Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-07
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eliminating against honorable discharged sol
diers in appointments 10 Office.
By Mr.. Beltzhoover, Pa.-Calling on secre
| tary of war for an itimized statement of eX
penditures of the civil service from 1878 t
1881.
| By Mr.. Mills, Texas-A resolution calling
on the secretary of the interior for informa
ton as to the number of acres of public land
| granted by congress, both directly to corpo
rations and through states, what railroad
had been subsidized and the number of acre.
| granted each; also directing him to report tht
next earnings of the Central Pacific, Kansas
Pacific, Union Pacific, the central branch O
| the Union Pacific and Sioux City & Pacific
Referred.
By Mr.. Hazelton, Wis.-To create sin
ing fund for the Sioux City & Pacific railroa
Mr.. Burrows, Mich, moved to suspend the
rules and pass the bill defining the qualif1ca
lions of territorial delegates In the house oil
representatives, Ut provides that no person
guilty of bigamy or polygamy shall be eligible
TO seat in congress from any territory. The
house was in q very inattentive mood, and
when the speaker put the question there were
but few responses. He, however, declared the
motion carried and the bill passed. A burst
of laughter only then apprsed many members
of what the measure was which had been
adopted.
Mr.. Boyne, Pa, offered resolution that
Thomas Shields and two other citizens of the
United States were confined in Jail in Mexico
for breach of a civil contract; that they wrote
to Minister Morgan, but received no answer,
and directing the secretary of state to examine
into the matter and report to the house. Ad-
opted.
Mr.. Beltzhoover, of Pennsylvania, and Con-
verse, of Ohio, obtained leave to print on the
Record, amendments which they propose to
offer to the apportionment bill. Mr.. Beltz-
hoover's amendment makes 1t unlawful to di-
vide any county or parish in the formation Of
any district which shall consist of more than
one county or parish; and in districts consist
ing of more than one county or parish, the
counties or parishes which are most or nearly
contiguous shall be made representive dis
trlct. Mr.. COnverse's amendment provides
the whole population of the United States
shall be divided by $40 and the Quotient shall
be the ratio OF representation; and that when
any state shall have fraction above the ratio
SO large that beng multiplied by 5 the result
shall be equal to one or more ratios
additional representatives shall be appointed
to such ratios among the several congresses
OF the next decennial period In the following
manner: If there be only one ratio the repre-.
sentative shall be allotted to the fifth congress
Of the decennial period, namely, the Fifty.
second congress. If there be two ratios the
representative shall be allotted to the fifth and
fourth periods, namely, rhe Fifty-second and
Ffty-irst congresses. II there be three ratios
the representative shall BIZ allotted TO the fifth,
fourth and third periods, namely, the Fifty
second, Fifty-hrs and Fiftleth congresses. II
there DO four ratios the representative shall be
allotted to the fifth, fourth, third and second
periods, namely, the Fifty-second, Fifty first,
Fiftieth and Forty ninth congresses.
Mr.. Joyce (Vt.) moved to suspend the rules
for the appointment of a commission on the
subject of the alcoholic liquor traffic.
Mr.. Bragg (Wis.) demanded second. The
motion Was seconded, u to 60. A vote was
then taken upon adoption of the motion, and
it was lost, yeas 112, nays 9S, not the necessary
two thirds in the affirmative. This was
strict party vote, except Beltzhoover, Culber-
son, Jones (Ark.), Ladd, Simonton Vance
voted with the Republicans in the affirmative,
and Davis Qll.), Young and Guenther (Wis.)
with the Democrats in the negative.
Adjourned.