Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-27
FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS-
Extra Session.
The Senate.
SUBSIDIARY COINS.

WASHINGTON, May 26.-The bill reported by
Senator Bayard to provide for the exchange of
subsidiary coins for lawful money and making
such coins legal tender in sums not exceed
ing $40 was taken up and Senator Edmunds
argued against the bill.
THE MILITARY AND ELECTIONS.
When Senator EdmUnds concluded, consid-
Grafton was begun of the bill introduced by
Senator Mcdonald authorizing the employment
of the militia and land and naval forces in
certain cases, and to repeal the election laws.
Senator Mcdonald claimed that the respective
States have the absolute right to subscribe the
machinery for conducting elections. No power
for this purpose ever delegated
never exercised until of late years,
under authority of law, through the
agency of supervision. The debates in the
convention that adopted the constitution sup
port the position he had taken. Nor was the
principle departed from until 1870, when
false plea of security and freedom and fairness
at elections was urged as an excuse for the en-
actment of the election law. The control of
the Southern States was passing from the Re-
publicans. Hence they assumed the power of
tage.
At the conclusion of Senator McDonald's ad-
dress Senator Edmunds said he intended speak
ing on the subject when it was again up.
LEGISLATIVE BILL SIGNED.
The President pro TEN. announced his sigma
ture to the legislative appropriation bill which
goes to the President.
TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS.
The bill relative to the transportation Of AMI
mails was then taken up.
Senator Mcpherson explained and advocated
the bill.
Senator Maxey opposed the last clause of the
bill, which authorizes the commissioner of
agriculture to appoint an inspector at each
port from which live stock and dressed animals
are exported, who shall inspect all animals Of
fered for export and il found in good health
he shall give the owners shippers certifi-
cate to that effect, and whose salaries shall be
$500 per annum. He thought such officers
should be appointed by the President by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate.
The clause also provides that the commissioner
of agriculture may fix fees for inspection to be
paid by the owner or shipper. As the repre-
sentative Of great cattle producing State, he
protested against this direct tax the Export
of cattle.
clause above referred to. Though he supported
the bill in the main, these inspectors would
have too much power. sThey could ruin q
shipper by withholding certificate, and they
could receive brides for giving certificates for
diseased cattle. Western cattle are not dis
in Eastern ports, and any additional delay
there would increase the liability to disease.
For this same reason a certificate of health
given to cattle that spend only short time in
these ports would be worthless, because disease
incurred there might exist in the germ and be
developed while on the vessel. No
foreign country would accept certificates
Of out inspectors. Governments are
jealous in these matters and depend only on
their own officers. England has found it nee
cessary to schedule against certain countries
where disease among cattle exists, and this is
of those countries. No certificates of any
inspectors will take US off that test. The only
remedy to eradicate disease is by proper quar-
entine and other health regulations.
Senator Mcpherson said that while he be-
lievcd the clause objected to should be re-
tanned. he would not in list upon it as the prin-
cipal object of the bill was to prevent cruelty
to animals in transit, and to guard against
danger to public health from consumption OF
meat Of exhausted and i'll fed ANIMALS.
Without further action the Senate went into
executive session and soon after adjourned.