The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-27

orous Denuneiation.
Washington, Feb. 9e.-A financial
discussion was imninent when the
Senate met today.
The rapid work done at the session
last night had cleared away most of
the formal matter preceding the i'm
portant provision for issuing $500 OOO,-
600 of certificates of indebtedness to
relieve the treasury deficiencies.
The resolution concerning the Me6i-
can free zone, with provisions to in
cIude the entire length Of the zone,
was agreed to.
Mr.. Voorhees,, from the Committee
on Finance, offered an amendment to
the sundry civil bill, embodying the
recent resolution of Mr.. Wolcott for
participation by the United States in
an International monetary conference.
Mr.. voorhees, asked that the amend
ment go to the Appropriation Commit
tee for speedy action, in order that it
be acted upon as a part of the pending
| sundry civil bill. and this reference
was made.
Is it expected that Senate commits
| sioners will be chosen before the ad-
| journment?' asked Mr.. Hawley (Re-
| publfcdD. OF Connecticut.
'"rhat is the understanding, 7 be-
I leVe," responded Mr.. VOORHEES,.
Sunday CIVIL RiII.
The sundry civil bill was then taken
| up.
MI. Cochrell offered a committee
! amendment which was agreed to, APP
| propriating $4,000 to Col. AinSWorth
chief Of the bureau Of records and pen
I sions of the war department, to re
imburse him for legal expenses result
! ing from the F'ord's theatre disaster
an additional $4,000 for heirs of two
additional victims Of the F0Td'6 thea
ire disaster was also agreed to.
Mr. Berry Democrat. OF Arkansas
chairman Of the Committee on Public
Lands, spoke against the proposed
committee amendment reducing the
appropriation for protecting timber
lands from $4,000 to 100000. Mr.
Berry urged its enlargement and
moved an increase to $4,000. Mr.
/ German opposed an increase.
so gross was the abuse, so useless
the Offices" said Mr.. German, vehe
mently, that Congress cut down the
appropriation to $4,000 and regret tt
say the officer in authority exceeded
that appropriation by $4,000"
Mr. Wolcott was even more vtgorou:
in the denunciatton of this service
Forty Thousand dollars. he said. Wal
an over appropriation.
They Are Beauties,
tsThe so-called timber inspectors,
continued Mr. Wolcott, contemptu
ously. ARE a lot Of broken down poll
! ticians, who tumble over each other as
soon as this appropriation is adopted
| They are a lot Of men not fit to stay
at home and who are unloaded on th'
west"
The senator declared that these me1
were not engaged in Matchmaking rail
roads out OF passes; they were drag
ging some poor prospeetor to thu
federal courts.
Il suppose these yenal differs re
ferred to by the senator from Colo
RADIO" said Mr.. Berry. were appointed
, by the last administration"
sit is not a party question" replied
Mr.. Wolcott. If the senator think
his party is better than mine in Sc
lecting timber agents he thinks less O
his party than do
Mr. German resented a suggestive re
mark Mr.. Berry had made as to al
increase Of many officers, but a de
crease in this particular case.
nerr.y Grovs Warm.
Mr., German declared he knew n
party, no administration, in his action
ON these appropriations, and considere
only the public service.
BY this time Mr.. Berry was Visibl
agitated and he addressed himself di
rectly and personally to Mr.. German
He rtdiculed the civil service require
ment, which the committee had sough
. to place on timber agents.
1T is the first time" said Mr.. Berry
, excitedly, "that [ ever heard of { h
senator from Maryland GormdD asG
civil service reformer."
meant to infer he Derry was gettin
this appropriation in order TO put tn
political favorites in place. that Whic
: he was stating was not true"
| Then Mr. Berry added, with bitter
ness: 1T has been repeatedly charge
that the senator from Maryland (Gor
! mani has filed out one of the grea
branches of the government with hi
appointees."
, Curse to the West.
MIR. German was apparently unru1
] fed and made no reply
Mr.. Stewart PopulisD, of NeVadt
further denounced the timber agent
as a curse TO the west
The merits OF the service we're di,
f cussed at much length by Mr.. Care.
:, Mr.. Dubois, Mr. Bate. Mr.. Teller an
others.
Mr., Vest declared that he had pei
4 sonally seen great canyons throug
/ Montana absolutely denuded of timbt
/ by the agent of q corporation know
as an improvement company
MI Berry withdrew his amendmer
and hoped the money provided by II
House would stand, but on vote tt
4 committee amendment OF $4,000 we
: sustained--30 to "a
. Mr., Berry made the point of ords
against the civil service requirements q
D 20 timber agents. The point of order wa
S sustained.
Mr. Dubois moved an amendment il
c creasing the appropriation for surveyin
: public lands from $Soo,00O to S400,000. +
urged the importance OF these surveys.
> The amendment was agreed to.
J. Mr.. Frye offered an important ament
2 Inent providing a retired list for Unite
. States revenue marine service.
A letter from Secretary Carlisle Tf