Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-17
House.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-The speaker an
nounced the following special committee on
expenses attending the illness and burial of
President Garfield: Taylor, Pound, Cox IN.
Y. }, Joyce, Lefevre, Belford, Blackburn, Page,
Spuyer, O'Neill and Shelley
Robinson IN. Y .)rose to question of privil-
ege. He stated he had a resolution he desired
to offer. During the recess of congress an
officer of this government connected with the
state department had usurped the privileges
of the house.
The speaker: "The gentlemen have already
disclosed their desire to proceed to business. 1"
Robinson-"This question involves the priv
ileges of the house."
The Speaker-"It is not matter relating to
a member of the house."
Robinson-"It relates to the whole house.
1t is an usurpatIOn by department of this
government. 1t involves the Imprisonment of
our citizens abroad. We can get nothing into
this congress- The rights of our citizens can
not be heard. cloud cries of ''order.')
will not press it now, but you will hear from
me again"
The call of states was then continued at the
point where left unfinished Tuesd4y
last. The following bills were introduced
and referred: By Hubbell, to amend the act
to reduce duties on imports and to reduce in
ternal revenue taxes. By Willetts, to regulate
suffrage in the territories and to fix certain
qualifications for office; also, to provide for
oaths for jurors in trials for bigamy in the
territories; also, relative to the crime of big
amy and proof thereof; also, to provide for
the registration of voters in Utah territory
also, to reorganize the legislative powers of
Utah; also, granting a pension to
Lord, repeating sections of the revised stat
utes relating to the tax on banks, bank notes
and national baking associations; also, to re-
peal the tax on bank checks; also, to repeal
fumeries, etc. By Burrows, (Michigan), re-
lating to the recovery of damages for in
to pay the public debt and Stop
the manufacture of money by corporations
BY Hazeltine, providing for the payment of
the interest bearing debt of the United States
1t provides that all interest bearing debts shall
be paid in lawful money, and that all money
in the treasury, and all revenues of the United
States, not otherwise appropriated, shall be
applied to the payment of the interest bearing
debt, The secretary of the treasury is author
zed to issue non-interest bearing treasury
notes in denominations of $5, $40, $40,
$50 and 500, which shall be
made lawful money and legal tender at their
face value for all taxes, revenues and debts,
public and private; which may be necessary in
addition to the aforesaid money and revenues
to pay said interest bearing debt. By Mr..
Bland, for free coinage of silver dollars, By
Mr.. Buckner, to incorporate the Inter Oceanic
Ship Railway company. By Mr.. Spaulding,
relating to the Importation of ANIMALS to
this country for breeding pur-
poses. By Mr.. Strait, to reduce the price
of public lands within railroad limits to ST.
per acre; also, to equalze the rights of settlers
on public lands. BY Dunnell, relative to the
rights of settlers on public lands within rail
road limits. By Washburn, on entry and sale
of public lands for right of way to railroad
companies. By Hatch : for the importation of
expectation of diseased cattle. By Clardy,
to repeal the tax on bank deposits. By Bur-
rows, to reduce letter postage from three to
two cents. By Hewitt, to secure uniform
standard of value, "a similar bill to that in
troduced by Morton at the last congress) also
authorizing the purchase of foreign built
ships by citizens of the United States for use
in foreign carrying trade. By McCook, to do
nate condemned bronze cannon to the society
of the Army of the Cumberland to aid in the
erection of statue in Washington, D. e., OF
President Garfield. By Scoville, by request.
for the better protection of the northern and
northwestern frontier; also, to benefit comerce.
By Townsend, (Ohio), appropriating $780, 900
for the relief of the widow of President Gar
field. By Neal, to incorporate the Garfield
Monumental Hospital society. By Miller, for
discharge in bankruptcy of one or more in
nocent members of a partnership when
another partner is guilty of some illegal act
By Shallenberger, to prevent persons living in
bigamy from holding any office of
trust or emolument in territories of
the United States, also, regulating
marriage in the territories. By Errett, for the
appointment of tariff commission. By Ward
to provide for an assistant secretary of war.
By Bayre, for the erection of statue to the
late Gen. Custer.
Bills were also introduced relating to woman
suffrage; to protect the purity of elections; to
prevent fraud in carrying the mails; for the ex
change of the trade dollar for the standard sll
yer dollar; to abolish the tax on brandies made
of apples, peaches and grapes; giving
all religious denominations equal rights il