Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-12

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an amendment to the constitution providing
that in order that the people of the United
States may be furnished with permanent and
stable paper currency, Congress shall provide
for issuing (blank) millions of dollars in United
States notes not bearing interest, which shall be
legal tender for all debts, public and private,
except for such existing debts as are by contract
payable only in coin, and that the number of
such notes shall be increased each year at q
rate equal to the average increase of popula-
ton, and that the first issue of said notes
shall be used as far as necessary in retiring the
United States notes not bearing interest now out
standing, and the remainder in reducing tho
interest bearing debt It further provides that
no law of the United States, or any State,
shall authorize the issue Of notes payable on
demand for the benefit of any person or cor
poration, and Congress shall provide for with
drawing from circulation all bank notes now
outstanding.
BY Mr.. Bayne-To punish crimes relating to
the coin of the United statea.
BY Mr.. Lusner-A bill reciting that certain
provisions Of the acts of 1862, 1863, 1864, 1866,
and 1870, relative to funding the floating debt,
etc., and all other acts which attempt to exempt
from taxation by State authority stocks, bonds
and other securities Of the United States be,
and are hereby declared to mean and intend
the United States shall not be taxed by the
State as such SO as to prevent their
circulation or discount, and it was not.
meant or intended by said acts and
parts Of acts that said stocks bonds,
notes or other securities of the United States
extent that the States tax other property of
their citizens, or to exercise the unconstitutional
power of declaring that the States should not
tax for State purposes any species of property
owned by their citizens.
BY Mr.. Riddle-To reduce the present high
tax on distilled spirits and tobacco
By MIR. Knapp-To issue certificates on de-
post of silver, bullion or bars
BY MIR. Crittenden-To issue certificates on
deposit of silver bullion.
By Mr.. Martin (by request)-To abolish the
court of claims.
, By Mr.. Patterson-Fixing the measure Of
damages in quits waged by the government for
timber cut on public laDds.
The House then went into committee of the
whole, Mr.. Cox, of New York, in the chair, on
the diplomatic appropriation bill, and Mr..
Hewitt, of New York, said he would not have
spoken on the bill except for recent event
which had startled the whole country. That
event had been the decision in the case of the
fishery commission by which the large sum of
so, 500, 900 had been awarded as damages to the
Canadian government for the privileges enjoyed
by United States fishermen. He pictured the
the United States at Geneva and compared
them with the gentlemen who had represented
it at the late arbitration with Canada-respect-
able gentlemen, it was true, but gentlemen
who had never been heard Of before, while the
representatives Of great Britain had been
among the shining lights of law.
If reciprocity were put off for twenty years
by the plumbers of men selected to represent
the United States abroad, it was time to ascer-
tain whether the diplomatic system was worthy
Of respect. The present system was expensive,
unnecessary, and in most cases, a useless shame.
The newspapers had taken the places of old
fashioned diplomatic services. Twenty years
ago the United States used to send abroad great
and distinguished men, while in these degener-
ate times the foreign missions were refugees for
played out politicians. He was in favor Of
having but two European missions--one at
London, as the center of the commercial inter
ests of the world, and one at Berlin, as the
center Of political power. He would have
these ministers well paid, 80 that they would
not feel Inundated at association with other
ministers. He would then have secretaries at
the other different posts who should report to
the ministers. He stated that of twenty i'm
portant treaties negotiated with European ma
lions, all but one had been negotiated by spe-
cial ENJOYS, thus showing the inutility Of the
present diplomatic service.
He regretted very much that there was no
reciprocal treaty between the United States and
France, since this country would have so much
to gain by such treaty. He was in favor of
retaining the missions to the South American
States, because those countries were constantly
in a state of revolutions and ministers were
necessary there to proteoti itizens of the Unit
cd States. Wherever diplomatic service could
subserve the interests of commerce, he would
sustain it, but where it had only to deal with
political questions, he was in favor of reducing
the expense of the service and consolidating its
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system of diplomatic and consular service, was
in the hands of the President, under the con-
stitution. He could make that system an honor
and a source of immense value and prosperity
to the country.
Referring to the civil service reform, he sent
to the clerks desk and had read the civil ser.
vice order of President Hayes and then stated
that the fifth auditor of the treasury had
been making political speeches in New Hamp-
shire. He did not propose to make any com
ments on that act. No President had eve,
made such promises as Mr.. Hayes had. Nc
President was ever so bound b. the considera.
tion of justice to keep the pledges which hi
had made. 1t had been matter of wonder tc
everybody on both sides that those pledges had
| not been kept. Here was a President who
came into Office, not by the ordinary mode, but
comes rather by the Casarian operation. He
owed to both sides, not only to his own side, t.
/. which he made these pledges, but to that Other
and greater party in the country which had,
with q forbearance and self-control unparalleled
in mooern times, kept their faith with him
| Had he kept his faith with the people? Mer
| had puzzled their brains to explain why h,
he wanted to reward his own party, for he had
trampled his own party under foot. It wal
not because he wanted to come into the ARM
of the Democratic party, because he knew that
while that party sternly did its duty to hu
mainly, it wanted no recruits from that direc
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appointments for political reas ons
That was to the party which hal
nominated him and which had tried to cleo
| him and within very narrow limits he kept hi
pledge as to that, but there had been NOR
than one campaign carried on in 1876. Their
had been campaign Of election and a cam
paign of electoral action and when his appoint
ments were turned to it would be found tina
he had rewarded those who had secured hi
counting in to the high Office Of President q
the United States. To begin with his cabinet
there would be found there two secretaries VIII
had been counsel on the electoral commission
Mr.. Frye-ls the gentleman making an attac
on the civil service reform of the President?
hope he will see fit to give us friends Of hl
policy sufficient time to reply. Loud Laugh
ter.
Mr.. Hewitt said he was not making an attac
on the civil service reform of the Presiden
because he thought he had no civil xservic
policy. Among his other appointments we,
those Of Wells, Anderson, Oasasnave and Ke,
ner in Louisiana and Of Storms IN Florid,
The President had also broken his pledge b
appointing thyee personal fiends-Noyes, WI
had put Hayes III nomination., 40 minister
France; Comfy, Who had discovered Haye
as minister to the Sandwich Islands; and lie
as consul to Frankfort. Ir. Hewitt then sci
to the clerk q desk and had read q letter fro
Comfy to private friend in which he picture
the duties Of minister as, principally going
laughter). rs
Mr.. Hewitt resumed his speech, and pr