The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-04
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
The Second Session Convened
ON Monday.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE READ
The Union Pacific Railway Bill to
thing Important in the House.
SENATE,

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an unusually full Senate that responded
to the President pro tenn. Ingalls, call
at II O'Clock to- day. At that time al
the galleries were full, except the
| Presidents and the diplomatic depart
ment. As the minute hand overlook
the hour indicator on the dial of the
clock facing him, ingalls, let fall the
gayel and Chaplain Butler opened the
proceedings with prayer.
A few moments were spent in greet
ing Senators, and then Senator Sher-
man offered the usual resolution that
the Secretary notify the House that the
Senate is ready to proceed to business.
The resolution was adopted and COM
mittee appointed to notify the Presi-
dent that the Senate is ready to receive
any communication he may have to
make. Messrs. Morrell and Salisbury
composed this committee.
On Mr.. Camerons resolution the Sem
ate, at II At, took a recess Tor half an
hour, Later the recess was further ex-
tended to 80 o'clock.
At the conclusion of the recess, the
usual message from the House an
nouncing the fact of its being in session
and having appointed a committee to
wait upon the President, was delivered,
it having been delayed in consequence
of the recess. That was followed by
the report of the committee to wait on
the President, to the effect that it had
performed that duty, and the President
would communicate in writing lmmed1-
ately.
Then the Presidents message was
! delivered by Pruden, one of his score
taries, and McCook, secretary of the
Senate, proceeded to read it.
The reading of the message occupied
an hour and twenty minutes. The por-
lions of it which discuss the questions
of tariff revision, treasury surplus, fish
cry troubles and the West incident
were listened to with very close atten-
ton and apparent interest by fourteen
Republican Senators and about an
equal number of Democrats. Other
portions of the message seemed to have
few, if any, listeners, and the reading
had the effect of gradually clearing the
galleries of the numerous spectators.
When the reading was finished the
message, on mOt1On OIL dOar, was lalu
on the table and ordered printed. Hoar
then said he was about to move an ad-
journment, but thought it would be
convenient for the Senate to learn from
the gentlemen having the various
measures in charge what would likely
be the order of business for tomorrow
Senator Ingalls, said the unfinished
business was bill to reduce taxation
(the tariff.
Hoar-At what hour will that bill be
in order to morrow
Presiding Officer-2 o'clock.
Frye-I give notice shall call up for
consideration, with the consent of the
Senator, the bill for settlement with the
Union Pacific Railway Company to-
morrow morning, Immediately after
the routine business of the morning is
completed.
By Chamberlain we would ask for
action on his resolution to investigate
the Louisans election of April last, and
by Allison, that he would ask the Sen
ate to proceed with the tariff bill and
would even (if the discussion became
too protracted) call it up during the
morning hours of the session.