The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-07
UTAH'S ADMISSION.
The Matter Has Been Indefi'
nitely Postponed.
OTHER CAPITAL NEWS ITEMS.
The International Goedetie Asseeia-
tIon-The Acc0unt of the Sinking
Fund Governor Hill.

WASHINGTON, February 6.-The COM
mittee on foreign relations reported
tavorably the appropriation, as an
amendment to the sundry civil bill. of
$500 600 to protect American lives and
property at Panama.
The President has approved the joint
resolution accepting the invitation OF
the German government to the United
States to become party to the inter
national geodetic association.
Democratic Senators held caucus
this morning, which was attended by
about fifteen members. They talked
for an hour or SO, but came to no con-
Clusion, it IS reported. as to the policy
To be pursued upon legislation or
nominations.
Owing to the caucus, there were no
Democratic members of the Senate
committee on foreign relations present
at the meeting of the committee to-day,
and nothing but routine business was
disposed or.
The Samoan matter, under Sauls-
bury's resolution requesting the COM
mittee to report an expression of its
opinion as to what should be done by
government. was not considered
LEFT OUT IN THE COLD.
Tie time of the caucus was entirely
consumed in speeches by the Senators,
urging that preference be given to the
bills in which they were interested, but
they adjourned without result.
The House committee on Territories,
although not unanimous regarding the
bill for the admission of Utah, ap-
pointed a subcommittee OF Eve, with
Springer as chairman, to draft report
to the effect that, owing to the iateness
of the session, it will be impracticable
to secure the passage of the bill. The
committee also decided to report favor
ably the omnibus bill for the admission
of Idaho, Wyoming and Arizona. The
vote was practically unanimous, al
though one or two members expressed
themselves as opposed to the omnibus
system, and preferred the admission OF
these Territories singly.
THE STRIKING FUND.
The Senate several days ago adopted
a resolution offered by Mitchell, calling
on the Secretary of the Treasury for
information as to the amounts in the
sinking fund to the credit of the Union
Pacific and Central Pacific Railroad
Companies on February l, 1889, under
the operation of the Thurman sinking
fund act, with a statement of the
amount of the fund invested in bonds,
the face value of the bonds purchased,
their present market value, and the
difference between the amount of the
sinking fund, had it been uninvested,
and the amount due to the investment.
In response the Secretary to- day laid
before the Senate the following state
ment: Union Pacific money for govern
ment transportation, withheld under
the act of May Z, 1878, $6,S51 1875; easy
payments by the company, 81 ,421.-
ia, making the total paid into
the sinking fund 81 773 $50. This money
was invested in United States bonds and
perfect railroad first mortgage bonds of
total face value of $7,249. 400. The
market value of the bonds February
1st. 1889, was So, 030. 440, showing the in.
crease by reason of investments to be
81 256 $50. From the Central Pacific,
So 1869 ,681 was received and invested in
bonds of the face value OF So 141 1913
with market value, February 1st, 1889.
of 1881 1856, making an increase by
reason of investment of 1851 ,104.
A RECEPTION.
Democratic members of the House
and Senate generally attended the re-
certion given by Secretary Whitney
This afternoon, to Governor Hill, of
N ~.
cluded prominent Democrats outside of
Cnngrass Later in the aftarnnnn CIV