The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-11
DEBATING.
Che Order of the Day in
Congress Now.
rgg APPROPRIATION BILLS
legislative and Agricultural
.n.x Measures I'm the sepate-
The Doings in the House
SENATE

w.sa1ysrox. Ju 10.-The Senate
ut ;nto comaIttee of the whole on
he legislative appropriation bin.
The Chair laid before the Senate a
.sss,ee from the President with let
..-from the Secretary of State in rela-
- d The distribution of the fund for
the relief Of the owners. officers and
80 Of the boat General Armstrong.
Ng a',ong the memorials presented was
- ~ NIlie-. from the congress OF
one ;,,meu's clubs of the United
s. 3ray,ng for the passage OF bill
o'ssl1ybing postolice savings banks.
Referred.
~ called uD his bill 70 prohibit
-osnhers OF Congress from accepting
LINERS or employment from railroad
,c,1naniss which have received land
g,snts or pecuniary aid from Congress
Boct stated that ne had no remarks to
-osks upon il snd asked for its I'M
mediate consideration.
E5mands moved its reference to the
committee on judiciary
Rsck said il would DC as well to vote
The bin down as 10 refer it to that COM
RSnIunds remarked thai he would
move lie reference to the committee on
fn,noe If that would suit Beck better.
This did not suit Beck any better.
Then Edmunds repeated his motion
20 refer il 70 the committee
on judiciary On this the yeas
and nays we're taken and the
motion vas rejected, tWenty-one to
tventy-iour. The bill then came to a
vote. and was passed without refeI ence
to any committee on the passage Of the
bill. Tho yeas we're thirly-seven, nays
eleven.
The sgricultaral appropriation bill
vas then taken up.
Mr.. Miier. in the course of some re-
marks NJ he bill, referred to the
rsTsges OF roe BIRDS, which he said
caused a loss equal to 81 per acre oil
al the rice crop Of the United States.
The raYases Of the English sparrow. he
added, were very much worse than
those OF the rice bird, and amounted to
many million dollars a year. The spar
rows were rapidly increasing. Ii was
believed By the Chronological As ocia-
ton Of the United States that steps
should be taken 10 exterminate these
sparrows. This association, Mr.. Miller
said, which vas composed of amateur
scientists, all over the United States,
vas doing most excel Mt work in the
investigation o. the food aud habits Of
BIRDS that were injurious to agriculture.
Doipn moved an amendment reported
IRON The committee on public lands ap-
propTiating 5 900 to aid in the reclama-
non Of the ard region in Washington
Territory BY sinking arteSian wells.
AF. beck said no good had ever C me
from experiments III sinking artesian
wells. he opposed the amendment.
Dolph said the Terrific. iaI legisIature
OF Washington hsd appropriated $500
10 a'd IN boring an srtesian wei in the
and region, 70 see whether the water
cannot be got there. This amendment
was intended, he said, as q contribution
% me United states 70 that appropria-
uon- Private individuals would also
contribute 70 IL The whole question
vest. -
Ny. Teller advocated the amen sment.
accrue from discovering that wa.er
might be got IN the arid rerion hv a.
teslan wells. The lands were Absolutely
worthless without water.
chase thought the amendment should
q called an amendment euthoriz;r
men 10 bore into the Treasury o.,
United Stats.
Mitchell said Il vas an err -
pose there was any lob in n .se-
appropriation. he adTs.a eli The
amendment as OF great importance to
ne 4, territory ol Washington.
I' Ue0Fse. While favoring the
a.uendInsni. gas struck by the obiec-
. sons OF Ar. Beck aud Mr.. Chase and
ssIeiore, moved an amendment pro.
'luing that the WtIl shall be sunk on
sotSsfnnent land, srd that such land
e1Ali 0e reserved from sale, until further
provided b. law.
The amendment was agreed To and
ne So,VcOprovisjon Is TO the amendment
vas agreed 10. -
beeR read to the Senate the smend-
meme mining 10 American manufacture
an 49, material, the machinery contemp-
co. ,S ~, oE The House appropriation of
i,vV Ior experiments in the mann
seizure Of sugar.
after debate. the amendment was
ssIsed Io-yeas 81, nays u
me Dill was then passed substantially
,Iellorted from the Senate committee.
c herSou 'rtr duced a bill TO in
ie4se The ,.av,l establishment. Ii Is
3 SsulscG' y .e-ms with the bill intro
II-cel oy Representative tferbsrt Ia the
D- rs. II spprOpriates &. s25. 900.
oiPh moved that the Senate resume
Ssolsi.oeraiion Of the Northern Pacific
'iO..eitnrs Dbl. sn6 that bill was laid be-
'OTe TIE S-nate.
"a s51,olns the consideration of this bill
.,JI,-.ieo berger called sttenuoa 10 his re-
luton providing for open executive
- ,ohs- II was Eve months. ne said
go - We began consideration OF the
t-ssa'h whether this BODY was the
S.~-.e a lords ~ the United States
st- le.e' No ieasioa had been arrived
ss-, ,lIii. SAD there was mutual nm
SrSooS.siilclng that the subject would be
-esni ub and vo'ed upon after the
p.Ss pills were disposed Of.
.,--'.....,--.eolreer insisted on q vote on the
NJ 's 9 taking M his resolution.
ves 80 Senate refused 10 take If m
pesi; linz ~rasd 90 call up The bin re-
u Pre-emptiOn, timber culture