Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-30
The House.

Monday
The House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-The regular order be-
ing demanded, consideration was resumed of
the bill declaring all public roads and high
ways post routes. The previous question was
seconded and the bill passed, yeas 1874, nays 81
UNITED STATES PETIT JURORS.
Mr.. Herbert, from the committee on judIcl-
airy, reported bill providing no person shall
serve as petit Juror in any United States court
more than three weeks during any enc year.
Pending action on the bill the morning hour
expired.
A Joint resolution appronriating $4,000 for
the purpose of enabling the United States hsh
commissioner to represent the United States
at the international fishery exhibition at Ber-
lin, April next, was reported from the commit
tee on foreign affairs and objected to by Mr.
Mcmillan.
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Mr. Knott, chairman of the committee on ju-
dietary, reported back the bill for the relief of
owners and purchasers of lands sold for direct
taxes in the insurrectionary States. Referred
to the committee of the whole.
MIR. New. from the same committee, reported
back the bill amending section 76O, revised
statutes, SO as to provide that when a State con-
tains more than one district or division, every
suit not of local nature in the circuit or dis
trict courts thereof against single defendant
must be brought in the division where he re-
sides; but if there are two or more defendants,
residing in different districts it may be brought
in either division, and duplicate writ may be
issued against defendants directed to the mar
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moval of cases from State to United States
courts, such removal shall be to the United
States court held in the division in which said
State courts are held. Passed.
FREE COINAGE.
Mr.. Warner, from the committee on coinage,
weights and measures, reported back, with
amendments a bill to stop paper imitation, and
providing for the needed increase of the vol
ume of currency by free coinage of gold and
silver, and the issue of gold and silver certlf-
Gates. Ordered printed and recommitted.
THE RULES.
The House then went into con- mittee of the
whole On revision of rules.
Mr.. Blackburn stated he had found there was
a great deal of opposition to the amendment
offered yesterday by the gentleman from Vir-
ginia, Tucker, which had for its object the pre-
He hoped, therefore, that the amendment
would be withdrawn inasmuch as if it were
agreed to it might endanger the final adoption
of the whole series of rules.
MIR. Tucker thought it would be the better
policy for the House to adopt his amendment,
but be would nevertheless, withdraw it.
The amerdm being withdrawn MIR. Will
liams Wis, submitt'd an amendment provid
ing that after 80 o'clock members should not
be called from the chamber by card or other
wise
MIR. Steele thought it would be as wise to
have amendment providing that members
should vote right.
Mr. Williams-That would destroy the Dem
Ocratic party.
Mr. Steele-Some men can't help Juggling in
politics in every question. God help such
men. Uaughter.)
MIR. Williams amendment was rejected. as
was also one offered by Mr.. o Neil, giving
mem bers the right to admit their friends when
they saw fit to the lobby back of the speaker $
chair.
That clause of rule having been reached
which relates to the announcement of pairs u
number of amendments were offered and re-
jected among them one providing that pair
should be announced unless one of the parties
to the pair was absent with leave. The clause
was finally agreed to with an amendment pro-
viding that pairs shall not be announced more
than once during the Same Legislative day.
Rule o. relative to questions of privilege,
having been reached, Mr.. Spring
er submitted an amendment. including
among those questions such conduct
as disqualified n member from holding offices
of honor, trust or profit under the government.
He thought that if a member of the House had
been guilty of any conduct which disqualified
him under the law from holding any office of
honor and trust, that ought To be such cues
ton of privilege as entitled the House to act
upon it.
Mr.. Garfield thought it would be unwise to
introduce an element of that part in the rules
unless the party had been convicted of the
crime The House should become criminal
to determine whether he had committed crime
or not. The amendment was rejected. Rule
8 was then agreed to without amendment.
Rule 10, relative to composition of
committees, being reached, on mo-
ton of MIR. Coffroth membership
of the committee on invalid pensions was in
creased from eleven to fifteen, and a similar
increase was made in the membership of the
committee on claims, on motion of MIR. Bright.
Amendments were offered chang ing the name
of the committee of levees and improvement
of the mississippi river to that of the commit
tee on improvement of the Mississippi river
and its tributaries and increasing the men,
bership of that committee from eleven to thir-
teen, but they were passed over for the present
until it should be determined whether the
power of that committee shall be increased.
Rule ten was then agreed to as amended.
The committee then proceeded to the CON-
sderation of rule eleven, relating to the duties
of the appropriation committee, but without
coming to a vote the committee rose, and the
House adjourned.