The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-09
A CONGRESSIONAL SYMPOSIUM.

The New York Nal and Express Is pub
fishing the views of members elect of the
Fifty second Congress on certain impor-
tant matters which will figure prominently
early in the coming session. In the last
Saturdays issue of the paper named thirty
five Representatives appeared, fifteen of
them being Republi cans and twenty Dem
ocrats and their views" are summarized
as follows:
For the sub treasury, ] Democrat;
against, a Republicans, Il Democrats.
Total, yea , nay 81.
For free coinage, l Republican, l3 Dem
ocrats; against. II Republicans, Z Demo
Gratis Total. yea IA nay 49,
For Stanford BILL l Republican; against,
a Republicans, is Democrats. Total, yea
l, nay 30.
For government control of telegraph
lines, Republicans, Democrats; against,
5 Republicans, Democrats. Total, yea
IA, nay u.
For commercial union with Canada 3 Re
publicans, 70 Democrats; against, . Repub-
hcans. Total, yea "A, nay ).
For liberal appropriations for the Worlds
fair, 10 Republicans, 9 Democrats; against,
! Republican, Democrats. Total, yea 10,
nays
For the reciprocity policy, Is Republi-
cans, u Democrats; against, Democrats.
Total, yea y, nay I.
For the present pension laws, IA Repub-
ncans, Democrats; against, Democrats.
Total, yea 20, nay g.
For the present tariff, 10 Republicans
against 20 Democrats. Total, yea 10, nay
20.
Hon. JOHN. T. GAME, the Delegate from
Utah, appears in this symposium, and as
his position on the questions proposed viii
be interesting to our readers we here re
publish the Mail and Express synopsis OF
his replies to the EDITORS queries:
Mr. JOHN T GAME, of Salt Lake City. has
no vote, except in the Democratic caucus, but
mis- opinion may be interesting to the public
He will vote for r. @. Mills first. and Will
IAN NJ. SPRINGER secondly for Speaker. He
opposes the Sub Treasury and STAMFORD bill:
and is most decidedly in favor Of free coinage
He is opposed to the government control of tele
graphs, but faVors commercial union with Cana
da and liberal appropriations for the World;
fair. OF reciprocity he writes: 81 favor ii
principle, but not in its present manner IL
his opinion Congress should provide for reel
procity with all nations who will accept GU
products in exchange for theirs. Mr. CAIN
favors pensions to the widows of those who fel
in war and TO the soldiers who incurred disa
biity, and to the widows and minor childrel
of those who died from such disability n
would guard against the Pension Bureau
being made a means by which politica
strikers, who rendered no service il
the war; can be rewarded for poll,
zeal work AS to the tariff, he writes Il favo
tariff for revenue, based upon the needs o
the government economically administered
the burden OF such tariff to be placed upon lux
uries used only by the rich, admitting the nee
essaries OF life free or as nearly so as possible
The fifty second congress Should, In his opinion
enact the following: First a law conveying I
the states and territories of the arid regions a
the arid lands within their borders; second,
law providing for the admission of all the tel
ritories and the entire abolition of the teri
torial system Of government; third. a law abo
ishing the so-called Utah commission as bein
mischievous and expensive board no longe
necessary.