St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-02-29
that no law was ever more loudly called for
by long and costly eyperience


by long and costly experience.
Senator Sewells ame1ment to have then
proposed ships built in the navy yards, would
easily win the support of the Republicans,
but for the fact that no navy yard now has
the requisite plant, and the construction of
this would cost large sum. Most of the
Democrats would oppose it from the fear that
the money expended in navy yards would
be used for carrying elections, though Sena-
tor Morgan supported it, and declared that
if the confederates could make an
iron clad Merrimac in Norfolk, it
was nonsense to say that iron ships
could not be built in any of our yards.
SILVER DOLLARS IN EUROPE.
Mr.. Beard said to-day in an interview:
''There are $500, 200, ,000l of silver IN
Europe that would come over here if all re-
strictions were to be removed. The govern
ment would only have to guarantee s75, 5,0OO,-
900 to make the whole amount equal to gold.
If the national bank circulation were retired
and no paper money of any kind is
sued for less than $40, I don't
think there would be any trouble
with silver. But the people don't want to
carry either silver or gold. The reason the
silver dollar does not circulate is the same
that prevents the gold dollar from circulation.
The paper is more convenient. think that
the advocates of gold basis will finally come
to accept silver as a means of self preserva-
ton. The limitation on the coinage of silver
itself helps to depreciate it. If we have hmi-
tation at all, it ought to be based on the un
limited coinage of silver as well as gold, nor
should persons depositing bullion be
compelled to wait for the coinage, but should
be entitled to receive certificate to the amount
of its mint value on deposit,
Mr. Bland admitted that several, but he
thinks not majority, of his company favor
stopping the coinage of silver for the present.
For several months no gold, or but very little,
has been disbursed in paying salaries to the
department clerks. The general practice is
to pay the clerks sixty per cent. in silver
certificates and the rest in greenbacks.
Fractions of SIS began to-day to be paid in
silver dollars.
PERSONAL.
Geo. B. Winship, editor of the Grand
Forks Herald, arrived to-day.
j. H. Sanders and wife, Greenleaf Clark
and Thomas B. Marrett, of st. Paul, are at
Willards.
Western Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-The house com
mittee on public lands decided by z to to
recommend the forfeiture of all granted
lands contiguous to that portion of the
Northern Pacific railway not com pleted on
July 4, 1879.
DISEASED CATTLE.
The department of state received informa-
ton from the United States consul at Birming
ham, England, that foot and mouth disease
is among cattle in almost every county in
England. The secretary of the treasury re-
quested the secretary of state to notify the
United States consuls in Great Britain not
to certify to invoices of cattle, unless after
examination of the animals by veterinary
surgeon, they are satisfied the animals are
free from disease.
NEWSPAPER POSTAGE.
At the regular meeting of the senate COM
mittee on postoffices and post-roads, this
morning, Vim. Penn Nixon, proprietor of the
Chicago Inter- Ocean made an argument in
advocacy Of the reduction Of the postal rates
upon newspapers TO one cent per pound,
The post route bill passed by the house was
reached but temporarily laid aside, to await
the action of the president in respect to the
general bill recently passed, making all pub
lie roads and highways post routes. II the
latter becomes law, it will probably be held
by the committee that the passage of the post
route bill is unnecessary.
The treasury department have ISSUED
warrants for about $11, 500, 900 on account
of pensions the present month, it is there
fore expected that the reduction of the public
debt for this month will be less than usual.
Senators Vance and Brown and Represen-
tatives Bennett, Chandler, W. r. Cox and
Dibrel, arg ued before the ways and means
committee to-day, and advocated change in
the internal revenue laws. A proposition to
allow fruit growers to make their own brandy,
without taxation, was favored, and the
speakers asked for less obnoxious laws rela-
tive to distilation. One OF two congress
men advocated the abolition of the internal
revenue laws.
IMPROVEMENT OF ALASKA
a bill was introduced in the senate
by Senator Pendleton, by request, to
facilitate the settlement and development of
Alaska, which provides that an appropria-
ton of 100000 be made for survey explor-
alton and construction of highway from
Fort Wrangle to the nearest and
most available station on the
Canadian Pacific railway, at or
near as possible to the line of the 114th degree
of west longitude, and for opening the agr-
cultural and grazing lands of the territory of
Alaska to settlement, under the homestead
laws, in quantities of $40 acres, to the head
of families, and 800 acres to persons, male
ried
Representative Brewer was directed by the
house committee on manufactures to report
favorably his bill to impose fine of not more
than 500, or imprisonment for thirteen
months on any person interfering in any way
with commercial traveller selling goods by
sample.
CHINESE BILL.
The house committee on foreign affairs, byl
party vote, the Democrats favoring and the
Republicans opposing, agreed to favorably re-
port, with two amendments, the bill prepared
by the Pacific delegation in congress
for the prevention Of Chinese
immigration. This clause in the original
bill, which ''made it necessary for Chinese
students to have certificates stating what
studies they proposed prosecuting, at what
place, and the length of time for completing
the same, and that no students should re-
main in this country for a period exceeding
ninety days after completing their studies,"
was stricken out. The second amendment
to the bill makes it necessary for
the United States to pay all expenses for SUBJ
sistence, maintenance, and the return of
any Chinese person, who may not have been
permitted to land from any vessel, by reason
of the provisions of the act. Representative
Lamb was authorized to report the amended
bill, and expects to have it prepared on
Monday.
The American government has received