Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-28
House of Representatives..

WASHINGTON, July 27.-On motion of Mr.
Davis Qll.) the bill passed fixing the salary Of
the collector of customs, at Chicago, at 81, 600
per annum.
Mr.. Kasson, from the committee on ways
and means, reported back the bill, recently in
PRODUCED by Mr.. Dingley, adjusting the duty
on imported hay at 20 per cent. advalorem.
Referred to the committee of the whole.
The committee on ways and means author
lied this report by party vote of 6 to 4.
The senate bill to amend the statutes in
relation to copyrights, passed.
The senate joint resolution appropriating
81 900 to enable the secretary of the treasury
memorial address upon the life and character
of the late President Garfield, passed
The floor was then accorded TO the com
mlttee on Indian affairs, and Mr.. Deering
called up the senate bill granting right of
way for railroad and Geographic purposes to
the st. Louis & San Francisco Railway com.
pany through the lands of the Choctaw and
Chickasaw nations.
Mr.. Deering said that the minority of the
committee had taken the view that the con-
s-nt of the councils of the Choctaw and
Chickasaw nations would be moved before
the adoption of the pending measure. He ar
gued that no such consent is necessary. He
maintained that the government possessed the
right of the eminence of the domain in the
Indian territory as In every portion of the
country and quoted authorities in support of
his position.
Mr.. Rice (Mass.) opposed the bill as taking
from the Indians what belonged to them and
giving it to a railroad company. In asking a
legal question Mr.. Gunter referred to Gov.
Overton, OF the Chicasaw nation, as lobbying
against the bill.
Mr.. Rice replied that Gov. Overton had
openly represented his nation and was not like
those lobbyists that crowded the corridors,
but do nothing with members in behalf of
pending measures.
Mr.. WellbOrn TEX in advocating the pas
sage of the bill maintained that the sovereign
right of confscation could not be yielded mp
by the treaty making power, ever though there
were there thous nd of treaties which at
tempted to deprive the United States of the
right of eminence Of the domain.
Mr.. Culbertson (Tex. .and Mr.. Haskell
(kas.) briefly advocated the bill.
Mr.. Buck Comm offered an amendment
providing that the act shall not 60 into effect
without the consent of the Choctaw nations
Lost yeas 43, nays 116. The bill then
passed.
Mr.. Williams wis.,, from the conference
committee on the japanese indemnity bill, re-
ported disagreement and a further conference
was ordered.
Mr.. Williams (Wis.), chairman of the COM
mittee on foreign affairs, reported back the
resolution calling upon the secretary of the
navy for copies of all correspondence with, or
instructions to, Rear Admiral Nicholson rela-
tive to the extraordinary threat to open fire
upon the city of Alexandria under certain con-
tlngencies, and also to inform the house
whether he had been informed if American
sailors and officers had been performing police
duty in Alexandria under the British admiral.
Mr.. Williams stating the committee was in
possession of all information on the subject,
asked that the resolution be tabled and the
documents containing information be printed.
So ordered.
Mr.. Mckenzie (Ky.) made an Intellectual eff
fort to secure the passage of the bill for a
public building at Greensboro, Ky, and gave
notice that it would hereafter be difficult TO
obtain unanimous consent for the considera-
ton of any measure.
A proposition to adjourn over until Mon
day received but few votes.
Adjourned until tomorrow.