Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-18

of seating Caine as a delegate for Utah,
and expects to have him sworn in without
opposition when he arrives from Utah. The
only question considered by the commit
tee was whether the election was legally
held, the governor not having issued call
for an election for delegate. The commit
tee hold that it was not necessary for the
governor to issue proclamation, and, as
there was no question raised about the
legality of the election in other respects,
Game is entitled to be seated.
WANTED FREE LUNCH RoUTR.
Some of the members of the
committee on elections want to
go on junketing trip. The climate of
Washington is too cold for them and they
are anxious to take a journey to the sunny
South. 1t will be remembered that Con :
gresham Shelley, of the Fourth Alabama
district, was unseated at the latter part of
the session, and that man named Smith
was declared entitled to his seat. Smith
died before he got a chance even to draw
months pay. Shelley had himself re-
elected last fall to fill out Smiths unex-
pired term. Shelley presented himself to
be sworn in. A protest was entered
against his taking his seat on the ground
that he had not been fairly elected.
The protest end all the accompanying
documents were referred to the election
committee and the committee have decid-
ed to send three of their number to Ala
bama to find out whether Shelly is guilty
of the heinous offense of getting elected
unfairly. Shelly is the man who tried to
draw two salaries for part of last season.
First he got the salary as a member de
facto. Then he tried to get it over again
for the same period as Smiths successor,
but Comptroller Lawrence refused.
THE LOBBY.
The lobby rules the roost in Was shing-
ton. 1t halls from every section, repre-
sents all interests, and is banded together
for one common purpose and is to keep
the present system of protection for
special industries. The iron men
of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia
have united with the sugar and rice men of
the South. The steel interest is allied with
all the others, struggling for more protec-
tion. The glass interests of Indiana and
New York are allied with the cotton and
woolen manufacturers of New England.
All are operating on the plan, take care
of me and I will take care of you" The
logical sequence is the corridors of the
capitol are swarming with lobbyists, who,
if they cannot get legislation to suit them,
will do all in their power to defeat any bill
which will change the present tariff
schedules. They view nothing from
the standpoint of the public
benefit, but only from self interest. 1t is
unnatural to believe, in the clashing of the
forces, that any tariff bill will be passed
at all. The senate still plods away, but at
the rate of progress already made it will
be year hence before bill of 137 pages
is gone through with
TO PREVENT TRIVIAL APPEALS.
The house to-day passed an important
bill to the numerous class who figure as
litigants. Under existing law suit involv
ing $50 in amount can be transferred from
the state to the United States courts. The
practice has been found in many cases
to involve the delay of more i'm
portant suits by awaiting action
on trifing ones. To overcome this is the
object of the bill to-day which provides
that hereafter no case shall be transferred
to United States courts which involves
sum less than $4,000.
GEEEN BOTTLES.
The bottle manufacturers before the SEN
of a AZ per cent. rate per pound
on green bottles. They represent that 10S
furnaces in the country have already
drawn their fires owing to the large impor-
tation of bottles, particularly from Ger
many.
SAYS IT'S FALSE.
Gen. Hazen denounces as false the
charges in an anonymous circular
against the highest officers of the
signal corps. The circular was called
forth by the proposition to transfer the
signal corps to the interior.
SCRAPS.
Lieut.. Col. Craighill, of the engineer
corps, will resume charge of the improve
ments of the great Kanawha and Elk
rivers, West Virginia, relieving Capt. E..
H. Ruffner, of the temporary charge of the
same.
The treasury department is docking its
employees for absence. To-day one man
was notified that for this month he had
been docked $50, another $50 and a
woman $25.
Representative Knott, of Kentucky, has
very assuring letters from the residents of
his state that his nomination for governor
by the Democrats is extremely probable.
The chief of the Ohio division in the
pension bureau says that Gen. Ben
Lefevre referred ia claims for pensions
to that bureau in one day.
western Associated Press
COMMITTEE WORK.
The house committee on public build
ings and grounds authorized the expendi-