Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-06
House of Representatives..

debts Whatever. Ordered printed.
Adjourned.
House of REPRESENTATIVES,.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-Time was con-
sumed this morning in the presentation and
reference of petitions. resolutions, etc.
The bill extending the time for completion
of the Northern Pacific railroad for ten years
was reported and recommended.
Mr.. Shelley offered a resolution calling on
the secretary of the treasury for a detailed
statement of expenses of the Southern claims
commission. Referred.
Mr.. Hewitt, of New York, presented two
petitions, one from New York and one from
Boston, asking Congress to adopt appropri-
ate measures to mitigate the hardships of
the famine now raging in China. He under
stood the balance of the Chinese indemnity
fund now in the State department. amounted
to over million dollars. To this money
the people Of this country had no just claim
and it should have been returned to China
long ago. It should now be returned with
out condition in the most gracious and eff
cacious manner possible.
Mr.. Wright made plea in behalf of the
unemployed laborers of this country. The
memorials were referred to the committee
on foreign affairs.
The bill to authorize the construction of
bridge across the Mississippi river at Mem
phis, was taken up and briefly discussed and
referred to the committee of the whole and
state of the Union.
Mr.. Knott, from the judiciary committee,
reported back the bill introduced yesterday
by Mr.. Hooker, authorizing the holding of
special terms of the circuit court for the
southern district of Mississippi at Scranton,
jackson county, on the second Monday of
March, for the trial of causes arising out of
alleged depredations on government lands
and the condition of the logs and lumber
thereon. He explained the object of
the bill was to afford the accused par
ties a speedy, convenient and cheap
trial which they otherwise could not have
had. If objection were made that this trial
of cases in the immediate vicinity Of the ac-
cused, would lead to impannelling partial
jurors whose sympathies would be with the
defendants, the answer to that was the court
might direct the SUNNI oning of jurors from
other portions of the district Mr.. Hooker
described the utter prostration of business
which had attended the seizure of lumber
mills in that region, the aggregate business
of which amounted to some four million dol
lars year. They had all been stopped
through the action of the government, and
the vessels engaged in the carrying trade
been left idle or had gone into other business.
Mr.. Frye, member of the judiciary COM
mittee, advocated the bill.
Mr.. Foster opposed the bill as being in the
interest of timber thieves. They were no
l.o4t t., IS /
might as we'll be proposed to have courts for
distilleries. There was Just as much sense
in one proposition as in the other.
Mr.. Stephens suggested that officers of the
government could not possibly complain of
the bill. They could ask nothing else than
a speedy and fair trial and justice.
Mr.. Reed asked Mr.. Knott whether it was
not the universal principle of law to remove
trials from the places where excitement ex-
listed, and whether the bill did not in defiance
of that principle propose to send these cases
for trial to the very place where the disturb
ing influence existed?
Mr.. Knott replied that the United States
circuit court had the right to remove the trial
of criminal cases nearer to the vicinage of the
crime and that in several circuits the same
right existed as to civil courts.
Finally the bill passed; yeas 139, nays 102.
Mr.. Stephens, chairman of the committee
on coinage, weights and measures, reported
the testimony taken before the committee on
goloid coinage, &C., and asked to have it
printed. So ordered.
Mr.. Springer gave notice he would to-mor-
row call up the California contested election
case of Wiggenton against Pacheco.
The house then went into committee OF
the whole, Blackburn in the chair, and re-
sumed consideration Of the military academy
appropriation bill. On motion of Mr.. Dur
ham, the item of $ 1000 for additional pay
of professors, for length of service, was
struck out.
Mr.. Mayham moved to strike out the item
of $4,000 for the payment ofone instructor of
practical military engineering in addition to
his pay as first lieutenant
Mr.. Riddle moved as substitute for May
hams amendment a provision that rations
and quarters shall be furnished and no COM
mutation for the same.
MIR. Hewitt On. " said no officer Of the army
was furnished with rations, and that as to
quarters for professors at West Point, the
quarters were furnished by the government
and he wanted to know whether it was pro.
posed that the government should charge
rent. He suggested such proposition mus
nave Or1SlHaCed IN ignorance OF the law and
ignorance of practice
Mr.. Riddle retorted by saying the ignor
ance seemed to be in the gentleman from
, New York.
Mr.. Hewitt, in further opposition tt
Mayham's and Riddles motion, spoke of tn,
: importanc of instructions in practical mill
tary engineering
Mr.. Clymer intimated there we're far to,
many professors at West Point. There wer
fifty seven Of them to every So students an.
their pay, exclusive of quarters, etc
, amounted to about 5000 more than the cos
+ of supporting the 80 cadets. There wa
something radically wrong in that. TIL
committee on appropriations had not wishe,
to recommend reduction of the number O
professors lest they might be accused Of alb
sorbing too much liquidation, but he com
mended the subject to the attention of tn
committee on military affairs.
Without disposing of the pending amend
ment the committee rose, and the House ad
, journed.
Wallac'es Long Bond Bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-Senator Wallace
long bond bill, as amended and reported to
8 day, directs the Secretary of the Treasury t
issue one hundred millions Of dollars g
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