The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-02
is BASED ON FRAUD.
That is Said of the Mexican
Mine Award.
WHO TALKS OF MILLIoNAIREs ,
Not PSysOB. of Illinois. He Declares
Himself for the Poor Man,
aud stands There,
SENATE

WAsHINsToN. March 1.-The confer
ence report on the bill for the relief OF
certain volunteers and regular soldiers
of the late war with Mexico Gas to the
removal of charges of desertion) was
agreed to.
Senator Sherman, from the commit
tee on foreign affairs, reported back the
Senate bill for the protection of salmon
fisheries in Alaska, with the recon-
uaendation that the House amendment
extending the provisions of the bill to
BshrIng Sea be disagreed to. The
amendment was disagreed to and con-
ferense asked.
Senator Jones, of Nevada. reported
back the resolution. which was agreed
to, authorizing the committee on pub
lie buildings and grounds 30 continue
the investigation of the office OF super
Vising Architect of the Treasury.
PUBLIC LANDS.
Senator Stewart offered resolution,
which was agreed to. authorizing the
committee on mines and mining to
continue during the called session on
the inquiry as TO the cutting of timber
OIL public lands for mining and domes-
tic purposes.
PENSIONS.
An pension bills of calendar 80 were
passed. Among them was one giving
pension of $50 per month to the widow
of General Hunt.
Senator Blair moved to take up the
Joint resolution proposing the liquor
proposition amendment to the Constl-
tuition.
Pending action Senator Riddleberger
moved TO proceed to executive business.
The motion was agreed to.
When the doors were opened the
Senate took recess until PIN.
THAT MEXICAN ANABD.
Report of the Senate committee on
foreign relations upon tEe bill to secure
claims by the Laabra Mining company
against the Mexican government Ian
award having privately been made by
Mexican mixed claims commission of
$672 000), was made to the Senate to-
day by Senator Dolph.
The report says: In the opinion OF
the committee the evidence is sufficient
to show the whole claim of the COM
psny to be fraudulent. and the claim.
acts testimony before the mixed COM
mission, SO far as it tended to tx the
responsibility for the company's loss
upon the Mexican government, to have
been rank perjury.
A GROSS FRAUD.
Tboidea IF ms Ejno claim again ct thu
Mexican government appears to have
been a gross fraud in its inception and
to have been based upon the fraudulent
allegations supported by false swear
ing and manufactured testimony; and
it is impossible in the face of the cor
rsspondenee covering the period when
the company was making preparations
to work its mines in Mexico, and while
they were being worked, to conceive
that the officers and agents of the COM
pany in New York were not active
participants in the fraud.
The committee are of the opinion
that Congress has the power to do what
it was supposed to have done by the
bill under consideration; and recon-
nends it's passage with amendments.
Senator Brown will probably make
minority report, as it is understood he
is opposed to the bill.
At the evening session the deficiency
bill was taken up. Among the items
inserted were the following: $75, 900 for
salaries and expenses of agents and
subordinary offices of the internal rev.
e1ue; $165 439 to pay findings of the
courts of claims in the French spolia-
ton case.