The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-16
The Famous General Receives
What He Long Deserved.
CHIEFEsT COMFORrORs
Legislation Had Upon the Subject of
Reducing the Revenue on Cigar.
cites and Cheroots.
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, February 15.-The com
mittee on ways and means reported
back the Mills tariff bill with the Senate
amendment. 1t was referred to tn,
committee of the whole.
Mr.. Mills also reported the following
resolutions, which, he said, presented a
question of privile ge and in the consid-
Grafton of which he would ask the
House to enter upon Tuesday:
Resolred, That the substitution by the
Senate under the form OF an amendment for
the dill of the House, number 905 1.-THE Mills
billy of another and q. fferent bill, Contain
ing general revision of the laws imposing
impo't duties and internal taxes, is in con-
hict with the true intent and purpose of Sec
ton Z, article of the Coustitutisn;
That said bill be returned to the Senate
with the respectful suggestion tuat the said
section vests in the House OF hepre enta-
tives the sole power to originate such
measure.
A CHANCE FOR THEIR WHITE ALLEY.
Mr.. Mckinley said the constitutions
objection raised by the majority of the
committee TO the reduction of the
revenue had been called to the atten-
ton of the committee only this morn
ming. He therefore reserved to the
minority the right to file their reviews.
Mr.. Reid, OF Maine, reserved the
point of order against the resolution.
The committee on foreign affairs re-
ported back the Senate bill appropriate
ing $3.50 900 to enable the President to
protect the interest of the United States
in Panama.
GIVING AMERICANS A LIFT.
Mr.. McCreary, of Kentucky, urged
Ahs necessity of making an appropria-
don to relieve 5000 or 1000 American
citizens on the Panama Canal, in destl-
tute condition. Before action was taken
the bill was laid aside temporarily to
enable the House, under special order,
to consider the resolution instructing
the House conferees on the Territorial
bill as to the method they should
pursue in arriving at an agreement.
GETTING INTO THE UNION.
The pending motion was to table the
motion to reconsider, by which the
House agreed 10 the portion of the
resolution directing the conferees to so
amend the bill as to provide for the |
admission of South Dakota under the |
Sioux #. lis constitution proclamation |
of the President without new vote. |
On division, the motion prevailed by |
LA to 100.
WITHOUT DIssENsIoN.
The remaining instruction relative to |
the admission of South Dakota,
Montana and Washington by proclama-
ton, agreed to without division, and |
the bill was again sent to the confer
fnce, after the adoption of the pre-
fminary instruction clause. by a vote |
of 149 to 101.
The House then passed Senate bill |
$3.50 600 for the.protection
of American interests in Panama.
HOW THEY VOTED.
It was learned later that the vote on
the measure was 10 to in
stead of 9 to as at first reported.
Those in favor of the measure were
Randall, Clements. Felex, Campbell,
of New York, Gay, Canton, Ryan,
Lang, Oomas and Hendsr-
son. Those opposed to it were Forney.
Feran, Sayres and Rice.
Mr.. Forney says he will report a sub
stitute bill, removing the duty on |
manufactured tobacco and snuff, but
not on cigars and cheroots.
A MINORITY REPORT.
Representative Sayrs said he intended
to prepare minority report for pre-
sentatien. He said: II am opposed to
the surplus by taking off tax
on cigars, cheroots and cigarettes
Rntil we have first reduced the customs
duty on the necessaries of life.
NIGHT BE sERIsUs.
"To succeed in getting at a tobacco bill
it would be necessary for the House to
lay aside and revenue bill preceding it
on the calendar, and If the ways and
means committee should anticipate the
Yep of the committee oil approprIH-
tons ry reporting another tariff bill,
this might prove serious, but not neces-
sarily an insurmountahle obstacle to
the accomplishment of the wishes of
the fliends of the bill to repeal the
tobacco tax"
SHE GETS SEVENTY FIVE.
Mr.. Brown, of Indiana, called up the
Senate bill granting pension of S10O q
month. with the House amendment re-
dusing the rate to S75, to the widow of
Brigadier. General Joseph B. Plummer.
The amount VAS agreed to and the bill
passed.
ANOTHER GETS FIFTY.
The Senate bill passed granting a
pension of $50 month to the widow of
Nicholson. On the mo-
ton of Blount. of Georgia, and despite
Randall's objections. the call OF the
committees for reports was dispensed
with and the House went irto the COM
mittee of the whole on the postofice
appropriation bill: pending the anne I'd
ment offered by Mr.. Cannon. of Hi
nois, increasing by 100000 the appro-
priation for clerks in postofices. was
discussed for come time. There was