Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-09
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WASHINGTON, Dec. SIN the house. M.
Davis, OF Illinois: presented petition of
tobacco manufacturers of Chicago, asking
immediate action Oh the tax question, IS
its continued agitation is depr;ving oyer
| atives OF subsistence. Referred.
Mr.. Burrows, of Michigan. from the
committee On appropriations, reported the
| consular and diplomatic bill. Referred to
committee of the whole. It appropria.es
$1,25S, 255, being 1900 less than the ap-
preparation for the current year.and S13o,-
500 less than tie estimates. Mr.. Burrows
gave notice that he would esk for action
on the bill tomorrow.
The house at 1920 went into convention
of the whole, Mr.. Pee!e IN The chair, on the
private calendar.
The first bill to give rise to discussion
was one permitting Edgar Huson to file
an application Tor an extension of patent
Tor improved gearing for wagons.
Mr.. C&Ikins: of Indiana, opposed the bill,
saying the renewal of the pateut simply
meant great suits throughout the country
against persons VINO had been using tic
| patent and against innocent purchasers.
| Mr.. Williams, OF Michigan, considered
tie case a good one.
! Mr.. Brown. Of Indiana, saw nothing in
the Case which commended itself to con-
Sress.
! Nr. humphrey, Of Wisconsin argued
| n favor of the bill.
| The next hill was that for the relief of
| the officers and crew Of the Monitor, who
participated in the action with the Merri-
mac i'll March. 1852. in the course of
| the discussion 3ayne. Pennsylvania, called
! attention ID the fact that yesterday the
| mouse voted down Il measure forthe benefit
of soldiers who were i'll poor houses. and
now all at once, the great opponent to
relief Of Impoverished soldiers (alluding to
Hewitt of Il. Y. arose and described con-
ference which he Al one time had attended,
and how he and that conference had
saved the spoliation of New York city, aud
/ told how he wanted to appropriate $780,
900 to the few men who had taken part in
the combat with the Merrimac II those
people were poor, let New York take care of
them. The e2acting clause Of the bill
was then struck out on motion Of Ather-
ton, Ohio. by vote of lO2 to 80. The
committee rose, but no action was taken
on its report by the house.
Mr.. Bingham, Pennsylvania, reported a
bill reducing postage to 2 cents. Referred
! Adjourned until Tomorrow.
Wisconsin Congressional Canvass.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. s.-The official can
vass of last election, completed to-day by
the state board of canvassers, with the fol-
lowing result: First Observation-Disclosures,
Democrat. 454 plurality. Second--Sun-
ner, Democrat, 1901 plurality. Third
Jones, Democrat. 5,li1 plurality. Fourth
-Dsuster, Democrat, 1865 plurality.
Fifsl:-Rankin, De:RocrGt, 6,Sa5 plurality
Sixth-GIei,ther, Republican, 1893 plu-
ratity. Seventh-W ooaward, Democrat,
1-@3t plurality. Eighti,--Price, Prohibi-
ZIONIST aud Republican, 2.744 majority.
iNinth-Stephenson, Republican, $50 plu-
raiity. The lgtter'- seat will be contested
by Parks. Democrat. Total vote i'll the
state, 216.924, of watch the Democrats
polied l03,6S0: Republicans 1906; Prohi-
bition 1880; Greenback 1886; miscelsa-
neous 1882. The senate will stand II Re-
publicans, Is Democrats, independent
Assembly. As Republicans, 50 Democrats
II Independents. giving the Democrat:
three majority on joint ballot over all.
Copying the Unif.d States.
OTTAWA, Dec. 8.-The Canadian Pacific
Railway company has agreed to construc
a loop from Emerson and West Lynne 4
the junction of the Canada Pacific railway
and Southwestern railway, and .PembinH
branch trains will he run- ing the first Of
July. The city council appointed com
mittee to interview the governor on tn;
proposal tc have a district created here
with relations to the governments similar to
the District of Columbia to the United
States.