The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-18
OUR LAW MAKERS.
Proceedings of the Senators
and Representatives.
PRIEST, cLEyELAND's DoINGs.
Blockade on the d. & II. G.-Don't
Want the Mormons-Destructi
Fire.
The Senate.

ton presented petition by newspapers
praying for a reduction of postage on
second-class mail matter. Referred.
Calls for the regular order'' brought
up the bill to quiet the title of settlers on
Des MONIES river lands; and Lapham
continued his remarks in opposition
thereto.
On the conclusion of Lapham's re-
marks, Morgan's motion to indefinitely
| postpone the bill was defeated. Yeas,
q; nays, %. Some amendments pro-
posed by Lapham were voted down,
and the bill went over till tomorrow.
The anti-foreign contract labor bill was
then placed before the Senate.
| Consideration of the antiforeign con-
tract labor bill was then proceeded
with.
Miller, IN. W supported the bill and
opposed the pending motion. which
would strike out the clause prescribing
the penalties for viola tons of the law.
! He was in full sympathy with the bill.
Morgan did not wish to see bad pre-
| cedent established, precedent that
might lead, hereafter, to the passage of
d law refusing to colored men the right
to come from the south or. north in
search of work. 5afesa sp,t r1a
Miller assured Morgan that the peo-
pie of the north would never pass a law
to,interfere with the coming OF any class
Of people who should come of their
own free will, and who were not GRIM
inals or paupers.
Vest expected to vote for the bill.
Morrill, said he had never discussed
the tariff when it was not under con-
sideration, but Vest should not give
blows without being prepared to take
blows in return.
Plumb favored the bill, but thought
il might do amended in its details.
| Dawes spoke earnestly and strongly
in its favor.
Aspat occurred between Sherman and
Vest regarding some allusion made by
the latter to the former in connection
with his association with the act to en-
courage immigration, passed in July.
1864. s,'t
A vote was then taken on the motion
of Bayard to strike out Section 8. which
, prescribes a penalty of 81 600 for viola
ton of the act, and the motion was not
agreed to, yeas ID, nays 40.
Coke thought the bill would prevent
! the farmers and stock-raisers of Texas
) from securing sufficient labor, and
moved to amend by excluding from the
operation of the bill agricultural labor
ers and laborers employed in stock
raising.
: Coke's amendment was rejected, yeas
IA, nays 81. 5s1s
/, Morgan moved an amendment, to the
: effect that the bill should not apply tt
any agent OF a State, acting under au-
thority of law, who should induce i'm
migration, nor to any person who, il
good faith, should assist families to
, come to the United States.
Williams opposed the bill, and Blail
4 defended it. = -lz ,@f'i-
s Several motions to adjourn were
made without success. ar.ar nf. I.
A vote being taken on Morgan,
amendment, it was defeated.
On the suggestion of Butler, Blail
u consented not to oppose the adjourn
s ment if vote could be unanimously
agreed on for o'clock tomorrow. Con
sent was given and the Senate
adjourned. r-,5- ~ .--~--
e House, ~
! WASHINGTON, February Ion mo
e ton of Reagan, resolution wa
; adopted calling ON the Secretary of tn,
: Treasury for information in relation Il
8 range and ranch traffic Of the western
!. States and Territories.
q The House proceeded to the consid
e Grafton of business under the specia
II rule. ri 4 tttiti
& -Hutchins, from the committee on APP
s preparations, reported the naval appro
l. priation bill, and gave notice that b.
would ask to consider it tomorrow.
The Senate amendments to the Indian
appropriation bill were non-concurret
in and conferees were appointed.
y Dorsheimer introduced bill to regu
II late the coinage and promote the cir
o culation of goldand Silver equally. Re
l. ferred. -~i,-'e - -
E. The bill provides that as soon as prae
II ticable the Secretary of the TreasuT,
T, shall cause to be engraved notes of tn
q denominations of 50, So, $40, $50 and IS
and printed in such quantities as ma,
be necessary to carry out the provision
DR. of this act. Said notes, when issued
e, shall be payable on demand in silve
dollars of the present standard G
fineness, 4S0 grains troy weight, or
Y. the holder prefer, he may receive stanC
ard silver bars, stamped by the Unite
It. States at the rate of $50 grains to tn
Is dollar.
zR Section PROVIDES for the deposi
10 with the government ofstandard dollar
or bullion for which notes pIoportionat
TO to such deposits, shall be given. redeem
or able in silver bars or standard dollar
IL The value in both cases to be 480 grair
to to the dollar.
u Section 3-Proyides that the coinal
us of the gold and silver bullion produ
of,the United States shall be free, but I
1T silver coin shall be made at any Unite
States minis from foreign silver and !
fnraiOr cfluor chan Ha - ~
United States without paying highe
rate of duty imposed on manufacture
of silver.
en- Section Provides for the exchan,
as of silver dollars and certificates issu'
Ill under the former act for notes autho
m lied by this act.
,al Section 5.-Authorizes the Secretal
ng Of the Treasury to cause to have coin
ess any time out of silver in the treasu
s. into standard dollars of 4S0 grains,
many as he may think likely to be nee
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