Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-03-03
Telegraphit.
CONGRESS.
SENATE.

| "RR&OPiAoOAOAl OlIs 1lC tNO llOuSGS, LII
said, had agreed on the bill, SO far as al
items properly pertaining to the appro
prlation bill were concerned. The Senate
had struck out all items of general legis
lation and all items for depreciation claims
Upon those, however, the House insisted
Plumb said the Senate was confronted
with the possibility, to say nothing more,
OF an extra session of Congress, growing
out of the action of the House. The
course of that body had shown the mag
nificent will power of one man to produce
such a result. Pregnant as Plumb be-
lieved it to be with the gravest conse-
sequences to the people of the United
States, the exceedingly defective form of
legislation found on appropriation bills
tended to make him (Plumb) immovably
opposed to yielding, SO far, at least, as re-
lated to important legislation.
No more gross confession of legislative
incompetency had ever been seen than
had been manifested within a stone
throw of the Senate chamber within the
last thirty days. Bills appropriating mil
lions of dollars had been passed without
consideration, and then sent to the SEN
ate within two days of the close of the
session. Senator Plumb characterized the
river and harbor lump appropriation as a
criminal waste of the peoples money
In order to bring the question to a
point and get an understanding, Senator
Dawes moved Though he said he would
vote against his own motion) that the
Senate recede as to the provisions of the
bill relating to legal jurisdiction and pro-
cedure, in cases of crime committed by
Indians. The Senate refused to recede-
yeas 4, nays AZ.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March 3.-There were
hardly dozen members in the hall
when the session was resumed this morn
ing. The Sundry Civil bill had in the
meantime come over from the Senate,
heavily loaded with amendments. Ran
dali asked unanimous consent that this
bill be taken up and the Senate amend
ments non-concurFed in, and sent to the !
conference committee, but objection |
came from Hepburn, and then there was |
call of the House, which showed the I
presence of only forty-fve members.
Randall's motion was then renewed and |
agreed to, and Randall, Forney and
Ryan were appointed conferees on the
part OF the House. After various in
attempts TO have bills taken up
by unanimous consent, and it being
plainly impossible to have any public
business transacted, the House adjourn
ed until IL o'clock.
A message from the House announced
its disagreement with the Senate on the
Sunday civil BILL The Senate insisted
on its amendments, and the chair ap-
pointed as conference committee Alli-
son, Hale and Beck.
Vest hoped the Senate would agree
with the House provision regarding the
Oklahoma matter, and moved that the
Senate recede from its amendment.
Ingalls, did not believe the Senate ap-
preciated the full significance of the
Oklahoma difficulty. He had no doubt
that within 48 hours 10000 persons by
action would move on these
Oklahoma lands to forcibfy occupy them,
and prepared to maintain that occupancy
oy force of arms. He did not believe
yraver complication could arise in the
lawn OF the coming administration than
he complication likely to arise in this i
natter. I
Cullom said he had received reliable
Information that 1000 men were ready
nd determined to go on the land referred
o on the 5th of March. t
Butler asked whether the commander I
n chief of the U. S. Army had not sent v
n armed force toput out and keep out ?
he people alluded to. Z
Ingalls, said, yes, but Star, that eminent =
was about to set out within Il
very short time. The commander of n
nat very majestic body known as the a
rmy of the United States, would have o
assed from the control of the great gem n
raj who now commanded to a still 4
reater general, whose course was still Ct
| the womb of the future, but undoubt- c,
lily there was an impression that after a
he 9Th of March, troops would be with
rawn. n
Before the sun rose again misguided citi- o.
ms OF the United States might be in gL u
nfiict with troops. He Qngalls) would th
gret shedding blood, but there was but al
e way, in his opinion, to avoid it, and m
at was for the Senate not to invite peo-
e to go there by promise that negotia-
ms were about to be entered on for the
rpose of opening lands to settlement. =,
The Senate insisted on its amendment, &c
d the Chair appointed Dawes, Plumb tn
d Ransom a committee OF conference toi
the bill be
ua
After further discussion of the appropri- pc
on bills, the Senate adjourned, and the .
yislative day OF the Sd Immediately ge aa'
gan. su
Credentials of Leland Stanford and ]. ge
Eustis, Senators-elect, We're laid before 1a 1a
2 Senate. I'M
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