The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-15
D0INGS In CONGRESS.
The Senate Transacts a Bud
get Of Business.
A BUSY DAY IN THE HOUSE.
A Communication from Surgeon
General Hamilton on the Yellow
Fever Situation.
BUSY DAY IN THE HOUSE
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, September 14.-Platt'
resolution of yesterday in reference tt
the copper syndicate was taken up.
Vest replied to Hoar's remarks O
yesterday, and read dispatch from
VIM. L. Scott, saying: There is not &
word of truth in Hoar's statement"
Hoar remarked that his point wa:
while the Democrats from the Presi-
dent down were talking about rusts, il
was proper that the people should know
that the great monopulies and trusts Of
the country were On the Democratic
side: were contributing to the Demo
cratic campaign fund, and were jealous
for the election of the present occupant
of the White House.
Vest spoke at considerable length and
drifted to the question of the tariff bill,
The House bill, he said, had come over
to the Senate on the 23d of July and
had not yet Deen reported. He re-
membered that Sherman had time and
again said to the Democrats, Brine
your tariff bill here from the House and
we will take it up at once and dispose
of it," Where, he asked, was the Mills
bill to-day?
Sherman declared the committee on
finance would report a Republican
tariff bill, designed to protect and foster
American industries as against the tree
trade of the Mills tariff bill, but the
committee would take its time. If the
House wished to prolong the session
until the tariff bill was reported, it
would have to wait until the committee
was ready to report.
Allison said in view of the surplus
being reduced to 800 900 900, there was
not the exigency for reduction of
revenue, which had existed, but that
nevertheless, the tariff bill would be re-
ported that would reduce the revenue
at le asst $50 coo 900.
At the close of Allison's speech the
resolution was laid aside without action
and the Senate took up the Chinese
exclusion bill.
A vote was taken on Blair's motion
to reconsider the vote by which the bill
passed and resulted yeas Is, nays II.
AS no quorum is voting or is likely to
vote, it was arranged by unanimous
consent that the next vote be taken at
l o'clock Monday.
Platt's resolution was agreed to.
The Joint resolution extending the
appropriations bill till the 18th of Sep
TENDER, was passed.
The order was made that when the
Senate adjourned to-day, it be till
Monday,
A very bitter, acrimonious, personal
colIoquy took place between Senators
Payne and Hoar in respect 10 the sug-
gestion that Secretary Whitney was
representative in the Cabinet of the
Standard Oil Company.
Payne alluded to Hoar as disingenu-
Gus, and Hoar characterized Payne's
style as more in keeping with a grog-
shop than with the Senate.
The presiding officer declared the
whole colloquy out Of OrGer.
The House bill to enlarge the duties
of the Department of Agriculture was
taken up and discussed, but final action
was postponed until Monday. Anong
the bills passed were the following:
The House bill for the investigation of
the mining debris question in the State
of California; the Senate bill author
izing citizens of Colorado. Nevada and
the Territories to fell and remove
timber on the public domain for min
ing and domestic purposes.
The Senate then adjourned till Mon
day.