Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-06
Senate.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Senator Davis form
ally convened the chamber at noon.
The credentials of Senator-elect Window
were presented and he was duly qualified and
entered upon his duties.
Resolutions for committees of notification
of the house of representatives and the presi-
dent in forming the organization of the SEN
ate, were adopted.
large number of bills were introduced,
among them the following; By Garland, for
the appointment of commission to Investigate
questions of tariff and revenue laws by Beck,
for returning trade dollars and recoining
them into standard dollars; by Miller
California;, to enforce the treaty stip.
ulatlons relative to the Chinese; by Conger
to promote the efficiency Of the life-saving
service; by Window, to incorporate the Gar
field memorial hospitals by Logan, TO place
L. S. Grant upon the retired list of the army.
A recess was taken till 2:30 p. m. to await
notification ofthe organization.
Among the petitions introduced and tenn
porarily laid on the table were a number on
unjust determinations in railroad rates, and
10 forbid alleged extortions in freight and
transportation charges; by Logan, from the
army officers, for the compulsory retirement
of officers after forty five years service.
Ferry submitted a resolution instructing
the committee on patents to consider and re-
port, by bill or otherwise, such proposed leg
islation as shall protect all innocent purcha-
sers and users of any device, invention or ar
ticle patented under the laws of the United
States from the payment or obligation to pay
any royalty for such purchase or use of any
patented article abandoned to the pub
lie or general use by the inventor or
patentee, or from the patent of any
royalty for such purchase or use of any pat
ented article whatever, unless the claim there
for shall be made or represented by the invent
or or patentee 10 the purchaser or user Of the
same within two years after such purchase or
first use of the device or article claimed to
have been patented. Ferry asked present con-
sideration of the same, but the resolution was
laid over one day under the rules.
Senator Sherman introduced bill to pro-
vide for the issue Of 3 per cent. bonds. This
bill authorizes the secretary or any assistant
secretary of the treasury to receive lawful
money of the United States to the amount of
$50 or any multiple of that sum and to issue
in exchange therefor an equal amount of reg
istered or coupon bonds Of the United
States, bearing interest at the
rate of 3 per cent. per annum, pay
able quarterly or semi-annually at the treasury
such bonds to be exempt from all taxation, to
be payable at the treasury after January l,
1887, and the money received for these bonds
to be applied solely TO the redemption of SH
per cent. bonds. The aggregate
amount to be deposited under this
act is not to exceed $500 O00, 900.
Senator Edmunds Offered q resolution to
continue the committees as they existed at
last session.
Senator Pugh moved an amendment au-
thorizing the present senate to decide wheth-
er the committees shall be equally or other
wise divided between the two political parties,
laid over without action, and the senate ad-
journed.