The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-25
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS-
SENATE:

Washington, Apri124.-Tne Chair
laid before the Senate a communi
cation from the Attorney General
requesting that immediate provision
be made by joint resolution OF
Congress for the payment of Jurors
and witnes ses for the United States
courts. The sum commended is
$50, 900. The Attorney General
states that the courts are in session
all over the country and no money
is paid to jurors or witnesses.
Petitions presented and referred
By miller, of California, from the
Chamber of Commerce. San I ran.
cisco, representing the helpless con.
ditiOn of the harbOr Of that city,
and urging the early completion OF
the new dock.
The bill passed providing for the
disL osal of abandoned military res
ervations. 1t authorizes the Pres
ident, whenever In his opinion any
portion of a military reservation
becomes useless, he shall place 1t in
charge Of the Secretary Of the Iute~
rior, who shall have it surveyed,
subdivided, appraised, and sold.
The bill amending the Revised
Statutes relating to trespsssers on
Indian lands passed, 1t adds i'm
prisonment to the fine already pro-
Yided for.
The Chair laid before the Senate
unfinished business, being the bill
to provide bureau Of animal indus
try, and to suppress cattle diseases.
+ MCPHERSON thought the bin de-
fectiVe, and moved its reconsidera.
ton.
Morgan said the bill provided for
a number OF inspectors, who would
be Interested in keeping alive the
impression that disease existed
among the cattle of the country.
Con tinuancei in Office depended on
the fact, or supposed fact that such
disc ase existed. The Commissioner
Of Agriculture should not be given
power by which he might go into
any State and slaughter animals
without the consent of their owners.
The owner Of the property should
have all opportunity TO be heard,
and the bill should provide for such
rights.
While Plumb's attention was
diverted, the question was put on
the question OF recommittal, and
on viva voce vote had got so far as
to announce that the ayes seemed to
have it, when Plumb rose to speak.
The chair said the only thing in orr
der was as to whether there should
be division Of the Senate. On the
Of Horn, however, the
was treated as though the
question had not been put. Plumb
then addressed the Senate in reply
to the objections made to the bill,
and in opposition to the motion to
recommit. A recon initial he said
would be the destruction of the bill.
and an indication that the Senate
did not want to pass any bill on the
subject OF cattle diseases this session.
All stock growing associations he'd
passed resolutions favoripg the bill,
and every intelligent stock grower
favored it. As to McPherson's
criticism that there was no
pleuro-pneumonia in the country,
Plumb pointed to the resolutions
If the Legislature of New Jersey,
admitting its existence.
Coke said a great interest in his
State had been assaulted and
iDeled, and had its value, in conse-
Iuence, deprecated by officials OF |
ne United States. /
The bulk of the testimony before
he Senate showed there was no |
,leurc-pneumonia in the country. |
)ne gentleman told him he had ad. |
'snced 100000 on cattle, and if this |
ill passed he would lose half if not |
il his money. Cattle interests were
and would suffer from this |
onstant agitation. Adjourned.