The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-03-10
TELLER TALKS
+, Tells What He Knows !,
!" bout Backbone
uuu SENATE YESTERDAY
the Administration from
nd , nsiSa'ib BY the Senator from
A''S Nebraska.
The senate.

,,n70N. March S'-11iVo
-, II the journal, the Chair laid
' '.lo,p the Senate a communication
seioi' .ss IS secretary of State, being a
ll11, be- he CDayard) had forwarded to the
n'l .I, :, Of Delaware OF the resigna-
Lsssi'lls'tti;s ~ n nosition as Senator. Also
ton o. i io,,ioos from the Secretary OF
eoHlI Iia.;or and the Attorney-General
the menu he Senator of their accept
som II II Cabinet positions ana request
anes he President Of the SEQ lte 70 SO
~, aaIifT the Legislatures OF thz = = espec'iVe
state. ,-.dentials of Blair, as Senator to
- In 'i .emnorary vacancy, were laid
lLt. .-s fbe Senate and read.
ss 7sl.t ~, ,soyed that they be referred to
d, tT :sa,m mil on privileges and cleo
ions 3s,- n nssred a formal resolution that
hoa. H. h. administered to the Senator
lls oS'I N ~ Hampshire, and asked
HUI consent that it lay over
snai'i to.morrow. Granted.
El Tho " rasolntion offered on Friday
i LIZ, inCuirv of the Secretary of the
Intsri67 ii regard to the issuance OF
natsnts to the backbone" road, was
Id before the Senate.
Ia said that IT was matter OF sim
,. ~ r COT, that the last act of the late
an ssr1inisstrstion should have been per-
so --rl at the dictation and in the in
tSTeSf Of corporate wealth. He detailed
.Ss history Of the backbone" and its
mysterious I'm record" which he said
.artned most remarkable chapter in
,,lvay annals. Gould and Huntington,
10 declared, we're scheming in this mat
r,as they; were with Scott and the
TsIas Pacific, using the same tactics
sad the same influences. They would
wteOpsent that Congress should forfeit
lis grant, unless it should at the same
fme convey it to them. The PROPOSE
t1n was so infamous that Congress,
though manipulated as Huntington
3sineates, could not consent. 1t was
slsimed that there was a special meet
ing Of innocent purchasers, without
notice
Teller, replying to Van Wyek. said:
M. President, my experience IN this
body has not been as lengthy as that OF
some that sit before me, but after
something ever eight years, that | have
been in public service, l confess to con-
siderable establishment on picking up a
resolution so discOurteous, so unsena-
torial as this to the coordinate branch
Of government. | suppose it has &C
eOmphshed the purpose for which 1t
vas introduced. 1t has enabled the
mover of this resolution to appear be-
tore the public, not for the first time,
not on the first occasion, but as he has
s1 various occasions. as the especial
champion of the laboring classes, the
&En-trOdden people of this country,
and as the special opponent of corpo-
iatons. | presume the Senator intro
alcing the resolution expected no more.
We hardly expected that any depart
nent OF government would allow itself
Dbe thus assailed without answering
ne resolution. Before this discussion
ncloSed, and on some other occasion, |
tnal call the attention of this Senate to
ne remarkable character of various re-
solutions coming from. this same source,
mat have been directed to the execu-
I'VE department of this government
sltaln the last three years. 1 want to
5Ye notice here, and to everybody,
mat although the administration has
passed INTO the hands of q political
parry with which l am not affiliated,
!es, as senator, having due respect for
.He executive department of govern
AsuI, never intend, at least, without
~ 'S t, mat that administration shall
Otb1 treated by this Senator, or any
$50 aS,, " resolution, as the late admins
ss t1,Uu Aas been treated. Did actual
tbs- -e'S gn Lhis land have any advocate
~ sg :, ana were their rights protected /?
b1 T'i 5;s secured to settlers the right,
eT I'VE III th .ne Cabinet protect them as
tan5 I ney were turned over to the
wa I1 all l.sleleS OF this corporation. 1t
Sso,. tt,sll lea by way of apology, that
ii N. Alr.ToOd desired the opinion
ulS;tr AUG rty-General as to the
spo l's Oh thiD'grant. with a few not
lsnl ILnScepnons. The history of the
nsnt bureau Of the Interior Depart
gsDta5 i ~ 4 record OF demands, lands
d tbs 40 70 corporations and the DEGREES
But TSo spaartment in obedience thereto.
lnoni nsl the demand was too exacting
sought 'l'1 n 81 the Acknowledgement was
&e ,lo,,, oe9lnd which to escape until
" I'm IL mo Of public indignation passed
Vas a ~ ms case the Acknowledgement
lie r ann 70 The occasion, and sustained
direction Won OF his Office in that
Iuisss' M, Very learned arguments by
bDIitlOhi Green and Pierrepont
aaje IIv ataul Gould and Huntington. wer,
Iasl T ~ the Acknowledgement but
lie peonI' ohe appeared on behalf OF
tbs f S,Ie From all the offices O
% dsio oess nation no one appearet
Sunde, Aa the public domain. n,
aocepted we t Acknowledgement readil,
ettoFnssvv. the arguments OF Could.
neY,Ge2o-. Inc ingenuity of the Attor
dOgbts 'S Nj was valuable to sugges
ieSOlya abaere none existed. and I
poratioSn.lu sSe doubts in favor Of the co1
the pT rIb,iS,4 IN the Forty-eiebth Gonqres
epJtted in fo,-,.., " 1cAli,ilItee OF the HOuS
BY some no n ftsoT OF the forfeiture, bu
ter wss p oiica legerdemain. the MAJ
!udicipry stewards referred tn tb
legality n Committee to report as to th
OF the laffot .ne forfeiture. A maiorit
Sustained = reported adversely and ws
The SWIM Ta n the House by . close Selu vot !
Preserved. + CT legislation might /
mHA Il
ssEE!etches oi ! might hereafter civ
This aehierothe means and mapre e.
Power could fSin By what mysteriou
sessi Ss this gover IU1npany or its assign
ACTON v Ct its e Cabinet into ga an exit
iGseclosss it6 which they wo ahd s seful
'''' 'sading til the 'n sp pfiISpls o fro :