The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-18
From the Capital.

WAsHISGToS, June l6.-An analysis
of the vote on Morsison's me ton to 20
into committee Of the whole for the pur-
pose of considering the tariff bull. shows
that of 40 affirmative votes. 1856 we're
cast by the Democrats and by the Re
publicans. Three of the Republicans
are from the State OF Minnesota, Messrs.
Nelson, Strait and Wakefield. and the
fourth, Mr.. James. Is one of the New
York Representatives. or the 136
Democrats voting. l32 were cast by
Representatives FROM the eastern and
middle States. The Ohio Democrats
voting for the consideration. were
Messrs. Anderson, Hill and Outhwaite;
New YorK Demonstrations, Beach,
Belmont, Felix, Campbell, Hewitt and
Mahoney. Pennsylvania Democrats
Scott, Storm and SwOpe. of toe l57
NEGATIVE votes I'D were cast by the ke-
publicans and IS by the Democrats. or
the thirty Democrats voting in the
negative, six come from the Southern
States as follows, Maryland. Findley;
Louisiana, Guy. Irion. 81. Martin
and Wallace: Alabama. Martin. The
western States contributed eleven mega
tive votes, as follows: California, Hen
Lawful w 1Eu OAAAOs
Campbell, Ellsberry, Foran, Geddes,
Lefeyre, Henry, Warner and Wilkins.
The remaining Democratic negative
votes were cast by members from New
York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey,
as follows:
New York-Arnat, Bliss, 7. J. Camp
bell, Dowdney, Norman, Muller. Pin
dar, Spriggs, Stanlnecke- and VIele.
New Jerssy-Green, McAdoo and Pid-
cock.
Pennsylvania-Boyle. Carlin, Ermen-
trout, Randall and Sowden. OF the
gentlemen paired, Aiken. of South Car
olina, had never taken the oath OF Office,
having been i'll since the beginning OF
the session. The only member absent
and impaired was Frederick, of Iowa,
who was confined TO his home by illness.
Mr.. Morrison seemed TO accept phil
osophically his defeat on the tariff to-
day. He said he was not disappointed
in the result and that he had foreseen IL
for many months, but this was a
thing to which the party and admin
istration were pledged and The had 10
make a fight, hit or miss" When asked
whether he intended to again attempt to
call up the bill on Tuesdoy next, he
said, with a smile: sit will give
them chance 10 repent,
but he declined TO express any
opinionion as to whether he expected
any change in to-day's result.
Randall to-day reported tn. sundry
civil service bill under the head OF
coast and geodetic survey. Ii is pro-
vided that no part of the money appro-
priated shall be available for allowance
TO civilians or other officers for subsist-
ence while on duty in the Office at
Wa hington or TO officers of the navy
attached to the survey, nor shall there
subsistence to officers OF the navy at
tached to the coast and geodetic survey
under the head of signal corps 1t is
provided that the whole number OF Sec
ond lieutenants appointed, and to be
appointed, from the sergeants OF the
signal corps shall not exceed six
teen, and the whole number OF
enlisted men in the signal corps
shall not exceed 40; that no part
of the appropriations made for the
signal service by this act shall be used
for the maintenance or support OF the
school OF instruction, nor OF the mill
tary post at Fort Myer, Virginia. An
item of $1l 900 is included for the fitting
upof rooms in the court house for the
civil service commission.
the Senate, in reply toithe solicitation OF
that body, a statement Of the number
of people employed in the Interior De-
partment in receiving, folding and dis
tributing public documents, together
with their rates of compensa-
ton, showing an average OF
twenty employees, at cost
of between sis 900 and sic 900 a year.
The Secretary says there ought 10 be
established some better system OF dis
tribution of the publications OF govern
ment. Were the work systematized, a
saving OF 500, 900 might be effected an
nually without impairing the results.
From 5000. 900 to $4,000 are expended
annually in printing and binding docu-
menis for gratuitous distribution by
members Of Congress. Il is probable
that a much smaller expenditure and
fewer documents would meet all rea-
sOnable demands an the 'art OF the
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