Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-23
NATIONAL CIRCUS.
THE IRREPRESSIBLE HOUSE IN ITS
GLORY.

THE IRREPRESSIBLE HOUSE IN ITS
GLORY.
The River and Har,or BILL Put Through
Under Suspension Of Kules---Object1on
by Sunset Cox, With Numerous Points OF
Order, Raises Regular Pandemonlum---
Forced Adjournment Finally Puts an
End to tho Scene---Northern Pacific Ex-
tension Bill Taken Up and Favorably Dis
cuesed in the Senate.
Senate.
WASHINGTON, April Ex-senator Harris in
troduced a bill to repeal section 3,412 Of the
revised statutes, which provides for tax on
notes of State banking associations. Referred.
Senator Hereford, from the committee on
claims, reported favorablJ the Senate bill for
tho relief Of the NJ. Il. church of West Virginia.
Senator Maxey introduced bill to amend
the 103d article of war so az to provide that no
person shall be liable to be tried or punished
by court martial for any offence charged to have
been committed more than two years. or in case
of desertion three years, before the arralgn-
ment of sach person for such ottense, unless he
may meanwhile have absented himself from
CNlLcQ OtaJcS, III WHICH Case tuo tllIlc u LIS
absence shall be excluded in computing the
period Of limitation.
Senator Wallace presented u remonstrance OF
the Pittsburgh chamber Of commerce against
the passage of the law authorizing the con-
struction of bridge across the Mississippi
river at Memphis until the proposed location
shall have been examined and reported on by a
board of competent engineers to be appointed
Tor the purpose, and praying the appointment
Of such board. Referred.
Senator Voorhees, submitted amendment
to the substitute for the House bill to repeal
the specie resumption act reported by the com
mittee on finance Wednesday last, SO as to
strike out that portion naming October 1st
1878, as the time when United States notes
shall be receivable for imports, 40 as to read {:
THAT from and after the passage Of this act
United States notes shall be receivable in pay
ment for the four per centum bonds now
authorized by law to be issued for duties or
imports
lie also moved to amend the substitute, so as
to strike out October lst, 1878, as the time
when the volume Of said notes in existence
shall not be cancelled nor boarded, and insert
in lien thereof: THE passage Of this act
A further amendment repea Is Immediately
all that part Of the specie resumption act au-
thorizing the redemption of eighty per centum
of United States notes instead of on October
list, 1878.
Senator Gordon moved to make the bill the
special order for May 1st
Senator Ferry ". Va. supported the bin,
nnd said he hoped an earlier date could be
fixed for it's consideration. The finance COM
lnittee would meet tomorrow and probably
agree upon an early day to take the bill up in
the Senate
After further discussion Senator Gordon
withdrew his motion and Senator Blaine sub
stituted the following
Resozrvd, That any radical change in our
present tariff laws would in the Judgment of
ha ia
derange the business interests of the country,
md would seriously rctard that return to pros
perity for which all should earnestly coop
crate.
Reso3pell, That in the judment OF the Senate
it should be the fixed policy of the government
to SO maintain our tariff for revenue as to offer
adequate protection to American labor.
Ordered printed.
Senator Garfield submitted the following
amendment: ''And the committee finance
possible, providing for commission to exam
Inc into the subject Of the tariff, and report the
result Of such examination, with such sugges
tions as it may consider proper, at the next SEES
sion Of Congress. Ordered printed.
Senator Mitchell called up Senate bill extend
ing the time to construct and complete the
Northern Pacific railroad. In explanation o.
the billl he spoke of the Importance of com
rleting the road, and said the Northern
Pacific would be competing line to the
check the spirit Of monopoly. He argued thai
it gave ample protection 70 all settlers, besides
opening the lands to settlement.
Senator Window also spoke in favor OF tn
bill and said it reduced the land grant to tn
Northern Pacific road some 1900, 900 acres. TIN
Northern Pacific Railroad company presented
to Congress stronger case than was usual.
presented by corporations coming to Congress
asking favors. 1t came with clean hands
The company as it existed to-da.
was in no sense speculative Organl
cation. The stockholders had put their none,
Into the road with desire of completetin
it as soon as possible. He argued the roa
would constitute the shortest line across tn
continent and would unite the great lakes wit
the Pacific ocean. The fertile country throug
which the road passed, and especially the val
lev of the Red river Of the North, would
rapidly settled, and the completion Of the roa
would do much to prevent Indian wars in tia
section, as the war whoop of the savage WE
never heard within sound Of the locomotiv
whistle.
Senator Lamar also favored the passage of tx
bill, and after some further discussion, turtle
consideration Of the bill was postponed unit
Tomorrow.
The Senate then resumed the considerable
OF bills on the calendar.
The Senate resolution i'll reference to the di
approval Of the act of the territory of Arizona
in reference to incorporating the Sonther
Pacific railroad company, passed.
When the House bill to relieve the leg,
liabilities of women was reached, Senator Sal
gent presented the following as amendme1
IN the nature of u substitute: 'No person sha
be excluded from Praeticing attorney an
counsellor at law from any cou
in the United States on account
sex In support of his amendment, Senat
Sargent produced petition signed by 155 la,
ysrs of the District of Columbia favoring tt
passage Of the BILL and said many State Leg
iatures had passed bills admitting women
practice in State courts. There was no reas'
why women should not be admitted to t.
legal profession of medicine, provided they h
the learning and ability to make Intensely
useful.
Senator Mcdonald said number of Stat
and Territories had authorized the admission
women to the legal profession. 1t might oft
occur that cases in which they We're employ
would be brought to the supreme court, and
would be unjust to close that court AGAR
them.
The bill and amendment were then reco
raitted to the committee on Judiciary.
On motion Of Senator Bailey it was order
that Senate bill for the relief Of book agents
the Methodist Episcopal church South be tax
M soon, as the unobjected cases on the Gale
dar should be disposed of.
After an executive session, adjourned.
House OF Representatives..
WASHINGTON, April 22.-The speaker
nounced the first business in order was the d
nosition of the resolutions Of the Maryland L.
islature, for rc-opening the Presidential gu
+;on and vote being taken on the motion