The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-04-29


law. except as to the provision of SAID law
contained in section 2S0l of Revised Statutes
of the United States-coal mineral desert
and town site lands of the United stat s
only-thereby excluding it from disposal
under the committed homestead, pre- emp
ton, aud tim 1ercu ture acts The second
and ouly other am ndment of tae Sen tie
provides for com mission to negotiate with
the Southern Utes of the State of Colorado
| in regard to change of reservation ny sale
| or otherwise, subject to The ratifi cation of
Congress.
GOVERNOR WEST.
Governor West is here, but will prob.
ably leave to-day for Salt Lake City.
He has bsen very busy in urging upon
members aud Senators Lh- necessity
for ample appropriations for both the
public building and the penitentiary.
THE LATE SENATOR CoNKLING.
When the late ex-senator Conkling
was sinking fast to his death there was
q recurrence in the debate in the Senate
to the time when more than at any
other period of, his life he was held in
the public eye. The Dakota bill was
| under consideration, and the Senator
u,
| critlcisirg reference which Mr.. Ed
munds mad made to the Democratic
party as all organization when politics
was barbsric. He spoke of the cleo
| toral commission of 1876, and said tn It
he had heard Mr.. CoDkling say on the
| floor of the Senate that he believed
Tilden and not Hayes was elected
President in that year. He also said
that MIR. Conkling had not expressed
that belief once. but upon several oc-
casions. Senatorl Edmunds said that he
had never heard Mr.. Conkling question
the legality of Mr.. Hayes election, and
did not believe that he had ever done
| so. The passage between the Senator
| from Missouri and the Senator from
Vermont over the matter was quite
| spirited, and has set people who WEI e
here at the time to talking about Mr..
Conkling's position in the exciting days
preceding the count of the electoral
vote of the 1876 Presidential election.
ALL eyes were turned upon the New
York Senator when the bill to organ'za
| the electoral commission was before
the Senate. 1t had been reported lat
Mr.. Conklipg would get upi in the Senate
and declare that Illden had been
elected. The report created great ex-
element throughout tie country. The
galleries were daily crowded with peo-
pie to witness, what, if it had ever been
enacted, as dramatic a scene as ever
took place in a legislative chamber.
M. Conkling was 10 MS seat every day.
He was closely watched, not only By
the galleries, cut by the members of the
Senate. The Democrats in that body
hoped that Mr.. ConkliDg would make
such speech. and the Republicans
feared he would. The debate went on
from day to day. kilograms from all
parts of the country, some condemnat-
tory, s me denunciatory and some even
threatening, poured In upon the New
York Senator from all parts of the
country. AT night he was overrun
with politicians, some trying to pur-
suade him to make a speec some en-
desvorlng to prevent him from doing
so, and all anxious to find his real pur-
pose. But he kept his counsel. His
resignation from the Senate afterwards,
and his contest for reelection which
followed that resignation. created q
great deal of excitement, hut nothing
like that which he stirred up by his
course in regard to the electoral COM
mission bill. There was no excitement
during those exciting times that was so
great except, perhaps, that caused by
the report which was started after the
commission had been organized. that
Justice Bradley, member of the COM
mission, would vote with the Demo-
cratic members of that body. But Mr..
Conkling never made his speech. He
spoke neither for nor against the organ
ization Of the commission bill, but h.
voted for it. 1t has always been held
here, by those who were careful watch
ers of the events at the time that they
occurred, that Mr.. Copkling held that
TiIden was elected, and had said So
Senator Vest, in his assertion about
what Mr.. Conkling thought of the re-
suit OF the election of 1876 is more
than probably right He has his own
memory of what Mr.. Coukling said
backed up by what was the general
opinion of observers.
THE TARIFF DEBATE.
The tariff debate which has been
commenced in the House, will be Ger
ried on from time to time, without in
terfering with special orders allowing.
at the same time, good working room
for the appropriation bills. The debate
will be dreary, OF course, at times, but
as all of the leading men will make
speeches, some very entertaining and
instructive talking may be expected.
The close of the debate will be very
marked occasion. 1t will bring to-
gether two members who before one OF
them became Speaker were frequently
pitted against each other, and, both
being able men, their contests were
very interesting. Speaker Carlisle will
close the debate for the Democrats, and
Mr.. iced will close it for the Republi-
cans. That combination will, of CT urse,
draw crowded houses. With the open
ing of the debate, the tariff reformers
are very well pleased, indeed. They
have but one criticism to make upon
Mr.. Mills, who made the first speech.
He:held back his remark for revision.
Judge Kelley, of Pennsylvania, who
opened the debate for the Republicans,
did not do so. The Republican side of
the case has an advantage in that
they can promptly circulate Mr.. Kel-
ley's remarks. 1t is not much of an
advantage. but still it is an advantage.
That Mr.. Mills is behindhand in the
printing of his speech is the only
criticism that his party makes of him.
SOUTHERN PoLITENEss.
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