The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-08
The Conferees ON the Terri
torial Bill So Report.
WoMAN,SsU ACHIEVEMENT
Senator Blair's Fay orable Report
Republic for Both Men and women
Naval Appropriations

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WASHINGTON, February 7.-Another
meeting of tne conference on the Terri
toriaI bill, this afternoon. resulted IN a
decision to report TO the two houses
that the conference was unabls to
agree.
The Senate committee on military
affairs, to-day, ordered q favorable re-
port upon the proposition to. present
Mrs. Irene Rucker Sheridan 500 GEO IN |
token of the country's appreciation OF
her husbands services. This is to be
urged in lieu of pension.
THE FEMALE SUFFRAGE.
The Joint resolu ion proposing an
amendment to the Constitution, de-
claring the right to vote shall not to
abridged by ths United States on &C
count of sex, was fAvorabiy reported by |
SENATOR Blair, from the select commit
tee on woman's suffrage. The report
recommending the adoption OF the
resolution, after reviewing the history
of the Woman's suffrage move
ment. and making some COM
ments on the denial OF the right Oh
Suffrage as an injustice equal to that OF
negro slavery, concludes as 1oiioWs:
Unless this government shall De MADE
and reserved truly republican IN form
by the Acknowledgement of women, the |
great reforms which the ballot would |
accomplish may never De Demon
strated. and the disintegration now
proceeding in the body polite, are not |
likely soon to be arrested. The corrup- |
ton of male suffrage is already well |
nigh a fatal disease. A republican
form of government cam OF survive |
with
HALF SLAVE AND HALF FREE.
/ Ihs ballot is withheld from women
because men are not willing to part
with one of their sovereign power.
There is no other cause for the con-
tinued perpetuation of this unnatural
tyranny. Enfranchise women, or this
republic will steadily advance to use |
deslruction-the same lgnoble and
tregic catastrophe which has engulteo
all male republics OF history Let US
establish republic IN which both meu
and women shall be free indeed Then
yShall the republic be perpetual. Inc
minority report is adverse to the adop-
ton of the resolution reported, and will
hereafter be presented.
RAMS AND eUNBoATs.
Senator Chandler to-day introduced
his proposed amendment to the nava-
appr opriation bill, authorizing the coni
struction, by contract, of two harbor
rams of steel, to cost, without arma-
ment, not exceeding $500 600 each,
and OF fifteen gunboats or cruisers, each
not to exceed LOO tons IN displace-
ment, or $500 600. in cost. 1t appro-
PIRATES SIS. 600, 600 to begin the construc-
ton of the vessels and IS, 600 .0O0 Tor
the armament.
GUNS AND ARMoR PLATE.
Senator Daniel, to-day, introduced
as an amendment to the naval appro-
priation bill, a measure authorizing the
President to appoint board OF naval
officers to select and report upon the
five best obtainab,e sites in the nlted
States for the fabrication of guns and
armor plate, and other material OF iron
or steel, for the use of the navy. One
| az those sites is to be located in the
Middle or Eastern States, one IN Vlr-
ginia, one on the gulf coast, one on the
great lakes and one on the PACING
Coast. "a
! THE ACQUEDUeT TUNNEL.
| The joint Congressional committee
investigating the construction OF the
/ Washington acqueduct tunnel, have
l nir1dod nrHnr fha QntirQ
lining of the tunnel replaced, and
charge the cost to the contractors. 1t
! is estimated the cost of this is $500 600.
/ THE PANAMA CANAL.
A member of the committee on for
1 eign affairs said, to-day. that the oppo-
sition to Edmunn's canal resolution
would be quite vigorous. 1t would be
/ hased, in his opinion, upon the wrong
1 view of the matter. The opponents to
the resolution, as they have expressed
themselves, based their opposition upon
1 TWO things: First. thai the Monros,
/ doctrine was never intended to apply to
such enterprise as the canal, and could
j not be fairly so construed. Second,
that the resolution, on its effect,
denounced an enterprise that was
falling, anu THAI SuCU cApIcoSioA Va
sentiment would deter the investment
of the capital on the American conti-
merit. Some years ago government
officers asked France whet she intended
in regard to the canal, and the
French minister to the United States,
under instruction, gave the strongest
. POSSIBLE assurance. both oral and writ
, ten, that the French government would
/ never take any interest In it; that it
, should always remain private ente--
prise. Now. however. the French
Chamber of Deputies openly declares
in favor of government assuming con-
: troll of the canal. This country ought
20 express itself. A majority of the
J com mittee will still recommend the
y passage of the resolution.
THE THREE AMERICAS EXPOSITION.
The House committee on foreign
!, affairs, to-day. agreed that the object
! ought to be attained by the passage
. of the three Americas exposition bill
would be prsmoted by the attachment
!. Of an amendment to the sundry civil
appropriation bill. approprialing s25 OO(