The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-11
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
SENATE.

Washington, 10.-Davis intro
duced a bill providing for the crea
ton of United States postal tel
egraph company under the direction
of the post Office department, ant
the creation of the Office of fOurtl
assistant postmaster general, thi
officer TO bePresident of the board Of
| directors of the company, and foI
| the establishment of postal tel
| egraph offices at post office:
throughout the Unite d States anC
the transmission of correspondence
from such Offices.
The chair laid before the Senate
a communication from the Secre.
tary of the Interior, transmitting
correspondence concerning matters
in the Yellowstone park. 1t says
the only authority of hotels granted
since the last session is con-
tanned in the lease executed to
Hobart Douglass and Rufus Hatch
who have been trespassing; depreda-
tons have taken place in the park,
such as game killed and timber cut,
in violation of the rules. The super
intendent is powerless to prevent
such violations of law, and there is
great deal OF bad feeling between
the Improvement companies and
the superintendent.
Petitions presented: Sherman,
from ex~soldiers and sailors, asking
grants of land.
Voorhees,, from posts of the Grand
Army of the Republic, praying for
the passage of a bill now pending
repeating the statutory limitation in
regard to arrearages of pensions.
Plumb, from 1900 citizens of
Kansas and Missouri, praying that
the land known as Oklahama land,
Indian Territory, be opened to
settlement.
Voorhees, introduced a bill to
equaliZe the bounties of soldiers.
This bill, Voorhees, said, IS a copy Of
the bill passed by Congress nine
years ago, but was vetoed by Presi>
dent Grant ON the ground that it
takes more money out of the Treas.
ury than the public interests war
ranted, but there is so much now
said about surplus revenue and
abundance of money, that he would
introduce the same bill now, and
hoped it would meet the early con-
sideration of the committee.
The Senate took up Van Wyck's
resolution, directing the Secretary
of the Interior to suspend action as
to issuing patents or certificates Of
land granted the New Orleans and
Pacific Railroad company until
Congress shall this session deter
mine the questions involved in the
claims of said corporations. Van
Wyck stated that he had prepared
a substitute for the preamble to his
resolution. The new preamble and
resolution were agreed to, as fol-
lows:
Whereas It is claim I'd by the New
Orleans and Pacific Railroad company
has decided in favor of the company az
to lands demanded by them. and the
Secretary Of the Interior has felt con-
opinion, snd the company also claim
authority over said lands or demands Of
said company; therefore, be It
ReSo Ued That the Secretary Of the
Interior be requested to suspend action
in issuing certificates or patents for said
lands to said corporation until Congress,
at this session, settle the questions ins
volved in the claim Of said corporation.
Voorhees, offered the following,
which was agreed to:
Reso1UeG, That the Secretary of |
The Treasury is directed to inform
;he Senate whether, since January |
LIST, 1884, the duties on tonnage have |
been collected at any ports in the |
United States from foreign ships in
of the treaty provisi> |
ms or unauthorized by law. II so,
he date of such action, the name Of |
he Vessel or vessels upon which |
UGH unauthorized duties are i'm
posed.
voorhees, also offered the follow
ng. Which was agreed to:
ReSOloed, thai the Secretary of
Var inform the Senate of the mum
,er of soldiers of the late war fer
he Union who served one year,
wo years and three years, and the
of bounty paid each class
also to inform the SEN
tie of the amount of money that be
to equalizs the bounties of |
hose who served in said war.
The Senate resumed consideration
# the new rules. The pending ques-
ion was on the motion of Vest to
trike from rule twenty-six the
clause providing that to the commits
ee on internal improvements shall
,e referred all subjects relating to
he improvement of rivers and har-
,ors; also the bill known as the
liver and harbOr bill.
After debate, the motion of Vest
vas agreed to.
Without reaching a vote on the
ules, the Senate went into execu-
i've session and soon adjourned.
HOTSE.