St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-12
The House Of Representatires.

WASHINGTON, March 11.-Mr. Morrison
reported favorably the senate ways and means
bill, to reduce the import duties and war
tariff accompanied with written report
Mr.. Mckinley supported the views of the
minority.
Under call, committee reports were sub
mitted by Mr. McCord, from the judiciary
committee providing for two additional asso-
ciate Justices for Dakota.
By Mr. Rosecrans, from the committee on
military affairs, favorably, bill to authorize
Cheyenne, Black Hills IL Montana Railroad
company, to build across the foot of Russell
and Laramie military reservation. Also
favorably, bill to place Colonel George w.
Getty on the retired list as major-general.
By Mr. Morgan, from the same committe e
reported adversely the bill to construct q
macadamized road from Memphis, Ten
nessee to the National cemetery near that
city.
By Mr.. Perkins, favorably, a bill from. the
committee on Indian affairs, for the sale of
the KickapOo diminished reservation. in
Kansas.
The house on the motion of Mr.. Towns
bend went into committee of the whole on
postoflice appropriation bill.
Mr.. Bingham opposed the bill. The recent
| reduction in postage must not be made an
excuse for a limited appropriation. 1t was
the purpose of the Democrats to go before
the public and claim that they had cut down
the expenses of the postoflice department,
| but if they did so, it was without due regard
! TO the demands of the service.
Mr.. Holman defended the bill. He denied
that it in any way tended to cripple the serv-
| ice, and asserted, that while the measure was
economical it was calculated to make the
! postot1ice department even more efficient
| than at present.
Mr.. Townshend deprecated the bringing
into politics the consideration of bill of this
character. He compared this bill with the
| bill this year, to show that the Republican
party in the last house made poor pretence
of ECONOMY, in order TO throw the necessity
of passing the deficiency appropriation bill
| upon the present congress. Townshend then
proceeded to arraign the Republican party
| for past offenses in the administration of the
government for the last fifteen years. No
American citizen could read the record of
that party without his face crimsoning with
shame for his country. Many of the founders
of the party were pure and noble men, but
where were they gone! When the Republic
can party was converted into a spoil hunting
band, they left it and joined political party
which had political ideas. daughter on the
Republican side and query from Boutelle,
where PendletOn would goO Referring to
the expression in Horr's speech, as to the
| virtues of the Republican party, Townshend
rediculed the idea that such thing as virtue
existed in that party. 1t had opened up
the treasury to the wickedest rings
which ever existed in this country, and the
gentleman from Michigan, Horr, in the face
of the damning record of the star route
frauds, stood up and prated about virtue.
If the gentleman was preparing campaign
material for the next election, he could not
aid in the cause by bringing up the record of
his party. The Republican party would be
tried on the issues which he had outlined,
and would be convicted and condemned to
everlasting obloquy add oblivion. Applause
on the Democratic side, and laughter and
applause on the Republican side.
Mr.. Bedford thought the gentleman who at
tempted to lecture the Republican party
| should remember that his own party had not
courage to consider either the wool tariff or
whisky bills. The bill having been read by
sections, Horn moved to increase to S12, 250,-
! 000 the appropriation for compensation to
| postmasters. Pending action, the committee
rose.
Mr.. Payson, from the committee on public
lands, reported back a resolution calling on
the secretary of the interior for certain in
formation touching the lands patented to the
Burlington IL Missouri River Railroad COM
pany. Adopted.
/ The house adjourned