The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-01-25
WASHINGTON WHlSPS
The House Committee on Ter
ritOries Meets To-day
70 DETERMINE ACTION ON UTAH
The Electoral Meseeng ers-Pacifis
Railroad The Panama Canal
ppropIiation Bills.

WASHINGTON, January PLATTER the
adoption of suitable resolutions on the
death of Burnes, of Missouri, the House
aud Senate both adjourned as mark
of respect.
The House committee on Territories
meet tomorrow to determine whether
or not any action will be taken this
session of Congress on the bill for the
admission of Utah.
The Senate committee on Territories
is also called for tomorrow for the
purpose of considering the omnibus
bill recently passed by the House fol
the admission OF South Dakota and the
organization of the Territory of North
Dakota. The committee will also hear
the statemant of persons from Dakota
and Washington Territories regarding
The amendments they desired TO add to
| the bill
ELECTORAL MESSENGERS.
The electoral messengers from nine
States have not yet arrived. The law
requires that the messengers shall de-
liver the result of the voting of their
respective States not later than the last
Monday in January; this will be next
Monday. The States mentioned are
California, Colorado, Florida, Oregon
Kentucky, Maine, Nebraska, Nevada
and Texas.
THE PACIFIC RAILROADS.
The Senate Pacific railroad commit
tee will meet on Monday next to con-
slider MitcheIl's bill providing for the
ascertainment and funding OF the debts
of the Central and Union Pacific. In
the meantime Chairman Frye will prob
ably cali up the bill pending in the
Senate as special order, dealing only
with the Union Pacific and central
branches, and make speech upon it.
COMMITTEE WORK.
The House committee on foreign
affairs, to-day, with only one dissenting
vote (that of Russell of Massachusetts,
who has opposed the resolution from
the first, ordered a favorable report to
be made upon the Senate resolution rel
alive to European participation in the
construction of the Panama canal
There was but little discussion, the
matter having been fully gone into at
the two preceding sessions. The mat
ter is not privileged for consideration
under the rules of the House, but an
effort will be made to have it so.
A sub committee, consisting of Nor
row, McCreary, and RUSSELL, was also
appointed to consider Samoan affairs,
which came up before the committee
in the shape of the correspondence
from the State Department., and in the
resolutions introduced at the last ses-
sion declaring in favor of interference
by our government to check German
aggressions at the Samoan Islands.
APPROPRIATION BILLS.
The Senate committee on appropria-
lions concluded its work on the consul
lar, diplomatic, military academy al d
tension bills. The consular bill, as it
came from the House, appropriated
81 ,427, 600; the Senate committee in
creased the total to So, 900 600. Follow
ing are the items of increase: To
protect American interests in Samoa,
$500 900; to establish coaling station
at Papopago, Samoan Islands, 100000;
to indemnify families of the Japanese
subjects killed or wounded by torpedo
practice by the United States gunboat
in Japanese waters, in 1857. SIS, 600; the
consulate at Apia. Samoa, is raised to =
consulate-general, and the salary from
50, 600 to $500; new consulates are
established at the Caroline Islands and
Nogales, Mexico. 81 500 each, and the
salaries of the following oonsulates as
named: Barmen, 81 600; Nueva Laredo.
$500; Ell Paso del Norte. 81 900; Piedras
Negras, 81 900; Matamores, $500. In
the military academy and pension bills
no important changes were made; the
former appropriates 1904 .226. the latter
S81 FAC, 600.