Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-08
DOINGS IN CONGRESS.
A New Life Service Bill-Senator Carpen-
ter Makes a Point Against Consular
Courts The House Discusses the Fish
cry Question. With Denunciations of
the Halifax Arbitration.
United States Senate.

United States Senate.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 7.--The Vice
President submitted communication from the
secretary of war calling attention to the insult
fciency of the appropriation of $4,000 made
by the House in the army appropriation bill
for recruiting expenses, and recommending
an appropriation of SS97,Oo0 Also from the
same officer communication recomme nding
an appropriation of $50 500 to meet the oper-
ating expenses of the Portland & Louisville
canal for the fiscal year ending June S0th,
1882.
Senator Jones presented memorial of WI.
Moore, of New Orleans, alleging that VIM.
Pitt Kellogg procured his election as United
States Senator by bribery and corruption, said
D.. Moore being one of the bribed, and asking to
he examined before the Senate committee on
privileges and elections Mr.. Jones moved its
reference to said committee.
Senator Cameron of Wisconsin said Moore
had been examined by the committee. He op-
posed the reference until it were seen whether
that examination covered the question OF
bribery
Senator Jones remarked that the petitioner
claimed that he was not previously examined
as to bribery
tate to reopen the examination in the case for
such testimony as that of Moore, whose char
acter he denounced.
Senator Logan, in this connection, wished
to learn what the prospect was for final dlspo-
sition of the case. In any event he thought 1T
remarkable that man should publish himself
to the world as q rascal, who ought to be In
the penitentiary, and he asked the Senate to in
vestigate him and see if he might not.
Senator Kellogg said Moore had recently
been discharged from the New Orleans Gus
tom house for attempted embezzlement. He
had since applied for reappointmeut, limiting
that otherwise he would send papers to Wash
ington deposing that he had been brloea oy
Kellogg; and If he swore to it he perlured
himself He was blackmaier and had Of
fered to sell his evidence to each side. Senator
Kellogg said he could bring thousand citl-
zens OF New Orleans to refute his charges.
Senator Hill said Moore had once offered to
testify against Kellogg, but on being given
a place in the custom house he testified in his
favor. He was now repeating the plan.
This was fine example of characters of
members of the Packard legislature. He
(Hil) had never seen one of them he would
believe under oath. He believed Kellogg had
champoned Moore's creditability when he was
examined, though now he offered to bring
one Thousand men to show his bad reputa-
ton.
A general discussion ensued, in which Kel-
logg rose, as he said, to contradict an assertion
by HILL that members Of the Packard legisla-
ture swore before the committee that they were
bribed. Hill interrupted, remarking that he
said no such thing. The two Senator's were
speaking together, and Senator Hood called
the Senator from Georgia to order.
Senator Kellogg proceeded with considerable
feeling to assert that no Packard members ad-
mitted bribery, and all evidence of bribery had
been refuted by him (Kellogg) on Democratic
evidence. He remarked that the Senator from
Georgia was still trying to keep up the attack
on him by means of memorials, etc, in contin
uation of his threat at the opening of the case
that he intended to drive Kellogg to the wall.
Kellogg then reviewed Moore's testimony.
Senator Hill in replying said his assertion
was that members who before the committee
had denied bribery had before sworn they were
bribed, but they did not propose to notice what
the sitting member had said. The discussion
would have one good effect, in calling public
attention to the influence of the custom house
in this case The afternoon hour here
expired and the discussion dropped.
Senator Ferry introduced bill to promote
the efficiency of the life-saving service, and to
encourage the saving of life from shipwreck.
The bill provided pensions for representatives
of those who have lost life in saving life from
shipwrack, and was referred to the committee
on commerce. Senator Ferry called the at
tention of members of that committee to the
subject, hoping it would be acted upon at an
early day
Senator Burnside introduced bill to au-
thoriZe the retirement of Brevet Maj. Gen.
VIM. Averill United States army, with the
rank and pay of brigadier general. Referred.
On motion of Senator Eaton, the bill max
ing an appropriation for the consular and dip
lomatic service of the government was tax
en- up.
The Sennte, as in committee of the wholr,
proceeded to consider the bill, and Senator
Whyte moved to insert an appropriation of
sS1, 900 for mailing Congressional Records to
foreign legations. Adopted When the
clause of the bill was reached appropriating
81 500 for rem of prisons for American con-
victs in China, Senator Carpenter asked some
Senator who was familiar with the Constitu-
tion and had few minutes time, to inform
him by what constitutional authority prisons
were kept up in foreign countries. or
course there must be something
in the Constitution TO sanction
it, else Senator's would not so on
year after year appropriating money for pris
ons. But he (Carpcnter) had sought in vain
for constitutional authority to try citizens OF
the United States for crime except on present
ment of grand jury.
The point thus raised was discussed at some
length by Senator's Carpenter, VOORHEES,, Pen
dleton, Hoar and Brown, the discussion dem
onstrating that legislation is required to
properly provide for trials in foreign coun-
tries, but finally the motion to strike out the
appropriation for maintaining prisons was re-
jected. Yeas ~, nays 49,
An amendment proposed by the committee
on appropriation insisting an appropriation of
$4,000 for the salary of the consul general and
diplomatic agent of the United States in
Roumania, at Bucharest, was adopted, as were
also other unimportant committee amend
ments.
The bill was then reported to the Senate and
the amendments made in committee of the
whole were agreed to and the bill was read a
third time and passed. The regular order be-
ing the bill for the relief of Ben Halliday was
resumed, pending which the Senate went into
executive session and when the doors opened
adjourned until Monday.
House.
WASHINGTON D. C. Jan MIR Snrinper