The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-02
SENATE AND HOUSE.
Lively Discussion ON the Late
COnfederacy.
), DEPARTMENT OF AGRlCuhrURE
The sundry Civn Appropriation Bill
Relating co FOrtihCAtiOus
aud QFdnAnce-EtC.
SENATE.

WARRINGTON, August l.-Plumb.
from the committee on agriculture, re-
ported back the House bill to enlarge
the powers, and duties of tho Depart
IRent Ct Agriculture and create an ex-
eeutive department to bs known as the
Department of Agriculture. In the bill
as reported, the provisions of the House
bill for a transfer of the Weather
Bureau from the War Department to
the department of Agriculture are
struck out.
Evarts. from the committee on for
eign relations reported back the Senate
Joint resolution, authorizing and en-
powering the President of the United
States to take SUCH measures as in his
Judgment may be necessary TO
indemnity promptly for Jones
losses and damages suffered by the
Venezuelan steamship companies of
New York. by reason OF the wronful
seizure and dete1tion of the companies
three steamers in 1857, and to employ
such means or exercise such powers as
msy be necessary.
The Senate resumed consideration of
the su1dry civil appropriation bill, the
pending question being on the amend
nent offered yesterday by Call, apDro-
priating $4,000 for the recovery of the
property of the late Confederate States
now held in adverse possession by the
government.
Edmunds said he had been On com.
mittee few years ago which
had investigated the whole subject,
and he said he was satisfied the appro-
priation would be useless waste of
money and the wiseSt thing to be done
with the assets of the late C0nfederacy
as with the late unpleasantness itself
was 10 forget oil about them and let
them go.
Gibson opposed the amendment, he
submitted il was not proper at this late
hour TO call in question the validity of
the integrity of the surrender that was
made BY the Confederaoy on land or
sea. The Confederate States h8d died
noble death, in the field Of battle many
years ago. all that survived being that
sentiment OF honor which had beaten
high in tho hearts OF the men who rep
resented that fallen power. For one, he
would have engraved on its tombstone
the epitapn engraved on shakespeare
tombstone: Good friend, for Jesus
sake orbear to tuuch the dust enclosed
spares these b ines, and cursed he who
moves these S-ales."
Cal said he did not sYmpathize
with Gibson in the OtinIon that
the dust OF the C1nfederacy should
be buried ard its GOOD friends let it
alone The ConledersCv would live in
history Tor tho great and heroic char
acters when they had developed.
There was ussd to lrav. their dust un-
disturbed. Their fame was written in the
immortal pages OF history by such il
lusGrious characters as Lee and Jackson,
and he was glad to know that the loyal
heart OF the North and OF its soldiers
responded TO that sentiment. He
was not ashamed of the Confeder-
acy and bid its duet to re-
main undisturbed. 1t could not
be shouted down or overlooked.
.fhe confederacy had no dust hut it
had the immortal glory of a heroic
character, Of a noble self-sacrifce.
Allison moved to lay Calls resolution
on the table. Agreed to.
The bill vas then reported back to the
Senate and Ell the amendments con-
CURED IN except that appropriating
$50 600 for the widow of Professor
Baird on which Regan demanded th9
yeas and nays. The amendment was
,coucurred in -yeas o. nays IL.
Sherman explained that ne had not
voted on the amendment because he
thought the appropriation to large. Hs
would have been willing 70 vote for
the Eap preparation of $25 600 and he
suggested the amount would be reduced
by the conference committee. The bill
wss then passed.
Allison stated in response to the
,qnery that there now remained undis-
posed Ave of the regular appropriation
bills: army bill, navy bill, sundry civil
bill. general deficiency bill and forttfica-
tons bill. He thought it might be
safely assumed that all appropriation
bills could be disposed of next week.
He could not say when the tariff bill
would be presented.
Adjourned.