The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-10
Senate Proceedings.

Committee on Commerce reported the
House bill to encourage American ship
building. He said the report was unanim-
Gus and he was instructed to move imme-
date consideration. Agreed to. After
the bill was read in full, Trip stated
although it was general in its provisions,
two ships only are to be admitted TO Ameri-
can register TO be excluded from the coast
wise trade, and might be used by tho gov
ernment by charter or purchase in case Of
war. That, he said, was the full extent of
the bills. The two ships to be admitted arc
the City of New York and the City of
Paris Of the lnman line.
Vest member of the Committee on Com
merce, supported the bill although it lacked
q good deal of meeting his convictions on
the question of free shipping. Stea nships
could not receive large subsidies under the
postal subsidy bill, he said.
Mills expressed the opinion the ships
would be entitled to subsidy.
Vest persisted in the contrary opinion,
because the subsidy bill applied only to
American built ships.
Sherman-The bill would confer upon
the owners OF The ships the right to make
contract under the postal subsidy law.
Vest remarked if that construction
should be put upon the bill it would be q
repeal by implication of the postal subsidy
bill, which absolutely required American
built ships.
Mills moved to amend the bill by strik
ing out the clause which would entitle the
two ships to contract under the postal sub
sidy act. The amendment was rejected
without division. The bill then passed Gas
it came from the House, yeas, Al; nays 10
TEE VOTE.
as follows Yeas-Allen, Allison, Bar
bour Brice, Butler, Call, Cameron, Cock
Dubois, Frye, Gibson Maryland, German,
Hale, Hansbrongh, Hawley, Hill, Kenna
Kyle, Mcmillan, Morgan, Paddock, Per
kinson, Pettigrew, Platt, Power, Proctor
Pugh, Quay, Ransom, Sanders, Sawyer
Shoup, Stockbridge, Vest, Villas and VOL
cott-4l.
Nays-Messrs. Bate, FELTON,, George
Harris, Mitchell. Morrill,, Palmer, Teller
Voorhees, and Walthall-l0.
The bill now goes to the President fol-
his approval.
The resolution for the payment to the
Choctaw and Chickasaw nations for their
interest in the Cheyenne and Arapahahoe
reservation was taken up as unfinished
| business. After debate the resolution wa:
agreed to. Yeas, 43; nays, Is.
After executive session the Senate ad
| JUuEueu.
PROCEEDS OF PUBLIC LANDS SALES.
A bill was reported to the Senate today
as substitute for q number of bills max
ing the act to settle certain accounts be
tween the United States and the state O
Mississippi apply to other states, so tina
Minnesota Oregon, Kansas. n braska
Nevada, Colorado South Dakota, Wash
ington, Montana, Idaho and Wyomini
shall receive 5 per cent. of the net pro
ceeds of the sales of public lands in thei
respective territories.
THE PETITION FOR A SILVER RULE.
Representative Pierce of Tennessee say
he has received assurance from two mem
bers Of the House now away from Wash
ington, they will sign a petition requesting
the committee on rules to bring in an orde
fixing day for final vote on the Blan
bill for the free coinage of silver and t
prevent flibustering against the bill Tn
two additions will make 107 signatures t
the petition.