motion was agreed to, except
ing from the prohibitory clause
liquors needed for medicinal and
scientific purposes. On the clsu=e
relating to the compensation of the
Marshal's territories, which the bill
provides shsll be partly by salary
and partly by fees.
Van Wyck movedi to amend by
P DIVIDING that all fees be paid into
the treasury. This was a good place
70 begin the work of paying United
States marshals exclusively by
salary. The greatest outrages have
been committed on innocent people
Of the cupidity men "dressed in
little brief authority" who lived by
ices. Honest settlers who had
cut stick wond for fuel had been
dragged from their homes under
Vhe pretense of having committed
crime, IN order that the marshal
might be able to charge fees for his
services in arresting them. The same
thlng happened under the internal
revenue laws. The people OF the
country were feeling outraged at
tois course, and the processes of law
were being brought into contempt.
VA, van Wyck's amendment was
LGogan's joint resolution relating
s ~ General neral Ord's body was taken up
sa Inc senIste-23 to 24-refused to
adjourn Till Monday.
Executive session, and adjourned.
HOUSE.