The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-01-26
SENATE AND HOUSE.
Doings in Both Houses Of
Congress.
HANDICAPPLNG THE TRUSTS.
The Dist riot OF ColuMbia Appropria-
6Sns-Prtvate Pension Bills
Arid Desert LRnds-Btc.
SENATE.

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Raade an elaborate personal explana-
ton regarding how the inaccurate re-
port of the speech by him on Wednes-
day Inadvertently got into the Record.
This was done to head of the motion
by Chandler to strike it out. After
some fencing between Chandler and
Gibson the matter was dropped.
The appropriation committee re-
ported the consular diplomatic appro
priation bill.
Allison moved that the Senate insist
on its amendment to the tariff bill, and
asked a conference with the House Ga
the bill and the amendment to the bill.
Agreed to without objection.
The folio wing bills then passed: The
House bill TO increase the maximum of
international money orders from $50 to
$40, the pension appropriation bill, the
military academy appropriation bill.
The vote by which on Wednesday the
the bill for the relief of the Louisiana
State National Bank was passed, was
reconsidered, aud the bill recommitted
to the committee on claims, new facts
in the matter having been brought to
light.
THE ANTITRUST BILL.
Hoar offered an amendment to the
combination trust bill. It provides
that if one of the purposes of such com.
bination shall be to compel persons,
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q party to it, or cease from doing any
lawful business, or to sell any lawful
business, such partnership or company
may sue and recover damages; and,
also, that any purchaser VINO has, on
account of such combination, to pay an
increased price for the article pur-
chased, may sue for and recover dam.
ages from any party to the comblna-
ton. Agreed to.
Eustis called the attention of Shsr-
mau to the fact that the bill did not
seem to apply to existing trusts, and he
offered an amendment providing as an
additional section, that any person who,
thirty days after the enactment of the
law, shall act as manager, officer, trus-
tee or agent of any cush combination,
shall be liable to the
PENALTIES PROVIDED IN THE BILL.
On motion of Sherman, Eustis modi-
fed the resolution so as to make the
time ninety days. The matter was
under consideration at 2 o'clock, when
unfinished business (being the Union
Pacific funding billy was laid before
the Senate.
Plumb, however, called up the Dis
trict of Columbia appropriation bill,
and then yielded to have some amend
ments offered to the trust bill.
Plat offered an amendment, making
the law apply whether the principal
trust resides in the United States or for
eign countries.
Stewart offered an amendment. and
the gold and silver certificate bill as
amended, was ordered printed, as we'll
as all pending amendments.
The District of Columbia appropria-
ton bill was taken up. A number of
amendments were passed. One of the
amendments appropriates 5000 600 for
GEOLOGICAL PABK NEAR WASHINGTON.
The following bills we're passed:
Accepting the invitation of the Ger
man government to the government
OF the United States, to become party
to the international Geaditic Associa-
ton blouse BILLY; to make the salary
of supervising cargo in the general
marine hospital service the same as
that of ths surgeon general of the
army (Senate bilD.
The Senate then proceeded to the
consideration of the private pension
bills on the calendar. Among the
thirty bills passed was one Senate billy
fnorAa sing the mansion of General
Roiuza to 800 month. After brief
executive session the Senate adjourned
till Monday.