The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-01-29
The Diplomatic and Consular
Appropriations Bill.
THE ELECTORAL VOTE COUNT
Irrigation for Arid Regions-Alaska
Affairs-The Fisheries-A j unket-
ing Trip--To Protect the Seals.
SENATE.

On motion of Blair the army nurses
pension bill was taken up and the
amendment passed. 1t allows a pen
sion of $25 per month to all women
nurses during the late war, prior to
August, 1865, who were approved by
Miss Dix, superintendent of women
nurses, or her authorized agent, or who
were specially appointed by the Sur
geon-General or other proper United
states authority, who performed six
months service or were disabled and
honorably discharged. Those who are
now receiving q less pension under
special acts are entitled to the benefits
of this act.
The Senate then proceeded to the
consideration of the diplomatic and
CONSULAR APPROPRIATIONS BILL.
The following amendments, reported
by the Senate committee or appropria-
tions. were agreed to: An appropria-
ton of $4,000 to be paid to the gov
eminent of Japan, to be distributed
among the families of Japanese subjects
accidentally killed or injured by ex-
plosive shells of the United States
steamer Omaha; inserting an item of
So 900 for the consul general at Apia,
Samoan Islands; transferring the con-
sslate at Nuevo Lakedo, Mexico from
class FIVE ($2 000) to class four ($2 500),
and providing for consulate of the
same class for Paso del Norte.
Gibson moved to insert the word
"am bassadors,h instead of the words
"envoys extraordinary and ministers
pienipotentiary," as applied to France,
Germany, Great Britain and Russia
Plumb opposed the amendment. His
own proposition would be to strike out
the entire paragraph. The country
had been
DAMAGED BY ITS FOREIGN REPREsENTA-
TINEs
in the last eight years; damaged in
character and self respect, and in an
characterization which did not concur
with the dignity and power of the
American people. They had not
represented the free institutions of the
United states as contracted with mon
archial institutions. They had not
supported the dignity and simplicity of
the American citizens.
Hale and Hardley supported the
amendment.
Reagon spoke in favor of obolishing
the entire diplomatic service.
Sherman advocated the entire
amendment. By common consent, the
ambassadors stood at the head of the
diplomatic ranks, and he knew the
amendments would advance the inter
ests of the people of tbs United States
Plumb argued in favor of the aboli-
ton of the whole diplomatic system.
and made some sarcastic remarks
about Phelps coming home and to the
Sackville matter.
Evarts advocated the amendment.
Hoar did not believe in the notion of
the Senator from Kansas, that the
United States was to 60 about the
world with its
PANTAIooNs STUFFED IN ITS BOOTS,
with waistcoat off and ragged trousers,
held up by one suspender tlaughter).
Stewart argued against Gibson's
amendment. He did not believe In
passing a law that would give any
nation a countenence or encourage
ment to the breeding of dudes, who.
when abroad, lost command of the
English language and were disgrace
to the country"
Hale repeated the statement made to
him by an American minister as to the
difficulty incurred in obtaining an
dience with foreign ministers, on ac-
count Of the precedence given foreign
emba sailors.
Without vote on the amendment the
Senate adjourned.
WARRINGTON, January 2S.-On mo-
ton of Long, of Massachusetts,. the
Senate bill passed increasing the PEN
sion of soldiers or sailors who have lost
both hands to 500 per month.
On motion of Rsmentrout, of Pennsyl-
vania, the Senate concurrent resolution
was agreed to providing for a joint
meeting of the two Houses of Congress
on the 18th of February, for the purpose
of counting the electoral vote.
The committee on the District of
Columbia, through its chairman,
Hemphill, OF South Carolina. made q
struggle to secure the floor, which the
rules of the House accord to it ON the
second and fourth Monday of each
month, but the
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS,
under the leadership of Randall,
proved too formidable an antagonist and
the House declined to consider district
business, and went into committee OF
the whole (Dockery, of Missouri, in
the chair) on the sundry civil appro-
priation pill:
The pending amendment, appro-
priating $3.50, 900 for investigating the
best method of irrigating the aric
region, was agreed to.
ALASKA MATTERS.
On the point of order raised by Xii
gore, of Texas, the clause providing TO