The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-01
OUR NATIONS S0LONS.
Che Union Pacific Funding
Bill Reported.
ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL.
Eliminated discussion I'm the Senate on
Suadry NeasureS-Mills Speaker
Pro Tenn OF the HsusG.
SENATE

WASHINGTON. July 3l.-ln the SenRte5
to day, Frye. from the select COM
mittee on Pacific railroads, reported
the Union Pacific funding bill, pcovid-
ing for a settlement of the claim
growing out Of the Issue to secure the
payment of sh indeb e dness. He said;
The bill is the Cultivate bill as re
ported to TIE House containing many
amendments over the bill as i. came
fr ON tha commission originally. The
senate report Is signed BY all the mem
hers of the committee. The I'LL
relates 10 the Union Pacih,
ana Central Branch, having nothing
ShateTer 10 40 with the Central Pacific.
Tae COMMITTEES fCand m IGh grea ter
difficulty In formulating adjustment
and settlement with the Central PaCiiC
than with the Union Pac dc, and is not
pre- AIRED at the present time 10 make
any report touching that company. Ii
Is barely possible that 1t may ne ieceS-
sarySro amend the bill when il is under
consideration. 1t provides for funding
the present worth OF the debt OF the
United tates against this corporation
ard desire that 8 statement of the
I
may be printed in the Record. Mr.. Frye
read the paper referred To. and said that
the aCtuaTiss cf the New YORK Lie III
sursnce COmcany had been requested
to present 9 statement and that 10 was
possible that (wben receivsdl the com
EiLtse might want TO offer it as an
amendment 80 the bill. The bill was
placed on the calendar, and, with the
report, ordered to be printed.
Il oars resolution in regard II the
appointment Of 8 committee Ct seven
10 reporb or the relations of commerce
aud business existing between the
UaIte5 5ts5as and Canada WAS taken L p
ID AIDE te6.
The cons deratio1 of the surdry civil
appropriation bill was res iHed, he
p3udir & question being on the amend
ment OF lac Spencer appropriation tor
SIS CO., for public building at Atchi-
son, Kansas. The amendment was
V0ssd upon as test question 10 decide
whether any public building amsnd-
msnts could be added TO The Dill. yhe
anenauent was Eejected-yeas 81.
nays g.
The direct tax rsfuudiug DILL was
then off red as an amendment to
the suHdrg civil appropriation bill. bat
wssx1!ed GU of order by the presiding
officer as general legislation.
Steward moved an amendment p1o-
yiiing nc par OF the approp ration bill
shall De used in no investigation of any
case. nor in the prosecution OF any per-
son in the mining gion for cutting,
for mining or domestic purposes, any
short or scrubby timber unfit to be
sawed or hewed into lumber of com.
mercial value. Agreed to.
Call offered en- amendment apprOpri-
ating $4,000 to be expended at the
discretion of the Secretary Il The
Treasury for recovery of the property
CT the United States now held IN ao-
verse possession to the government.
Sherman opposed the amendment
and spike Of the hope of recovering thu
property which had belonged to TN
Confederate States as an illuslYe one
The debts or those States are liel
upon their property.
CockreIl spoke of tie fairy tales OF tn
wealth Of the defunct C0nfederat
States az being only eCualled by Jh
stori- & of the immense wealth stored "a
in En- gland belonging to American
heirs.
Daring his remarks Blair interrupte
with al objection 10 the frequent use o
The terms "C0afeGerste State" az
Confederate treasury"
CockreIl sarcastically inquired if To
Sci ator wished them called 'Rebs
Ste tes.'
Blair said anything yea please, BIZ
DON'T sly Confederate States" Q
Confederate treasury" or anything o
Il az kind.
After some further sarcastic discus
sion the bill went over till to-mc rro'
and the Senate adjourned.