The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-17
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS
SENATE.

SENATE.
Washington, 16.-sabin intro
duced a bill to revive the grade OF
General of the Army.
The Chair laid before the Senate
resolution offered yesterday by
Morgan, directing the jul Iiciary com
miUtee to inquire whether Paul
Strobach, whose nomination fol
marshal Of the Middle and Southern
districts was rejected by the Senate,
and who is now perfor ming the du
ti~s Of that off g, is entitled ~ the
office. Agreed to.
Garland called up, and the Senate
without debate agreed to the resolu
tion some time since offered by
him, as follows:
RSso5oed, THAT the committee
of fiaance be instructed to inquire
whether the Secretary OF the Treas
ury should not be al horned and d.
rected to carry cut the pro Jisions
Of the 18th and 14th sections OF the
act OF Congress approved June 23d,
1886, entitled can act TO regulate
deposits OF public money, by MAX
ing deposit Of fourth instaIlment,
which was postponed by act OF
Congress OF October I'd, 1887, Ell.
titled San act to postpone the fourth
lnstallment deposit with States,
with such Of the States as are then
entitled thereto, and which have
not received the same out of the
present existing surplus revenue.
not otherwise appropriated, in the
manner provided by the said act of
1886, and report by bill or otherwise"
The bill left undisposed of yester-
day to divide, portion and dispose of
the great reservation of the Sioux
nation Of Indians in Dakota, in sep
arate reservations, and secure the
relir quiShment of the Indian title
to the remainder, was passed.
Morrill, asked and obtained upan
imous consent to reply to the criEi-
cisms made on his (Morrill's) course
on the tariff by Beck, in the course
of his remarks on the educa-
ton bill. In view of the
defeat of the
Morrison tariff bill, Morrill, said
the Senator from Kentucky had in
terjected his speech on the tariff
into the debate on the education
bill; that the Senator had, in sub
stance, said, as Lady Macbeth had |
said to her vacillatjng and fear
stricken husband, Shut screw your
TO the sticking place and
we'll not fall" he had turned him.
self into the os.entatious "whip" at
long range of the other house of |
Congress, but whether that house
would accept the discipline meekly
was another question. He had told |
Them that sneaks AMI towards |
never commanded respect, and that |
UGH need expect no me rcy in the
Democratic camp after the Demo-
cratic convention meets. This,
Morrill, continued, meant business.
Morrill, had not been inclined,
ne said, to make a party issue
IF the tariff question. That |
question was so interviewer with |
general welfare OF every part OF the |
country that be had been reluctant |
% appropriate the credit for it's adj !
7antages to any party; but if the |
Democratic party. departing from |
he teaching Of it's earlier andmost re- |
lowned leaders, chose to thrust this |
lew issue on the Republican party, |
hey may rest assured that the con- |
lict will not be Stunned. The full |
esult of last years tariff reductions
we're yet unascertsined; yet the
sriff IS passiona.ely denounced and
sweeping reduction now proposed,
applicable, right or wrong, to The
,ulk of foreign imports, Merrill en-
cred into q review of the ac-
ion of the Democratic party to show
is shifting policy in regard to the
ariff and other measures. He in
uired how, after such a record,
consistency could be expected from
hat party? The policy now recon-
asndsd by that party was the pol.
,y CT the guilletine, with nothing
D recommend it but its breyity.
Referring to the Inconsistency of
be Democratic party, Morrill, re-
1arked that Tilden's favorite cans
idate for the Presidency was
7ell known to be Henry B. |
'ayne, an Ohio protective tariff
ian. Beck replying to Morrill,, fol.
owed the latter's example in com
airing Ohio with Kentucky. Beck
lade comparison of Kentucky
nth Vermont, to show taat Ken
ucky had advanced mere rapidly
han Vermont.
Senate proceeded with the
OF the bankruptcy
Ill. Amendments were offered by
leorge, Hoar, ingalls,, Wilson, Pike,
harrison, Garland and Gail, most OF
'hich were agreed to. Bill was read
, the end and substantially agreed
}, several amendments however
eing indicated to be made
hen the bill is reported from
he committee of the whole. Sew.
raj sections were meanwhile agreed
}. merely pro forma, and after an
session the Senate ad-
burned.
HOUSE.