Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-28
FORTY-SiXTH CONGRESS.
Second Sessior.)
The Senate.

WASHINGTON May 27.-Senator Pendleton
submitted resolution requesting the PRESIDENT
TO communicate to the Senate whether any su-
nervisor or supervisors of the census appointed
by and with the advice of the Senate have been
removed from office by him or with his consent
and whether the successor to fill the vacancy
caused bv such removal has been appoint ed by
him or with his consent.
Senator Edmunds said he would like to see
that resolution in print. There was little
OF ber information of the same kind he would
add. The resolution went over.
On motion of Senator KlrkWood the Dill
passed authorizing the postmaster general to
t1eat the mail service between West st. Louis
and st. Louis as other than railroad service
and let it to the lowest bidder.
Bill passed providing for the re-apportion-
ment of members of the legislature in Mon
tana, Idaho, and Wyoming, by boards composed
of sneakers of the House of Representatives
and presidents OF The council, upon inc OASIS ol
the census of 1880.
On motion of Senator Thurman the bill passed
authorizing the purchase of ground contiguous
to the postoffice at Toledo, and to erect on the
ENLARGED grounds a building for United States
conrts. custom house, bonded warehouse, etc.,
and appropriating $4,000 therefore.
Thirty condemned bronze cannon were voted
EalrmOQu sAAS
statue of Major General Meade. 1t was stated
264 such cannon are on hand, and the rule of
the department is, First come first served, .
though they are probably all donated by varl-
Gus bills.
Senator Eaton's bill to provide for the appoint
nent by theIPresident of comm mlttee OF citizens
to investigate the question of the tariff was Ia
ken mp. Amendments reported by the
6nancec committee mostly verbal, agreed to.
Senator Garland moved to strike out all after
| the enactinp clauses and insert the language
| Of The bill formerly introduced by him provld-
| ing for a commission of three Senators ana
three members of the House, with whom three
| Others not members of either house shall be as
sociated, with authority to inquire into the sub
| iect of the tariff, and made speech 10 support
| OF his proposition.
The bill was temporarily laid aside, and the
| agricultural appropriation bill taken mp. Sen
| ator Window advocated the amendments pro-
! posed by the Senate appropriation committee
| the nrincipal of which IS to add an approprla
| tion of SIS, 900 for the purchase of machinery
and apparatus, and for experiments In manu-
| featuring sugar, from sorghum and corn
| stocks, and other sugar producing plants. Ine
com mmittee proposed an amendment appropri
| atinq ST. 900 instead of $5, 600 for experiments
| in connection with the culture and manufac
ture of tea and SO, 900 instead of St, 600 for ex
| periments for improvement of the varlehe:
| and culture of cotton.
Senator Hampton moved the hrst amend
ment read $4,000 and the second $4,000. Ex
periments in South Carolina and other South
ern States had shown tea could be cultivated II
this country. We were importing twenty mil
lions or twenty-five million dollars worth o.
tea annually, and should encourage everything
tending to domesticate this plant, and make
its importation unnecessary. He explained the
second part of his amendment by stating tina
it was too late in the season to make such ex
periments in cotton this year. There was M
occasion to import cotton seed, because tn
finest grades of cotton in the world are Ameri
can, and 81, ,000 was an ample amount Tor thu
appropriation Senator Hampton's amend
ment was agreed to.
| Senator Allison moved to amend the con-
mittee amendment so that the experiments Il
manufacturing sugar from sorghum and cor
stalks, shall be carried on and machlner
erected in one of the chief corn growing States
In opposition it was urged Washington was tn
place to erect the machinery, where the exper
ments could be carried on under the dlrec
supervision of experts Senator Allison amend
ment was rejected, yea, sixteen, nay, thirty
five. and the committee amendment agreed to
Other committee amendments and some othe
| unimportant amendments were agreed to, an
the bill passed. 1t adds about $2S,OO to tE
bill as it came from the House.
Senator Voorhees, introduced bill for tn
erection of building for United State officer
| at Terre Haute. Rejected. After q short ez
ecutive session adjourned.