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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-26
THE LEGISLATURE
A BRISK DAY IN ROTH BRANCHEs
and A HOST OF NEW BILLS.
The Senate Starts Twenty New Bills and
Passes the General Appropriation Bins
for 1879 and 1880 seventy-four New
Bills In the Housewives Sixty Senate
Bills Read the First limo and Thirty
Bills Passed.
THE SENATE.

A fair business day was Witnessed in the
Senate yesterday in the number of bills in
PRODUCED, the number passed, and the num-
Der considered in committee of the whole.
Among the bills introduced was one pro-
vlding for the disposal of the 100000 acres
OF internal improvement lands, and to en-
courage settlement upon the same. The
bill contemplates the payment of the State
railroad bonds by the issue of land warrants
IN exchange for the bonds, which warrants
may be located upon these lands. The bills
appropriating money for the general
State expenses for the years
1879 and 1880 were passed, and
also number of others of importance
and general interest. In committee of the
whole, although considerable number of
bills were passed upon, there waa DISPOSE
ton to defer the more important ones, and
the bills relating to savings banks, tramps
and Migrants, defining and furnishing va
grants, forest culture, delinquent taxes, relief
OF seed grain borrowers, salaries of State
officers, and the duties of executors, were
laid aside. An effort was made to fix the
salary of the clerk of the supreme court at
$1,000 per annum in addition to his fees. but
determined opposition had the effect to de-
fer action on the bill fixing the salaries of
State officers, that Senators might have an
opportunity of informing themselves upon
the prospect of the clerk being able to make
a respectable living out of the fees of the
office alone.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-26

MIR. JORDAN, one of the editors OF the Min.
neapolis Tribune, is the agent of the asso-
ciated press at Minneapolis, and he had the
partisan impudence and indecency to send the
following telegram over the country YES
terday:
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 25.-The taking of testi-
mony by the contestant in the contested cleo.
ton case of Donnelly against Washburn, in the
Third Minnesota district, closed last evening
The investigation extended through forty DAYS
and is generally admitted to have shown The
election an unusually fair one. None of the
charges have been sustained in any particular
and it is understood Washburn has concluded
not to go through the form of taking test i.
mony.
This is sample of good deal of the 20.
itical stuff which the associated press in
dulges in, and it is time there was a remedy
If the statements were true, (Which they are
not) it is partisan message unfit for the
general press of the country, and Mr.. Jordan
onght to be dismissed at once for the advan-
tage which he has taken of his position TO
perpetrate a partisan outrage.
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ENGLISH GRAIN.

With a Falling Of in Imports, Slight Ad-
vance in Prices is Noted-whiIe the Mar.
kets Generally Show More Activity.
LONDON, Feb. 25.-The Mark Lane E:cDress
says business has been somewhat firmer with
an advance Of a shilling per quarter on sound
home grown wheat in few country markets,
The arrivals from abroad have been light,
except of -four, last Mondays returns show
ing only $4,000 quarters of foreign wheat,
while the subsequent supply up to Friday had
not reached 10000 quarters, chiefly Ameri-
can, Russia sending us nothing. The course
of business throughout the week has been
quiet but steady. Speculation is wanting,
but consumption continues. Prices are
fully maintained for all descriptions of wheat.
Russian varieties advanced pence to q
shilling per quarter. Sales were not very,
numerous, but the tendency has been to-
wards rise rather than fall and trade lost
much of languor prevailing for some
months. Rather higher rates have been de-
manded for maize and inquiry was thereby
checked. Barley, oats and other feeding
corn were dull, but late rates were maintain
ed. Sales of English wheat were $50 quar-
ters, at 81 shillings z pence per quarter,
against 42,496 quarters, at So shillings 8
pence per quarter during the same period of
previous year. Imports into the United
Kingdom for week ending February Is,
873,776 hundred weights wheat, and 18O,525
hundred weights flour.
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a FEASIBLE. PLdN.

There have been numerous propositions to
pay of the old railroad bonds of 1853 with
the $4,000 acres of internal improvement
lands. In 1870, we believe, one of the
plans was adopted by the people, and only
failed because by it's terms the surrender Of
two thousand bonds was necessary to make
it operative. These previous propositions
involved the literal exchange of the bonds
for the lands, compelling the bondholders to
take land or nothing. The present plan
substitutes land scrip for the bonds, leayino
it optional with the bondholder whether ba
takes scrip and lays it upon the land or holds
or sells the scrip.
The bill suggested by the Chamber Of
Commerce proposes that the State Auditor
acting as Land Commissioner shall appra,sa
the 100000 acres of internal improvement
lands at such prices that the appraisal shall
amount in the aggregate to the face of the
bonds with the interest coupons attached.
Then the holder of bonds, in large or small
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amount, can surrender his bonds and cou-
pons and receive therefor land scrip of q
corresponding amount. If he wishes the
actual land he can take, at the appraised
figures, what he desires and pay for it with
his scrip. Or if he does not want the land
he can put his scrip upon the market and sell
it to those who do desire to become possess
ors of the soil.
AL interest on the bonds ceases when the
act is approved by the people. The land
scrip neither draws interest or is taxable, but
the moment land is taken with the scrip, the
land becomes subject to taxation. If the
legislature should approve and the people
adopt this measure, it would not only settle
vexed question, but it would be one of the
greatest immigration movements ever inau-
gurated. Every holder of scrip would either
become land owner himself, or would seek
to make some one else land owner. The
scrip would necessarily go into the market
and be picked up by those wishing to secure
farms IN Minnesota. 1t is measure which
the people of the State ought to endorse as
an aid to immigration if nothing else.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-26
IN IDIDTTG IDEA

For few minutes yesterday little inter-
est was excited at the capitol by the follow
ing paragraph in Des Moines letter to Bill
Kings paper:
I saw in the Pioneer Press formidable list
OF swamp lands in the State of Minnesota
winch the legislature proposes to turn over to
ed to the State by the act of Congress of Sep
TENDER, 1850, the legislature Of Minnesota will
learn by referring to q recent decision of the
United States supreme court, American Emf
grant Company VS.. Adams county, Iowa, that
they cannot appropriate swamp lands to any
such purpose. The legislature eff Iowa passed
a law authorizing counties to appropriate their
swamp lands to railroads, and the supreme
court says it is void and all contracts made
under 1t are void, and the county officers and
persons parties to such contracts are confeder-
ates in fraud upon the United States govern
ment. Although the law of the State provided
that those who took the lands should take them
subject to the act OF Congress, and release the
state and the county from all liability under
the act OF Congress making the grant to the
State the court says this proviso Is void for the
reason that the State cannot accept indemnity
from private persons for a breach of trustee
ship; that the State cannot thus throw off an
express trust.
A very few minutes suficed to show that
the writer was first-class idiot. The swamp
lands are given direct to the counties in Iowa.
and Adams county gave deed in escrow to
the American Emigrant company, to be de-
llvered on condition that the company per-
formed certain acts. The conditions were
not complied with, but the deed was sur
reptitiously recorded, and suit was brought
to set the deed aside. The court dismissed
the suit, and the county then tried to tax the
land, and the assessment was declared to be
void, it being held that the decree of the
court In dismissing the suit was proper,
That IS all the suit of Adams county, Iowa,
against the American Emigrant Company has
to do with the validity of Congressional
swamp land grants. There would be as
much sense and connection in announcing
that man was guilty of murder because he
attended a prayer meeting.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-26

REPRESENTATIVE BoHAN, of Blue Earth
county, is in sorry fix. Last evening when
the bill appropriating moneys for repairs on
the normal schools came up for passage, he
kept tally of the vote, and thought the bill
lacked vote or two of the number neces-
sary to secure its passage He therefore
changed his vote from yea to nay for the
purpose of moving reconsideration in case
of the failure of the bill. When the vote
was announced and the bill was declared to
have been passed, he sought to place himself
right on the record, but objection being
made he appears upon the journal as voting
against al appropriation for needed repairs
at the normal school located in his own
town. It's joke on Mr.. Bohan, to be sure,
but it places him where he don't want to be
placed and where he didn't desire to be
placed.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-26

An appropriation is asked of the legisla-
ture for $500 for the publication of the pro-
csedings of the first annual meeting of the
State Dairymen's association, recently held
in this interest. The object of the. associa-
ton is the encouragement of one of the most
important interests of the State, too long
neglected. The proceedings of the associa-
and it's general dissemination could not but
exert healthy and beneficial influence, and
It is to be hoped the legislature will see the
wisdom of granting the small appropriation
asked in aid of the undertaking.
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SALTWATER NEWS.

Mike Gillespie proved the fortunate holder
OF the ticket which drew the pony ratified by
James Griffin Monday.
The Literary and Dramatic club give a
miscellaneous entertainment this evening, at
the Universalist church.
NJ. Z. A. Goodhue, general agent for the
Minnesota Chief for the States of Wisconsin
and Illinois, is in the city on short fur
Tough.
The social hop at Mannerchor hall, last
evening, was fairly attended, and proved an
enjoyable affair. The next dance of the Sc
ries will take place in two weeks.
MIR. I. Sax, whose gymnastic abilities have
secured him many diplomas and prizes, has
been secured by the St. Paul Turnverein to
assist in their gymnastic exhibition, Wednes-
day evening, March 5.
MIR. G. c. Clendennin, State deputy of the
I. 0. III. A., was in the city yesterday, having
visited the night previous the newlv-oraan-
lied lodge in this city. This lodge has
proved a success, and now numbers over
forty members.
WIN. hOnkle, Who was sent up two months
ago for the larceny of a coat from the Phila-
delphia clothing establishment, was released
yesterday, his sixty days sentence having
expired. This was his second sentence, and
in all probability he will try and get another
in order to put in the winter.
Miss Aggie Green has accepted an invita-
ton extended her by committee of New
Richmond gentlemen to give a. reading in
that city Saturday evening, March l. Miss
Green hiss displayed such ability as public
reader that she will doubtless meet with
fattering success in this, her second appear
ance in her new role.
w. Wychoff, who runs the Saltwater &
Taylors Falls stage, had valuable bear skin
robe stolen from his sleigh Monday evening.
Mr.. Wychoff has been in the habit of leaS-
ing the stage in front of the Sawyer house
during the night with all his robes in it, but
heretofore they were not touched There
were several other robes in the stage at the
time, none of which were taken. The robe
is very fine one, being highly valued by the
owner. The police were informed of the
theft yesterday, but have not found any trace
of the thief.
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THERE seems to he no immediate prospect

THERE seems to he no immediate prospect
of the success Of the scheme to unseat Sena-
tor Butler, of South Carolina, and place
Corbin in the position. Senators Cameron,
of Pennsylvania, Conover, of Florida, and
Patterson, of South Carolina, have an
nounced that they will not consent to any
such iniquity, and as consequence it can
not be perpetrated for lack of the requisite
majority. A vote will be forced, however,
at an early day, but there is no danger of it's
contamination. Cameron is independent of
the party whip, while the other two have no
further favors to expect from the Republican
party and are also on record as opposing
Corbin's claim. There need be little fear
that the scheme will prove success.
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Chandler. to Dnlsezz.

Representative Dalzeli, of the Ohio leg
islature, has received the following letter
from Senator-ele Chandler:
LANSING, Mich, Feb. 17.--DEAR s1n
Yours of the 18th is at hand. Please ac-
cept my thanks for your congratulations
and expressions of friendship. NV candi-
date for the Presidency will be the candi-
date of the Republican party, whoever he
may be. Whether it be Grant, Blaine
Sherman, or some one else, but I..orefer =
candidate who has national reputation.
and whose fidelity to the principles Of the
Republican party cannot be questioned.
Above all, we must have candidate who
can be elected because possessed of ouali
ties that the people can heartily endorse.
Very truly yours, q. CHANDLER.
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CONGRESS-.

The backward state of business in Con-
gress has given rise to a fear that there will
be no agreement of the two houses on sew
eral very important measures, and that there
fore an extra session will be inevitable.
There is certainly ground for such fear,
but yet there is some hope that an agreement
will be reached by which such contingency
can be avoided. A Washington correspond
ent who is usually we'll informed, predicts
that compromise, or series of compro-
misses, will be affected, and that they will be
pretty much as follows:
The Senate will not allow the supervisors
law to be repealed under any circumstances.
1t is thought that the Democrats will concede
that much in the end rather than face an extra
session. The Senate will not insist upon strik-
ing out OF the army appropriation bill the
clause forbidding the use of troops for cleo
lions. The House will make no issue over the
killing of tbe army reorganization scheme. 1t
is a dead subject. The Senate will not insist
upon the Brazilian mail subsidy, as the House
will reject it. The Senate will also concede
the repeal of the test oath for jurors. Were it
not for new determination upon the
part OF the Republican Senators, there
would not be much of any doubt about the
disposal of the regular business pending be-
tween now and the 4th of March, The Repub-
lican. Senators intend to bring up the Butler
Corbin case, and have announced their inten-
ton of pushing this to vote. If this is done
the Democratic Senators say that they will not
allow vote to be taken if they have to occupy
all the remaining time between now and the
4th OF March They simply say that they will
not allow vote to be taken.
We certainly trust that there will not be
any necessity for an extra session, but if the
Democrats should force one, by insisting
upon the repeal of the supervisors of cleo
ton law, we are convinced that the country
would uphold them in their conduct. Yet it
may be expedient to forego this repeal till
another session. The law will be practically
imperative until the general election in 1880,
and in the meantime the law can be repealed
by Congress in which both houses are
agreed. If they shall succeed in having the
use of troops at elections forbidden, in
abolishing the jurors test oath, and in de-
feating the Brazilian subsidy steal, they will
have accomplished sufficient to entitle them
to the gratitude of the country. 10 permit
the supervisors of election bill to go over,
would not. therefore, be national calamity
under the circumstances. 1t would be SIM
ply postponement of the matter, which
could be amply atoned for in the future.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-26

HE public generally will regret to learn
that the financial troubles of Archbishop
Purcell, of Cincinnati, are not at an end, but
seem to grow greater as time advances
Claims against him have now been filed
amounting in the aggregate to over three
million dollars, and he has. only about one
third Of that amount of assets. No faint of
dishonesty attaches to tho archbishop for his
discharge of the trust reposed in him, but
the verdict will be unanimous that the ex-
pertinent of combining secular with clerical
duties is a failure.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-26
A College Rebellion.

HARTFORD, Feb. 25-Students of Trinity
college having disobeyed an order of the
faculty, eight of the most prominent Offend
ers were suspended and required to leave
town. Other students asked that this de-
clslon be reconsidered, but the faculty re-
manned obdurate, and now the young men
refuse to attend any college exercise. They
have appealed to Bishop Williams
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THE HOUSE.

Yesterday was emphatically working day
in the House, and consequently there is lit
tie to be said Of it aside from the routine
record of the proceedings. The only cpl
sode of the forenoon was brief passage
arms between Messrs. Gearey and McCartY
on local bill which the former wished to
have passed under suspension of the rules,
Mr.. Gearey triumphed and nobody was
hurt.
The afternoon was consumed in the hear
ing of reports of committees and the first
reading of Senate bills. A good deal of this
work was transacted. The evening was de-
voted to the third reading of House bills.
About dozen Of these, none of special inn
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-26
The EciEs of Democratic Rule.
New York World

Boston is a Democratic city and Georgia is
Democratic State, and the accursed corrup-
ton and extravaganza of Democratic rule have
80 wrought upon the credit of these unhappy
communities that they are now the only two
bodies polite in the country, exclusively of
the United States, which can float per cent.
loans at par. The rascally public officials of
Georgia, to conceal their nefarious schemes
and the exhausted condition of the treasury.
have even adopted the miserable suhterfnoe ~
paying their obligations before they fall due.
Such are the fatal results of overthrowing the
government of the carpet-bagger, by the car
pet-bagger and for the carpet-bagger, and
substituting in its place syst EN- which has
no nob1er aim than making both ends meet
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ST. PAUL. WEDNESDAY. FEB. 26, 1879.

The members of the legislature seem to
have made up their minds to go to work in
earnest to clear up the business before them,
from this date to the close of the session.
Notwithstanding this it is doubtful if the
business of the legislature can be closed up
in time, and there is prospect that an extra
session will be necessary.
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Overwhelming and Complete.
EAklan4a Ge.l:Ll.

70 our mind, the chain of evidence, direct
and corroborative, is overwhelming and COM
plete; and it must be admitted. moreover,
that the Democratic ciphers pilfered by Re
publicaus and sought to be made the means
Of covering the Democratic party with con.
fusion have served a most worthy end in es-
tablishing beyond all doubt that the right
fully elected President was disposaessed5 of
his Office by the foulest frauds that ever dis
graced a political party.
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The Sonora Revolution.

SAN Francisco, Feb. pa dispatch from
Tucson, Arizona, says: Private advices re-
ceived this morning from Sonora state that
the Legislature has just transferred extra
ordinary powers on Governor Mariscat, and
that in pursuance thereof the Governor was
inaugurating most vigorous measures to
thoroughly suppress the revolution. Orders
have gone out that each district must fur
nish it's quota of troops. All this proves
the alarming character of the revolution.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-26

d. R. Ferguson, postal clerk. Philadelphia,
arrested in December last, charged with steal
ing letters, poisoned himself in his cell yester-
day with prussic acid and died in few min
utes afterward.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-26

The body of B. F. Thompson, of Coldwater.
Rock, Ark, yesterday, with his throat cut.
Thompson visited Little Rock some two weeks
ago looking for place to locate, and carelesslv
showing considerable money, it is supposed
ne was murdered and his body thrown into the
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LAND SCRIP FOR BONDS.
4 NEW PLAN FOR SETTLING THE
Old STATE RAILROAD BONDS.

Memorial to the Legislature by the st. Paul
Chamber of Commerce--A Proposition to
Issue Land Scrip for the old Railroad
Bonds and Apply the Scrip on the $780,
900 Acres of Internal Improvement
Lands--The Lands to Wipe Out tho Hntire
Debt.
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Wa,ats to Ka,o,v, Yo,s K,,o,y
Louisville Courier-Journa].I

' 111o NOu11cI-UUUIuHl.J 3GIN-
Senator Window appears to be still api-
tating the negro emigration scheme. Mr..
Window should be kind enough to state to
which Northern commu unity he desires to lead
these Southern negroes. Perhaps those
communities would like to know, you know.
We have heard of no offer from Mr.. Blaine
OF an asylum in his State, nor has Mr.. Ed
munds. intimated that Vermont would like
to have some. --'-
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portance save the appropriation for repairs
on the Normal schools. Mr.. Jones' bill for
reforming the judicial districts was killed
most etfectually, and that gentleman was
therefore ready to throw up the sponge on
all other measures emating from the COM
mlttee on retrenchment. He soon regained
his accustomed good nature, however, and
Will be ready to fight for his measures with
his usual obstinaey.,
The Sum total Of the days work is about
as follows: Seventy four new bill were in.
troduced; sixty odd Senate bills were sent on
their way rejoicing, and about thirty bills Of
diverse nature were passed. It is about
the first good days work yet accomplished