Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-09
The House.
POSTAL STAR SERVICE

POSTAL STAR SERVICE.
WASHINGTON. Jan. S.-A resolution was
adopted directing the com mittee on appropria-
tions to inquire into the causes and extent Of
the probable deficiency in postal star service
for the fiscal year of 1889.
GARFIELD CONGRATULATED.
Mr.. Garfield appeared at his desk this morn
ing and received the con CALCULATIONS of his Re-
Democrats upon his successful contest for the
Ohio Senatorship.
MONUMENT TO GEN. HERKIMER.
Mr.. Prescott presented q communication
from Horatio Seymour asking for the passage
of bill for the erection of monument to
Gen. Herkimer. Referred.
LEAF TOBACCO.
r. Wood, chairman Of the ways and means
committee, reported resolution ealing upon
the secretary of the treasury for information
showing the number of licensed dealers in leaf
tobacco and the amount of revenue collected
from such dealers during the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1879 Adopted.
THE GLOVER REPORT.
Mr.. Wilson, from the committee on printing,
reported a resolution for printing the report of
the committee on expenditures in the treasury
department of the Forty-fifth Congress. known
as the Glover report, and the testimony accom-
panying the same.
MIR. Conger said that ipasmuch as it was
stated the report not in possession of the
House, or any committee, ne would demand its
reading. Pending action the morning hour ex-
pired.
THE REVISED RULES.
The House considered in committee of the
bol 10 bo nf tho r,iff
of the rules. MIR. Reagan, chairman of the
committee commerce attacked the new rule
that proposes to deprive that committee of the
duty of preparing the river and harbor appro-
priation bill and to assign it to the committee
on appropriations. MIR. Reagan said when the
proper time came he would move to strike out
the clauses providing that the river and harbor
bills when reported by the committee COM
merce should be referred to the committee on
appropriations, and insert instead provision
giving to the committee commerce the same
privileges in regard to the river and harbor bill,
as is accorded to the appropriation committee
in regard to other general appropriation bills.
MIR. Garfield, member of the committee on
rules, said that he cared more about the certlf-
cation of tie rules whole than he did about
the adoption of any particular rules. He
thought, however, the proper course would be
to take such report and pass on the proposed
rules. He would not enter into the controversy
raised by the gentleman from Texas because
he Garfield, occupied standpoint SO nearly like
that occupied by that gentleman on one fea-
ture of the case that he could speak in full
sympathy with him. He believed in the
river and harb3r legislation of the country.
He believed in promoting these great internal
water courses, and was proud of the fact that
at the beg inning of the late war the business
of opening up the great water courses of the
country had commenced, and that since 1861
almost 1925, 900 900 had been expended on that
work. That was glory which Congress ought
to be proud of. That work ought to go until
it eliminated in making perfect channels IN
the waterways wherever there were great
navigablc rivers or harbors to be opened or
improved. Therefore he didn't speak as hos
tile to the river or harbor bill. He spoke from
another and larger view. There were
two great committees that stood with
their backs, so to speak, to each other, facing
in opposite directions. These were tue COM
mittees on ways and means aud appropriations.
1t was the business Of one to decide where the
revenue should be procured to meet the expeu-
ditures of the government. and it was the bust
ness of the other to decide the aggregate
amount OF those expenditures. The same rca-
son that would turn over the river and harbor
bill to the committee On commerce would turn
over the army bill to the committee mill
tary affairs, the navy bill to the committee on
naval affairs. and the Indian bill to the COM
mittee on Indian affairs, and so on.
During period of four years. during
which he was chairman of the committee
on appropriations, the practice had been for
that committee, after looking over all the esti-
mates, to decide the aggregate amount of ap-
preparations and to notify the military, naval
and commerce committees of the amount that
could be assigned TO each branch, SO that when
the committee on commerce. thus notified,
prepared the river and harbor bill in accord
avid -ha,, hot
to the committee on appropriations it was
afterwards referred beck to the House, and
the committee on commerce was requested
to take care of it. That he regarded as the
proper course and Mr.. McLain asked Garfield
whether if the committee on military affairs
reported an increase of the army by 10000
men, and Congress had so legislated, the COM
mittee appropriations wouldn't be bound
TO report an increased appropriation.
| On Garfield asserting to that, he also asked
| him whether the same rule should not apply to
report of the committee on commerce for the
! improvement of rivers and harbor=.
Mr.. Garfield replied that the only legislation
! by which river and harbor Improvements were
authorized was by the river and harbor bill
itself. He admitted, however, that it might
be wise for the committee on commerce to re-
! port and for Congress to decide what rivers and