Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-22

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These men can never get an Office in Tex
as, and they know it. Some outside Dem
ocrats think that by dividing up the state,
the influence of the Democratic party
would be increased, particularly in the
United States senate. 1 am Democrat
but love Texas better than the
Democratic party, and I believe
that any true Texan harbors
the same feeling. You may rest assured
that Texas will remain as she is during
another generation at least
THE COTTON EXPOSITION.
A bill will be introduced in both houses
of congress tomorrow making provision
for holding q universal and cotton centen-
NAL exposition in 1884 under the auspices
OF the United States government, the Ma
tional Cotton Planters association, and
the city in which the exposition is located.
The bill has been very carefully drawn
and has been approved by
many leading senators and
representatives. It viii embody the main
features of the Philadelphia centennial
bill, with the exception of the subsidy fea-
ture. No aid from the government is
asked. The man who has charge of this
enterprise is Mr.. T. G Moorehead, the
president of the National Cotton Planters
association. The association has not yet
determined in what city the exposition
shall be held. The choice will largely de-
pend upon the advances which the com
peting cities offer.
PERSONAL.
Gov. Butler, of Massachusetts, arrived
here this evening, but was not present at
Leopold Morse's banquet to Senator Hoar.
Secretary and Mrs. Chandler, assisted
by Mrs. Kingsley. held the first of their Sc
ries of Saturday evening receptions last
night. There was large crowd and dis
tinguished attendance, and many hand
some toilets we're worn by the ladies pres
ent.
THE NAVAL BILL.
The house transacted very lit
tie business yesterday outside of the
debate on the naval appropriation bill,
which took a wide range and covered much
in relation to the navy that had no connec-
ton with the pending bill. The house took
little interest in the debate, because it was
simply repetition of the debate on the
same bill last session, except that Mr..
Robson and Mr.Whitthorne did not renew
their personal abuse of each other nor pa
rade themselves in pugilistic attitude
IT, 0f
the speeches delivered the proposed chang
es in the official corps do not meet with
much favor, although it was admitted by
the best Informed that the proposed abol1
ton of the grade of commodore was in the
direction of needed reforms. A majority
seems to favor the appropriation for con-
structing new steel cruising vessels, but
about the completion of the monitors there
is more disagreement. 1t has been agreed
that the general debate shall be limited
to one hour more, on Monday
next, and then debate under the fve-min-
BILE that the bill will be out of the way in
time to give place to the tariff bill on
Tuesday.
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
The house committee on levees of the
Mississippi river held its first meeting
this session yesterday and passed resolu-
ton requesting the committee on COM
MERGE to report a bill appropri-
ating 100000 to be expended by
the Mississippi river commission
for the improvement of the river from
Cairo to the gulf, and $1,25O,000 to be ex-
pended in repairing the river above Cairo.
The committee agreed to go before the
commerce committee and personally urge
favorable action on their recommendation.
They have little hope that the committee
will report a separate bill, but that all the
money Appropriated for the river viii be
by clauses inserted in the river and harbor
bill that is to be reported. The
levee committee prefers, however, to rec
ommend that separate bill be brought
into the house, that the question of i'm
proving the Mississippi may not be jeop-
ardized by the failure of the river and
harbor bill to become q law.
GUITEAU's BONES.
The story that the government cohtem-
plates paying $4,000 for Guiteaus bones
is moonshine. No one owns the bones.
The pretended will of Guiteau
granting them to DR.. Hicks
has never been probated and probably
never will be. District Attorney Corkhill
said to-day that any one who has possession
of the bones has as much right to them as
any one else.
THE CONGRESSIONAL DEATH ROLL.
The death-roll of this congress is larger
than that of any previous congress that is
remembered. Six representatives and
one senator have crossed ever the river
and are now resting on the
other side. The list commences
with Mr.. Allen, (of Missouri who died
April 8, 1882. The next was the Hon. R.
M. A. Hawk; the next J. I. Updegraff (of
Ohio) Nov. 30, 1882; Godlove S. Orth, (of
Indiana) Dec. Is, 1882, and then J. W.
Shackelford, Jan. Is, 1883. Senator Ben
Hill died Aug. Is, 1882. John Q. Smith
died prior to taking his seat; therefore no
record of his death is kept by the house,
his name meyer having been placed on the
roll.