The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-03-22
Wednesdays Work in the Ma
ti0nal Legislature.
THE VARIOUS BILLS PASSED.
An Interesting and Busy session.
TaRy for AIlisOn-Parnells Ar
rears Gill Etc.
SENATEI


reference to his bill to give preference
for civil service appointments to
wounded ex-soldiers of the Confed-
eracy. as between men who have been
disloyal, said that several Senators OF
DO b sides had requested him to have
the bill lie over still further. He there
fore asked its postpo Iement till neXr
Tuesday. The bill was laid over as
proposed.
The Senate then proceeded to take up
and act upon pills upon the calendar in
the regular order, passing such as were
not objected to.
The bill providing for the Inspection
of m ats for expectation, and nrohibt +
ing the transportation OF adnlteratPd
articles of food or drink, with an
amendment allowing the inspection OF
meats at the places of packing, was
passed.
Thu Senate then proceeded to act upon
the bills on the calendar.
BI s passed:
To establish United states court In
Indian TIE ritory.
To allow soldiers and sailors who have
lost both hands, or the use of both
hands, 800 g month.
The House bill to facilitate the prose
cution of the works projected for the
Improvement of rivers and harbors,
with amend ments, on which confer
euce committee was ordered, was con-
sidered. and Senators Dolph, Frye and
Vest were appointed.
Granting to the Washington and
Idaho Railroad Company right of way
through the Ceur d'Alene Indian Res
ervation.
Granting to the Eewport & Kings
Valley Railroad Company right of way
through the SiIeto Indian Reservation
in Oregon.
To grant to the State of Oregon Ger =
tain lands il that state for public
park.
position of property Of the United
States, such as lands or property a.
uuired from sureties or under the
revenue laws.
Granting $40 acres of public land to
Wyoming. for hatchery. etc.
TO authorize the jnries of United
States ire lit and dist let courts TO he
used MECHANICALLY, and to provide
tor drawing taiesurn.
Regulating ices for the exemplifca-
ton of land patents.
Inc oil reported by Blair, allowing
8 pension OF S25 month TO the women
enrolled during the war as army nurses,
and who rendered six months services,
having been reached, the report was
read, in which it was stated that the
benefciaries under l. would not average
more than six or eight to each State.
Breckenridge called for the yeas aud
nays, rernarking that, OF course, this
bill would pass. 1t would apply to
every coloreu woman who had cooked
for soliiers during six months, and,
according to the report just received.
such womsn were entitled Roman
matrOns."
Edmunds did not see on what prin-
ciple the bill proceeded. The Associa-
ton of Nurses, whose memorial had
been read had not asked for it. They
only asked. apparently, to be placed on
the footing of soldiers who had been
disabled N service. No pensions were
vet given to soldiers so disabled, and,
as friend of woman's rights, he did
not believe in making such al lnVldlous
distinction.
Beck objected to the further ccnsid-
Grafton OF the bill, aud hoped that the
committee on pensions would Call on
the Secretary of War fer the number of
enrolled female nurses during the war,
SO that the Senate might know, within
at least a million of dollars, what the
bill was 10 take out of the Treasury.
II the Senate WAS to give $25 @
month to every woman, white or
black, who had cooked for SOL
dters six months, the Senate should
know how many of them there were.
The bill. under the objection. went over
The other public bills on the calendar
that were passed were the following:
The House bill to divide the Great
Sioux Indian Reservation irto separate
smaller reservations, with the sutsti-
tute. being the Senate DILL Ito divide
norton of the reservation OF the Sioux
nation of Indians in Dakota into separ-
ate reservations. and to secure arelin-
enlistment of the Indian title 10 the re-
mainder." -.
To provide for the sale of the site OF
Fort Omaha, Neb., and for new site,
and the construction of suitable build
ings thereon.
Frye reported back the House bill au
thorizing the President 10 arrange
conference for the purpose OF promot-
ing arbitration and encouraging the re-
ciprocai commercial relations between
fhe United States and Mexico, Central
and South America and Brazil. .Calen-
dar.
Adjourned.