The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-24
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS
SENATE.

Washi 1g'op, 23.-The Chair laid
before the Senate a message from
tue President transmitting reports
Of the Secretary of State giving in
formation concerning the average
production, consumption, exporta-
ton and Importation OF wheat, rye,
corn aud cotton of foreign countries.
Petitions and memorials presented
and referre
By Farley and Miller, (Cala.), a
joint resolution of the Legislature Of
California, recommending the pas
sage of the pending bill provid ng
for the establishment of national
experimental stations connecting
with agricultural colleges.
Hill reported favorsbly the bill
granting thirty days annual leave Of
absence to letter carriers. Calender.
The Senate proceeded TO the con-
sideration of bills on the calendar.
The bill amending the revised
statutes in relation TO timber depre-
dationS was passed.
The bill defining the title and
duties Of certain officers Of the med
icsl department of the army passed.
The bill reported adversely from
the committee on finance TO author
ize the payment OF customs duties
in legal tender notes, went over.
The chair laid before the senate
special order, being the bill to
establish q bureau on animal in
daStry to prevent the expectation
Of diseased cattle and provide for
the extirpation of pleuro- pneumonia
and other courageous diseases
among domestic animals. House
bill substituted for Senate bill.
Plumb said the cattle interests Of
the country are unanimously
in favor OF the legislation pro-
posed by the bill. Cook se~
verely criticised the department
Of agriculture for spreading false re-
ports of the nature OF the disease
among American cattle. He had
carefully read the consular reports,
and found no pretence ofasy animal
having foot and mouth disease or
pluro- pneumonis, having been
landed in England or any other
European country. IF the bill was
oVershadowing powers which it gil es
the commissioner of agriculture,
Cook would recommend his people
to get rid Of their cattle az soon as
possible. There was but one reason,
he thought, why the Agricultural
Department had given such wide
publicity to the absurdly sggrsva~
ted reports about cattle diseases;
that was that the department was
determined to aggrsndize itself st
the expense Of the cattle interests.
Williams said he was himself
stock-raiser, and he knew that
nineteen -tweptieths of all the
stock-rsisers in the county
favored this measure. Sand
calculated Williams, ito say
there is no plsuro pneumonia IN this
my God; SIT was" he said,
''in New Jersey, New York, Penn
sylvania, Maryland and the District
or Columbia. Williams had himself
seen it,"
Mcpherson said be had not been
able to find any in New Jersey.
Williams acknowledged the emf
nence OF doctor" Mcpherson SIS
on constitutional law and
matters affecting the navy, but be
did not think that gentleman would
recognize p'eurO pneumonia il he
saw it. IF that disease should once
spread OF the plains, it would do
damsge, and the duty
was imperative to stamp it out.
Williams had no doubt Of the en-
tire constitu ionaly of he action by
the national govern uent, and it was
no use for constitutional lawyers to
hang the question up be- ween the
devil emu high va er, Osugh,er),
the evil had TO be met.
Brown. representing the min
0rity of the com mittee on Roman's
ufffsge, submitted the views of the
in opposition to the msas.
IRE recently reported by the major
ty OF the committee, which pro-
posed 8 constitutional amendment
granting the right OF suffrage TO
women.
Pending debate on the plerro-
pneumonia bill the Sonata wentiuto
executive session and adjourned.