The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-01-22
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SEC 2. That each member of the legis-
lative assembly so sppo nted, shall hold his
office for the term. of four years, unless
sooner removed by the President -8E4
SEC. 8. That the :ssions of the leg islatiVe
assembly shall be bieAnial, and held in Salt
Lake City. No session sha exceed ninety
days The first session shall be held at such
time as the Governor of said Territory shall
by proclamation appoint and direct. and the
legislative assembly shall fix by law the d ~
on which its subsequent sessions shall com
mence. . t r fr-. ..,., ...
FEC 4. That the Governor of said Terri
tory shall nominate, and by snd with the
consent of the legislative assembly appoint
al officers. by law now appointed by The
Governor, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the legislative counsel, .t,..,
SEC 5 That the delegate to the House of
Representatives of the United States from
the Territory of Utah shall be elected by the
legally qualified voters of said Territory
SEC. g.. That all provisions of law In con-
hict with this act are hereby repealed
There is every indication that the
House committee on Territori s pro-
poses to treat the Territories fairly. THE
HERALD correspondent has, during the
past wsek, talked with every mem Der of
the committee, and they ali say they
favor liberia policy toward the Terri
tories. Chairman Springer said to THE
herald man this evening: SIT will be
quite month yet before our comAittee
can hear argument concerning the ad-
mission of Utah Territory into the
Union as State Fam anxious to hear
both sides fully Oh the subject %
Have yoa read the Constitution re
Gently adopted by the CONVENTION in
Utahi" asked The HERALD. sd
Il am sorry to say" sA- said " MIR.
Springer. that have not, 1t is now
being printed, | understand. and as
soon as can get hold OF copy shall
read it thoroughly"
Then you are not prepared to stats
now how you stand upon the admission
question ?"
NO, am not think will define
my position on that subject before a
great WHILE"
On an average, about 100 bills are in
troduced each Monday, in. the House,
authorizing the Secretary of War to re-
move the charge of desertion ag Inst
the military records of men who served
in the Union array during the late war
So many of these measures were INTRO
duced in the last Congress, that it be-
came necessary for the committee on
military affairs to establish rule that
it would not report upon these bills, but
would make an effort to have a more
| liberal law enacted upon the subject.
| The present committee has practically
adopted the same course, and it is
therefore waste of time for men " no
have irregularities in their military
records to appeal to their members Of
Congress to have them Strengthened out
By special or private legislation. 1t is
| held by Congress that the laws already
| in existence give the, Secretary of War
sufficient authority to enable him 30
correct the military record of an one
who can show proof that he deserves
it. The request for special legislation
on the subject comes in he line of class
legislation, and is therefore objection
able from the very nature of it. If a
soldier can show to Congress good
grounds for giving him an honorable
muster-out, it is held that upon the
same grounds the Secretary of War has
authority to do the work.
Men in the regular army and navy
say the President is pursuing course
which he is determined shall bring
about a better moral order of affairs
than has existed for some time. During
the early part of. the present admins
tration, men in the armV and navy
who were couttm 2rtlaled on the charge
lof drunkenness or desertion, or other
l!irregularlty, and sentenced, Imnedi-
ately brought to bear upon the Chief
Executive, all the influence at their
command, 10 have the sentence not
confirmed. In some instances. they
were successful, and the orders OF the
courtmartial were reversed.
President Cleveland is reported to
have come to the cosclusion that
there is entirely too much dis
sipation---and looSeness in the
regular service; that there should
be soma very concise and positive
| action, and that he will steadily refuse
to consider any kind Of political in6u-
rence brought to bear to set aside the de-
| esions of courts-martiaL The Adju-
tant-General has been reporting from
year to yea steady increase ia the
mum Der of assertions in the army, and
very many of the applications which
! come before the President are for par
dons, or the reversion of sentences in
| the case of deserters. These, especially
are to be considered in cold blood, and
where the circumstances do not guar
antee such an eXtenuation as would be
taken into court, the President intends
to refuse to interfere. The men who
have been debaucbing themselves by
drink and other designations, and who
have helped to oring down the stand
ara of the army and navy are also to
receive the iron frown of the man at the
White House. - - -
Three ships in the American Navy
are to start on cruises around the world
in few days. They are being equipped
for the purpose now, and their direc-
tions are to be each distinct from the
other. It takes about three years to
make such cruise as these ships intend
to make. The object of these journeys
is said to be to make surveys and
soundings and to get information for
the use of the Navy. Some extra
trouble has been gone to in order to put
these ships in sufficient condition to
make them safe for their trips, and the
character of the vessels has been dis
cussed quietly among some of the lead
ing statesmen who are working for re-
Mobilization of the Navy, and the result
/ has been that from the time the ships
/ get on their wav the proposition to in
Grease the efficiency of the Navy
will be-in greater favor. --ghere is COM