The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-18
CONGRESSIONAL.
a.. Isw-Making Mill Still
- Grinding.
~ MEASURES INTRODUCED.
s,,-John Porter Bill Being Dis
I'' Used by the Representatives
Other Notes.
SENATE.

DL-A - -
.,,yeroS. February l.. - The
laid before the Senate a letter
- bs Secretary of the Treasury
hitting additional information as
80 ,ooOunts of Alfred B. Meachim,
.nosrintendent OF Indian affairs in
hesol the bills introduced was one
4 ,Iio.-iIl in aid of education in the
aO''N Morrill, said he had intended
'.- .S ..5y opportunity to address the
81 ~ ION ,@ the bill and at his request it
Fll 1'iJ m the table tor the present.
y ,,I introduced a bill providing for
titan of a suitable monument at
y 1s, 4.,t to General Grant. The
1 4; i,s.anT0onriates $4,000 for the pur-
:. fITdicsted and provides for a COM
,;,.ion Of three Senators and three
-.,-lse Of the House of Represent
los -,;Tss IN contract for the monument.
'i IHgan suggested to Hoar that the
..noT1t Of appropriation be increased
- S1y0N. He old not think an ap
,,o5Tgte monument could be secured
or5l1OO0.
he amount accordingly and the bill
i ros referred to the committee on IL
El;y.
,,rsed to calling on the Secretary of
sa.sIOr copy of the report made by
!rsjerick Raine, United States Consul
Berlin, on the shipping interests of
Germany.
M Senate then proceeded to con-
5gatiOn of bills on the calendar.
hedthe measures considered was
,lamending the revised statutes in
lion to trespassers on Indian lands.
,r07ides for the punishment by fine
t.gmOre than $500 and imprisonment
mot more'than one year or both. of
,gyons going on Indian lands with the
i7rnose Of occupying the same, and
lolor the forfeiture OF their wagons,
cams and outfit.
ingalls, thought the fine and impris-
ggmept sufficient without the forfeiture
Indicated
Dawes said the bill was intended to
ret the case Of the so-called Boom
ss," but agreed with ingalls,. The for
isture clause was therefore, on Ingalls,
notion, stricken out and the bill as
aUe1,s 81, was passed.
The bill pUvdnefor the allotment of
lands on security to the Indians was
taken up, butat 2 o'clock 1t went over
and consideration Of the education bill
SIS resumed. Without debate, the
,s1sie agreed to the amendment pro-
o9sed by tie education committee,
t7il1gOqtthespecial appropriation for
ae school tuldings.
IN amendment, proposed by Teller,
- also agreed to, without debate, pro-
H-lg thatno money appropriated by
-'9ll saould be paid TO State until
: egs,ature should accept the pro-
rSlnS Of the bill.
y. Blair said that the in
.-sl2 schools in the States had
"a cut from the bill by the
.-at at the last Congress. The
.g4el 10 apply part of the money to
~ 1e- 1la schools now applied only to
~ tal said that at the proper time
y'gd move to apply the Indus
.a Shoot | provision to all the
NS.eSand Territories.
al ~; longer thought industrial
- 1rg5i Oh great Importance. They
i ". ne 9e Oh great benefit in Alaska.
: ~ In poiph did not think the idea of
In ull vas to make any arbitrary dis
~ lion between common and indus
- SCHOOLS. He did not, however,
n. A1aSHa covered by the bill at all.
80, -, 55slIer said Alaska ought to be
~ oy the bill if it was not already
by it. But he saw
Ts-,$ IN providing for in
la nm. -. education in Ithe Territories
s HIl Oh education was only needed
,,,,1 1VWded communities, and the
,-'ant' IN any event, going to the trus-
MI sO 5. be extremely small-for ex
,ss ,,'' Tnufng lifetime OF the bill-eight
III wuakota would only get $59, coo,
95,io.! 0anling only 5000. The Terri
., ~, I, therefore, had little or no in
s, ~, .tiiigsils broadened his motion so
,,,i;-l.ke out altogether the section
"a ''Ss 70 tbs Territories. This mo-
lsys q So"eYer, was rejected-yeaS 50,
~ ataaone expressed himself in IA
rof,t sae oil, bit thought the Secreta-
ss3s ,e tnteror would not be able to
), neither any discrimination had
r a1Wn in the application of
oHey unless he had def
Sen a!ofmaHon. He, therefore.
,'s,,a IA amendment, requiring the
rs, .or OF the State to furnish the
sSriy OF the Interior. each year,
Co J1,ais as to the population, white
Sn OIeG: OF the child school age in
Sscb SSI district, the number attend
& Ssras: action on this amendment
I'd s9 ooa'e vent into executive session.