Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-06-13

| ence Commit ee--Ihe Japanese lndem
nifty Bill Serves rs Little Bone for tn,
Big Dogs Of the SeDate-District of Co
Iumb.a Business In the House.
The Senate
| WASHINGTON, June 12.-The house bills Il
divide Iowa in two judicial districts and au
thorizing the Sioux City s. Pacific Railroad
company to construct bridge across th,
Missouri river, passed.
The senate went into executive session anl
voted down Senator Van Wyck's resolution t.
consider the tariff commission nomination:
in open session.
When the doors reOpened Senator Pendletor
presented petition from 10000 citizens Of
Cincinnati and Covington, KY, asking for the
passage of the civil service bill.
| Senator Garland, from the judiciary com
mittee, reported a substitute for the relief OF
A. Sydney Jebbs, and similar measures on the
| original bill amending section 1913 of the
revised statutes, referring to disqualification
from appointment to any position in the army
of the United States and for other purposes.
| It amends the section so as to make 1t unlaw.
| full for any person in the service Of the United
States at the outbreak of the rebellion, who
resigned and went into the confederate service,
to hold any position under the government.
Disqualification of jurors are also repealed.
The senate took up Senator Browns reso-
linton to provide clerk for each senator not
already supplied with one, as chairman of q
committee. Senator Brown submitted a sub.
stitute, authorizing each senator to employ a
clerk at 81 200 per annum, to be paid out of
the senate contingent fund. The resolution
went over without action.
The Japanese indemnity bill came up>as I'M
finished business, the question being upon
Morrill's amendment to pay back in legal coin
government; namely, $7S5,000. After dis
cussion the amendment prevailed.
Senator Morrill, moved to further amendlby
directing the destruction of bonds under the
direction of the state department known as
the Japanese indemnity bond.
Senator Morgan said the amendment just
adopted revised all previous congressional
action on the subject and would turn over to
Japan $140,0 proposed to be distributedito
Admiral McDougali and his men, OF the wv.
oming and Toki ang He said that officer was
now compelled to look to Japan for payment
and that the reason for this was none
other than McDougall was q Democrat;
that gentleman was suffering to-day
because he had not received the money, but he
would probably receive fairer treatment from
the Democrats of Japan than HE own country
men.
Senator Ingalls, said by the amendment the
senate have voted $7S5,000 more than Japan
ever asked for and weht on to say that the
whole claim held had been for years substan-
TALLY iu private hands.
Senator Morgan-Why then did the senator
in the last congress vote to pay the principal
and interest both.
Senator Ingalls, replied he SO voted and would
now vote in obedience to the sentiment which
- .s,xl~t 4x.l Hlxax
and most prudent thing to do. He had re-
ceived information, which rendered it very
doubtful whether he ought to pay any part
of the money in. lie knew now what he did
not then, that the Japanese minister has de-
scended from his diplomatic position, and has
appeared as q lobbyist in support of the
claim.
Senator MOrgan--I am bound to say that
statement is historically untrue.
thing he pleases about it beingIhistorically
untrue or otherwise untrue.
Senator Morgan made an effort to get
the floor and presented in it, nutwithstand-
ing protestation by Senator ingalls, against
interruption. The latter asserted that
the Senator from Alabama had
placed himself beyond the pale of courtesy.
ingalls, wend on criticlzing the statements
made by Senator Morgan in course of debate
| dS W tuc dooulEduCCo WulCA tudb pcudtOI
claims to have received from the Japanese
minister that nothing was to be paid by Jap.
an for lobbying on the bill and that govern
ment was entirely willing that $4,000
should be returned to pay the officers and
crew of the Wyoming and Tokiany.
Senator Window, chairman of the COM
mittee on foreign relations, from which the
bill was reported, said he spoke deliberately,
when he asserted that to pass the bill as
Iad 10 hlIrniuo ehona fO bo
United States. 1t was now an admission that
s7s5, 600 belonged to Japan, and had been un-
Justly withheld.
Senator Morrill-It is a gratuity. Not
dollar of it belonged to Japan.
Senator Windom--That proposition is worse
than the other, for to vote money out of the
treasury to foreign nation as gift, is dis
graceful.
Senator Ingalls-The money is not in the
treasury
Senator Windom--Out of the possession of
the secretary of state. Under their agreement
with Japan the allied powers had no right to
receive indemnity and benefit the open ports
of japan, and there could be no consistency
on the part of the United States as one of
those powers in returning its portion of the
money received and Withholding the profit
which that money has earned.
After more talk the bill was laid over as un
finished business, Senator Sherman intimat-
ing that either the bonded spirits bill or the
bank charter extension bill wonld GUST the
present bill from its position if the pending
debate were resumed.
On motion the senate insisted upon its
amendments to the army appropriation bill,
and Senators Logan, Plumb and Ransom were
appointed as conferees. The clause relative
TO compulsory retirement of army officers
will not get to the committee, the house hav-
ing concurred In the senate amendment, de-
signaling 81 as the age instead of 81, as
originally proposed in the house bill
The proposition of the senate to make re-
tirement optional instead of compulsory after
forty years. service will receive consideration
of the conference committee, as will also the
amendments exempting from retirement, the
provision concerning professors of the mill
tary academy and providing that the general
of the army shall be retired without reduc-
ton in his current pay and allowances.
Senate adjourned.
House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, June 12.-Mr. Butterworth,
from the committee on appropriations, re-.
ported back the army appropriation bill with
the senate amendments, recommending con.
currence in some and non.concurrence in 9TH
ers. Among the amendments in which nom
concurrence Is recommended is that making
army retirement compulsory at the age of