The record-union., 1894-07-16

amous or plural marriages are forever
prohibited. The State is to disciaim all
title to the unappropriated public lands,
and all Indian tribes are to remain under
the absolute jurisdiction of the United
States.
However, the Government comedies
liberal grants of land to the State for
public purposes. One hundred sections
are given for public buildings at the Capt.
tai, $4,000 acres for an agricultural col
lege, two townships and 10000 acres for
the university of Utah; for irrigation
purposes, 5000 acres; for an insane asy
lunl, for reform school, for a State nor
NAL school and for an institution for the
blind, each 10000 acres, and for miners
hospital 81, GOO acres. The United States
penitentiary, near Salt Lake City, is
given to the State. All granted lands ere
TO be sold at public auction at not less
than 50 an acre, the State To lease them
for term of five years.
y percentage of the proceeds of public
lands after the admission OF the State is TO
be paid by the Government as perma-
nent fund for the support of the common
schools, of which the interest only Is
available. 1t will be seen that liberal
provisions are made for the educational
institutions and charitable purposes. All
the educational institutions are 10 remain
under the exclusive control of the State.
can be used for the support of any secta-
rian or UNCONVENTIONAL school. These
are the principal provisions of the con-
tract upon which the Government of the
forty-four existing States admits to State
hood the Territory of Utah. Her popu-
lation is now estimated at %, GOO, and the
proportion of foreign born is less than in
thirteen OF the States.
The tariff conferees have had suggested
70 fhafp ,alo fn Vi W Nf
the largest revenue producing items,
which has not heretofore been considered
in either the House or Senate. 1t was
proposed by one of the Senators, and
sentiment toward it is quite favorable.
The plan contemplateS a sliding scale,
the minimum tax being 81 per gallon on
whisky out of bond at the end Of five
years, and advancing five cents per gall
lon for each year in bond beyond five
years and not exceeding eight years. On
this basis the tax would be: Five years.
81; six years, 81 %. seven years, 81 10;
eight years, 81 10.
BY this arrangement the eight years.
bonded period is secured by the distillers,
although it is offset by the tax of 81 10
per gallon If advantage is taken of the
full nine years. There was no meeting
of the conferees to-day, and no informal
gatherings of the two sides. Chairman
Wilson left for West Virginia last night,
where Mrs. Wilson is still sick. Mem
hers of the committee do not lndorse
Senator Brice's statement that there will
be report of the committees, disagree
ment next Wednesday.
The operations of the Census Office for
the fiscal year ending June Both are re-
viewed in detail in the report of Superin-
tendent Wright. The total disburse-
ments on account of the eleventh census
to and including June so. 1894, amounted
to $40, ,365, ,6T. This was expended under
different appropriations as follows: Ex-
penses eleventh census, So, 475, l49: farms.
homes and martgage statistics, 81, III, ,0S3,
and printing, engraving and binding.
S603, 455. The total force receiving com
pensation at the end of the year was 672.
1t is expected that this number will be
reduced during the month, SO that the
census work can be completed ready for
the printer under the present appropria-
ton. Small appropriations, however,
viii be necessary at the opening Of Con-
gresS in Deeembe for printing and bind
ing the final results and for continuing
force of proof-readeTs and reyiserS. The
total number of printed pages of the
census volumes is 22,290. OF this l9, ,440
pages of copy has been prepared and the
rest will be finished during the next few
months and under availa ble appropria-
tions. In accordance with the Act ap
proved April Il, 1854, an ABSTRACT OF the
census has been prepared containing,
however. only the results so far reached.
A previous Act called for digest OF the
census, which Colonel Wright considers
unnecessary, and he recommends that
Congress provide in some deficiency bill
next December for dropping the digest
and substituting for it a second edition of
the abstract, extending its size to 800
pages, containing all essential totals and
comparing them with the tenth census
totals.
The report concludes: SIN accordance
with an Act of Congress l took charge of
the census Office October 6, 1893. After
examining the condition of the eleventh
census | reported shat by June 80, 1894. a
copy for all the volumes could be in
hand, except for parts of three reports
relating to the population, vital statistics
and farms and homes. This work has
been carried on as far as it was contem-
plated at the time. The balance of the
reports can be in copy in a very short
time and under appropriations now
available. In compiling the eleventh
census. the plan originally laid down by
my predecessor, that it should be purely
statistical census, has been adhered to.
Provisions should De made for the perma-
nent binding of the schedules to conform
to the custom of the past, for which | will
at the proper time make the requisite
recommendations"