St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-05-23
Accepted by Democrats With an
Addition Which Takes in
Several Republicans.
misrepresentation Who Have En-
tered the House as Hired Lob
byists and Attorneys.
The Senate Passes a Bill Authorizing a
Bridge Over the Mississippi
at st. Paul.
Senator Van Wyck Proposes to Suppress
Advertisements of All Sorts of
Gambling Schemes.
The Senate.

WASHINGTON, May 22.-The bill was passed
authorizing the construction of a bridge across
the Mississippi river at st. Paul.
Senator Morgan, from the committee on foreign
relations. submitted the proposed amendment to
the consular and diplomatic bill, appropriating
$4,000 to enable the president to open com
mercial or diplomatic intercourse with the Congo
country.
Dill was introduced providing for the pay
ment of female nurses for services during the
war.
On motion of Senator Coke, bill was passed
amending the act creating the northern judicial
district of Texas, and providing for holding
terms OF court twice year at Brownsville on the
first Mondays of January and July, San Antonio
the first Mondays in May and November, ElPaso
the first Mondays in April and October, and
Austin the first Mondays in February and
August.
Tine senate took up the bill to prohibit the
| mailing of newspapers and others publications
containing lottery advertisements.
| Senator Vest objected to its consideration, and
the senate, by avote of % yeas, 29 nays, decided
not to consider the BILL and it goes to the foot of
| the calendar
Senator Van Wyck submitted an amendment
to be proposed at the proper time, extending the
provisions of the lottery bill, SO as to prohibit
the mailing of newspapers or other publications
| containing advertisements or notices of sales,
| railroad mining or other stocks of corporations
| by margins, or puts and calls, or any agency
| thereof, or any notice, report or statement of
any such sales
| A Dill was passed appropriating S25 1000 to- COM
| pensate the officers and men of the government
| steamer Don Cameron, for losses incurred by the
| SINKING OF the steamer in the Missouri river in
1877.
Ihe Utah bill was laid aside, and the senate
resumed the consideration of the labor statistics
bill
Senator Van Wyck s proposed an amendment
TO the labor bureau bill, was read, providing that
the chief of the bureau shall be identified with
| the laboring classes, etc.
| Senator lngals said, every fibre of his being
was IN sympathy with labor, but this was a bill
winch he could not support in its present shape
Inc committee on labor, he said, seemed to
think there was all over the land an intense,
eager avldlty Cor succulent, juicy and nutaitious
volumes of statistics, He could imagine the
comfort WIN winch a weary plowman would
wend his way homeward if he knew that in
passing the postoffice he could secure a volume
of statistics He thought the senate could bow
down and worship this bill, without being guilty
OF ldolatry, because it resembled nothing in the
heavens above, nor on the e rth beneath, nor in
the waters under the earth. If, however. the
bill was properly amended, he would support it
| Senator Van Wyck said that the communism
OF capital was more dangerous than the commuu
ism OF labor. Six railroad kings could sit in s
parlor in New York aud regulate everything il
the country.
Senator Blair, replying to Senator ingalls,, sale
the criticism of that senator had been simply s
piece of butfoonery.
Senator Blair afterwards withdrew the worf
''buffoonery'' and raised laugh by suggesting
that the reporter put in its place some word tina
would not be SO offensive, but answer as nearly
| as possible the same thing.
Senator Sherman suggested the substitution o.
the word ''department'' for bureau.
Senator Blair admitted the sugqestion anf
moved to make the title of the bill, A bill to es
tablish department on labor
Pending the debate the senate adjourned.