The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-01-29
The Outrage unon Fannca.


MORALS presented and referred was one
from the Augusta, Me-, board of trade fol
the selection of New York as the site TO,
the exposition eff 1892. Also one pre-
sented by Chandler for the establishment
of republican form of government in the
state of Mississippi.
Morrill, introduced bill authorizing the
issuing OF treasury notes on deposits of
silver bullion and having it referred to the
committee ON finance, said that the com
mlttee mad addressed a communication to
the secretary of the treasury asking him
to formulate bill in accordance with his
recommendations in relation to silver:
tnat the bill had been received without
committing himself or any member of the
committee to it. He asked to have it
printed and referred.
A resolution was offered by Mcmillan.
and adopted, instructing the library com,
mlttee to enquire and report as to the pro-
pr1ety OF purchasing the Stanley collection
OF Indian historical paintings now in the
custody OF the Smithsonian institute.
On motion of Sherman, the Senate bill
to relieve the treasurer of the United
States from the amount now charged to
him and deposited with the several states,
was taken from the calendar and passed.
On motion of Morrill,, the bill to credit
and pay to the several states and territor-
les and the District of Columbia all the
money collected under the direct tax of
1861 was taken from the calendar and after
some discussion, was passed by a large
vote.
After considerable debate Vance offered
an amendment to the proposition to refund
the custom tax. Rejected. The bill was
then passed. Yeas, A; nays. Z. The pavs
were: Berry, Blair, Call, Coke, Plumb
Vance and Vest.
The bill says it shall be the duty of the
secretary OF the treasury to credit each
state aud territory and the District of
Columbia sum equal to all the collections
made from said states and territories under
the act OF August 5, 1861, and amendatory
thereto Ii appiopriates the necessary sum.
Hoars resolution calling upon the secre-
tary OF war for information as to the seizure
and imprisonment OF the Apache prisoners.
was agreed to.
The Senate resumed consideration of
Chambers resolution discussed Yesterday.
and George made an argument against it,
holding that the Senate had no Jurisdiction
to pass law to punish the men who com
united the Aberdeen outrage and asking in
such case what right the Senate had to
INQUIRE into the matter. He mentioned the
hanging in etfigy of Secretary Proctor.
Spooner said he was glad the day had
come when the United States had an at
torney-general who would take no such
outrage on an American citizen. The
hanging in effigy of Secretary Proctor not
only brought out the feeling of bitterness
that existed in the south, and which had
no counterpart in the north but also
brought into the sunlight the recklessness.
cruelty and brutality which interfere with
the law and duty which the country for
many years had had occasion to complain
Of referring to the accidental dropping
by Faunce of the fastening which held tie
Proctor etfgy. Spooner spoke of Faunce
as being led down the streets of Aberdeen
followed by two or three thousand people
with man laying the lash on him at eyery
step. An appeal TO the mayor of the CITY
has been III vain. think of it!'' exclaimed
Spooner n passionate tones. s'Alone, far
from his home, dashed and scourged in
mid day in such place in the presence of
300 chivalrous gentlemen. and not one to
step forward and arrest that brutal man. ,,
Spooner expressed regret that George
mad fallen upon his remarks and pro
nounced an eulogy on jeff Davis. He had
hoped no one would deem it necessary to
do this In the Senate chamber of the
United States. 1t would strike a harsh
chord in the hearts of millions of men
throughout the north. The people did not
believe, as George said. that jefferson
Davis, either under the constitution or
confederacy, never betrayed trust They
believe, on the contrary, that Davis sat in
the Senate chamber betraying daily the
most sacred trust ever reposed in
man. But it was not for that
that he eXecrated his memory.
1t was because he held him
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the devilish, horrible criminality visited on
union prisoners. In closing Spooner said
the resolution, if it accomplished nothing
else, would subserve one good purpose: il
would show there was community
(Aberdeen) where the life of Jefferson
Davis and his memory were stronger than
the law.
Gray said the hanging of high official
in etfigy, while it should be condemned
was not an unprecedented outrage. Quite
recently President Harrison had been
hanged in effigy in the state of Indiana
He moved to amend the resolution by add
ing the words, ''And also the letter of in
struetions to the marshal to which the
report was a response And also the fol
lowing, "And he be requested to inform
the Senate whether in the alleged assault
on Faunce any right secured to him by the
constitution or laws of the United States
was violated"
Butler offered an amendment instructine
the attorney general to furnish all papers
in the office of the district attorney of In
diana in the United States court there, re-
lating to the Dudley case. After further
debate the first part of Gray's amendment
was agreed to. The second part was no
voted on.
Call offered an amendment calling on the
attorney general fer n report of the hang
ing in efigy of President Harrison in In
diana and President Cleveland in Kansas
Without action on the impending amend
mPntS the colin Il on 1xront oua,,