The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-18
In the Senate.


In the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-Manderson presided
as president pro tenn. Rule "a for the appoint
ment of committees by ballot was suspended
and resolution offered by him for the appoint
ment of standing and select committees. The
resolution was adopted The principal commit
tees are US follows:
Agriculture-Paddock chairman, Mcmillan.
Casey, Warren, FELTON,, George, Gibson. of
Louisiana; Jones, OF arkansas. and Bate.
Appropriations-All (chairman), Dawes,
Plumb, Hale, Cullom, Stewart, Cockrell, Call,
| German and Blackburn.
Commemorative (chairman), Jones, of
Nevada; Dolph, Sawyer. Cullom Washburn,
! Quay, Ransom, Coke, Vest German, kenna,
and Gibson, of Louisiana
Education and Labor-Carey chairman,
Stanford, Washington Mcmillan, hansbrough.
! George, Pugh, Barbour and Kyle
| Finance = Morrill, (chairman), Sherman,
| Jones, Of Nevada; Allison, Aldrich, Hiscock,
voorhees,, Mcpherson, Harris, Ransom and
Carlisle.
Privileges and Elections-Teller chairman
Hoar. Mitchell, Chandler Higgins, Ransom,
Pugh. Gray and Turpie
Foreign Relations-Sherman chairman,
Frye, Dolph, Davis Hiscock, Morgan, Butler,
| kenna ana Gray
Inter state Commerce-Cullom chairman.
\ Wilson, Hiscock, Chandler, Higgins Harris
| German, Jones, of Arkansas; Barbour and Col
! quit.
Judiciary-Hoar (chairman), Wilson, Teller,
| Plat, Mitchell, Pugh, Coke, Vest ana George
Naval Afairs-Cameron (chairmau) Hale
! Stanford Stockbridge, Chandler Mcpherson,
Butler Blackburn and Gibson of Louisiana
Military Affairs-Hawley chairman, Cam
eron, Henderson, Davis. Proctor, Cockrell,
Nalthall, Bate and Palmer.
Pensions-Davis (chairman), Sawyer. Pad
dock, Shoup, Hansbrough, Galliger Turpie,
| Blodgett Palmer, Villas and Brice.
PoStofflces and Post Roads-SaWyer CHAIR
NAM, Mitchell, Mcmillan Wolcott Dixon,
Washburn, Colquitt Blodgett Brice, Irby and
| Chiffon.
Rules-Aldrich (chairman), Sherman, Man
| derson, Harris and Blackburn.
Railroads.&c. (chairman), Hawley, Stock
bridge, Pettigrew, Power. PETER, Blackburn,
Barry, Bate, Gordon and Palmer.
Public Lands Plumb chairman Dolph.
Paddock. Allen Pettigrew, Sanders Morgan,
Walthall, Barry, Pasco and White
Indian Anairs-Dawes (chairman), Platt.
| Stockbridge, Henderson, Pettigrew, Shoup.
| Morgan. Jones, of Arkansas; Daniel and Villas
Territories = Platt (chairman), Stewart,
Davis, Carey, Shoup, Hansbrough Jones. of
Arkansas; Carlisle, Faulkner, Gordon and Nc
Pherson.
Transportation Routes to the Seaboaod-
! Squire (charman), Mitchell. Aldrick, Casey.
Ballinger Gibson, of Louisiana; George Turpie
and Gordon.
Private Land Claims-Ransom chairman,
Colquitt, Pasco, Teller, Sanders Hale and
| Proctor.
Mines and Mining - Stewart chairman
! Jones' of Nevada, Power, Warren. FELTON,. Bate.
! Call, Chiffon and Irby.
Coast Defenses-Dolph Chairman Hawley,
! Squire, Higgins, FELTON,, Berry, Gordon, Chill
! ton and Irby.
Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands
Warren (chairman), Stewart Casey, Sanders.
| Dubois, Jones, of Arkansas; Brice, KYLE and
! Gibson, of Maryland.
| Flsheries-S tockbridge (chairman), Dawes.
| Stanford, Squire. Power, Blodgett, Call Ran
som and Gibson. of Maryland.
| Observation-Disclosures chairman Hale
| Squire, Proctor, Dubois, voorhees,, Mcpherson,
| Daniel and Cockrell.
The following are chairnen of the other com
| mittees:
Contingent Expenses of the Senate-Jones. of
| Nevada.
| Census-Hale.
| Civil Service and Wolcott
| Claim s-Mitcheu.
| District OF Colum bia-McMillan
| Enrolled BillS-Sanders
| Engrossed BillS-Cockrell
| Epidemic DiSeases-Harrs.
To Examine the Leveral Branches of the Civil
| Service-Power.
Improvement of the Mississippi River and its
| TributarieS-Was hburn.
Library-Quay.
Organization, Conduct and Expenditures of
the Executive Observation-Disclosures.
| PatentS-DiXon.
| Printing-ManderSon.
| Public Buildings and Grouuds-Stanford.
Revision OF the Laws Of the United States
| Wilson.
| Revolutionary Claims-Coke.
Select committee chalrmen are as follows:
To Investigate the Condition of the Potomac
River in Front Of Observation-Disclosures.
| Nicaraguan Claims-Morgan.
| Woman Suffrage-Ransom.
Additional Accommodations for the Library
| of Congress-Voorhees.
ON the Presidents Message Transmitting the
Report OF the Pacific Railway Commission
! Frey.
on the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians-But-
Ter.
! On Transportation of Meat Products-Vest.
CDnada-A1lap
To Establish University of the United
! States-Proctor.
Indian Depredations-Shoup.
/ Quadra- Observation-Disclosures.
On Observation-Disclosures.
The president pro TEN. laid before the Senate
the credentials Of Senator-elect Hill, OF New
| York, and they were read and placed on file
Tupie then proceeded to address the Senate
Ia support OF a joint resolution proposing an
amendm mt to the constitution providing for
the election OF United States Senators by df-
rect vote of the people OF the several states
Turpie argued strongly in favor of the pro-
posed amendment and, referring to the coming
! Worlds fair and the occasion therefor said ID
would be most felicitouS should we signalize il
by the admission and adoption of this amend.
ment, thus publishing TO that grand commercial
| court of the Wor DIS commerce and EXCHANGE
that the great republic OF the west had given To
/ Its people direct control of the legislative de-
partment OF the government. At the close of
Turpie's speech, the Joint resolution was refer
red TO the committee on privileges and cleo.
/
Mitchell offered a resolution, which was re-
ferred 10 the committee on foreign relations
instructing that committee to inquire into the
advisability OF appropriate action looking 10
an invitation to the governments of the world
! for conference in connection with the Worlds
ia TO discuss International arbitration and
laws.
Mitchell also introduced a bill providing for
the construction of two first-class revenue cut.
| tiers Tor service on the Pacific coast one Of
which is TO be at least $50 tons and the other
not less than 60J tons displacement, each to he
constructed and equipped to secure speed of
! fifteen knots an hour.
Stewart then proceeded to address the Senate
on that part of the Presidents message relat-
! ing TO free coinage. lie said the President
was laboring under misapprehension when he
stated the advocates OF free coinage believed
the act OF 1890 would raise silver to par and
keep 1t there That act he observed was on.
posed by the Democrats. The anti-silyer Re.
publicans, with the votes of the free COINAGE
Republicans, passed the act as a compromise
measure. He contended it amounted to a
| pledge that the government would uaintain
free coinage. 1t was expressly stated in the
act that 1t was the established pciicy of the
United States to maintain the two metals on a
parity with each other on the present legal ra
tios- Stewart argued at length in favor of free
coinage.