Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-19
money though in less amounts for many

plated n the legislative and executive ap-
preparation bill, the officials of that bu-
reau have been studying the subject, and
find that the work can be maintained at its
present efficient standard by the employ
ment of deputies in num-
Der of districts. An increase of
one collector is needed in California,
one in Louisiana and one in Texas. A re-
ductioL. could not be made without serious
inconvenience as follows: Two in New
York, two in Pennsylvania, two in New
Jersey, one in North Carolina, one in
Massachusetts,, one in Connecticut, one in
Indiana, one in Illinois and one in Michi-
gan. The Illinois district which it is
thought may be abolished is the one of
which Jonathan Merriam is now collector
There is said to be now but one distillery
in that district.
THE sUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
Western Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. Feb 1.-THE sundry civil
appropriations bill was completed and
given into the hands of the printer at a
late hour tonight, to be ready for the
house Monday morning. The total amount
recommended is about $24,000,000. The bill
contains clause repeating the presumption
laws and appropriating money for de-
tecting and preventing fraudulent entries
Of land. The homestead law is not af-
fected by the repeal of the presumption
law. The facts before the committee showed
abuses which resulted in this repeal have
| been carried to an extent which has, in
some instances, resulted in patenting to
specializing parties as high as 10000 acres
OF land. In one instance in Dakota one
man alone has taken up II, 900 acres. The
committee ordered 100000 to the amount
in the original bill for United States
geographical survey, making the sum rec
commended $259,000 for expenses of the
tenth census; 100000 is allowed in
the bill. The $4,000 in the bill
| for the national board of health was
stricken out and the signal service appro
priation was considerably cut down.
The amount asked for the signal service
for the cotton belt was stricken out on the
ground that it was of value only for spec
ulative purposes The amounts recon-
mended in the bill for continuing and
completing work on public buildings I'M
der the treasury department are in part as
follows: Cincinnati, $25,OOO: Memphis,
$25,O00 Pittsburg, $25000; ST..
Council Bluffs, $4,000; Dallas, S27,5OO-
Denver, $4,000; Des Moines, $4,000; Jack
son, Tenn, $4,000; Leavenworth, $4,000;
Minneapolis, $4,000; Louisville, $4,000.
In most instances those buildings are for
United States courts and postoffices. I'm
der the war department $IS2.000 was rec
| L. Il T.. .o1
For the presidents house and
grounds the recommendations are
for grounds south of the mansion,
$4,000; greenhouses to nursery, $4,000;
repairing and refurnishing the executive
mansion, $4,000; fuel, $4,000; upon con-
servatories, $500; for lighting, $1,000.
To be used by authority of the president
in case of dangerous epidemics, 100000.
For completion of the Washington monu-
ment $1,000. For observations and ex-
plorations in Arctic seas, $33, 900. For aid
in suppressing counterfeiting, $4,000.
| THE WEEK IN CONGRESS.
The Dakota bills may possibly obtain
| consideration in the senate towards the
end of this week unless the number of ap-
preparation bills, already on the calendar,
be meanwhile augmented by the legisla-
tive, executive and judicial appropriation
bill which now waits report by the COM
mittee on appropriations. The regular
order in the shouse of representatives to-
morrow will be call of committees for
motion to suspend the rules. The first
important committee to be reached on the
list tomorrow is the ways and means COM
mittee, which will offer for passage by
this method, bill Identical with the inter
nal revenue provisions of the bill now
pending in the senate as amended by the
senate to the present date This bill will
reduce taxation by an amount variously
estimated at $30,000,000 to $40,00O,0O0 per
annum, and will probably OBJ
tain the requisite two-thirds majority
Other committees, standing lower on the
list will offer motions as follows: The iu-
dietary, to pass the senate bill to establish
court of appeals. This is the measure
commonly known as "the Davis BILL" de-
signed to relieve the supreme court of part
of its constantly accommodating business.
The commerce, to fix day for the consid-
Grafton of Amos Townsend's bill Gre
ating commission to in
vestigate the subject of interstate
commerce.: and agriculture, to pass the
| Anderson bill to create an agricultural
commission. The principal duties pro-
posed for this commission are to investi-
gate the movement of agricultural pro-
ducts and to report upon all questions
relating to the maintenance of reasonable
and just interstate transportation tariff.
If this can be set aside the regular order
will be the announcement of
the speakers decision on Gar
isles point of order interposed
against Haskell's motion to cut off debate
On the remaining schedules of the tariff
bill, regardless of its nature. BY this
forthcoming decision there appears to be
no prospect Of bringing the pending bill
to a point of final action by the house and
even if its consideration be resumed to-
morrow it will probably be laid aside again
| during Tuesdays session, in
order to take up the sun
| dry civil appropriation bill, which
ordinarily occupies several days, and which
in turn may be followed by the river and
| harbor bill, or possibly by the general de-
fciency bill. Upon the expected early re-
ceipt by the house of the taxes and tariff
bill now pending in the senate, that meas
ure will be laid upon the speakers table
and the problem which now gives rise to
SO much speculation as to the means reach
ing it for action on the senate amend
ments will then doubtless become the SUBJ