The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-25

!ustlce at least would demand that,the dis
dressed farmers Dakota the miners of Colo
rauo and Nevada, and the lumbermen of
the northwest should not be called upon to
contribute to the education of the children
of his state.
Coke obtained the floor and Platt arose
and said the educational bill had held place
as unfinished business since February 3,
and he should insist after to- day that the
bill when taken up should be discussed
every available hour until vote was
reached. 1t ought not to block the way of
important bushes now on the calendar.
A resolution, by Sherman, was agreed to
calling on the secretary of war for the re-
port of the court martial proceedings in
the case of Private Wild, at Fort Yates.
a message from the President, with a
communication from the secretary of the
interior and the draft of a bill authorizing
the removal of the Indians from ella Point
reservation, Arizona, to another reserva-
ton IN the territory, was presented and re-
ferred to the committee on Indian affairs
Adjourned.
Senator Vance introduced bill to estab-
llsh In every county in every state of the
union an agricultural depositary, under the
control of the treasury department, in
which the owners of grain, cotton. tobacco,
ETC., may deposit their products, receiving
therefor warehouse receipts and treasury
notes equal to so per cent. of the net mar
ket value of the deposit. The deposits
may be redeemed at any time ON the pay
ment of the sum advanced and interest at l
per cent per annum. There is a 900
appropriation to carry out these provisions.
A message from the President was re-
ceived by the Senate to-day recommending
the removal of the Flathead Indians of
Montana to the JACKIE reservation in the
same state.
The principal feature of the silver bill to
be reported by the Senate committee on
finance as substitute for the several bills
on that subject referred to are these: The
secretary of the treasury is authorized to
increase the purchase of silver bullion from
two to four and a half millions month.
The requirement of the present law that
the coinage of silver should be at rate of
not less than two millions month is
stricken out. The secretary is also author
lied to purchase gold bullion in unre-
stricted quantities. Upon this gold and
silver bullion the secretary shall issue
treasury notes of such denominations as he
shall see fit, to be redeemable in lawful
money.
Paddock introduced to-day in the Senate
a bill to amend the Interstate commerce
act; the amendment is intended to provide
relief for the farmers of the west who are
unable at present to market their crops on
account of the high freight rates prevail
ing on long hauls and which the railroads
claim cannot be reduced without democrat
izing all the short haul rates under the
interstate act. The bill provides that the
long and short haul clause shall be amended
so in case an investigation shows an in
fraction of that section, the commission
will be obliged to consider the cost OF
| transportation and the facts and circum
stances bearing upon the market value
of a product and if it appears
product is one of the necessaries of life
and upon it justly lower rate is indis-
pensible in order to enable such product tt
be transported to market, such transpor
tation rate, so far as the long haul clause
is concerned, shall be considered an ex
ception to the general rule. The amend
ment also provides long haul for such
product within the meaning of the amend
ment shall be five hunded miles or more by
the route over which the freight is &C
tually transported.