The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-12

washington, Feb. 1.-THE creden-
tials of Mr.. Hoar for another term in
the Senate, beginning March 4 next
the fourth term for Mr.. Hoar-were
presented TO the Senate today by his
colleague, Mir. Lodge.
Mr.. Davis Republicam. of Mime
sofa. submitted resolutions from the
legislature of Minnesota. characterize
ing the railroad pooling bill as an ef-
fort to ''legalize a gigantic trust" and
requesting the Minnesota senators and
representatives to work against the
measure.
Resolutions We're presented by which
the legislatures of both Kansas and
Minnesota both expressed themselves
in favor of the election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people.
The Senate agreed to the conference
report on the bill for the removal and
settlement of the Southern Ute In
| dams
Mr.. Germans motion to reconsider
| the bill affecting important railroad
| mineral lands in Montana and Idaho,
was disposed of by amendments, which
| led to the withdrawal of the motion
| to reconsider.
To Sue the ROads.
| MI Pettigrew Republican. of South
| Dakota, presented the following con-
| current resolution:
Resolved, THAT the president is
| hereby requested to employ counsel for
| the purpose OF bringing suit against
| the directors and stockholders of the
| Union and Central Pacific railroads,
J who received the stock OF said roads
| without paying cash for the same; also
| to recover from the directors, officers
! and stockholders of said roads such
| sums of money as was stolen by them
| or diverted and cOntrOverted to any I'M
| lawful purposes, and, therefore. not
| placed in the sinking fund, as required
! by law; and the president is hereby
authorized to pay to said attorneys the
sum of per cent of all sums recov-
cred from said directors or stOckhOld-
ers. The encouragement is also d.
| reCted TO fOreclOSe the mortgage of the
| government on said roads at the ear
lest possible date and to take steps
to pay off the principal encumbrances
on said roads and to use the sinking
fund for the purpose; to ascertain the
amount of money belonging to the
Union 1dCllC anu SSIltI otl dSIllC clll-
roads that has been invested in branch
lines, and the amount of bonds and
stocks of other companies now the pro-
perty of other roads; and to take steps
to secure the government interest
therein; to ascertain the amount of
land now the property Of said roads,
and recover the same or protect the
government interest in connection
Herewith.
"For the purpose of carrying out the
provisions of this resolution, the sum
of 100000 is hereby appropriated out
of any money in the treasury not 9TH
erwise appropriated
Mr.. Pettigrew said he would, at a
later date, submit a list of parties
with the amounts of liabilities. The
senator said the manipulation of these
railroads was disgrace to civiliza-
ton
Hills BimetaIlisTn.
4 new phase Of the financial queS
ton came up on the resolution pre-
scented by Mr.. Hill, Of New York, de
fning the policy of the government
concerning bimetallism, the gold pay
, ments, etc. The resolution was as fol
Resolved, Of the House of Repre-
sentativeS concurS), that it is the sense
! of Congress that the true policy of TIT
government requires that its effort;
should be steadily directed to tn,
: establishment of q safe system o
, bimetallism wherein gold and silve
may be maintained at a parity ant
every dollar coined may be the equa
in value and power of every other dol
lar coined or issued by the United
! States but if our efforts to ESTABLISH
or maintain such bimetallism shall no
: be wholly successful and if for an
= reason our silver coin shall not here
after be at parity with gold coin an
the equal thereof in value md powe
in the market and in the payment O
ldebts, then it is hereby declared tina
: the bonds of the United States, nov
or hereafter issued, which, by thei
: terms, are payable in coin, shall never
e theless be paid instead in gold dol
:, lars, it being the policy of the Unite
f States that its creditors shall at a
: times be paid in the best money i
e iuse.''
, Mr.. Hill asked immediate considera
t ton of the resolution but Mr. Butte
j ! Democrat). of South Carolina objecte
a and it went over.
: Stewards Supplement-.
Mr. Stewart PopuhsD of Nevada, q
{ once supplemented the Hill resolutio
g with another as follows:
e Resolved, That there is no author
ity or law to buy gold coin in prefer
:. ance to silver coin for any purpos
e whatever"
The resolution also went over, an
Y the Senate took up the postoff1ce az
!. preparation bill.
;. Mr.. Lodge made a point of orde
9 against the first Senate amendmer
:, giving the postmaster general discrt
: ton in expending the s3,25O,OOO for raj
. way postal service. and an animate
discussion arose over the item.
Mr. Allison Republican), of low;
lsaid, as a member Of the COMMITTEE