The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-01
Institution, in place of Noah Porter. of
Connecticut, resigned, was taken from the
calendar and passed.

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par, rising to personal explanation,
SAID he had observed, circulating in the
newspapers of the country, what purported
TO be copy of an agreement alleged to
nave been entered into by the Republican
Senators with reference to consideration of
Inc force bill, so called, or election bill
more properly called. The names of GER
Ialn senators were given as having vic.
lated the agreement, and the allegation was
niaue mat all the other Republicans had
signed the agreement without condition as
mat allegation was SO broad and so
| general as to include himself among those
that had signed the agreement without
condition, he desired to say he never
signed such an agreement except with the
clear qualification that it should not inter
! Iefe with his efforts for consideration of
the education bill
Teller said he did not intend to paw anv
aV0ehtlon to newspaper reports and as
general rule never gave any attention to
statements made by newspaper correspond
ems. he only desired to say now that the
statement, pretty generally circulated, that
ne had been in favor of the force bill, so
! called, or election bill, at any time was in
correct That the further statement that
amendments were made in that bill in
committee whenever he asked to have them
MADE, was also incorrect; and that the
statement that he had ever agreed to sup
port the bill directly or Indirectly was in
correct lie would say now, lest he might
naVe no other opportunity, that his opposi-
tlon TO the election bill had never grown out
Oh hls attitude on the silver question. He
entertained no idea that it would be so
amended that he should be able to vote for
IL, because that would involve such a radi-
cai cnange III the bill that its friends would
not then care about its passage He said
now, and it was all he proposed to say no
matter what might be said about his atti-
tuue or his relations to the bill, that he had
never promised to support it; that he had
never intended to support it, and that he
would not support it.
Inc army appropriation bill was then
taken up.
The amendment of the committee on an.
preparations to strike out the provision
mat government transportation on land
grant roads Shall not exceed 30 per cent. of
the charges to private parties, was agreed
to.
On the amendment to insert a provision
mat such transportation shall be paid for
on SUCH basis as the secretary OF war
deems just and reasonable, not to exceed
~ per cent. of the charges to private
parties, there was a long discussion Init II
was agreed to, and the bill passed
quay presented the resolution of the
pennsylvania legislature favoring the
federal election bill
The Qualifications bill was taken I'D but
laid aside informally and ITO pension hills
passed, including one giving a pension of
5 month to the widow Moyes, and the
House bill granting pension of 500
month to General Seigel. The Senate bills
granting the Umatilla Irrigation company
the right of way through the Umatilia
reservation In Oregon, and granting the
right of way for an irrigation ditch and
railroad side track across the quarter
masters department on the reservation at
una, Arizona, passed.
The bill to pension Mary Ann Dobertv
was objected to and went over.
me House amendment to the bill for the
relief OF Sarah E. Pine was agreed to.
Edmunds gave notice of an amendments
to the diplomatic appropriation bill to en-
able the President to make arrangements
Tor telegraphic communication between the
United States and the Hawaiian islands. to
exist not less than fourteen years and ap
propriating s3,0oo,00O therefor, not more
than s259,003 to be expeI3ed in any one
year. Adjourned.