The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-22
Veil Occupied in Both Senate
and House.
,rgERoUs BILLS INTRODUCED.
-. Bodies Have Adjourned on Mon
day, Until Tuesday Janu-
airy 9TH
SENATE

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.b.;- laid before the Senate a letter
snn the Secretary of War, transmitting
SIC rsports relating to bridges in course
= construction which may interfere
~,,5 the free navigation of navigabie
,,oters of the United States.
Mazey presented the memorial of the
Ya1ican Veterans Association for the
ao,sage Of bill pensioning veterans of
fba Mexican war. Referred:
Among the bills favora6ly reported
and placed on the calendar were the
following:
..J!o;o~v in reference to bigamy and
nI-Saar3g in Utah. Edmunds said be
P EogiS ask the Senate TO take up this
biG immed .ately after the holiday re-
Bv Foar. from the same committee,
~ or;ginaI bill for a uniform system of
bsntTIntcv throughout the United
states Hoar said he would ask t. e
Senate 20 take up this bill as soon as
D7ySibIe after the holiday recess.
CulIom introduced a Postal Telegraph
bill. IL provides for the purchase of any
existing lines under the provisions of the
set of 1876, at an appraised valuation
to be asceri8Ined by commission OF
Eve disintereSted persons. Referred TO
the Commute on pOstofices and Post
roads, to be considered in connection
With the bill on the same subject re
Gently introduced by Edmunds.
Vest offered a resolution strongly
commanding the course OF Secretary
Bsvard IN the Kelly matter and moved
the reference of the resolution to the
committee on foreign relations.
Plumb thou yht the incident showed
how utterly useless the whole diplo-
matic service was. He hoped the COM
mitee would report that that service
could be dispensed with altogether.
Vest then proceeded to address the
Senate in regard to his resolution. At
the conclusion of his remarks, the reso-
luton was rec red to the committee
on foreign relations.
The Senate passed the House con-
current resolutions proVldIng LOT an az
iournment from today, till January 9th.
Among the b lis introduced and re-
ferred are the following;
Bv Van Wyck, to provide for the or
ganization of that part OF the territory
OF the United States now known as In
dian Territory, and the public land strip
into 9 Territory, 10 be known as the
Territory Of Oklahoma; to provide a
temporary government for the same /;
for the allotment of homesteads to In
dams IN seYeralty, and to open the IN
occupied lands to Indian settlers. m
The Senate agreed to the resolution
offered By HOar, au hOriZing The finance
committee to investigate the New York
custom house. especially as to the mat
ter of under valuation.
Harrison offered q resolution direct
ing the committee on expenditure of the
public money. to inquire into the state
ments Of the COmmiSsJ oner of Pensions,
that under the preceding administra
ton, political tests we're applied TO the
spplicauonS for pensions. The reSolu-
ton empowered the committee to send
for persons and papers, and to employ
StenOgrapher. Harrison asked lmme.
date consideration. On objection OF
O0ckrell, the resolution went over under
the rule.
Beck called up the resolution hereto
fOre offered by him directing the con-
mIttee on finance to inquire whether
the coin paid for import duties ba been
set apart as a speciai fund and applied
20 the payment Of interest on the United
States bonds, ETC., as required by law.
Beck spoke at considerable length on
his resolution. The laws of the land, be
said, were equally binding on the
highest executive officer and humblest
citizen. vet the laws to which his reSo-
luton referred had not fol-, many
years heer nNmrlied with bv The
Treasury officials. No more statesman
Ike mesSago uas ever eliminated from
The n Mr. RaNk-is
opinien, than President CleveIand's
hrSt message but he (Beck) did not
agree WITH the position regarding silver
Ihree-tonrths Of the business troubles
Sre from the fact that law of the United
states we're not carried out by oul
executive officers. Combinations OF
oankerS and bOndhOlderS, and their
@eI-Pald press were opposed TO silver;
ana their present srusade against that
meta was another evidence of the
sudaClty of the organizations of wealth
OFganlZa ions upon which had always
secured whatever they had demanded
Beck expressed the opinion that there
vas not an obligation existing in this
country, national or municipal, that
could not legally be paid in gold or sill
Yer OF the United States The bond.
holders OF the United States, he said
controlled enormous amounts of money
and the best talent of the press, and
having now captured the executive
branches Of the government, they were
clamOring for gold, and gold
alone IN the settlement of theil
claims. How was the surplus
silver to get out of the treasury If the
Secretary of the Treasury would not
call IN the bonds that ought to be called
N and paid out in silver? The people
and theif re,entatiyes, however, sup
ported silver; no executive officer shonlC
0e allowed 70 disregard law. He would
Il he could. take from the banks theil
political power and their influences OF
currency, a shown when they received
resident Hayes veto on a N amoTabl'
occasion.
Morrill, remarked that Beck's speech
seemed to be q very elaborate assam
on the Secretary of the Treasury anC
tne President. and if the resolution il
sup ert Of which it was delivered shouts
pass theSenate, It would be equiYaler