The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-09
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
SENATE.

U0lOIS Iu0 OcnoeO OhO eAooeO A1No~
sage announcing nOn-conclrTeDce
in the Senate amendments to the
pleuro pneumonia bill. The Senate
insisted upon its amendments, and
the Chair appointed as committee
OF conference Miller (New York;
Plumb and Williams.
The chair laid before the Senate
communication from the Secretary
OF the Interior submitting supple>
mental provisional estimates calling
for s272, 620 for further clerical hire
which would be necessary if the
pension bills now pending be
passed.
Mitchell, from the committee on
pensions, reported favorably with
amendment the House bill granting
pensions to soldiers Of the Mexican
war. Placed On the calendar, and
the bills heretofore introduced in
the Senate on the same object were
indefinitely postponed. The amend
ment provides: that no such officer,
enl Sted man or widow shall bs en-
titled to the benefits of this act
unless dependent in whole or in
part upon his, or her own labor or
assistance from other3 for support.
Dawes offered resolution which
was sgreed to: calling on the Secre-
tsry Of the Interior for information
whether sny steps had been taken
to prosecute enc HOlferiDO for
shooting an Indian named B ack
Wolf. Hoiferino, he said. was a
cowboy who made bet with his
fTien0s that he could put a rifle
bullet through an Indians hat
without touching his head. He
made a slight mistake, however
and put the bullet through,
the head instead Of the hat.
The Indians felt outraged by
this and in the excitement growing
out of the incident burned a house
belonging to cowboys. The house
burners were tried and sentenced TO
FIVE years. Imprisonment, bat the
man who shot the Indian was still
untried and unpublished. The In
dams, Dawes added, naturally felt
that justice bad not been done and
this resolution was intended to bring
out the facts as to what effort was
made to prosecute the first offender
Van Wyck offered a resolution,
which at the suggestion Of COnger,
was laid over one day, directing the
Secretary of the Interior to with
hold granting patents or recognizing
any claim made by the Northern
Pacific railroad adjoining and on
account of what is known as the
Puyaltup branch, built many years
ago, until this Congress shall taze
action on the question OF the FOR
feiture Of lands gran ed said roads.
The shipping bill was taken up,
and after a discussion of McPher.
sons amendment cutting off the
compensation for the return trip of
ships that may take out United
Stated mail was rejected, ayes II,
nays 81. Vest then moved his
amendment, relating to shipping
commissioners, but modised so as
to make tho officers accountable to
the Secretary of the Treasury for
their receipts and expenses, though
leaving their appointment in the
circuit court.
After debate Vests amendment
was agreed to. Mcpherson moved
to strike out the section providing
for foreign mail pay, and on that
called yeas and nays. Motion was
lost, yeas 7, nays A. Yeas. Cocks
rell, Harris, Kenna, Lamar, Nc
Pherson, VanWyck and Vest. This
completed the consideration OF the
bill in committee of the whole,
On motion of Frye the House bill
was then taken from the table, and
with slight debate was amended to
correspond with the bill just agreed
to.
Dawes then moved fan amends
ment to admit free of duty materials
made abroad which should be used
for the building in this country of
ships exclusively for foreign trade.
This amendment was laid on the
table.
Morgan offered an amendment ad.
hitting foreign built ships to
American registry under 80 per
cent. ad valorem, lost. Yeas 10, nays
"a.
House bill as amended was then
passed without debate.
Adjourned.