The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-28

bill was reported to the Senate and the
whole matter went over until tomorrow.
The Senate then took up the bills on the
but as no quorum was present,
soon adjourned.
The amendment was amended to provide
that said clerks shall be appointed by the
President under the civil service rule, and
and as amended, passed. 1t increased the
pay of the secretary from 81 900 to $1,000;
provides for five clerks of class 4, five of
class 8, three of class l, three at S 900 each,
two at 5000, one messenger and one laborer
and changes the total appropriation from
$50, 700 to $50, 200.
The amendment appropriating S400 for
fourth assistant postmaster general was
agreed to.
The committee amendment appropriating
S., 900 for the re-apportionment of Utah
territory was, after much debate, reduced
to 81, COO and agreed to.
On motion of Sherman, a new section
was inserted, changing the act OF, May,
1882, so as to authorize the superintendent
of the mint and of the assay office in New
York, with the approval of the secretary
of the treasury (but not otherwise) to re-
ceive United States gold coin from any
holder thereof in sums not less than s., 900
and delivering in exchange therefor gold
bars of equal value, with charge equal TO
the cost of manufacturing the bars. The
bill then passed.
The pure food bill was taken up and be-
came unfinished business.
The Senate then went into executive
session, after which Dawes asked unani-
nous consent to take up the Indian ap-
preparation bill
Vance objected and Dawes then moved to
take up the Indian bill. The motion was
agreed to, thus displacing the pure food
bill, Paddock expressing the opinion that
1t was gross injustice.
AT the suggestion of Dawes, unanimous
consent was given to proceed to considera-
ton of the House bills on the calendar.
Morrill, tried to bring up the House
amendment to the direct tax bill, but Berry
objected and it went over.
Among the bills passed were the follow
ing: Amendment of various acts relative
to immigration, etc. To amend the act of
March 9, 1885, for the relief of certain vol
unleer and regular soldiers of the late war
and the Mexican war. Allowance of certain
claims fer stores and supplies taken and
used by the United States army as reported
by the court of claims under the provisions
OF the Bowman act.
Cockrell moved an additional amendment
to the bill inserting an item of $174, AS, for
the Choutau claim in connection with the
building of iron steamers. This was agreed
to after long discussion, in the course OF
which Plumb said If the court was allowed
to continue its present course of rendering
judgments against the government, the
government would have to go into bank
ruptcy.
The Senate at o'clock began consider
alton of the Indian appropriation bill. The
provision for the purchase of irrigation
machinery in Arizona and Nevada for the
use of Indian reservations was amended by
the addition of the states of Idaho and
Montana. The appropriation for the sup
port of Indian schools was increased from
5000, 900 to 81 100000.
| On motion of Dawes the committee
amendment reducing the per capita rate rate
| for the support of Indian pupils from S16i
to $50 was disagreed to, Dawes explaining
the committee had changed its views.
Plumb expressed the conviction that al
average of $50 a year for Indian pupils wa!
too much, and that no permanent advan
tage was derived from the system of In
dian training which now cost two millions
a Year and would before long cost ten mil
lions. He did not believe it had advanced
the Indian one iota in the path of civiliza
ton. The education of the Indian mean
nothing but refined loaferism. The read
ing of the committee substitute for certain
sections having reference to agreement
! with different tribes for the cessions o
reservations was proceeded with. q, In con
nection with the Cheyenne and Arapaho
agreement, Plumb offered an amendmen
declaring all lands in Oklahoma agriculture
lands and that proof of non mineral char
acter shall not be required as conditio
precedent to final entry. Agreed to.
The President to-day transmitted to tn
Senate copies of the papers relating to re
ciprocity arrangements between tn
United States and Brazil. Also the Presi
dents proclamation and tables showing tn
expectation of certain products from thi
country to Brazil all of which have hereto
fore been made public.