Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1884-01-07

| They will be referred TO the committee
on the alcoholic liquor traffic and the
judge has no doubt that the committee
will make favorable report, and that the
house will concur. This action will prac
ticslly discharge the committee, and il
would head of all prohibitory or temper.
ance movements in this congress:
| First. That it is the sense of this house
that the matter of restricting or regulat
! ing the traffic in alcohol, malt or vinouE
liquor in the United States belongs proper
| ly 10 the domain of municipal or local
governments, and does not fall
within the scope of the powers inherent
| in the federal government by virtue et
she constitution.
| Second. That it is she sense of this
| house that congress cannot appropriately
deal with the traffic in alcoholic, malt or
vinous liquors except in so far As may be
required to enforce the collection of law
ful reysnue.
Third. That an attempt at sumptuary
legislature by congress must be in tbs na-
tare OF an infringement of the personal
liberty of the citizens
Western Associated Press
PosTNAsrERs' RzNr AND FUEL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.--Representative
Anderson will INTRODUCES to the house, to-
morrow bill making the same allowance
for rent and fuel for postmastea cf third
class Offices, as for the first and second
classes.
THE HOP CROP.
The secretary of state has received from
Horst Mann, the United States consul at
Nuremberg, Bavaria, report relating to
1888. There has been no failure of the
crop in any of the districts of Germany.
The entire yield in Germany in 1888, is es.
timated middling one, about forty thrse
million pounds, English, and the quality
is exceedingly good. The crop in the Aus
tro-HEngarisn empire, on the whole, is not
satisfactorily, and amounts to about ten
million pounds.
CONGRESS RH-AssKMBLEs.
Congress re-assembles tomorrow, and
it's organization will be complete. The
committees are formed, and the machinery
is in order for beginning the work of leg
islation. Not much caz be discovered to
warrant an expression of opinion as TO
what the distinctive chaYaoter of tho ses-
sion will be.
LITTLH WILL BE DONE.
A feeling OF caution, amounting to ap-
parent indifference respecting political
matters, is prevalent and it is probsblo
that no purely political measures will be
brought forward in the few early weeks Of
the new year. Individual views in the
financial and economic matters as en-
bodied in the great number and variety of
bills already introduced, and to be intro
duced, will be discussed, probably, without
leading to any immediate action. The
business first at hand in the senate'i is the
revision of it's rules, TO be followed by the
consideration of the proposed joint rules
The discussion will continue the greater
part of the week. The work of the week
promises to be of comparatively little in
terezt.,
FITZ JoHN PoRTER's BILL.
On Tuesday Gen. Slocnm expects to re-
port the Fitz John Porter bill from Sshs
committee On military affairs, and an
effort will be made during the week by its
friends 10 have it considsred, ss some
dorbt has arisen in regard to the powsr Of
the committee On military aTsirs to set, as
it did during The holiday reosss. The com
Inittss will again consider the Porter bill
tomorrow in order TO prevent the delay
which might otherwise OCCUR when ii il
reported.
TIM PENSION BILL.
The sub-ssmnittes on pensions has re-
-
consideration soAe changes ii proposes 10
make in the law. One Of them
is the reduction of the aumbsr
of agencies whore funds are
disburEsd from Is TO 10 or ID at chs most
prominent oommersisl centres Com
missioner Dudley las recommended that
the Number of the examining boards be
increased to about 400. At present ihsrs
ara three surgeons who receive 81 each for
e7sry examination at the institute board.
There are in those boards between two and
three hundred. The subcommittee favors
az increase in the number but desires to
pay the surgeons 81 for each examination
in the first five cases, and 81 for each ad
ditional case examined in day. The
oommissioner is expected to give his
opinion of the proposed changes
tomorrow. The members of the commit
tee wish to act harmoniously with the
commissioner in every change affecting
the appropriation to be made. The pen
sion bill will no doubt be reported this
week.
A caucus of the Democratic mem bers
of the house is proposed for an early day,
she object being to consider the policy of
the party on subjects likely TO come up
during the winter.