Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-12

| lue SoLn ne WOulO present resolutions IN com
memoration of Senator Carpenter.
Senator Brown offered q resolution, which
was laid over, supplying each senator mo-
chairman OF committee with clerk.
Adjourned.
House.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-Mr. Orth offered q
resolution instructing the committee on civil
service reform to inquire as to the expediency
of providing mode different from the present
for the appointment of committees of the
house, with leave to report any time. The
speaker, holding that the resolution related to
a change of rules, stated that it would be re-
ferred to the committee on rules. To this
reference Ortiz objected, and moved the reso-
luton be referred to the committee on civil
| service reform. On division the motion was
| lost, IS to 81, but Orth demanded the yeas and
nays. The motion was defeated, yeas SIS, nays
| 1879, and the resolution was referred to the
committee on rules.
| Mr.. Haskell then rose to a question of
privilege, and sent to the clerks desk and had
read the resolution which he failed to have
considered yesterday, declaring it to be the
| fixed and final determination of the Forty
seventh congress that no person maintaining
polygamous martial relations, or teaching,
or melting Others to do so, is entitled to be
| admitted to the house of representatives as a
delegate from any territory.
Mr.. Randall did not think the resolution
come within the rules as a question of priv
| ilege. If it ever had been such a question it
| was not so now. The house had referred the
Utah contested case to the committee on cleo
tions, and so far as the house is concerned this
question must be considered as res adjudicata.
Mr.. Haskell concluded that the resolution
presented question of the highest privilege,
| inasmuch as it affected the dignity of the
house. 1t had been charged by the public
press that gentle pOlygamists were in Jail but
Mormon polygamists were seated on the floor
of congress. That was charge made affect
| ing the dignity of this house, and of all the
houses of congress. This question should not
| be lodged, or attempted to be lodged, by
points of order. The gentlemen had said yes
| terday they were opposed to polygamy. Let
| them not put themselves in the position of men
who are in favor of a law but not in favor of
| enforcing it.
Mr.. Reagan (Texas) opposed the resolution
on the ground that it excluded persons from
membership on a presumed state of facts,
| without examination or investigation.
| Mr.. Speer represented that the resolution
| did not contain question of privilege. If
| the gentleman proposed to fix new quallfca-
| ton to membership, his resolution must go to
the committe on judiciary. The fact that CAN
non was not member took the question ont
of the province of the privilege question.
| Mr.. Mills commended that as there was no
| member of the house charged with polygamy
| the resolution could not present question of
privilege.
Mr.. Cannon took the ground that the ques-
| ton was not one of privilege, inasmuch as
| whether adopted or rejected it could have no
effect upon any one.
Mr.. Haskell. declared his resolution did not
propose law; 1t simply asked the house to
express an opinion on polygamy.
The speaker submitted the question whether
the resolution presented privileged question.
By vote of 100 yeas to 139 nays the house de-
termined that no question of privilege was in
volved in the resolution.
The chairman of the committee on postOf
| fees and post routes, reported back the resO-
| luton calling on the postmaster general to
| transmit to the house a list or detailed state
ment of all mail stations on which mail servi-
ces has been discontinued, decreased, changed,
restored, increased expedited or established
since the 4th of March, 1881, specifying the
time, cause and extent of the same, and on
| whose recommendation, petition, or sugges-
| ton granted, and the nature thereof, and the
| given name, length and terminus of each of
| said routes, the general kind, amount and last
of such service on each route, and the name
| and residence of every contractor therefor.
| Adopted
| The chairman of the committee on appro-
priatians reported bill making the appre-
priatlons $40, 900 for the final expenses of the
tenth census, and gave notice that he would
tomorrow ask to have the bill considered.
| Several bills reported from the committee on
claims were placed upon the private calendar.
which are only considered on Friday of each
| week.
| The bill to incorporate the Garfield Memo
| rial hospital was placed on the house calendar
Mr.. Burrows asked leave to introduce and
put on its passage bill defining the qualifica-
tions of territorial delegates. Itprovides that
no person shall be a delegate from any territory
under the age of 25 years and nine years a cit
izen of the United States, and no person liv-
ing in bigamy orpolygamy shall be eligible.
Messrs. Armfeld and Singleton objected,
and Mr.. Burrows, stating that he had mis-
taken the sentiments of the other side, gave
notice that he would introduce the bill again
on Monday.
Mr.. Ward introduced a bill providing for a
commission to consider and report what leg
islation is necessary for better regulation of
commerce among the states. Referred.
Mr., Willis offered resolution calling on
the secretary of war for Information as to
what additional work is necessary at the
| falls of the Ohio river to complete the i'm
provement thereof Adopted.
Mr.. Cobb offered a resolution calling on the
secretary of the interior for the names of all
business firms and persons who prosecute
claims for pensions before the department.
Adopted.
Mr., Robson introduced a bill to declare GER
tain lands granted to railroad companies for
feited. A contest arose as to whether the bill
belonged to the committee ON public lands Oh
Pacific railroads.
Pending decision the speaker laid before the
house message from the president transmit
ting communication from the secretary OF
the interior relative to the sale of certain In
dian lands in Fort Hall military reservations a
letter from the secretary of the treasury trans
hitting a statement of the expenditures under
appropriation for contingent expenses of the
treasury department for the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1881; letter from the secretary OF
the treasury transmitting the annual report oil
the national board of health, the report of the
managers of the national homes for disabled
volunteers, and memorial from the general
assembly of the Presbyterian church in refer.
ence to polygamy. All referred.
New Jersey Legislature.
TRENTON, N. j., Jan. 1.-THE senate
adopted resolutions in reference to the death
of the late President Garfield, and calling fol-
the just and righteous punishment of The as
sassin, whom the resolutions declare is a sane