Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-20
Especial Telegram to tho Globe. !

and since the session began they have
been feeling aimlessly in the dark for re-
form measures, costing little sacrifice, that
may cater to popular fancy. Some have
taken up the role of civil service reform
ers, which they sneered at six months ago,
while Others have raised their voices in
behalf of reform in the revenue system,
revision OF the duties on In ports, economy
ii appropriations, reduction of taxation,
or otker echoes of the fall campaign. It
is theme of jest in private among our
national legislators and an amusing
spectacle IN public to witness
the air of serious rectitude
with which the leaders,
especially the representatives, pose before
the public and assume to be champions of
the line of policy which they have pre-
viously fought against or sought to throt-
tie by parliamentary devices.
The condition of moral cowardice to
which congress has been reduced was most
ridiculously evinced in
THE HOLIDAY RECESS FARCE
on Saturday last. A resolution was offered
to adjourn from Friday next until the first
Wednesday in January. Yesterday the
ways and means committee reported the
resolution without recommendation. A
debate followed. The members wanted
congress to remain here and attend to the
interests of the dear people. After an IN
successful effort to lay the motion on the
table it was finally defeated by close
vote. It being we'll known
that number of members who proclaimed
and voted against the recess had made up
their minds, after getting on the record all
right, to abandon Washington and go home,
Mr.. Robson offered and had adopted a
resolution which will meet the case of such
hypocrites. This provides that if, during
the holidays, call of the house becomes
necessary, and a quorum is not developed,
every member absent without leave shall
be fined $50 for each day so absent, the
amount to be deducted out of his regular
pay by the sergeant-at. arms. Further,
those who desired the holiday recess have
determined to object to any leave of alb
sence for any member.
Notwithstanding this, applications for
leave were crowded in this morning. The
matter again came up for discussion.
Brown, of Indiana, plainly told the mem
bers of the house that they were arrant
hypocrites. There we're some amusing
passages also in the debate, and some life
was thrown into the proceedings by Mr..
Cox, of New York, who called attention to
| the fact that Mr.. Reed, of Maine, and Mr..
Kelly, of Pennsylvania. who said it would
be Sinking duty and waste of time to
take vacation, not only voted for the
Christmas recess in the former congress,
but voted to lengthen it by four days. Mr..
Reed said that was when the Democrats
had control of congress, and the country
needed relief. Mr.. Cox replied: "You
will have a long rest after the fourth
of March, and we will be
busy" Mr.. Cox said it was useless for the
Republicans to squirm. It was too late
He exclaimed: s'The harvest is past, the
summer is ended, and ye are not saved"
| They presented the anomaly of being
dead, yet alive. It was like the tail of the
snake that wiggles after the snake is dead.
Mr.. Robinson of Massachusetts,, Repub-
lican, iu replying to those who had OPP
posed his resolution, pricked the pretenses
of some in way that stung. He expressed
his pleasure at hearing gentlemen talk he
roically about attending to the public
business so faithfully, but added, signii
cantly: ut is easy to look around and see
who are always here attending to business"
and, finally, after all its bnncombe the
house voted to adjourn on Friday for
ten days. recess.
TELEGRAPH RESPONSIBILITY.
A bill introduced in the house to-day by
Mr.. Joyce, of Vermont, and in tho senate
by Mr.. Logan, requires every tele-
graph and cable company to receive and
forward the busiAe of any other COM
pany, whether it re,ate to business of any
other company offering it or otherwise;
also makes it misdemeanor for any other
than the persons transmitting to examine
the same.
Western Associated Press]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-The cross-cxam-
! ination of Brewster Cameron was resumed
in the police court to-day, in the hearing
of the Dickson case. Nothing of impor-
lance was elected.
The Mississippi committee this morning
examined Henry Richardson, state en-
gineer of Louisiana. He thought levees
protected the land from OVERLOOKING, but
had never considered them as improving
navigation.
Games claim as delegate from Utah
will be heard by the subcommittee on
elections tomorrow.
Secretary Lincoln sent an executive
communications to the senate to-day in
which he says he can not dispense with the
services of his clerks without detriment
to the pnblic services. . .sss,.s,.,s
A bill was introduced in the house to-
day by Mr.. Joyce, of Vermont, and in the
senate by Mr.. Logan, which requires every
telegraph and cable company to receive
and forward the business of any other
company, whether it relates to the business
of the company Offering it or otherwise 1t
also makes it mlsdemeanor for any other
than the person transmitting to send and
examine it.
The ways and means committee to-day
fixed the rate t,,l vi re- rome and iron strand