The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-29
IN THE SENATE.
Blind Chaplain Makes an Eloquent
and Touching Appeal.


WASHINGTON, May 2S.-The St
Louis horror was the theme of a touch
ing and eloquent prayer by Rev. Dr.
Milburn, the blind chaplain of the SEN
ate, at the opening of the session to-
day.
When the house resolution was re-
ceived authorizing the secretary of
war to loan tents and render aid to
the mayors of st. Louis and East ST.
Louis, Mr. Palmer of Illinois asked
immediate consideration.
Mr.. Vest Dem, MOI interposed the
suggestion that while it might seem
ungracious for him to interpose OBJ
lection, yet in view of late reports
showing the usual eXaggeration at
tending the first hours of calamity, he
did not consider the action necessary
The people of st. Louis, he said, could
take care of themselves.
Mr.. Harris Dem. Temp said he
fully sympa thized with this view, al
though the resolution being here, it
should be acted upon and made joint
instead of concurrent
Mr. Cullom (Rep., lid said he felt
THERE WAS NO OCCASION
for the passage of the relief resolution,
yet, as the house had acted, Mr.. Gull
1om urged that the senate should give
it's assent He was still in doubt and
worried over the situation on the Hill
nois side.
The resolution was amended to be
joint instead of concurrent, thus re-
quiring presentation to the president,
and was then adopted.
A partial conference report on the
Indian appropriation bill caused an
animated controversy. Mr.. Hale said
the conferees had injected a great
body of new law concerning Indian
citizenship into the conference, and
he protested against the breach of a
sacred rule of conference. The
CRITICISM OF THE CONFEREES
became general. Mr.. Allison, chair
man of the committee on appropria-
'tions, said rever before in twenty three
years had new legislation been put
into a conference report. Mr.. Vest in
terposed that it had been done in the
conference report on the tariff bin of
1883.
Mr.. Teller, one of the conferees, de-
Tended their action.
The bond bill was taken up at 2
O'Clock, the Indian conference report
being displaced without action. Mr..
Daniel Dem, Va.) resumed his speech
supporting the Dill ana arguing IOr
the free coinage of silver.
Mr.. PETER pop. Kan.) supported the
bill. He
ARRAIGNED THE PRESIDENT
for usurpation and while denying that
this bill will lead to reputation, warned
senators that repeated bond issues would
drive the people to Reputation and revo-
luton. There was a rumbling in the dis
lance, said Mr. PETER, which fortold revo-
luton that would shake the throne of
those guilty of usurpation.
Mr. Brown of Utah, took the floor on
the bond bill to speak tomorrow.
The presiding officer named the follow
ing committee to attend the opening of
the exposition at Nashville, Tenn: Du-
bois, Idaho; Gibson, Maryland Allen,
Nebraska; Brown, Utah; and Bate, Ten
nessee.
The bill was passed authorizing the
president to reappoint John N. Quaken-
bush to the navy retired list with the rank
of commander.
Mr.. Carter of Montana, gave notice of
an amendment to the filled cheese bill,
putting tax and establishing regulations
against adulterated beer
AT $40 the senate adjourned.