The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-12

hear the same to determine the extent
thereoi IN the number of acres and al
nnal decisions shall be limited by g
preliminary determination and the
commission shall not include in its de-
termination any land in excess of the
amount intended to have been granite
In the original grant and for the pur-
pose OF such determination the com
mission shall have control of the arch
ives In the offices of the Surveyor-Gen-
eral together with the decisions of these
officers relative thereto.
hcAdoo New Jersey. offered an
amendment providing that no alien or
person not q citizen of the United
States shall acquire a title to any land
subject to the decision OF the Commits
sion unless his right to the same is
clearly provided by one of the treaties
referred TO in the bill. Agreed to.
The committee then rose and the bill
was passed.
Lowry (Indiana), from the committee
on elections, submitted the unanimous
report of that committee on the Califor-
mia contested election case. The re-
port, which confirms the right of all
sitting members. was agreed to.
Clary (Missouri), from the committee
on commerce, reported bill authoriz-
ing the construction of a bridge across
the Mississippi river at st. Louis.
House calendar.
Perkins (Kansas). from the commit
tee on Indian affairs, reported back the
Senate bill granting the right of way
through Indian Territory to the Kansas
and Arkansas Valley Railroad Com
pany. House calendar.
The House went into committee of
the " hnlo IN fha army annrnnriafinn
bill.
Mr.. Grosvenor, of Ohio, moved to
strike out the appropriation for the
Judge Advocate-Generals Department.
He said the department decided cases
without any knowledge oflaw, aud that
the system followed by the department
was outrageous.
Wheeler, of Alabama. admitted that
abuses had existed in the department,
and as an instance of this he stated that
General Hall had been appointed for the
purpose of striking down Mcclellan
Mr.. Bragg said that the remarks of
the gentleman from Alabama were not
only a slur on Mr.. Lincoln, but as
be (Mr. Bragg had had occasion
to say once before in this House,
the gentlemen who were opposed to
having the drapery of the garments
drawn dSlUc lOI lear Vi SuOWluk LIE
political and moral leprosy that existed,
always dodge behind Mr.. Lincoln's
moral coat. 1t was Mr.. Stanton and
not Mr.. Lincoln to whom the gentleman
from Alabama had referred.
Mr.. Hiscock, of New York, said that
he had before heard the charges and
aspersions against Edwin NJ. Stanton.
Mr.. Stanton was the able Secretary of
War, under whose leadership and ad-
vice, even if he committed errors, the
Union flag had marched tn victory, and
now these small men who were here by
his (Stanton's) grace, availed them
selves of the opportunity to SANDER
his memory. Ohio had given many
able men 70 the union; none drawer,
none truer. than the Secretary of War.
who had come from that State. He
(Mr. Hiscock) was not wiling TO stand
here and hear the memory of one Of
the ablest. one of the purest, one of the
most patriotic men that had been given
to the service of the country, slandered
by men who had been in opposition to
him during the war.
The motion to strike out was lost-S2
1852.
Pending further action the com
mittee rose and the House adjourned.