Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-11

spirits III bond on the day of its passage
as were entered for deposit prior
to that day, and as to which the
required application for the extension
and required Endorsement of liability are
made at, or before, the maturity of the
warehousing bond. If passed Feb. 10,
whisky made between Feb. l and Feb. 10
would not be embraced in it's provisions.
Said spirits would, under the existing law,
be entered for deposit on March /, or
within five days thereof. Of this the Office
feels no doubt. If, however, the distiIler
has doubt, he is, of course, at liberty to
make tender of entry and bond on the
10th dayo February, Or on any other day
on which the bill passes. This answer is
predicated on the bill as printed on page
53 of the Congressional Record of the 9TH
ult. Very respectfully.
Signed GREEN B. RAUM.
Western Associated Press
CAUCUS PLANS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-A conference of
the Republican caucus committee of the
senate was held this morning, and a gen
eral understanding reached that the ship
ping bill will be first called up after dis
posing of the tariff bill.
NOTES AND NEWS.
The case of the Union Pacific Railroad
company has been placed in the hands of
the solicitor general, who will take proper
steps for the recovery of the portion of the
net earnings of the road claimed to be due
the government.
Herr Won Easenbrecke, the newly ap-
pointed German minister, arrived this
morning.
G. A. Robinson & Co., Chicago, grain
merchants and dealers in options, have
been placed on the postal black list.
THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS,
called for the purpose of determining
what action to take in regard to the Kas-
son rule, which provides that q majority
vote of the house may, until the 4th of
March, suspend the rules and take from
the calendar of the committee of the
whole, or from the speakers table, any tar
if, internal revenue or appropriation bill,
instead of requiring two thirds vote to
suspend, but after an informal discussion
lasting about twenty minutes it was de
cided to await the action of
the committee on rules, which has
not yet reported. The informal
discussion developed the fact that while
the sentiment of opposition to Kasson's
rule is general among the Democrats, who
with all vote against it, they cannot be
controlled by the caucus to the extent of
refraining from voting to prevent quo
rum. Another caucus will be held after
the report of the committee on rules is
presented.
TIKI MANNING-CHALMERS CONTEST.
Val. FL. Manning will serve notice at once
upon Gen. Jas. S. Chalmers, who is now in
the city, of his purpose to take the
dispositions of Secretary Vim. E.
Chandler, Representative Jay A. Hubbell,
d. d. Henderson, and clerks of the Republic
can congressional committee, on the 9Th of
March next. These gentlemen will be
sworn to state what they know of the late
election in the second Mississippi district,
their statement to be used as testimony in
the Manning Chalmers contest for the seat
in the Forty-eighth congress.
SANITARY LEGISLATION FOR IMMIGRANTS.
The house committee on commerce to-
day authorized Chairman Guenther to
report favorably a joint resolution pro-
viding for commission and joint COM
mission on emigration, to take steps look
ing to the assimilation of the legislative
enActments to this country, Great
Britain and Germany on
the subject of regulations for
steam vessels carrying passengers and
other matters connected with safety and
comfort to the health of emigrants. It
provides for three commissioners, to be
appointed by the president, and to be paid
$12 per day while actively engaged, and
also their reasonable expenses and clerk
at IS per diem; the necessary expenses to
be audited by the secretary of state. The
duty of the commission is to investigate
all such questions as relate to the safety,
comfort and health of passengers, whether
coming to or going from the United States,
and to formulate such provisions
and regulations as they may
deem essential, and report
through the secretary to congress. 1t fur
ther provides that the secretary of state,
upon receiving the provisional report,
shall forward copy of the same in the
name of the president of the United States
to the governments of Great Britain and
Germany, with a request that each of said
governments appoint commission of
three persons to examine the same and in
case these governments approve the pro-
visions to agree to urge their enactment
by their respective legislative bodies. Then
they shall be reported to congress for
action; but if they do not agree, then the
commissions of the United States, Great
Britain and Germany must meet
as joint international commission at
such places as may be determined on, and
endeayor to reach a common agreement,
and in case of an agreement, then the draft
of the provisions, signed by the commits
sioners of the three governments in the
triplicate, shall be reported through the
secretary of state to congress for ratifca-
ton or rejection. 1t is understood that the
president, the secretary of state, and Mr..
West, the British minister, have expressed
themselves in favor of the bill
THE JAPANESE INDEMNITY FUND.
The committee of conference on the
Japanese indemnity fund bill took action
to-day. They will recommend that the
house of representatives recede from its
disagreement to the senate amendments,
excluding all accretions of interest and
premiums from the amount to be returned
to Japan and that the bill shall provide
simply-frst for returning to that nation
the original amount received from it as an
indemnity in 1864, namely $7S5,00O; Sec
Ond. for the payment of S14OOOO to the