Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-05
The House.
STATE TO FEDERAL COURTS.

STATE TO FEDERAL COURTS.
WASHINGTON March 4.-The speaker an
nounced the regular order to be the considera-
ton of the bill regulating he removal of caus-
es from State to federal courts. The question
was ON the amendment offered by Mr.. Culber-
son, and it was agreed to without division. 1t
amends section two of the act to determine the
Jurisdiction of the United States courts so as
to read as follows:
Section 2. That any suit OF civil nature at law or
in equity coming under the constitutional laws OF
the United States, treaties made, or whcn snail De
under their authority of which circuit courts are
given the original jurisdiction by the preceding Sec
tion which may now be pending or may hereafter be
brought in State court, may be removed by defend
ant or defendants therein to the circuit court OF the
United States for the PROF district whenever it is
made to appear from the application OF such defend
ant or defendants that his their case depends i'll
whole or in part the correct construction of some
provisions of the constitution or law of the United
States and States treaty made by their authority
and any other suit at law or in equity in which the
circuit court of the United States are given urisdic
ton by the preceding section, which now pend
ing or may hereafter be brought in any State court
may be moved to the circuit court OF the United
States for the proper district, by the defendant or
defendants therein; provided such defendant or de-
PENDANTS are not residents Of the State in which the
cases are pending.
The amendment offered by the minority of
the committee on the judiciary, making the
minimum amount involved in suit five hum
circuit court may have orig inal jurisdiction,
instead of 81, 600 as proposed by the bill, was
rejected.
The amendments offered to the minority al
lowing the United States circuit court to take
original cognizance of any sult OF a Civil ma
ture arising under patent or copyright laws,
between a corporation and citizen in State
in which the corporation was carrylngson busl-
ness, was agreed to without division.
The minority amendment striking out the
clanse prohibiting United States circuit courts
from taking original recognizance of any suit
between a corporation and citizen OF state
except in a case arising under the patent and
copyright laws, and IN ike cases IN winch saio
courts are authorized to take original cognlz-
an.e of suits between citizens of the same
State. was rejected-yeas S. nays l67.
The minority amendment was adopted, pro-
v;dine that this act shall not affect the juris-
diction over or the disposition of any suit re-
moved from the court of any State, or suit
commenced in any United States court before
the passage hereof.
The bill then passed; yeas 160, nays Is.
The Speaker then proceeded to call commit
tees fer reports.
The House refused, yeas 109, nays LIT, to
take up the political assessments bill the Re
publicaps ali voting in the negative as did also
the following Democrats: Covert, Clymer,
Carlisle, Beltzhoover, Blackburn. FELTON,, Hook
er, Muller, Morse, O'Rielly. Ross, Parsons.
Phelps, Thompson, KY, Tucker, Warner,
Wells and F. Wood.
The House laid aside other official or1evssaud
went into committee of the whole on
motion of F. Wood, New York, who pro-
ceeded to address the committee ON
the funding bill. At the conclusion of Woods
speech the committee rose and Mr.. Gillett OBJ
tanned permission to have printed bill en-
titled "a bill to provide for payment OF the
public debt, which he stated he would offer as