The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-01-17
HOUSE

Under the call of States, the following
bills and resolutions were introduced
and referred:
By McKenna, of Caiifornia-To in
crease the appropriation for public
building at Sacramento, also for the
erection of a public building at Oak
land.
By Lawler, of IIIinois-To test the
science of spelling, and to provide for
establishing 100 schools for that pur-
By Anderson, of Kansas-To pre-
vent contraction of the cur
rency. by a withdrawal of national
bank notes from circulation, also to pro-
vide for the issue OF fractional currency,
By Hayden, of Massachusetts-To
establish q postal telegraph system.
By Wilson, of Minnesota-To place
lumber, coal and salt on the free list.
By McAdoo, of New Jersey-To pre-
serve to the public use, springs and
streams of water in the Territories, and
to prevent sheer monopoly for diver
By outhwaitc, of Ohio Amend
ing the Pacific railroad acts
and to secure to the United
States the payment'o of all indebtedness
of certain companies therein named.
o By Kilgore, of Texas-Abolishing the
tax on tobacco, and the duty on lumber,
coal, salt, wool and blankets.
By Dockery, of Missouri-Placine all
kinds of lumber on the free list. .,l2
Shaw. of Maryland, chairman of the
committee on account. reported resolu-
tons assigning clerks to all committees
of the House.
The report of the committee on print
ing was agreed to, and the committee
from further consideration
of the subject.
On, motion of Richardson, resolution
was adopted directing the committee on
printing to inquire what amount of de-
layed work ordered by former laws re-
mains at the printing Office, and if it is
found that the work is not worth carry
ing out, to report a bill repeating such
former laws.
Richardson, of Tennessee, chairman
of the committee on printing So omitted
a report that the committee on the Gros-
venor resolution, directing it to inquire
into the cause of the delay in supplying
to the mem bers copies of the daily
r cord report, contains letter from.
the public prin ter, stating that the de-
lay has only happened on two occa
sions, land each case was caused by the
failure of the clerks Office of the House
to furnish copy until late hour.
There, is also letter from tie
clark of the q, House, stating
that this failure was due to
Immense number of private bills intro
duced through the petition box. As
surance is given by both these gentle.
men that there will be no delay in
future in the delivery of the Record. -
J Hopkins, of Illinois, moved to re-
commit the report, with instructions to
the committee to extend its inquiry to
The delay in the printing of the bills
and other public documents.
a warm debate ensued, in which the
Democrats defended the public printer.
Hopkins motion was finally defeated.
Perkins, OF Kansas, offered an amend
ment, providing, that every committee
of the House shall have as many clerks
as there are members on the committee.
The amendment, which is designed to
give every member clerk, is drawn in
this form, SO as to make 1t germane to
he resolution, and not subject to Q
point of order. ii8ss7ic ahs isnf
J After brief discussion, Perkins
amendment was rejec,ed; but Shaw's
resolution was agreed to, and the House
Iadjourned. ~ Il s,isss's1s1i y
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