The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-03-06
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Kentucky, from the committee on
elections, reported res ,lution un.
seating I. Luna, lelegate from New
Mexico, and seating in his place
Mauzauares. Adopted. MAUI uares
appeared at the pas OF the H,use
and took the oGth.
Lewis, from the committee on
public lands, reported hill to repeal
section % If the act incorporating
the Texas Pacific railroad conn
pany, and TO declare the forfeiture
of the land grant therein made
House calen Oar.
The com mittee on comme'ce re-
ported bill providing for the re-.
moval of distractions to free navl-
CATION in the navigable waters Of the
United States. Committee of the
whole.
The committee on Judiciary re-
ported bill establishing uniform
system of bankruptcy throughout
the United States. Committee OF
the whole.
The House then went into c1na>
mittee of the whole, Converse in
the chair, on the naval a2-
preparation bill, the perd
ing amendment being that
offered by Mcmillan, reducing the
number of captains to thirty, the
number Of commanders to fifty, and
providing that no more promotions
shall be made to these grades until
the numbers are reduced below the
mentioned. The amend,
ment was lost.
Calkins moved to strike out the
provision prohibiting promotion to
various grades In the line and staff
Of the navy until such grades shall
be reduced to the numbers fixed In
the naval act of 1882 and the
amendment admitted yesterday. re.
1ucing the staff corps. Agreed to,
s. to 65.
Bedford moved to increase TO
81. 600, 900 the appropriation for EN-,
and extraordinary expenses,
and made one of his characteristic
speeches criticising the Democratic
party for appropriating for these
emergencies the magnificent sum
If SIS .OOe.
Bedford said B:smark, the visier
II Germany, had rent an insulting
message, and in the very face of il
he majority of the House declared
hat it Germany made war on am.
,rica 1t would perpetuate and pro-
ect the country's honor with the
sum OF $500. He
hen paid his respects to Randall.
asserting that since the election In
Philadelphia that gentleman was as
lead as Lazarus and with no Christ
n sight to resurrect him.
Cox IN. 7 sent to the Clerks
iesk and had read newspaper ex-
;ract as explaining the manner in
which Bedford had contracted his
lramatic manner of speaking, and
rood deal of amusement was created
ls the cle,k read the peculiar ao.
count OF that gentleman's criticism |
IN Mrs. Langtry, and an eXagger-
tied description OF his own per-
onal appearance.
The amendment was withdrawn.
On motion of Randall, an amends
nent was adopted proVid>
ng that the amount appro-
,riated by this paragraph shall |
e apportioned in monthly install,
nepts, and the apportionment shall
e adhered to unless some emerg-
ncy occurs.
Calkins raised a point OF order
gainst the paragraph reappropriaG- i
1g TO. the use OF the bureau of steam
the unexpended balance ,
I the appropriation of 100000
bout $170,O00 made by the last !
avail bill for engines and machin- d
~ for double-turreted monitors.
Glasscock supported the point Of
rder and pictured the defenseless :
ondition of the Pacific Coast. The
olicy The House was pursuing In
sfusing to finish ironclajs was a 9
ed policy. While he believed IN ,
and reform, he did not be-