Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-10

to- see Mr.. Kelly elected, and he had there
fore written the letter, and he had been glad
to learn from that gentleman, it had been of
good service to him. Laughter.
Mr.. Kelly said he desired to throw little
light upon the question as to who wanted to
be nominated. 1t was known to some peo-
pie that when the campaign had opened it
had been thought desirable that Republican
member of Congress, a greenbacker and con
vertible bond man, who had been reelected
at the last election, should be sent to In
diana, Ohio and certain sections of Penn
sylvania where the greenback heresy, SO
called, was predominating At the request
of the State committees of those States
he consented, as the Republican member of
Congress favoring greenbacks, to go to
Indiana, Ohio and the infected districts of
pennsylvania Qaughter), but he denied he
had excited riot and talked communism.
MIR. Garfield disclaimed any reflection on
Mr.. Kelley growing out of the state of his
health, and said it was only little curious
to him that the long illness, which usually
brings gentleness, had not infused little
more OF the spirit of gentleness into the two
hours personal attack on him. If he had
mlsrepresented one word or thought of the
gentleman he owed him an apology and
would make it anywhere and at any time.
de quoted from the remarks of Kelley Oh the
bill to demonetize silver, showing that gen
tleman did at the time know the purpose and
effect of the bill, his words being: at has
become impossible to retain the American
silver dollar in this country except in collec-
tions of curiosities,
10 show that he had not drawn from his
inner consciousness, as Mr.. Kelly asserted,
what he had said about that gentleman's
communistic speeches in Ohio, he procured
from the library and sent to the clerks desk
a volume of the Cincinnati Commercial,
from which the clerk read special dispatch
describing the meeting at Youngstown He
(Garfeld) submitted whether, on the state
ments read and on similar statements in the
Cleveland papers, he was not justified in
speaking of the gentleman's communistic
speeches in Ohio.
AS to the gentleman's last campaign he
knew it was generally understood that an
expression in favor of the gentleman was
solicited. He (Garfeld) had been consulted
on the subject, and if he had had the same
faith in the restoration of sound principles
that the others had. he would have been
glad to join in the efforts made by those
gentlemen.
The formal discussion was closed, and the
the consular and diplomatic appropriation
bill, Mr. Cox of New York in the chair. The
bill appropriates 81 O36,935, a reduction of
SlO2,439 from the appropriation of last
year. and a reduction of $177,462 from the
estimates Of the state department. The
salaries of ministers to Great Britain, France,
Germany and Russia is fixed at $4,000.
each Spain, Austria. Italy. Brazil, Mexico,
Japan and China, at $4,000 each to Chill
and Peru at $4,000 each to Sweden, Nor
way, Turkey, Venezuela, Hawaiian islands.
Argentine Republic and United States of Co
lombia, $500 each to Bolivia, $4,000;
Guatemala, Costa RIGA, Honduras, Salvador
and Nicaragua, one minister, $4,000:
Hayti, $5, 900 Liberia. $4,000.
Mr. SengletOn, member of the committee
on appropriations, explained that the COM
mittee had reduced the salaries of the four
principal ministers abroad, from ST.. 900 to
$4,000, all amount amply sufficient, CON
sidering the work to be done by them. He
referred to the fact that the consul at Lon
don received W head for every American
seaman shipped at that port and every dol
lar OF that tax upon commerce was used at
the consulate and not one was covered into
the treasury. That was what made the
position of consul SO much sought after
Mr.. Cox. Ohio, inquired whether the law
did not require all such fees to be turned
INTO the treasury
Mr.. Singleton replied that it did not,
Mr.. Hewitt, New York, thought the gentle
man from Mississippi was mistaken. All
fees collected for shipping seamen were
either paid into the treasury OF accounted
for i'll the accounts of the consulate
Mr. Singleton continuing said the appro-
priation committee had endeayored on one
hand to guard against any retrenchment
which might impair the services, and on the
other to prevent unnecessary expenditure of
public money. His own opinion was that
the present system of service mightbe much
slmplifed and that two or three ministers
stationed at some central points in Europe.
with q competent corps of agents would
answer every purpose.
After speech by Mr. Hubbell in favor of
the extensions pr our foreign commerce the
committee rose and the House adjourned.
Dun SicH{es .Snii,cAea.
WASHINGTON, March 9.-The Senate pub
lie lands committee to-day, heard evidence in
regard to the McGarrahan claim to property
i'll California. known as the New Idria yquick-
silver mine. Judge jeremiah Wilson, Z. G.
lngersoll and Senator Carpenter appeared
for McGarrshan. and Judge jeremiah Black.
David S. Willis Iowa, and Chief Clerk of
the Land Office Curtis for the New Idria
company. Mr.. Wilson said the defendant
intended to show that every decision in favo,