Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-11
The House..
INTER-oCEANIC CANAL.

WASHINGTON. March l0.-Mr. Regain asked
and obtained leave to have printed the follow
ing resolution, which he would offer as a sub
stituts for the resolutions of the committee on
inter-oceanic canal:
ResOlye1, That while we recognize the general
interests of the whole commercial world in the
use of a ship canal or railroad across the 18TH
mus connecting North and South America, and
while we will respect that interest if such line
of inter-oceanic cOmmunicat ion shall be estab-
lished, we declare that rs the establishment of
such line of communication would practical
" connect the Atlantic and Mexican gulf and
the Pacific coast lines of the United
States, and as the United States
would have great local as we'll as general in
terest in common with other commercial row
ers and as the political control of such line of
communication would be vitality necessary to
her commercial interests and to the preserva-
lion of her territorial integrity and political
independence, she will insist whenever and by
on such political control of it as will give Sc
curity TO our commercial and political inter-
ests.
THE CALENDAR.
Bills were placed on the calendar, appropri-
stiug $500 900 for the relief of the poor of Ire
land; to restrict Chinese emigration; to pre-
vent removal Oh luulaub ITum OtAIcb lQLO Tue
Indian Territory.
AIIvELY sPAT.
Mr.. Dibrell, from the committee on invalid
pensions, reported back the bill to prevent the
Withholding Of pensions from pensioners under
the act of 1878. He asked to have the bill put
upon its passage.
MIR. Conger-ts it to restore jeff Davis to
the roll?
Mr.. Dlbrell-Jeff Davis is not pensioner.
Mr.. Conger-I object.
Mr. Dibrell-If the gentleman wants TO
show his nature to the Southern people SO bad
ly, he can object.
MIR. Conger-Tbat remark is unworthy of the
gentleman and the occasion.
Mr.. Dibrell-I am responsible for all l say
here and elsewhere.
Mr.. Conger-EsewhPre is good.
POLITICAL ASSESSMENTS.
Consideration was resumed of the political
assessment bill and the House was addressed
by Mr.. Young, of Ohio. He said that the gem
tleman from Tennessee (HOuse) had yesterday
taken occasion to insinuate charge of col
fusion and fraud against Gen. E. +. Noyes,
present member to France. This he had done
by quoting from the testimony of McLinn be-
fore the Potter committee, committee organ
lied to undertake the stupendous task of COW
ering mp the frauds of the Democratic leaders
in their attempts to steal or purchase the cleo
toral votes of several States. He defended and
eulogized the character of Gen. Noyes who had
been in front of the battle fighting for his coun-
try while the man who attacked him had been
in the legislative councils of the rebel confeder-
acy or leading rebel battalion doing their best
to overthrow the government. He opposed the
bill. He didn't doubt the earnestness of the
President in his professions of civil service re-
form. He disagreed with the President as to
his civil service reform policy. He believed in
the old Jacksonian doctrine that to the victors
belonged the spoils.
The gentleman from Tennessee had also at
tackled Secretary Sherman. The Democracy
had reason to be afraid of that gentleman, be-
cause he could not be inundated by Demo-
cratic bombast or rebel yells.
Mr.. Richardson, N. Y, opposed the bill.
Congress might enact this law, but public
opinion would condemn it for the intolerance
which robbed a citizen for holding a political
faith not in harmony with the majority of the
House.
Mr.. Crowley argued against the bill.
Mr. Rice offered an amendment including
members of Congress within the provisions Of
the bill and providing that any person violating
this law shall be Ineligible to hold any Office of
honor or emolument for two years thereafter
under the United States government.
Mr.. Hayes opposed the bill, charactcrizing
it as high-handed outrage and gross infringe
ment upon the rights of citizenship.
Mr.. Butterworth thought that the bill
should be entitled "a bill to create political
disability" He offered a substitute making it
unlawful for any person in the service of the
United States having clerks or other employees
under his control to levy, permit to be levied,
any assessment for political purposes, provid-
ing that nothing herein contained shall prevent
any and all officers of the United States from
making voluntary contributions for political
purposes.
Section two prohibits members of Congress
and other persons from paying any money to
any person with intent to corrupt or influence
the vote or political action of such person at
any election at which representatives to Con-
gress or Presidential electors are to be voted
| for.
| Section three makes it misdemeanor for any
person to offer threats or menace on election
day, or thirty days prior thereto, for the pur-
pose of preventing any other person from
| voting.
| He thought Congress, instead of addressing
itself to depriving q citizen of the right which
he held under the constitution, had better ad.
dress itself to preventing the evil, not of con-
tributions for legitimate purposes, but the
corrupt use of money and the corrupt use OF
bowie knives and shot guns. The propositions
presented by the present bill were not needed.
Congress had often considered them, and he
| found that the Democrats had been on both
sides of the question. This substitute would
put An end ~ the policy which had wiped on,