The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-27
CONGRESSIONAL PERSONALS.

REPRESENTATION.-For the
first time since the rty-secono
Congress, every State i'll the Union
was fully represented in the Senate on
December 10. This was accomplished
nv the admission of Mr.. Eustis. Is
W-Representative Null |
drow, of Mississippi, presented the
petitions of number of cOlored cltl-
zens of that State asking approprla-
tions of 100000 to enable them TO
emigrate to the republic Of Liberia,
Africa, they being too poor to pay
their own way.
DAVIS-The New York Indepen-
dent has this to say Of Senator DAVIS
of Illinois: 1.-THE intimate friend and
executor of Lincoln. long Judge on
the supreme bench, his large faculties
trained by extensive cultivation ana
bv long experience, his MIND, broad, |
clear and accurate, no senator S |
0 words carry more weight or are lis
tened to with more absolute respect.
EUSTIS-Mr. Eustis was admitted
10 the Senate as representative Of
Louisiana last week. The new Sen
ator is described as being "a stout
built man, about five feet eleven
inches in height, with iron-gray hair
and whiskers." He is native Of
New Orleans, of Massachusetts stock,
served in the Confederate army, and
practiced law with great success IN
New Orleans.
JONES-Senator Jones, of Florida,
continues on the Committee on Public
Lands. AS an earnest friend OF the
people, he will be looked to to give all
the aid in his power to the measure
for helping needy settlers if it should
be referred to that committee. MI.
Jones is also on the committee on
Naval Affairs, on Revolutionary
Claims. and on Public Buildings and
Grounds.
DIBRELI-TAX on TOBACCO
ON December Representative Dlb-
rel, of Tennessee, moved to suspend
the rules and pass bill authorizing
the producers of tobacco to sell $lOO
worth of the same without paying
any tax. The bill, which was read,
provides that from and after the pas
sage of this act the producers OF to-
bacco may sell of their own produc-
ton tobacco in any manner or
unantity. o.the value Of$10O, without
paying any tax on the same whatever,
and all laws and parts of laws III con.
hct with this act are repealed. The
motion to suspend the rules was lost
by vote of 96 to 1912, aud the bill
went over.
HILI-SECTIONALI IN PARTIES
MUST BE PUT DOwN.-Discussins
the Louisiana Senatorship question
Senator Hill, of Georgia, said: =
speak not for party ! do not hesitate
TO stand in the Senate of the United
States and confess to an audience Q
forty millions of people that | believ
there is no peace, no security Tor tn
future of this country. until we hav
parties which shall be without victC
ries as we'll as without defeats in tn
sectional strifes of the past. a ma
can contribute no higher patriot
services to his country than to aid Il
organizing such Il party and tearing
down those parties that live by tn
spirit of sectionalism; nor can h
commit any greater crime against hi
country than by continuing to fomer
the passions which have alread
drenched the country in blood an
hurled one million of American FREE
men into the most wicked and blood
war in all time.
SpRINGER-TnE MONETAR
COMMISSION REPORT.-The questio
Of printing 10000 copies of the repol
of the Monetary Commission bein
before the House, Representati>
Springer, of Illinois, suggested TIL;
1.-The portion of the report which
in other languages than the Englis
be translated and printed in Englisl
In looking over the document four
quite number of pages in French,
Italian, and in Spanish. This may d
for the constituents of my disti
guished friend from New York, NJ
Hewitt, who are metropolitan Al
cosmopolitan people; but the consti
uents whom / have the honor to re
resent are not SO fortunate as
understand so many of these la
guages, they could perhaps 81
along reasonably we'll With one or tw
Of them. a colleague near me SUI
geste that the part printed III foreig
languages be bound i'll Russia
Laughter. will say further tn;
if these portions be translated, | st
no reason for printing the text all
in the original foreign language.