Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-19

tension Bill---The House Refuses tn Adj
journ Over the Holidays---And Votes to
Fine Members $50 for Each Days Absence
During the Festive Week.
Senate.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.-In the senate
several petitions were presented asking
prompt action in relation to the reduction
OF the tobacco tax.
Mr.. Sherman presented substitute TO.
the house bill providing for the entry of
distilled spirits in bond, which was agreed
upon in the committee to-day:
Mr.. Sherman, from the committee ON
finance, reported substitute for the house
bill providing for the entry of distilled
spirits in distillers' warehouses. The sub
stitute provides that the time within which
distilled spirits heretofore entered are re-
quired to be withdrawn pursuant to the
conditions of any warehousing bond taken
upon their entry shall be extended for
period of two years from the limit fixed
in the bond, provided there shall be en-
dorsed or appended to the bond at
or before its maturity written
request for extension and acknowledgment
of liability for the period for which sure
q ;Teg .aat, d duly scknowledg, d before
a collector, deputy collector, or some other
officer authorized to take acknowledgment
of deeds, and provided also that the sure
ties upon the bond at the time of such re-
| quest shall be satisfactory to the collector.
| If the sureties are not satisfactory. or if
the requests and acknowledgment are not
made as required, the extension is
| not to be granted without new warehous-
| ing bond satisfactory to the collector, and
no additional allowance for leakage is to
be made beyond the limit now allowed by
! law. The title of the bill is changed to
Gan act extending the time within which
spirits heretofore entered in distillery
warehouses shall be withdrawn
Mr.. Sherman asked immediate considera-
ton of the BILL but Mr.. Ingalls, objected.
The bill, he said, was an important one,
and the senate ought to have it in print
before acting upon it.
Mr.. Sherman gave notice that he would
call it up tomorrow.
Mr.. Pugh offered an amendment to the
| civil service bill, and it was ordered print
ed. 1t provides that persons now in the
service shall be subject like other citizens
to the operation of the laws. 1t pro-
vides that officers shall be apportioned
among the states and territories and Dis
trict of Columbia according to population
| and directs the heads of departments to
divide the persons now in Office into three
| classes: First.those who can be subjected
at once without injury to the public SER
vice, to examination in competition
with other applicants for the
| offices which they now occupy;
second, those who can be subjected to
| such competitive examination within six
| months from the passage of the act with
! out injury to the service; third, those who
can be subjected to examination within
! twelve months. The Offices being appor-
toned geographically, each is to be given
| to one OF three persons standing highest
IN the competitive examination, without
reference to political opinions affiliations,
and the whole force is to be reduced to the
actual requirements of the public service
MIR. Vest submitted minority report
from the shipping committee. Ordered
printed.
Mr. Plumb, from the public lands COM
mittee, asked present consideration of The
bill authorizing the disposal of part of the
Fort Dodge military reservation to actual
settlers. but Mr.. Conger objected.
Mr.. Allison reported the consular and
diplomatic bill.
On motion of Mr.. Morrill,. the bill to
| amend the act to repeal discriminating du-
ties on goods produced east of the cape of
| Good Hope, was taken up and passed.
number of bills were introduced. after
which the Indian appropriation bill came
up,the civil service bill being laid aside in
formally.
Mr.. Beck said he had called tor informa-
ton in regard to the discrepancy between
| the appropriation and the reported e1.
penditures, and he thought it satisfactorily
explained in the communication of the
secretary of the interior.
Mr. Dawes, in charge of the bill, made
| brief statement of its provisions. The es-
| Inmates for the year, he said, was $685.
600. The bill as it came from the house
appropriated $5,2eO,OOO, and the senate
committee added $154,2O The amount
appropriated last year was $5,477,OOO, so
that the appropriation this year would be
81 100000 less than the estimate, and
$112,248 less than the appropriation last
year.
The bill was then read and nearly all
the amendments reported by the commit
tee on Indian affairs agreed to.
In the discussion Mr.. Beck said that
making appropriations to pay teachers,
blacksmiths, etc., upon reservations in &C
co1dance with our absurd treaties was
mere waste of money. These apporpria-
tons are made from yeer to year, while
among many Of the tribes no school houses
we're ever opened. Young Indians could
hardly be cought with lasso, much less
confined in school houses and the money
was spent upon supernumeraries.
Mr.. Brown rose to personal e1plana-
ton and had read at the desk an article in
Washington paper stating that the COM
mittee of senators and representatives who
had attended the funeral of Senator Hill
had travelled in special car, been extrava-
CANT generally, and incurred bills amount
ing to $4,000. Mr.. Brown said the COM
mittee had travelled in special, and had
not been extravaganza, their whole expenses
being only $1,O25. 1t was true, he believed,
that the undertakes had presented the
sergeant-at-arms a bill of over $4,000
for funeral expenses of Senator Hill.
but not with the approval of the family or
friends of the deceased. There was no
precedent for the payment by the United
States of the burial expenses of senators