The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-01-31
HOUSE.

Bills were introduced by Lawler, OF
Illinois, sbolishing the tax on oleomar-
garine. Referred to the committee on
agriculture.
By Turner, of Kansas. providing for
bounty on wheat. corn and -four ex-
ported from the United States.
by Stone, of Kentucky, to prevent
combinations for the purpose of regu-
lating prices of produce, stocks, bonds
or labor.
By McCresdy, of Kentucky, to es-
tablish Unit d States land court.
Under the call of States, the following
bills and resolutions were introduced
| and referred:
By Oates, of Alabama: To prevent
aliens from pre-empting or entering
homesteads, and to provide for leasing
grazing lands for periods not exceeding
ten years.
By Townshend, of Illinois: To place
salt on the free list.
By Baker, Of Illinois: Directing the
committee on postofice and post roads
10 inquire into the expediency of re-
ducing postage on seeds, bulbs, etc.,
and of reducing to cents the fee for
money orders for SIS or less.
By Uutcheon, of Michigan: ResoIu-
tons declaring 1t to be the sense OF the
House, that in any proposed revision
of the tariff, the principle of protection
to the American standard ought to be
distinctly recognized and firmly ad-
hered to-; that duties ought not to be
imposed for revenue only, but the pro-
duction of those articles which the
United States has abundant raw material
ard labor to prodrce, ought TO be pro-
tected sufficiently to enable American
producers to MAINTAIN free competition
in the American market. and that
articles on the free list should be
selected from among such necessaries
of life as are not produced in adequate
quantities in this country.
By T. J, Campbell, of New York
Fix ng the salaries of Supreme Court
justices and of Cabinet officers at SIS =
000 a year.
By Wilkins, of Ohio: For the issue
of fractional silver certificates.
By Martin, of Texas: Instructing the
committee on ways and means TO report
a bill repeating the internal revenue
laws and revising the tariff SO as 10
abolish specific duties
The Speaker, pro tenn laid before the
AAOuSC q ICIJC4 A4OIl pIihtOA
! IN resl onse to the resolution calling on
him for information az to the dis
! charges made by him. The public
printer makes a statement in regard to
these discharges, justifying AID ex-
planning them, defends The administra-
ton of his office, and emphatically de-
MES that Congressional work of the
office is largely in arrears.
"A debate followed lin which Richard
son. of Tennessee, defended the printer.
Gutcheon, of Michigan, charged that
the old soldiers had been discharged
from the printers Office in midwinter,
for no good reason, and said at the
proper time he would give names.
Henderso OF Iowa, claimed the dis
charges had been made to make room
for Democratic workers.
Cuteheon offered a resolution for the
app ointment of special committee to
investigate the present administration
| of the printing Office.
Springer, of Illinois, offered as a
substitute resolution instructing the
icommittee on printing, with che eddi-
ton of two members, one from each
side of the House, during the incum-
bency of the present public priter. and
that of his predecessor. Adopted.
Breckenridge, OF Arkansas intro
duced and hsG referred to th ways ana
means committee, the Hewitt admins
tratiye tariff bill. Adjourned.