Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-15

Let the question be decided. AS to the sec
,etary of the treasury, want. to say of him, T
nasmuch as he has been attacked, that do |
1ot believe that this country has ever had SO |
able an administrative officer in the treasury |
department. as it has to-day.
Mr.. Sayler-Will my colleague except |
Alexander Hamilton?
Mr.. Foster-He is as anxious to reduce /
expenses as any man in the House or the
country can be. He urges that at all times.
and under all circumstances. in our COM
mittee. He sees the revenue falling of, and
be calls our attention to that fact, as 1t was
his duty to do.
Mr.. Wood, of New York-No man i'll this
House is more responsible for the delay in
settling the question of taxation than the gen
tleman from Ohio (Foster.) The resolution
which he brought before the House on the
subject of the whisky tax disturbed and de-
ranged report covering the question. almost
ready to be made to the House by the COM
mittee on ways and means. The delay is
traceable to that premature and inconsider
ate action. But the question will soon be
settled in the committee, and a bill reported
to the House.
Mr.. Burchard did not believe that the
diminution of revenue was the result of a
dinaiautiau Of consumption The collection
of the tax was simply deferred, but the I'M
certainty was affecting trade and business.
He hoped the committee on ways and means
would. at an early day, make report. /,
for one. consider the question of reduction
of the tax on distilled spirits as settled. 1t
has been settled by the House and by the
Senate, SO far as an expression of opinion is
concerned, and do not think that anybody
will dare to reopen it.
Mr.. Harrison appealed to Mr.. Wood, out
of regard for the dignity of the House. to
move to lay the secretary's communication
on the table.
The Speaker said he had in support of his
position the fact that it had been the uni
form practice of the House to receive COM
munlcations from the secretary of the treas
ury touching affairs of his department. In
addition to that he thought it good policy
that If the revenues of the government fell
off suddenly and seriously from any cause
the secretary of the treasury should commu-
nicate the fact to the House.
Mr.. Harrison-Through the President.
The Speaker-For the reason that it might
involve the good faith and credit of the
country, and the chair is at loss to know
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that subject than from the treasury itself:
furthermore, such communications should
certainly come to this House, which has the
soletpower to originate revenue measures.
Mr.. Whitthorne trusted that hereafter the
president would not;be abscured. The sec
rotary of the treasury, or any subordinate
officer, should never be permitted to come
before the House with an electioneering doc
IF tho Gu fuf cd ifcolf NO
one could tell to what the practice would
grow.
Mr.. Garfield suggesting satirically that the
right of petition should at least be recognized
in the secretary of the treasury, Mr.. Steph
ems said, apart from his official position the
secretary had a right, as private citizen
feeling an interest in any public question, t.
present it to Congress. The secretary
official position added to that duty on his
part.
After further discussion the communities
| ton was referred.
| The House proceeded to act on the military
! academy BILL All the amendments reported
from the committee of the whole on the state
| of the Union, Mr.. Southland in the chair, anC
took up the bill of granting pensions to sol
diers and sailors of the Mexican and other
wars. The bill directs the secretary of the
interior to place on the pension rolls thu
names of the surviving officers and enlisted
men, including militiamen and volunteers
/ of the military and naval service, who served
sixty days in the Mexican war, or thirty day!
in the Greek war, or Seminole war, or Black
| hawk war, or to their surviving widows wht
have not remarked.
Mr.. Herbert addressed the committee il
advocacy of the bill.
Mr.. Powers spoke in opposition to it, be
cause it opened wide snew door by which
millions of dollars would be drawn from til,
treasury. The committee estimated the an
nual drain under the bill as ST. 100000. but
! he believed that it would be $7,5OO,OOO, t.
say nothing Of arrearages. The whole out
lay under it would not fall short of on
hundred millions.
At the close of Mr.. Powers speech tn
committee rose.
Mr.. Carlisle introduced bill to prescrib
a time for the payment Of the tax on dis
titled spirits. Referred.
Adjourned.
miscellaneous.
1 WASHINGTON, Feb. M.-The Senate con
frmed Darwin S. Hall, register at the Ian,
Office at Benson, Mimi, and Postmaste
| G. F. Lecompte, at Allerton, Iowa; A.. W
Howard, Yankton, Dakota.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-At meeting Q
the House committee on military affairs to
day Mr.. McCook offered the following reso
luton, which was rejected by large ma
jority: s:Resolred, That in view of the con
| dition of affairs on the Mexican frontier an
the danger of an outbreak of Indian hos
Titles any measure looking toward reduc
ton of the effective force of the army is nc
justified by the condition of the country, an
is unsafe and unwise.'
The Senate committee OH post offices an
post roads to-day agreed to postpone furthe
consideration of the nomination of Ale,
Reed to be postmaster at Toledo, till Marc
It'll. The commission of the present il
cumbent, Bowling, expires March 18th.
The President has nominated G. McCant
lish. of Pennsylvania, to be chief justice {
the supreme court of New Mexico: John
Whitcher, of West Virginia. to be Unite
States marshal for Idaho; VIM. S. Pollocl
of Illinois, to be superintendent of India
affairs for the Dakota superintendency: an
Adolph Dombrowsky to be receiver of put
lie moneys at Chasta, California.
The committee on ways and means to-da
took up the iron schedule of the tariff bi
and Representative Kelly opposed it.
, GIDEON WELLES.
A Modest Funeral for the Ex-Secretary
the Navy.
HARTFORD, Conn.,, Feb. 14.-Ihe funer
Of Hon. Gideon Welles, ex-secretary of IL
navy, was attended at St. Johns church tn
afternoon, the services being simply the bu
ial service of the Episcopal church, conduc
ed by Bishop .Welles, Rev. DR.. E. r. Was
burne, Calvary church, New York, and NJ