St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-09
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Representatives Have Some Live
ly Work in Trying to Check
mate Each Other.
7ne Hous;e of Representatires.

The House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, March S.-Mr. Phelps asked
leave to present the resolutions of the New
Jersey senate, protesting against the Nor
rison tariff bill, but a number of objections
were made by the Democratic side, and the
resolutions were not read.
Under the call of committees the following
reports were submitted:
By Mr. Turner, from the committee on
elections, resolution confirming the rights
of Kinner, North Carolina, to his seat in the
house. Laid over.
BY Mr. Moulton, from the committee on
judiciary, to divide the state of Illinois Into
three judicial districts. Placed on the cal
endar.
The house by vote of lis to 127, refused
to 60 into committee for the consideration OF
the bonded whisky bill.
By Mr.. Worthington, from the committee
on public buildings, for the erection OF pub
lie buildings at Duluth, Mimi, and Akron,
Ohio. Referred to the committee Of the
whole.
By Mr.. Dingley adversely from the COM
mittee on shipping, authorizing the purchase
of foreign built ships by the United States
citizens for use in the foreign carrying trade.
Placed on the house calendar. Mr.. Slocum
presented the views of the minority, which
was ordered printed.
Mr.. Morrison moved that the house 90
into committee of the whole on the revenue
bill, pending which, Townshend, of Illinois,
moved, that the house go into committee on
general appropriation bills.
The speaker stated that a vote would first
be taken on Morrison, motion, and Mr.. Ran
dial demanded the yeas and nays.
Mr.. Reid, of Maine inquired, whether, if
the motion carried, the committee would be
required to consider the internal revenue
bills.
The speaker replied, it would be required
to consider bills raising the revenue, if there
are any such on the calendar. The object Of
Morrison's motion was to take up the con-
sideration of the bonded extension bill. The
house, however, refused to adopt it; yeas
lis, nays 1877. This was in no sense q party
vote, as large number of Democrats voted
in the negative with the Republicans, and
almost equally as large number of Repub-
hcans with the Democrats in the affirmative.
Nor can it be considered in the light of q
strict test vote ON the whisky bill, as the fact
that it was antagonized by an appropriation
BILL induced many members to vote against
it, who win probably support itwhen it comes
squarely before the house, and several Re
publcans voted for it, for the purpose of
Immediately moving to strike out the enact
ing clause.
The house then went into committee of
the whole, Mr.. Blount in the chair, on the
postofice appropriation bill.
Mr.. Townshend explained the provisions
of the bill.
Mr.. Horr said there would undoubtedly be
deficiency of s9,5OO,0OO if the bill passed
in its present shape, and the only offset the
committee provided was cutting down in
the salaries of postmasters in nine cities.
He was opposed to this provision, contend
ing that postmasters in large cities fully
earned the salaries they were now receiving.
He invited special attention to the provision
for the reduction of compensation to rail-
roads. Though he thought it unwise, he
made no special objection to it, his
opposition being directed to
the clause authorizing the payment
of only so per cent. of that compensation to
land grant roads. This did not apply to the
Union Pacific system, and it was doubtful
whether it applied to the Northern Pacific.
1t affected fifty little roads, scattered through
out the country, only ten of which were on q
paying basis. While one gentleman from
Indiana, Holman, was here declining to pay
these roads what they earned, another
gentleman from Indiana, Cobb, was in an
other room taking away what had been given
chem, 1t was unjust, unfair and unbecom-
ing the dignity of great nation to deal
Syith these roads other than as one individual
would deal with another.
Mr.. Sumner, of California, advocated the
establishing of postal telegraph, asserting
its constitutionality, and maintaining the adj
visibility Of such a step. He declared, if
there had been postal telegraph in 1876,
Samuel j. Tilden would have taken posses
sion of the position to which he had been
elected then, and to which it was likely he
would be elected again in 1884. The COM
IN ittee, without further action, rose.
Mr.. Hunt offered resolution, calling on
the secretary of war, for inform alton as tc
whether he has made or published any rules
or regulations relating to the control or nav
igation of the South Pass of the Mississippi
river, or any other public waters of the state
of Louisiana, and if so by what authority.
Adopted. Adjourned.