The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-15
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS
SENATE.

? presided over to day by Senator In.
3 gals.
3 Among the petitions and memoir
, isls presented. were resolutions o.
Z the recent convention of inYento, s
, neld in Cincinnati, opposing any
/ Oh nge in the patent laws th,.t NAV
| tend &c the injury OF property in
patents; also petition signed by
] Mrs. James 4. Garfield and So
other citizens OF Cleveland, for the
: passage OF a bill providing for the
; return OF the NeZ Perces Indians to
their old home.
Also a petition from Tobacco deal
ers demonstrating against sgitation
of the tobacco lax, and requesting
and praying that the tax be allowed
to remain as it Is also a memorial
! from the board of trade of Albu~
| queIque, New Mexico, complaining
Of certain acts of the territorial
Legislature and praying for their
, amendment.
! Bills Introduced and referred
!, Miller, New York, to amend the act
to prevent the i'm por;a tion of adul-
terated and spurious tea, approved
March Cd, 1883.
! Sherman, authorizing tbs Pres
ident to appoint and then retire
John G Fremont as msj n general
Of the United States army.
Slater introduced a bill to forfeit
unearned lands granted to the
Northern Pac fic "a ! road comp any
and restore the same to settlement.
He said he would ask that 1t lie on
the table until Thursday when be
wonld call it up for reference.
The Senate resumed C Jnsideration
of the naval appropriation bill, the
pending question being on the
amendment proposed by thu Senate
committee to provide for the con-
structlOn of ne " cruisers.
! B4yard again objected to engraft-
ing his Amendment upon the naval
appropriation bill, the Senate hav-
ing alresdy passed a bill to pro-
vide for the same cruist re-.
He raised the point that the amend
ment was not relevant and on that
called the yeas and nays. The Sem
ale decided that it was relevant.
yeas Is, nays IA. A vote was then
taken on the question of agreeing TO
the amendment itself, and it was
agreed to, 70 yeas, Is noes.
remaining amendments proposed
by the com mittee were then read
SeriGtim and agreed to without de-
bate. Hale then moved the amend
ment of which he gave not 'ce some
days ago. providing for the purchase
and plant for rough boring and
iempering guns up to 100 tons. On
Becks making objection it was new
legislation, Hale said he would not
urge lt at present. He desired,
however, TO urge the other amend
ment Of which he had also given
notice viz: that which appropriated
5000, eco for gun factory for COM
plotting guns from six inch calibra 10
sixteen, including buildings and
shrinking pot.
Bsyard moved rs a substitute a
clause which under the lnodif alton
suggested by Allison and another
suggested by MCPHERSON, was agreed
to rqu'ring the Secretaries
OF War and Navy, with the assist
ance OF the quo foundry board,
which amendment gives instruc-
tons to report On the feat day of the
next session of Congress q plan and
estimate for the preparation and
purchase of plant for such gun
factory, and to report a full aud de-
tailed estimate of the cost of the
work, and whether the same can be
better and more econO nicalIy per.
formed in establishments owned by
government, or by private contracf,
or by comb ned system; AM what |
annual insiallments of said appro
priatlon can most econOmically be |
made. Hale had no objection to |
Bayard's amendment and withdrew
his own amendment, agreed to, |
the Secretary of the Navy |
to report to Congress next session q |
plan or plans for the construction of |
one armOred vessel for the United |
States navy, not exceeding $500
tons displacement: the cost OF same.
with machinery and armament, and
the time which the construction of |
such a vessel will take. The bill was
then passed as amended.
Plumb from the committee on |
pOstoffices and post roads, reported !
the pest office appropriation bill. |
Placed on calendar. Order was
printed, Plumb saying he would
call it up at an early day, probably
Wednesday.
Senate took up the bill to establish
a uniform system Of bankruptcy
throughout the United Sta es. It
was proceeded with by sectioos.
Several sections were agreed to
with slight debate, while some to
which amendments were proposed,
were allowed to lie over until tbs
subjects unobjected to could be dis
posed Of in the hope of "a agree
ment being reached whereby debate
and delay IN the passage OF the bill
may be ayerted. The sections
agreed to constitute several
district courts in the United
States and territories, snd
Tie supreme court OF the District
u Columbia; courts of bankruptcy
with full powers OF Adjudication as
% all gu stio arising out of any