The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-03-09
1t Passes the Senate, Al
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ON DEMONETIzATION
Petition Against Utah's Statehood
Proceedings IN the House
Other News Notes.
SENATE.

| IeleTT0u WAS OuS Drill W ESFc Ofc1 IOA,-
600 signatures from thirty-three States
and Territories against the admission
of Utah as State, SO long as its people
are under the control OF the Mormon
priesthood.
Among the bills reported and placed
on the calendar were the following:
TO provide for joint celebration at
the natioHat capltOl ny sixteen Amer
lean Republics. in honor OF the centen-
NAL OF The parent republic, the United
States.
Stewart replied to the remarks Of
Sherman, two days ago, on the silver
characterization question. He said it
would be we'll, lie thought, ii every
memoer OF Congress could plead
entire ignorance on that ques-
ton. 1t was not to the credit OF any
body to have knowingly done what Was
done then. He read frC:n the Record
the report of the discussion IN the
Senate, and said that according TO the
statements of Sherman, the Senate was
justified in believing that under the
proposed legislation the silver dollar
would have been full legal tender to-
day, and the country would not have t. G
depressing times it now had. He did
not believe the Senator from Ohio knew
then what was to be the effect of that
legislation.
The dependent pension bill was then
taken up again.
MandersOn replied to some of the re-
marks made by Senator Vest last week
particularly as to there being no Fed
eral ex-soldiers, or Confederates either,
in aimshouses in Missouri. He quoted
from the report Of the Commissioner of
Pensions, showing that on October
10, 1887, there were in Missouri
almshouses 1873 ex-Union soldiers
esd 62 dependent relatives, ann
in the whole of the United Ststes 16 ,S55
e1-soldiers and 1915 dependent rela-
tiges, in all q SOL. Ia addition, there
were in Inc National Soldiers Homes
15, eliminates, making total of 36 ,953
sx-soidierS and their dependents, who
were dependent on charitable instltu-
tons. In contradiction Of Vests state
ment that so per cent. Of those enrolled
during the war were either pension
| ees or applicants for pensions, he
showed that there were 367 ,424 invalid
pensions granted, and 24O,662 for
widows, children Or dependent relatives;
ia other words, that there were OF pen
sioners and claimants not over 26 per
cent. of the whole number enlisted.
Harley believed the bill to be
practical, sensible and patriotic.
He quoted General Grant as saying,
the very last time that he was at the
Capitol: If were to be President
again, would sign a reasonable bill TO
prevent the suffer ngs of soldiers,
or their families, no matter what
they arise from, and would not sign
bill to give q dollar to any able
bodied man" He (Hawley) stood
upon that. He would vote against
any and every amendment to the bill,
| believing that as it came from COM
mittee it was a simple straightforward
measure of immediate relief to real
sufferers.
Wilson, of Iowa, said that so firmly
was he conYinC d that the class which
would be included within the benefits
of the bill by his amendment, would
be excluded without it. he would vote
for it, even if he voted alone.
The question was taken, and Wilson's
amendment was rejected-yeas, 10;
nays, 43.
| The bill was then reported back from
the committee Of the whole, and the
amendments therein agreed voted On.
! The first vote was On the amendment
offered by Call to make the bill apply
| to those who served in the war with
! Mexico, or for thirty days in any Of the
wars with the Indian tribes. Rejected
yeas, 81; nays, 81.
The next vote was on Plumb's
amendment, striking out the word
totally" before the word 'incapaci-
Isted," and it was rejected-yeas, IA
nays, AZ.
The bill then passed-yeas, A; nays,
16 as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Blair, Blodgett,
Bowen, Brown, Cameron, Chace, Chandler,
Cull9m, Davis. Dawes, lolph, Farwell'
Ham Yton, Hawley Hisc ok, Hoar, Inga Is,
Kelna, Mcpherson, Mande Michel,
Paddock, Palmer, Payne, Platt, Pugh,
Rddleberger, Sawyer, Sherman, spooner,
Stewart ST fk6dg {ison Te ef 1Tpie
CocErell, Coke, Colquitt Daniel, Eustis,
Gibson, Harris, Pasc0. Reagan, salisbury,
Vance, Wilson, of Maryland-16
Pairs were announced Pas follows:
Evarts and Morgan, Edmunds and
Jones, of Arkansas; Sabin and Call,
Ransom and Jones, of Nevada; Vest
and Plumb.
Blair, from the committee on educa-
ton and labor, reported the bill ap-
plying the eight-hour law to letter
carriers.
Sherman offered resolution (which
was adoptedl requesting the President
to furnish copies of the instructions
sent the United States minister at
Caracas, and of the correspondence be
tween the governments of the United
States and Venezuela since February,
1872, regarding the seizure and deten-
ton of the American steamships Hero, |
Sun Fernando aid NutriaS, the property |
of the Venezuelan Transportation Com
pany, of New York.
The underyaluslion bill was taken up
as unfinished business, and the Senate |
adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE.