Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-17
The Closing Hours.


WASHINGTON, June l6.-The uproar which
usually characterizes the closing days Of Con-
gress was fully exhibited in the House yester-
day. Every member has some pet measure
which he is anxious to have passed before adj
journment. This fact is displayed in numer-
Gus passages at arms which take place between
members for priority. At the evening session
the two houses came to a compromise on the
question of final ad journment by fixing Tues
day at o'clock. A conference committee upon
the
BRAZILIAN SUBSIDY
was finally appointed on the part of the House
consisting Of Cannon, who defeated the subsidy
Morrison and Waddell. The House part of the
committee is hostile to the subsidy, and the
result undoubtedly will be defeat of the entire
bill, as number of the Senate committee say
they consider tho Senate has been discourteous-
iy treated by having the bill returned to it, and
That Trey will not conclude to pass the
POST ROUTE BILL
without some of it's important amendments
are passed by the Senate. These include the
amendment relative to classification of mail
matter, fixing uniform rates for newspaper
postage, the Thanking privilege and the Bra
lillian subsidy. The House directed it's confer
ence committee to recede from the position as
sumed on the
LEGISLATIVE BILL,
and decided in effect that the Senate has the
right to control the number and pay of it's en-
ployes. This makes the passage of the legisla-
tive bill certain by the House having receded
the one point of difference. 1t seems, there
fore, entirely practicable to adjourn Tuesday at
the appointed hour.
THE TOBACCO MEN
elated the result of the discussion of
their clause of the internal revenue bill. The
indications now are that they will succeed in
passing the bill. The contest over this subject
showed that there was an irreconcilable differ
'ence Of opinion between the producers of to-
eoacco and the large dealers. The Southern
men generally denounce the great manufacture
ers and say the effect of large tax is to
strengthen the manufacturing monopoly. The
House managers promised that the
sUNDRY CIVIL BILL
should have gone to the Senate last week, but
it did not reach them until yesterday, and was
accompanied with bushel basket full of let
tiers from the department. which the House
committee have even declined to open. As a
result of these letters the Senate committee
finds it necessary to attach ninety-fve adj
ditional amendments to the bill to carry on
the necessary work of the government.
ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL.
The President has appointed G. H. Nicholson
to the position of assistant adjutant general,
made vacant by the death Of Pelouse. MIR.
Nicholson has been fighting Indians for twelve
years. and has lately been appointed chief of
staff to General Crook, and made several
Indian campaigns. It has been
customary for officers who have success
fully cultivated social relations in the East
to be appointed to those favorable places. The
President has adopted a new precedent which
will meet the approval Of the soldiers on the
frontier.
A CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE
about Nicholson's appointment is that he
was strongly recommended by Senator Gordon.
Gordon and Nicholson were seriously wounded
facing each other in an important battle in
the Potomac Campaign.
SECRETARY EvARTs
was on the floor Of the House last night and
notified members that an extra session would
be called unless tho fishery bill is passed. The
speaker has agreed to recognize Mr.. Grape, who
is managing the bill, and it will undoubtedly
be passed.
SILVER COMMISSION.
There is some doubt about the confirmation
Of the members of the international silver
commission appointed by the President Friday.
At meeting of the Senate finance committee
yesterday morning these appointments, espe-
cially those of Fenton and Groesbeck, were Sc
verely criticised, and it was suggested that the
chairman call on the President and ask him to
make changes in the commission.
". E. SPENCER,
of Wisconsin, a long time legislative clerk of
the Senate, has been promoted to chief
clerk in the place of Major Macdonald, de-
ceased.
SENATOR GROVER.
rather important meeting of the Senate
committee privileges and elections was held
Yesterday. The case of Senator Grover, of
Oregon, which had been long pending before
the committee, and the facts of which are SC
we'll known, was reported upon by the COM
mittee The finding in this is that the
evidence does not sustain the charges that
Grover secured his election senator from Or
egon by bribery. The committee is of the
opinion, however, that a number OF members
of the Oregon legislature did barter away their
votes for brides, but the evidence fails to con-
vict Senator Grover directly with those brides.
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