The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-01
An Undignifled Scramble For Public
Building Appropriations.
SENATOR'S WERE EXCITED
BUT ALL GOT EVERYTHING
THEY ASKED FOR.
Passed Public Building Bills By the
Score and Then Added Job Lot
to General Appropriation Bill
Three Reports On Hanna Bribery
Charges.

bill passing was on in the senate To-Day.
The bills passed We're principally pub
lie building measures, and at times
during the day and night the scenes IN
the senate We're remarkable. Senators
usually staid and dignideC. sticklers
for order and decorum in the chamber,
clamored for consideration of bills pro-
viding for the erection of government
buildings in which they were interest
ed.
Bills carrying an aggregate of eight
or ten millions of dollars were passed,
and many more that had not been
passed by both houses OF congress were
placed as amendments in the sundry
civil appropriation bill Finally, at a
late hour tonight. an amendment to the
sundry civil bill was adopted appro-
priating nearly 100000 for the pre-
liminary work on the buildings which
had been authorized.
The sundry civil bill was passed at
11:15 tonight. having been technically
under consideration throughout the day
and evening.
HANNA BRIBERY CHARGES.
Mir. Chandler presented the report of
the majority Of the committee on priv
ileges and elections on the charges of
bribery made by a committee of the
Ohio senate against NJ. A. Hanna, SEN
ator from Ohio
MIR. Turley (Tenn.l, on behalf of three
members of the committee, presented a
written minority report.
MIR. Allen (Neb.), another member Of
the committee. said he did not join in
either the majority or the minority re-
port, but submitted one for himself.
In view of the fact" said he, that
this congress will expire in three days
and Mr.. Hanna's term Will expire with
it, there is no time to consider the
matter. My term of office will expire
with this congress, and do not deem
1t proper to express an opinion as to
what a subsequent congress should do,
a congress to which Mr.. Hanna has
been elected"
When consideration of the sundry
civil bill was resumed, amendments
were agreed to as follows:
Appropriating $4,000 for a military
post near Sheridan, Wyo., the whole
cost not to exceed $500, 900; authorizing
the secretary of the interior to nego-
tiate with the Shoshone and Arapahoe
Indians for 4 REIMBURSEMENT of q part
of their reservation; authorizing the
payment from the Choctaw fund of
outstanding warrants to the amount of
$4,000; comforting upon the secretary
Of The interior authority to cancel or
in the northwestern states; at the con-
clusion of the Hawaiian cable amend
ment the following: For the construe-
ton and equipment of a repair steamer
and for a spare cable, $550,000.
The sundry civil bill was temporarily
laid aside.
Mr.. Hale (AIe) reported the naval
appropriation bill and gave notice that
he would call it up tomorrow.
MIR Teller chairman of the claims
committee, presented the conference
report on the omnibus claims BILL"
The conference report was agreed 10.
Mr. Quay, chairman of the committee
on public buildings and grounds, called
up some public building bills. as passed
by the house, with amendments, and
moved to concur in the amendments.
The motion related to the bills for
Oakland, Cal; Beaumont, Tex, and
Wilkesbarre, Pa. The senate concurred
in the amendments, thus passing the
bills.
Several house bills providing for pub
lie buildings were then passed.
The amendments to the bills for Fer
gus Falls, Mimi; Seattle, Wash; Butte,
Mont. and Salt Lake. Utah, were con-
CURED in by the senate.
Mir. Perkins (Cal) reported the forth
fications appropriation bill and 1t was
placed on the calendar.
BILLS PASSED.
The following bills were passed: Es-
tablishing a branch Of the national
home for disabled volunteer soldiers at
Castle Pickney, in Charleston harbor,
South Carolina, for the use of disabled
officers and enlisted men of the vol
unteer army and navy of the United
States; regulating the postage on let
tiers written by The blind, in point or
raised characters, making them third
class matter, for the erection OF a
public building at Tampa, Fla, to cost
not exceeding sS50,0o0; emitting DR..
William A. Hammond, late surgeon
general of the army, to the pay of a
brigadier general on the retired list;
for the relief of the international Cot
ton Press company at New Orleans,
La: authorizing the president TO ap-
point to the naval academy acting
naval cadets who served during the
war with Spain; putting in force in
the Indian territory certain provisions
of the laws of Arkansas relating to
CORPORATIONS, and to make the provi-
sions applicable TO the territory.
Mr.. Daniel of Vermont in the name
of MIR. Henry s. Welcome Of London,
formerly of Indiana. rendered to the
senate an oil painting of the Indian
princess, Pocahontas. The gift was
accepted.
Mr.. Frye, chairman of the committee
on commerce, reported the shipping
subsidy bill with a good many re-
stricuve amendments" At his request
II took the place on the calendar of
the bill of the same title previously re-
ported.
Mr. Morgan secured the adoption of
a resolution continuing the select COM
nittee on the Nicaragua. canal and au-
thorizing it TO hold sessions during the
recess of congress.
At $40 pm. the senate went into
executive session and at $50 pm. re-
cessed until pm.
At the beginning of the night session,
consideration of the sundry civil bill
was resumed.
Another batch of public building bills
sFas received from the house shortly
after o'clock and so great was the in
terest in the measures that the sun
dry civil bin was laid aside in order
that they might be passed.
BUILDING FOR EVANSTON.
Again the sundry civil bill was taken
ND, An amendment was added appro-
priating $4,000 for a building at Ev-
anston, Wyo.
Advantage was taken of a. lull to
pass several independent public build
ing bills, including one appropriatiug
800 900 for Salem, Ore.
The senate then resumed cOnSidera-