Daily globe., 1879-02-13
House Of Representatives.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. l2.-The conference report
on the bill to abolish the volunteer navy of the
United States was agreed to.
JUDGE BLoDGETT.
The testimony taken by the judiciary COM
mittee in the matter of Judge Blodgett Chi
cago, was ordered printed Also Senate bill in
regard to the census.
LEGISLATIVE BILL.
The House then went into committee of the
whole, Mr.. Blackburn in the chair, on the leg
islative, judicial and executive appropriation
bill, and Mr. Ellsworth submitted an amend
1nent reciting some remarks made by Mr.. Finley
yesterday il favor of reduction of his own
salary and granting the gentleman leave to re-
celve as little of his salary as he saw fit, the
surplus OF such salary to go to ten of the most
deserving families in his district.
MIR. Finley suggested the surplus should go
to the gentleman offering the amendment. The
amendment ruled out of order
The item in regard to public printing gave
rise to discussion of the management of the
government printing Office, Messrs. Calkins,
Hanna, Fort and Luttren eulogizing Superin-
tendent Defrees and alleging that the recent
investigation OF that Office was a star chamber
lnq ulry. The allegation was strenuOusly denied
by MIR. Finley, chairman of the committee
which conducted the inquiry.
MIR. Cabell moved TO reduce the appropria-
tion for detecting and bringing to trial PERSONS
guilty Of violating internal revenue laws from
$1,000 600 to S75, ,0OO
MIR. Durham said it was due to honest dis
til;ers that sufficient sum should be ap-
propriated to abolish moonshiners.
Mr.. Davis said the law in regard to detect
ing frauds was dead letter. In Chicago and
internal revenue collectors and corruption
was rot as much in distillng as in the detec-
tives.
Mr.. Baker called attention to the fact that
the two Thousand seven hundred violators of
the law in the Southern States who had plead
ed guilty had never suffered Imprisonment for
their fault.
After some further discussion MIR. Cabell's
amendment was rejected.
MIR. Hewitt, of Alabama, submitted an
amendment requiring the marshal or officer
making arrest of any person charged with
violation of the revenue law, to carry his pris-
oners to the nearest officer who is authorized
to take bail.
MIR. Throckmorton cited case where the
marshal had brought prisoner one hundred
and twenty-five miles, although there was a
commissioner near where he made the arrest
and Mr.. Herbert stated that Commissioner Sa-
lem, last winter, issued warrants for the ar
rest of persons all over the State, who were
brought hundreds of miles to MONTGOMERY at
great expense to the government, and on their
Sies'o inoohVehlehce anu injury. Finally the
amendment was adopted, yeas 81, NAYS 81,
On motion OF MIR. Conger, assented to by the
chairman of the committee. the appropriations
for salaries of the general superintendent and
assistant general superintendent Of the life
saving service were increased from $4,000 to
S9,OO0 and from 50. 0O0 to $4,000.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Harrison and
advocated by Messrs. Aldrich and Burchard,
Ill., to increase the salary of the assistant treas
urer at Chicago, from $4 600 to s4, 50O was re-
jected.
After progressing as far as the 55th page of
the BILL the mmittee rose, and multaneously
struggle took place between those favorine