The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-03-19
HOUSE,.

HOUSE.
WashiD gton, 1S.-Rep0r6 sub
mitted:
ReagsDs committee on commerce
authorizing the construction Of
bridges across the Rio Gsnde 81
Laredo and Eagle Pass. House
calendar.
Peters, same committee, appro.
priating $50 600 for the constuctio
Of & revenue marine and steam
launch, for use in Alaskan waters.
COMMITTEES on appropriations. a..
At the expiration of the morning
hour Towpshend moved that the
House go into committee On the
postoffice appropriation bill, md de-
clined to yield to Curtin who
wished an opportunity to submit
the report of the foreign affairs com.
mittee upoa the Lssker resolution.
Thel eupon members of thst COM
mittee mustered their forces and at
tempted to vote down the notion,
but though they made goG1 fight
the appropriation committee came
out successfully.
The House went into com mittee
of the whole, Rleunt In til, chair,
on the bill stated. -
Cannon raised a point 6 order
against the second section which
amends the Revised S:atute> so as
to prohibit weighing maib more
than once in four years.
Cannon and Keifer argusd IN sup
port Of the point. and Holman, Ran
dali and Townshend in opposition
thereto, but tbs Chair ruiedagsinst
his party friends and sustained the
point Of order.
In speaking inregard to the formal
amendment, Aiken rgyfew,d and
areseIy criticised various failures
ii the BILL. declaring it lnR3e the
most niggardly spufoDriatbns or
any appropriation bill he hsd ever
He was opposed to g
1roviso limiting stbe cpmpen-
;ation for mall service to
anu grant Fosds. and he
'aid thai i'll spite Of himalf the
thought would ri TAP that ,tnere
NOS vicio1s Legislation behind the |
20 sc. Af1r the committee had |
discussed the matter some hours |
be great 0hjector from indians had
'isen and Ctfsred an amendDBut 20
lis own D Ii : He b4ok in thea tne
1efy roatl he.iI9jG e@cIF ded5nffam,
NJ lis bill. though rs (Aiksl1 DID !
log charge any b16g with h.v3ae a /
Oh N the Bill that seton hd excl.
81 suspicion in hi mind IRE
ext thing IL The bill whicnetir1c F.
ed his attention vas tie aeHoBria-l
ion OF 81 600 900 for Sta R3ut. ]
ervice, and an additional innsgtn-
" appropriation OF 5000, 6O0. +,
Where was that 81, 10000 3? The
IS master-g general had cad sOme-I
ming about an unexpsndei balance
I 81, 100000. Why had no. the
Omnfiitee reappropfisted tbe whole
that sum? WHAT was to become OF
A. S1,600.00O? In his mnd there
as covert Legislation night here; be
,iticised the COM lRittee for making !,
0 provision for sLeeiai mai faGiii- IC
es and the radicals exeaie PFa- G
.n.ed thst it had not sen esti- ,
laFed fer. If the comnGee re- 4
Isef 20 give hecsuse he post !
sster general dia nna as;, why n =
le name OF common 'sese Gid IL {
,jeet TO giving what lie oil ask foI?
be species ., niggatGly egislationI
hich was manifest On eery page y
stae Bills sa0wed concllsive}y to Z
y Tight @l-i1ded tt ia kiDgman that q
e pugraSa Of the BIZ waSto get up W
reap nctor ely for grand economy.
-pp'ause Republican sid.
Holman denied irdign ntly that T
er5 was anything coVet in the q
Il and hoped tie ge2tleIan wCQ,d -
point cut NbTein The :
mmittee on Apron iati1s or any :
snaper sought to desive 6h l.
oGse or the e5uatTys "
lSs agan offered sn ameument eE -
nding TO members Of Colgress tae
sht to use fTanked envelpesi il the
lnssction Of official business. mt
ToVnshseud, Waite, (IentuakY}i BI
d Randall opposed tn, amend 10
ant, and BeIEoI5. afvGated it. q
s1dsH said thoee who sood here 10
economy stood regardless of
her aneets sor applause, havingl
3 consciousness of prformino ir;
sir public duty In an negligent | Gl
d honest way- Reagars amend,
mt lost, 8 to g3, 81
fhe committee rose and reported
bill 10 thu House previocsl
estion being ordered. 90.
5lsbse expressed bis objection to Dc
bill which sFG Characterised as -.