Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-13
FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Second SESSION.
The Senate.

WASHINGTON. Feb. Ex-senator Saunders in
troduced bill to abolish all duties on the i'm
portation Of salt.
Senator Davis, of West Virginia, said if The
Senator from Georgia had been in his seat to
day he (Davis) would have moved to take ur
the motion to reconsider the vote appointing
special committee on the inter oceanic canal.
Delay on this subject was not caused by him OF
his motion to reconsider. He was and haC
been ready to consider the matter at any time
Senator Hereford, from the committee or
commerce, reported, with an amendment. the
House bill for the construction of marine
hospital at Memphis. Placed on the calendar
Senator Davis, of Illinois, from the commit
tee on Judiciary reported adversely on the
House resolution for the appointment of g
joint committee to investigate the present sys.
tenn of salaries, fees and emaluments allowed
officers of the United States, and to ascertain
if any abuses exist. Placed on the calendar.
Senator Morrill,, from the committee on
education and labor, reported q bill to incor-
porate a national educational association.
P .aeed on the calendar.
The calendar was then considered, and the
bill granting pension to Herman Netterfeld,
but reported adversely by Senator Ingalls, from
the committee on pensions, was taken up.
Nettertield was o citizen scout, acting under
military orders, when he was disabled. The
discussion of this bill was upon the point
whether scouts in the army should be paid pen
sions the same as soldiers disabled, and was
interrupted by the morning hour having ex-
PRED, when consideration was resumed of the
bill for the ascertai ment of the amount of
land located on military warrants, and for the
payment of per cent. of its value to the vari-
Gus States named, and Senator Mcdonald con-
tinued his remarks in favor of the bill.
Senator Mcdonald argued that all public lands
tata ~, ka
of the enabling acts were to be exempted from
State taxation for four years from their sale,
should be considered as opened to sale, and
that the five per cent. on these was due to the
States. He held that location on military
scrip was a sale within the meaning of the acts
referred IT,. The lands were given as bonus
to those who served the government in place of
much money.
Senator Thurman made some remarks on the
bill, saying he wasn't We. prepared to oppose or
advocate it, but sought information. 1t seemed
to him that the lands and various reservations
in Ohio granted soldiers, were included in the
sales as Interpreted by the Senator from In
diana (McDonald). Ohio was poor aud needed
this money of course, but he wasn't sure that
it belonged to her. If these lands were ex-
cludel, Ohio would receive $4,000, and be
taxed over 100000. This would be bad
speculation for Ohio. But if the bill
was just he would support it. There had
been newspaper statements that the bill WAS to
giant money to rebel States. This was absurd.
If passed it would be pecuniarily detrimental
to all the Atlantic and Gulf States, and bene-
fetal solely to the Western and Northern
s. ates. He held that the lands granted by mil
itary warrants were given compensation in
place of pay. Until the reading of the COM
missioner's report he hadn't thought the
States entitled to the per cent. on any but
cash sales, but he wasn't very sure that he
wouldn't change his opinion.
The discussion then closed for to-day.
Senator Blaine submitted the following reso-
luton: That the President be respectfully re-
qucsted, if in his judgment not incompatible
with public interests, to communicate to the
Senate any information in possession of the
government touching the alleged false statis-
tics and fabricated testimony imposed on the
Halifax commission and used as the basis of
their award in the matter of the fisheries.
Adopted.
Senator Wallace, from the committee on ap-
pointments, reported with amendments the
House joint resolution authorizing the secre-
tary of the interior and secretary of war to
employ additional clerks Placed on the cal
endar.
After an executive session adjourned until
Monday.