The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-16
The Probability Of an Early
= Adjournment.
The FUNDING BILL DISCUSSED
Blair Characterizes the President az
"AE Infamous Libeler"-
Pension Bills.
SENATE.

ding bill, and suggested, in view OF
great importance, it should be set
Gown for hearing for the first Tuesday
In December. Agreed to.
Blair, in connection with the veto
5 message, proceeded to discuss the pen
kion votes generally, and the case of
Mary Ann Doherty in particular. His
Remarks brought forth a reply from
Cockrell, of Missouri. who warmly de-
Tended the course Of the pension vetoes.
In reply to that, Blair characterized the
President as an Infamous libeler,' in
having used his great power
to defame and libel this woman,
Doherty, unnecessarily. Mary Ann
Doherty, he asserted, was woman of
irreproachable character, while there
was no proof of the character of her as
sailant. At the close Of B!air's re-
marks, the Presidents message, veto
ing the bill granting pension TO Mary
K. Richards, wa laid before the Senate,
the ground for disapproVal being that
the beneficiary would receive from the
pension bureau a much larger sum than
she would receive under the action Of
the bill. Referred.
Another message from the President,
returning, without his approval. the
bill granting pension to w. S. Brad
shaw, was laid before the Senate. The
ground for lis disspproval is, that his
disability was not contracted in military
service. Laid on the table.
Hate produced a bill authorizing
the Secretary OF War to protect Wash
ington Acqueduct Tunnel. Passed.
Brown presented a petition of the
Womens CHRISTIAN Temperance Union
for the repeal of the internal revenue
laws, and adore sed the Senate. He re-
ferrad t. the fact that there was no
quorum of either House in the City OF
Washington, and that no business
could be lawfully done in the face Ct
a single objection. There was there
fore, he said, but one thing left to do,
and that was to adjourn at the earliest
day possible. He asked Allison to say
whether there was any possible chance
of passing the tariff bill at the present
session.
Mr.. Allison said he did not see any
possibility of passing it through the
Senate under surrounding circum-
stances, and then, if it was passed by
the Senate, 1t was impossible to have
any amendment considered in the
House before next December. 1t was 8
fact, that with the tariff bill entirely
and absolutely out of the question, Con-
gress was net at this day and hour
cheney bill had not yet rece.. I'd the
it was only sent to him last
Friday or Saturday. The delay had
arisen out of the fact, that the appro-
priation bills had not come to the Sen
ate in the early period of its session. II
he had his way, he should push the
tariff bill, to the exclusion of all other
business. The discussion of the ad-
iournment resolution stopped here,
and the Senate proceeded with the con-
sideration of the tariff bill
Vest said the tariff issue had been
made up and had gone to the country.
What he desired to submit would be on
some questions that had arisen in the
current debate. The first mat
ter which he discussed was the
charge he made in the Senate
and on the stump that $50 600 GOO OF
public money had been placed in ma
tionaI banks for the purpose of favor
itism. He said that the charge claimed
that the money was distribute. fairly
among the different national banks in
the various cities, and that the officers
of only one such bank belonged to the
Democratic Party. On the other hand.
he claimed that the First National
Bank of New York in 1879, in connec-
ton with the exchange of per
cent. bonds, made enormous profits.
This pet of the Republican admin
istration, he said, from 1864 to
1887, made $4,000, 600 of clear profit on
q capital of $500, 900, In 1878 it had
Aeen2 per cent. but in 1879, when il
was the fiscal agent of the treasury, in
exchange of per cent, its profits were
120 per cent. Concluding, he said that
the incrt Rsed duties of'the Senate was q
substitute for the Mills bill.
Allison said that as to the favoritism
shown the First National Bank Of New
York, Mr.5Sherman, then Secretary of
the Treasury, had explained the matter
over and over again and again. 1t had
arisen over the exchange of 4 for per
cent. bonds, but that was not
like the present case. The crit
icism was made on the present
administration, but inste ad of using
this $57,0O0,000 for the purchase of
bonds, thus saving per cent. interest,
it had put it into the national banks
WITHOUT interest. WndG WOUJu De the
condition if this were October 1st, 1891,
when the per cent. bonds became due
The Secretary GOULD rot pay them. be-
cause the calling in of that $57 ,000,000
from the national banks would
create a panic. In addition to this
$57 100000 there was further
amount of 100000 on deposit in
national banks to the creditor the dis
bursting officers, and the Senator from
Missouri (VesD could not get away from
that criticism by abiding to the treas
ury operations IN 1879, which we're nee
essary and proper. Teller obtained the
floor, the tariff bill went over TIL to-
morrow, and the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE
The Speaker proceeded to call the
States for the introduction of bills and
resolutions. When Alabama was called
Wheeler offered the following for refer
ence: