The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-09
SENATE AND HOUSE.
Hoar is Anxious to Fix a Day for
Voting On the Force Bill.
HE WANTS THE GAG LAW APPLIED
Gray and German Oppose It-Secretary Win
dem on the Financial SituatiOn-Bond
and Silver Purchases.

WASHINGTON, DSC. O.-JOuSS, VI aIhdu
sas, offered q resolution, which went over,
calling On the attorney general for infor-
nation as to the supervisors of election ap-
pointed for the First and Second congress
sional districts of Arkansas, for the con
gressional election November Il the sums
paid out and called for in connection with |
the election or with proceedings since the |
election, etc.
Casey % offered a resolution, which
was referred to the committee on agrlcul-
ture, calling on the secretary OF agrlcul- |
ture for statement of the progress made
in the investigation for irrigation pur-
poses.
Dawes read portions of letter written
by Lee, census Indian agent from Pine
Ridge agency. to the interior department,
going to show there was no lack OF FOOD
among the Sioux. He said he read this to
relieve the public anxiety and show the
Indians were not on the warpath on &C
count of want of supplies
The discussion was continued on the
joint resolution appropriating $1,000 for in
vestigating the Indian outbreak. 1t was
finally referred TO the committee on Indian
affairs.
a resolution calling on the secretary of
the treasury for statement of the moneys
paid Davenport chief supervisor OF cleo
lions, each year since 1871, etc. Agreed to.
Hoar moved to proceed To the c0nsidera-
ton of the election bill, but on the sugges-
ton that Gray was temporarily absent
Withdrew his motion and asked unanimous
consent to have the time fixed FRIDAY
next for taking final vote on the>blll.
Gray in the meanwhile came in and the
bill was taken up. Gray yielded to German
who argued against the proposition to Tx
| the time for taking a vote. He recalled the
,+at %ofI ri, Lost o.Jn hot
| If the election bill were not then taken up
and disposed of, there would not be time to
! do so in the short session. 1t had been the
firm conviction of the Democratic side that
after what had occurred at the last election
the Senator from Massachusetts would not
press the bill, so the Senators on his SIDE
had not prepared themselves to discuss 1t
intelligently. German continued; 1--WE
stand to-day on volcano. We have heard
a discussion as to the starving Indians
but take no note of the fact that the farm
ers of the land are meeting and resolving
that there is danger and trouble, If not
! starvation, among them, the faces OF
bankers and merchants are blanched with
fear. No man can tell whether tomorrow
or next day every bank in the centers OF
commerce will not be closed by suspension
of payment and now in the midst of such q
state of affairs we who come here flushed
with victory had hope that The majority OF
the party would give US an opportunity t(
Join with it in preventing the wreck which
is now impending. Lay aside this bill
which the country has pronounced against
and let us take up matters which all classe!
), of our fellow citizens are looking to US Il
consider. If you do not, If you persist II
the course marked out by the Senator from
: Massachusetts the responsibility must res
] with the party in power. II the Senate
: from Massachusetts, insists ON con sidera
/ ton of this partisan measure while bank
r ruptcy and ruin are going on, when he goe
5 back to Boston he will find that merchant
: and bankers and men of affairs as well d
, farmers and laborers, will tell him whil
b he is attempting hostile legislation, legisla
ton against section of country, that ii
had not beenfor the products OF that sec
, tion, if it had not been for the money o
: the cotton crop, there would not be ban
v in Massachusetts able to pay its depositors
n The only thing that has saved them ha
/ been that they have been able to draw o
= the cotton crop and on the OIL"
- Hoar replied that for four days tn
! Senate had been listening to Democrat
= speeches, etc, made for mere delay an
u obstruction If the Senator from Mary
u land had another measure which n
5 thought would allay the panic or nenat
/ to the commercial prosperity of the coul
e try which had begun when the election
were declared in favor of the Democrat
party, the country having been before ths
in position OF lnexampled prosperit.
8 why should he not after fair and propt
: statement Of the reasons for voting again
~ the election bill let the Senate vote upon
- The election bill was a measure whose so
purpose was TO submit to the judges
courts of the United States, against who
integrity aud official honor no man cou
~ bring any charge, the question OF who hi
III. 10
u of Representatives instead of having it d
ne clared by ruffinism, fraud or violence as
80 often was the case in the past
% Gray spoke briefly in line with German
NJ remarks, then concluded his argume
al against the bill. Berry obtained the flo
4 and after short executive session Il
s. Senate adjourned.