Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-28

was made to have it understood that a vote on
the legal tender bill should be taken at 5 !
o'clock tomorrow, but objection was made.
Adjourned.
House of Representatives..
WASHINGTON, May 27.-Under call of the |
States, the following bills were introduced and |
referred:
BY Mr.. Willis-To regulate the sale Of United |
States securities. 1t makes it unlawful for the |
secretary of the treasury to enter into any con-
tract or negotiation of bonds now authorized
to be issued or sold, whether for funding the |
national debt or any other purpose, with any
banking associations, firm individual or
combination of banking associations, unless he
shall first invite proposals by advertisements
for not less than three weeks, in five news
papers; that proposal to be accepted which may
be most advantageous to the government.
By Mr.. Wood-To establish permanent
sinking fund. 1t provides that there shall be
appropriated for the fiscal year commencing
with July, 1878, and for each succeeding year
out of the customs revenues the sum of one
hundred millions Of dollars, which shall be
applied, first to pay interest on the public
debt, second, to the redemption or purchase Of
SO much of the outstanding principal of the
public debt can be purchased or redeemed at
not more than par and accrued interest, all
bonds SO purchased or redeemed to cease to
bear interest, and to be cancelled and destroyed.
1t abrogates the act providing for an annual
sinking fund. Section of the bill provides
that the act shall be known as the sinking fund
act of 1878.
By Mr.. Chalmers-To encourage and aid the
higher education of the colored race in the
District of Columbia and the several States,
requiring 5000, GOO of colored soldiers tunclaim
ed bounty, to be invested in bonds, and the
interest thereof tn ha maid tn Harvard 1n y err
sity, which is to furnish educational facilities
without charge to students of the colored race
who have passed through the public schools of
the District, and to two colored students
nually from each State in the Union.
By Mr.. Neal-To establish national univer-
sity at Washington.
Mr.. Banning moved to suspend the rules
and adopt resolution for the adjournment of
the House from Wednesday to Friday next, in
order to observe with due respect and reverence
the day on which the graves of the dead heroes
of the late war are decorated. Agreed to.
Mr.. Southland, from the select committee
counting the votes for President and Vice
President, reported bill on that subject, and
gave notice that he would call it up for con-
sideration and disposal on the 9th of June.
Mr.. Throckmorton, from the committee on
Indian affairs, reported bill to extend the
jurisdiction of the court of claims to cases
growing out of Indian treaties. Referred to
the committee of the whole.
The House then went into committee of the
whole, Mr.. Springer in the chair, on the army
appropriation bill, the question being on the
amendment offered by Mr.. Scales to transfer
the control of the Indians to the war depart
| ment. After debate, amendments to exclude
from the operation of the act the Indians of
New York and of the Indian territory were
made and rejected, and then Mr.. Scales amend
ment was adopted by vote Of 113 to 107.
MIR. Knott moved an amendment, prohibit
ing under penalties of fine and imprisonment,
the employment Of any part of the army
posse coDaitat,ts or otherwise under pretext or
for the purpose of executing the laws, except
| in such cases and under such circumstances as
such employment of troops may be expressly
authorized by act of Congress-. Ii After a long
discussion point Of order made by MIR.
Garfield, the amendment was ruled to be in
| order. In the course of the discussion the
amendment Mr.. Burchard suggested that it
would prevent the use of troops in enforcing
the internal revenue laws and suppressing IL
licit distillation.
Mr.. Sleicher wanted to exclude from its oper-
alton the State of Texas and the execution Of
neutrality laws.
1t was suggested by Mr.. Lapham that it
would be better not to pass the bill at all, and
to dlsband the army at once.
1t was claimed by Mr.. Knott that if the Pres
| ident could use the army without law, the pre-
| text of this being Republican government
was sham and fraud.
! It was intimated by Mr.. Aldrich that the
| moonshiners, and perhaps others in Kentucky
would be delighted with the amendment and
| he sent to the clerks desk, and had read a nc
| mortal from the municipality of Chicago for
an army of 100000 men.
It was asserted by Mr.. Southland that the
laboring men of the country were as honest and
as law abiding any other class and that an
army should not be kept on the threat of
overawing laboring men, and it was proclaimed
by MIR. Herbert that long as there was a
chronic disposition on the Republican side to
use the army for unlawful purposes, SO long
there would be a chronic disposition on the
! Democratic side to defend the liberties of the
people. Finally vote was reached, and Mr..
Knott's amendment was agreed to, 100 to 112.
The committee then and reported the
bill and amendments to the House. The first
vote taken in the House was on the amendment
increasing the Limitation Of the strength Of the
army from 20, 900 to q, 900 men. The vote re-
suited yeas l16; nays 120. All the Republicans
voted in the affirmative, and had for allies on
| the Democratic side all the Texas members
| except Mr.. Regan, who voted nay, Patterson,
Williams, of Michigan, and Wiggenton. Mr.:
Garfield, at the close of the roll call, changed
his vote from yea to nay, SO that he might vote
therefore, 1T to 119.
When the result was announced, Messrs
Garfield and Hewitt rose simultaneously te
move to reconsider. The latter was recognized
by the Speaker, and moved to reconsider anG
to lay the motion to reconsider on the table
This recognition of Mr.. Hewitt by the Speaker
was resented by Mr.. Garfield, who claimed thai
as matter of courtesy, when
member changed his vote for thu
purpose Of making such a motion
he was always recognized by the chair, tt
which the speaker responded that if the gentle
man chose to give an insincere vote it was no
the fault of the chair, and that the chair wa
bound by all parliamentary practice to recog
nize the gentleman in charge of the bill.
i Mr.. Reed then broke INTO the colloquy will
the declaration that there had been nothing t.
Justify the speakers remark as to an insincer
vote, to which the speaker replied that tn
gentleman from Ohio (Garfeld) had under
taken to reflect upon him, and that he pro
posed to defend himself There was goot
deal of feeling manifested on the part of al
concerned-a feeling which communicated
itself to the two sides of the chamber, n,
which was shown by the applause Of one tn
other. Then dilatory motion to adjourn wa
. made on the Republican side, and was vote
down. The motion to lay the table tn
motion to reconsider was then carried-yeas
121; nays ia. Messrs' Wiggenton and Patter
sod voted with their party, and the House vote
to limit the strength of the army to 5000
men. Without disposing of the bill the Hous
adjourned.
i Miscellaneous.
; WASHINGTON, May 27.-Au indictment
against ex-senator Sawyer, ex-Commissione
Haines and F. W. Brooks have been dismissed