The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-05
Congressional Programme Tor
the Week.
CLEVELAND TO PRACTICE Law
An Tutarastiue PetitIon-A Comm Il nj
cation From Bismarck 1am-
lining Into Texas Matters

bill, and it will be called up for con-
sideration. Tuesday the naval bill VIII
he acted upon by the committee as soon
as received from the House, and pro-
baby be reported by the end of the
week. When the appropriation bills
are out of the way, Hoar will call up
the census bill. Tomorrow afternoon
the Pacific Railroad funding bill comts
up as unfinished business under the
bill introduced by Salisbury and re-
ferred to the committee on foreign re-
Istions. That committee may be ex-
pected after its meeting Wednesday, to
report in some form defamation OF
the idea of what is necessary and right
to be done by the United States to
maintain the dignity of the govern
ment and fulfil its obligations under
the treaty with Samoa. Should this
come in it will doubtless lead to debate
of some length, probably in secret
session.
From present appearances the weeks
BUSINESS .-
IN THE HOUSE
will be made up of patriotic oratory and
routine hard work, the former called
forth by the Edmunds' Panama Canal
re- oIution, and the latter occasioned by
the necessity for disposing of the -e-
maini0g appropriation bills.
Strenuous efforts will be m9ds to-
morrow by many members to get their
bills before the House under o suspen-
sion of the rules.
1t is authoritatively announced that
President Cleveland will return to the
State of New York to reside on the ex.
piration Of his term of office, and he
will resume the practice of his profess
sion in New York City, having associ
ated himself as counsel with the law
firm of Bangs, Watson, Tracy q Mac
Veagh.
THE coALING STATION.
WASHINGTON, February 4.-The
House committee on foreign affairs de-
cided to recommend concurrence in
the Senate amendments to the diplo
matte and consular appropriation DILL.
The amendment appropriating $500, 0C0
for the protection of American inter
ests in Samoa met with unanimous
approval, but it will be allowed to go
with the other amendments into the
conference. In the case of the amend
ment appropriating 800, 900 for the es-
tsblishment of a naval station at
Paeopago, Samoa, it was held that the
paragraph in the naval appropriation
bill on the same subject (much broader
in its terms) was better framed than
the Senate amendment.
AFTER HENRY MKEE.
In the Senate to-day Dolph intro
duced joint resolution in reference to
the $721, 900 received by Henry Mckee
as q contingent of the Choctaw claim
and his disobedence of the order of the
court to pay over Sc 600 of the amount
It directs the apprehension of Mckee
wherever found and that he bs brought
to Washington, subject to the jurisdic-
ton of the Supreme Court of the dis
trict. Referred to the judiciary COM
mittee.
JOHN SMITHS PETITION.
President pro tenn. Ingalls,, to-day.
laid before the SensIe the following:
Senate and House of Representatives:
Your humDle peGltlOuer WOulu respecL-
fully beg that your honorable body pass the
bill introduced by Senator Butler, EN-
towering the commissioner of Whitman
County, Washington Territory, to issue
bonds not to exceed 100000 for court
house and Jail in the town and county of
Coifsx' Now your petitioner most humbly
prsys that you double the dose. and give
them the privilege to raise $500 600 1t will
take this amount to keep the county seat
down in this hole, and while you are about
n - t1T16 hall
get down to the county seat, and your petit
TONER will ever pray.
(Signed) JOHN SMITH
The petition was referred 10 the com
mittee on Territories.
TO PENSION INDIAN FIGHTERS.
Senator Mitchell introduced bill. to-
day. providing that each volunteer who
Joined the forcss of the United States in
Oregon. Washington Territory or Idaho
during the war with the Nez Perces In
dams, shall be paid 81 for each day of
service, and also the actual value of
any horse, arms, ETC., lost by him
while in the service. The pension laws
are made applicable to those who con-
tracted wounds or disease during the
war.
COUNT Won ARoo VALLEY,
German minister, called at the State
Department this afternoon and had a
conference with Secretary Bayard in
reference to samoan affairs. He in
formed the Secretary that he had re-
oeiyed a communication from Prince
Bismarck TO the effect that the German
government proposes the resumption at
Berlin of the consultations which took
place in Washington between the rep
resentatives of Germany, Great Britain
and the United States, in 1887, on the
subject of Samoa. The above informa-
ton was furnished to the press by Sec
rotary Bayard, with the statement that
1t was all he could say on the subject at
present. 1t was. therefore, impossible
TO obtain to-day the full text OF Prince
Bismarck s communication. It's prob