The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-06-30
'TISAGREAT VICTORY
Commissioners Salaries Reduced
to $1,000 Each.
CONFERENCES WILL BE CALLED
Il Is Probable the Entire Commission VIII
Be Ab0lished-JOhn sherman Favored
The Amendmenl-The Way
The Members Voted.
HERALD BUREAU,
-ILhHIlD y Z IEIIlII7
Cor. 18th and G Streets, N. w.
WASHINGTON. D. c., June29.


Cor. 18th and @ Streets, n. w.
WASHINGTON, d. c., June29.
The Utah commission received its death
blow today in the Senate.
1t was not abolished, as its opponents
had hoped it might be, but The salaries of
the commissioners were reduced from
$1,000 TO $1,000 each, and a proviso was
added that all vacancies on the commission
occurring 10 the future shall be flied by
citizens Of the territory.
IT'S A GREAT VICTORY
aud it is the more remarkable thatit should
have been won in the Republican Senate
where the commission is supposed to be
far more strongly entrenched than 1t is in
the Democratic House. The reRult may be
traced back to the intelligent presentation
Of the Utah question at Washington this
winter The arguments mnde by the sup
porters of the Home Rule bill before the
House and Senate committees, together
with the broad discussion OF the matter in
the independent press of the east was a
revelation to the most Of the statesmen,
and had the effect Of materially changing
the views previously entertained by them.
1t will be remembered that nearly all OF
the gentlemen from Salt Lake who argued
last winter in favor Of Home Rule paid
their respects TO the commission. They
showed how unjust it was TO the people OF
the territory to foist this
oUISTErrE OF HIGH sAIAR1ED CARPET
BAcGERs
upon them. They showed how useless
their services ware and many of the
speakers made the most of the fact that in
all this broad land of ours no other com
munity was cursed with q similar body.
That did the business for the commission
30 far at least as the Senate is concerned.
When the Senate adjourned yesterday
a vote had been taken on Mr. Faulkner
proposition to abolish the commission
which was defeated, twenty-one senators
voting in the negative, and fifteen in the
affirmative. The point of quorum was
oyerrun TIL today.
stated in last nights dispatch that Il
would not be possible to secure a sufficient
NUMBER Of votes TO abolish the commission
The vote today on the proposition proved
the correctness of the statement, although
the opponents of the commission showed
up in good form. Twenty-eight senators
To-Day voted to retain the commission. while
TwENT-FoUR OPPOSED IT.
One Democrat, Jones of Arkansas. voted
with the Republicans, while three Repub
licans. Carey and Warren of Wyoming
and FELTON, Of California, voted with ths
Democrats.
AS soon as the amendment relating to the
commission was called up in the senate to
day, Mr.. Carey of Wyoming, moved K
amend it by fixing the salaries Of the com
missioners at So 900 thus making reduc
tion OF 1000 Per annum. He went on to say
that the governor and the judges OF tn . ter
ritoriai supreme court received only s.. 00I
and that the compensation of the surveyor
general is only 81, 400. He believed tina,
So 900 was an adequate salary for men
whose only duty consisted in appointing
election officers and making canvas Of tht
vote of the territory. He thought if The
$4,000 saved from the commissioners
salary could be distributed among several
OF the states to increase the efficiency o.
the snrveyor-ReDerars Office it would b,
much better. He then explained why hs
cast his vote yesterday against the amend
ment reported by the Senate committee
Said he
Il have seen many outrages performed
In the territories by men who were sen
there from Washington who knew littI,
about territorial affairs, and who had q,
interest in the people IL you believe they
I'D r,olr 4 =,
tend forever to abandon it, you ough
then to
MAKE SOME CONCESSION TO THEM
and meet them fairly and sQuarely upor
this issue"
Mr.. FELTON, of California arose at thii
moment to explain his action in voting
yesterday to abolish the amendment. H1
upheld his gction on the ground that from
his knowledge OF affairs in the territor,
the commission is
no LONGER A NECESSITY.
He said be would vote for Mr.. Cary'l
amendment cheerfuIly, because the salar,
Of s., O0o year was far beyond the ser.
vices performed by the commissioners. H.
believed that, considering the limited time
they spend in Utah. s., 600 was ample
Then, 70 the surprise Of every body. Johr
Sherman Of Ohio arose and added his pro
test to the continuance of the commission
at the present salary. He said he had voted
against abolishing the commission because
he believed that SO long as Utah remained
3 territory commission OF this kind had I
healthy effect
He believed that the organization of the
commission had practically abolished poly
eamy Now that the result had BEEN ac
complisbed, and since the moral effect o.
the commission is no longer required, the
appropriation ought to be reduced. He
thought g., 900 quite enough and upon The
suggestion Of mr.. Call Of Florida, moved