The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-22
LAW MAKERS At WORK.
Several New Measures Intro
duced in the Senate.
NO QUORUM IN THE HOUSE.
The McGarrahan Claim Is Again Dis
cussed in the senate.
Senator Palmer Continues HIS Address
Against the Anticipation BHI-Sen-
ator Peffer Speaks in Favor
of the Bill.
NO QUORUM IN THE HOUSE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-In the Senate
Mr.. Morgan of Alabama presented d joint
memorial of the senate and house OF Ala
bama urging that such measure be
adopted by Congress as to secure the
speedy construction OF the Nicaragua
canal and its control by the United States;
also memorial from George L. Converse
of Ohio and others forming the commit
tee appointed by the convention recently
held in New Orleans. Both were ordered
printed.
In the same connection Mr.. Sherman
of Ohio req orted from the Committee on
Foreign relations bill to amend the act
of the incorporation OF the Nicaragua
canal, which was placed on the calendar
and he gave notice that he would call 1t
up at as early day as PRACTICABLE and at
tempt to secure action upon it.
The resolution directing the Committee
on Census to investigate the charges of
partisan action against certain census
enumerators was agreed to.
A concurrent resolution for a holiday
recess was agreed TO and then the McGar-
rahan bill was taken up.
Mr.. Hunter spoke in favor of it, and
had not concluded when the morning
hour expired and the anti option bill got
the right OF way.
A suggestion by Mr.. Saunders, of Mon
tana. that the latter bill be laid aside in
formally without losing its place so the
discussion of the McGarrahan bill might
go on, was objected to by Mr.. Washburn
of Minnesota who, however, yielded to
allow Mr.. Perkins of Kansas to address
the Senate in favor of the resolution for
the appointment OF a committee to treat
with the five civilized tribes in the Indian
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| At the close of Mr.. Perkins remarks
Mr.. Mcpherson introduced a joint reso-
luton directing the secretary of the treas
ury to expend, until otherwise ordered
by Congress, all purchases of silver bull
| lion as provided for in the first section of
the act OF July IA, and give notice that
Immediately after the holiday recess he
would call it up for action.
and Mr.. Palmer, of Illinois, proceeded
with his argument in opposition to it..
Mr.. Palmer said one of the most serious
objections to the bill was that it struck at
the common right of a citizen to make
contracts in any manner now permitted
| by law. Nothing was farther from the
truth than the idea that farmers and
planters of the United States demanded
| the bill or would demand it if they were
!
happy to know there was no urgent de-
mand for such a bill in the state of Hi
nois. The effect of the bill, If it should
become law, would be to drive specu-
lators out of business and give to large
capitalists monopoly in dealing in farm
products. The effect would be to dimin-
ish purchases, drive out competition. and
leave the field of business to men who
were SO fiercely demanding the passage of
the pending bill.
Mr. PETER, or Kansas, spoke in favor
of the measure. Ninety per cent. OF
American farmers favored the passage OF
the bill or another having the same object
in view The farmers did not object to
buying and selling for future delivery, a;
that was often convenient and sometimes
necessary, but the farmers insisted that
fictitious, pretended and false commerce
in purely imaginary articles, which con-
tinually interfered with their business to
their injury, ought to be suppressed. Mr..
PETER yielded the floor without conclud-
ing his remarks.
On the motion of Mr.. Teller it was or
dered that the McGarrahan bill be taken
up in the morning hour tomorrow, anc
then the senate adjourned.