The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-07-06
roRTY.EIGHrH CONGRESS-
SENATE.
FRIDAYS Session.

md TO order promptlV ae IL
ca sliock and after prayer by Bishop
oci9g ra9s. the Declaration OF lnds-
aaondence was read.
pe TSs enate further insis ed on its
a1andments to the deficiency bill
and md reappointed the same commit
tee OF conference. ,r
. The h, resolution of Miller, SUBJ
r,itted yesterday, was agreed TO,
gairectipg the committee on Indian
ufsirs TO extend It's inquiries IN he
ssnnTestigation recently ordered into
tI condition Of tie Indians of Cali
fornia. ror
IN m the widow Of General ORD;
s apoo q bill increasing the pension OF
GS .o Frank 2. Blair's widow
and one to authorize the President
aann s General Averill to the
v" 1sg OF colonel in the army and
iSon MACE him on the retired list as
u The me Senate wsnt into executive
s,s,Ion. and VIII n the doors were
oos soId a recsss was takel until
9p,m.
THE Senate again met at 9 P m.
MESSAGES we're received firm the
Honss announcing the concurrence
ntthat body in the conference re-
Oor r IN the river and hsrbor bill.
The hills to punish violations OF
t nc ravenne laws, the bill
amending the sevenUy.eecond ar
Hole of war and the bill to cons
soIidate the bureau Of military jus.
tice and corps Of Judge advocates of
the army were called up and the
senate agreed to the reports OF us
own oonferees on these bills.
Consideration of postal telegraph
bin was then proceeded Wlth' ~
authorizes the postmsster-genefal
to contract for postal telegraph ser
vice and provides that If the rates
he not satisfactory government may
buy or build lines, and do the Work
itself, ItTixes the rates at which
contractors or government shsu 10
Hill addressed the Senate on the
bill. The provisions of the bill as
they stood were in his opinion en-
tirely constitutional and the clauses
authorizing government to buy or
build lines were meant to pretect
the people from exoibitant rates.
Msxey said majority of the Sen
ate committee on postofiee4 and
most roads vera opposed to the pro.
position that government should
buy eor built liReE. There was no
constitutional objection, he sal /, to
government contracting for the
transmission of intelligenceby t. le.
graph any more than by mail, but
that was as far as the committee
wished to 90. He moved TO strike
outthe clauses autaoriz ing the buy
ing or building.
Pending that motion, Sherman
moved topostpone further consider
alton of the bill till the second Mon
day of December, saying it was i'm
possible to sufficiently discuss sc
impOrtaut.a Eneature in the closing
hour of toe session.
Phe motion was sgTeed to aad ths
bill went over accordingly.
The bill passed 70 establish bur-
eau o! navigation in the Treasury
department., under the commissionel
Otnavigatio1.
On motion of Bayard the bill fol
the relief of VIM. MeGarrahsa wa
Indefinitely postponed.
The Senate at 1890 went into
executive session.
When the doors were reepeneC
The Senate took rscess till 1e to-
morrow.
SATURDAY s SESSION.
Washington, shortly after The
Senate was called to order, Legar
rose and said: "Mr. President,
deem it due my friends that L cal
attention to certain statements
md copied in the public press, al
well as IN theG Congressional Record
us, June 1st, 1 saw myself SCI
GOWa IN list Of what is termed
Land GrabbeGs,' as having in some
mysterious way accumulated TIT
vast tmount, of 1900 acres Of land
ms statement is utterly withou
iguRdation in fact. The New Yuri
herald OF the 18th adds 10000 head
VI cattle, l wish this was true, hu
eleie Is no foundation for the state
IIlsnVs l would take no notice of THU
,IVSeVer, we're il not for the charge
II SlSf follows on July I'd. The per
a who made the statement afte
issuing 1t was untrue, instead of do
he justice TO NE against whom
NC might by his errone on,
easements have done an injury
proceeds to put another false state
meIt on the records as follows: SO
~ sS! nave aaid to deluded soldier,
a vas land, what do you think Of
5Sieaefai to absorb territory which
fS o.Vlss 10 actual settlers in the lane
bo,I S was made for independent free
S ~ and small farmersf VIVA
yVu think Of man who passes al
Ss0.a.esnan and the patriots friend
Sad. eAcehenes a soldier, and who
ne et cover Of his brother-in-Iaw
81. ~ 70 New Mexico and tried Il
M upt the most valuable lap(
Ss along her streams, and was
h tSepped by public officer find,
- belonged 10 the class which
p,u;esses the utmost friendshiI
Sssa uo WhoJ from his manner and
~ alce, rumor Saws. has thai,