The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-06
NJ Salaries in Prospect for
-'' Our Legislators.
Mr.. CULL0WS CUsSEDNEsS.
,,.,t Probably Deprive the Members
and ORcers of the Legislature OF
Their Money This Year.
SENATE

WASHINGTON, March 5.-Among the
,etirions presented and referred was one
from SewaI. from the state board of
agriculture, praying for Congress to
take steps to have the restrictions of the
importations into Germany of American
pork removed, and one praying that the
department of agriculture may be rep
resented by a cabinet officer.
The resolution offered by Hale was
agreed to, calling on the Secretary of
the Navysfor a variety of information,
concerning the Dolphin, Boston, ATLANTA
and Chicago. The call includes infor-
nation as to the Oh Inges from original
plans of those ships, and the causes of
such changes; correspondence with
the naval advisory boards at
various specified periods, memo
randum, showing when the opinion
CT the Attorney-General as to the Dol
phiu was received by the Secretary of
the Navy, and by whom and when and
in what manner it was published; also
information as to the present condition
of the Dolphin and whether she had
been accepted by the Department. All
correspondence and information con-
corning the payment Of reservations, !"
in the four ships named; all opinions of
the Attorney General relating thereto,
and any correspondence showing that
the contractor was IN financial difficulty
when such payments were made.
On motion of Blair, the education bill
was then taken up.
Other amendments of detail we're
made. The bill having thus been per
fected as committee of the whole it was
reported to the Senate and most of the
amendments, as made in the COM
mitteesof the whole, were agreed to.
On motion of Mr., George the section
setting forth that the design of the act
was not to establish an independent
school system in the States, but only to
extend aid to the State governments
was reiterated by a unanimous vote.
The bill was then read third time and
pasSed-ayes Sc. NAYS IL.
\ number OF pairs were announced
owing to the necessary absence of some
Senator's.
Immediately on the passage of the
bill Edmunds moved to take up the
resolutions reported by him from the
judiciary committee, expressing the
sense of the Senate on the refusal of the
Attorney-General to send the Senate
CVFlCo VI luO pdpOlS Cd4CO AOl ny no
resolution of January 25th, 1885. (The
Dustin papers. Agreed to.
THE UTAH LEGISLATURE.
Mr.. Cullom offered resolution which,
On objection of MIR. Brown, went over
one day under the rule, directing the
Secretary of the Treasury to report to
the Senate whether the Territory of
Utah has reimbursed the United States
Tor moneys expended for it under the
act of organizing its judicial system and
II not, requesting him to withhold.the
compensation of the members and
officers of the Utah Legislature.
Mr. Cullom said he understood Utah
was indebted to the United States to
the amount of 100000; that the Legis-
lature had been in session sixty days
without doing anything, but the mem
bers wanted their pay. The resolution
having gone over, Mr.. Cullom, later in
the day, introduced a bill, which was
referred to the committee on expendi-
lures of public money, directing the
Secretary of the Treasury to withhold
the salaries indicated, and offered
resolution, which was agreed to, calling
on the Secretary of the Treasury for
the necessary information.
The urgent deficiency appropriation
bill and the invalid pension appropria-
ton bill were received from the House,
and referred to the committee on ap-
prOpriations.
The Senate then adjourned till Mon
day next.