The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-01-22
HALLS OF CONGRESS.
Western Agriculturists and East.
ern Capital.
BLAND AND THE SPEAKER AT WAR
0rder-Bills mtroduced-To Reduce
the Reserve.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2l.-Blair presented
a memorial from the board Of missions
of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church of America, in favor of the Blair
educational bill and asked to have it printed
in the Record.
Harris objected.
Blair also presented numerous other
memorials Of the same character, all Of
which were laid on the table.
The bill adversely reported January
10th. from the census committee to ascer-
tain what percentage of the people own
their farms, the number Of farms under
mortgage, and the amount thereof, was
taken from the calendar in order to give
Berry, (who introduced the bilD an oppor-
tunity to state the grounds of his opposi-
ton to the report and why the bill should
be passed.
Platt, referring to the statement made by
Berry as to eastern manufacturers loanlng
lnouey to western and southern farmers at
large rates of interest, took occasion to say
that the idea that eastern manufacturers
had accumulated large profits and were
loaning money to farmers was an entire
mistake.
TRUST COMPANIES AND CORPORATIONS.
Berry varied somewhat from his original
statement, and said trust companies and
corporations in New York and New Eng
land hadrepresentatives in all the southern
and western states trying to loan money tC
farmers on farm mortgages.
Hale, chairman of the census committee
stated that there was no hostility on the
part of the committee to the proposed in
curry: but on every suggestion to enlarge
ba of ppn he T-aC
confronted with the danger of putting il
such new work as would delay the census,
and instead of the census being made clear
distinct, and swiftly taken one, it would
run over years and years, and the commit
tee was DESTROYS to prevent that.
Hale stated that a great and valuable
body of substantial information on The
question was now being obtained by The
superintendent of census.
Regain argued in favor of the bill.
Vest spoke of the abnormal depression
of the agricultural interest Of the country
evidenced by the fact that corn is bringing
now to its producers in Missouri and Kan
sas only from l3 to IA cents per bushel ant
wheat from 40 to 80 cents while coal cost
them 20 cents per bushel. The farmin!
community had conviction that bad legis
lation was largely
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXISTING DEPRESSION
He was authorized to make the state
ment that the superintendent had writte
a letter to his colleague (Cockrell) tina
the census supervisors would belong to tn
Republican party; that preference woul
be given them in every instance. Unde
that state Of the case who could blame hir
if he asked that Congress should max
mandatory on the superintendent the dut
to give the information which the bill re
-quired. He was not willing to trust to tn
discretion or justice of the superintendent
of census the duty whica ought to be &C
curately and honestly reformed.
Spooner said he believed porter emf
nently adapted for the discharge of tn
duties Of his position. He went on to argu
that mortgages were not ways sigma
of distress They often indicated energy
ana vigor, and ambition, and desire to oh
tain more property Finally, after furthe
discussion, the bill went over, without &C
ton, till to morrow.
The Senate then passed the Senate hi
granting TO the state of California pc
cent. of the net procee ds Of the cash sale
Of public lands in the state.
The Senate joint resolution grantin
authority for the removal of the ApacE
Indians and their families from Alabam
to Fort Sill, Indian territory, was take
up. and after executive session the Sena
adjourned.