Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-03

on public lands, and for the repayment of GER
tain fees and commissions on void entries of
public land.
The session of Friday here ended.
FUNDS FOR CLAIMS.
MIR. Eden, chairman of the committee on
claims, reported : bill for the payment of
claims reported allowed by accounting officers
of the treasury. Passed. Tho amount appro-
priated is $246,8
NON CONQUERED IN.
Senate amendments to the deficiency appro-
priation bill were ion-ooncurred in, and q COM
mittee of conference ordered. The Speaker an
nounces the following conferers: Messrs.
Blount, Clymer and Baker on the postofice ap-
preparation bills and Blount, Sparks and
Baker on the deficiency bill.
sTRussEs.
Senate bill passed for furnishing trusses to
disabled soldiers.
THE SUGAR BILL.
After some discussion as to how long the de-
bate ON the sugar question should continue,
Mr., Robbins moved : vote on the bill and pend
ing amendments Be taken in one hour. This
motion was finally debated.
Mr.. Burchard then argued in support Of the
fered by Mr.. Garfield. The polariscope waa
not a test of the value Of sugar, because it did
not give the complete crystsizable strength of
sugar.
A motion being made to lay tho bill on tho
table, MIR. Burchard suggested the bill be with
drawn, and it was withdrawn, not to be pro
scented again this Congress.
Mr.. Whitthornes moved to suspend tho rules
and adopt resolution setting apart Monday,
at 10 A. NJ, for consideration of resolution
relative to the conduct of ex-Becretar airy Robson
and other ex-oficials Of the department, in the
sale and disposition of public property. De-
feated-yeas 1873; nays liz, not the necessary
two-thirds in the Affirmative.
PATENT LAWS.
A motion to suspend the rules and pass
Senate bill amending the patent laws with
amendments was rejected.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Mr.. Rice moved to suspend the rules and take
from the Speakers table for consideration and
amendments Senate bill extending the time for
the construction and completion of the North
ern Pacific railroad, debate to be limited to ten
minutes. Rejected-yeas 1874; nays 10, not
the necessary two-thirds in the affirmative.
Senate yellow fever bill was taken up and
l.
tablishes board of health to meet in Washing
ton to frame rules and regulations to make in
vestigations.
Mr.. Garfield favored the Senate bill. The
United States government was every way en-
powered by the constitution to make general
quarantine relations. If Congress could say
that no more than fifteen Cinnamon could be
brought into the country it could also say that
no more than fifteen germs of yellow fever
should be brought in. In the substitute every
thing was by your leave, Sovereign states.''
ing to make States greater than the federal
government, and that effort had cost millions
of lives, and thisleffort made to-day to estab-
lish the superiority of the States, if it results
in defeating the BILL would result in the loss of
as mauy more lives. If some bill were not
passed in less than four months the dread yell
than it did last season. In view of the great
danger it was no time for the gentlemen to be
discussing abstract prohibitions of constitu-
tiOnal law. IT the government had not power
to legislate for The lives of its people it was
time it was inverted with that power. ts+
Mr.. Stone thought the adoption of the sub
stitute would be fatal to the object aimed at
by the bill. Unless the strong arm of the gov
eminent interfered there could be no safety to
the people from the yellow fever. That disease
would not stop on the borders of Virginia be-
cause the gentleman from Virginia, Goode,
lie
Mr.. Chittenden opposed the Senate bill. For
Congress to come here and usurp State and mu-
nicipal power in regard to local quarantine
laws was not only vicious but outrag eous, and
not to be tolerated by the American people.
Laughter. He had the greatest respect for
Congress. but be must say the legislation of
the forty fifth Congress was dishonor to the
Intelligence of the American people, If Coa-
gress had worked more faithfully it might
have finished the appropriation bills before
Christmas, and the people would have shouted,
GLORY to God," it Congress had passed them
then and gone home. Laughter.
Mr.. Butler did not believe either
prevent there tnrn Of yellow
fever. Nothing but the strong arm of the mill
tary could make quarantine effective. In
1862 no yellow fever had crept into New Or
leans, although it had decimated the crews on
ships at the quarantine stations.
Mr.. Philips, Kansas, argued in favor of the
Senate bill and against the amendment IA en-
dangering the passage of any measure this SEES
sion. The substitute was then agreed to-yeas
l25; nays 113.
The question then REQUIRED on the passage of
the Senate bill as amended and by tellers it
was defeated II to III, and the yeas and nays
were ordered pending which, Mr.. Young fear
ing the defeat of the bill as amended moved to
reconsider the vote by which the substitute was
agreed to. Messrs Hooker and Goode, however,
insisted on the calling of the roll on the pas
sage of the amended bill, whereapon Mr.. Young
congratulated them on defeating the bill. The
Senate bill as amended was then rejected-yeas
liz; nays .128, all Republicans voting against
the bill, as did also most members from New
York city.
Mr.. Young moved to reconsider the last vote
and pending further action the House took a
recess.
YELLOW FEVER BILL.
WASHINGTON, March Upon reassembling
the motion to reconsider the vote rejecting the
Senate yellow fever bill, was taken up and Mr..
Young appealed to the House to pass either the
Senate bill or his substitute. After discussion
of a similar import to that which had taken
place earlier in the evening, Mr.. Beebe moved
to lay the motion to reconsider on the table.
Negatived, 50 to 80. = The vote was then recon
sidered. The effort to straighten out the par
liamentary tangle in which the House became
involved lasted for nearly an hour and was at
tended by noise, uproar and confusion, which
were turned into amusement by the sergeant
alarms shouldering his mace and stalking
around wherever appeared the most exotic
ment There was an evident majority in favor
Of the Senate bill if it COULD be Invested of the
House substitute, but that was 80 hard to get
at that finally Mr.. Garfield moved to lay the
bill on the table.
TRANSIT OF VENUS.
While the House was at the height of An.
other storm, the message from the Senate in
reference to printing the report of the observe
tions on the transit of Venus had . calming
influence, and shouts of laughter evinced the
legislative sense of the ludicrious suggested by
the message.
The bill was laid on the table, yeas 100, nays
100.
ANTI-CHINEsE BILL VETO.
MI. Harris moved to 60 into business on the