St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-20
The Main Points Of the Hop
kins Bill Which Passed
the House.
Chances Favorable to the Passage
Of a Similar Bill by the
Senate.
Walsh, the Witness Wanted to Con-
Wet Kellogg, Seems Beyond
Reach of Attachment.
EnOx to Become President Of the Bank OF
the Republic, the Boston Charges
Notwithstanding.
Il Blow at POIygamy-1IissouriR River Com
mission-surprised Mexicans-Gen-
eraI Capital Notes.
Especial Telegram to the Globe

of other and perhaps less pressing business
and permitted the consideration, as agreed
upon, of bills reported by the labor commit
tee: First-To establish department of
labor statistics. Second-To prohibit impor
tations of Iaborers under contracts made in
foreign countries. Third-To enforce the eight
hour law, and to provide for the payment
Of wages withheld from government en-
ployes in violation of the eight-hour law.
Fourth-to prohibit contract labor by con-
victs so far as federal prisoners are concerned.
The bill creating the department of labor
statistics provides for the appointment of
commissioner who shall hold his Office for
four years and receive salary of $4,000;
that he shall acquire all useful information
upon the subject of labor its relations to capt
tai and the means Of promoting the
material, social, intellectual and religious
prosperity of the laboring women OF the
country. The various labor organizations Of
the country have been endcayoring for sew
eral years past to secure such national legis-
lation as would bring to the attention Of the
country, through an executive bureau, the
true relations between labor and capital, but
eentatives of corporations, on the floors of
the house and senate Whenever any
member raised his voice in behalf of the
rights of labor he was at once denounced as
a demagogue and the subject literally bulled
off the floors of both the senate and the
house. The New England delegations were
foremost in this opposition until the break
was made by Senator Blair, Of New Hamp- |
shire, who succeeded in the last con-
gross in securing the appointment of
a special committee to visit New York |
and elsewere to inquire into the condition
of the laboring classes. The testimony adj
duced before that committee last summer
was interesting and voluminous and the re-
suit made apparent by the passage to-day of
Mr.. Hopkins bill. The religious condition
clause was eliminated.
THE BLAIR BILL.
pending in the senate, is kindred in purpose,
but creates a division of labor statistics under |
the charge of the commissioner of agricul-
ture. Mr.. Hopkins believes that this
bureau should be equal with |
other governmental bureaus and not
w iCuuSCu " oCtOuutl I'LL pOltdH W az |
lacking it as a dependency of the agricul- |
tural department. The effort made in the
house to-day to accomplish this signally /
failed, and although the bill was amended in
various particulars and the debate took such
a wide range as to keep the body in session
until o'clock, the report of the labor COM
mittee was substantially endorsed by its
triumphant passage. The sentiment in its
favor was pronounced Little doubt exists
of the concurrence of the senate. The other
bills, important as they are, not being
reached must take the chances of passage
hereafter, and it will require unanimous
consent for their consideration as the special
order did not last beyond to-day.
WHERE IS WALSH?
The department of justice is making her
culean efforts, now it is too late, to find John
A Walsh, the recalcitrant witness in the
Kellogg case, which is set for trial next Mon
day. The impression prevails that Walsh
was not really wanted until he had gotten I'M
der cover and beyond reach of attachment.
Without Walsh's testimony the case against
Kellogg is likely to fail, but as Kellogg is a
delegate to the Republican national conven-
ton, the situation at this juncture becomes
specially interesting.
KNOX AND THE BANK OF THE REPUBLIC.
The New York Herald of to-day SAYS: Mr.
E. II. Pullen, cashier of the National Bank
ofthe Republic, stated authoritatively yester-
day afternoon that on May Mr.. John Jay
Knox, who yesterday resigned as controller
of the currency, will assume the presidency
of that bank. He will bring with him to act
as vice president of the bank Mr.. Orson
Adams, who has been United States bank
examiner for the states of Virginia, Mary
land, North Carolina and South Carolina.
TO IMPROVE THE MISSOURI.
Messrs. Doclzerey, Buckner, Bland Burns,
Grace, Cosgrove, O'Neill and Alexander, of
the Missouri delegation in congress, made
arguments before the river and harbor com
mittee to-day in favor of an appropriation of
81, 600, 600 for the improvement of the Mis-
souri, river. Congressman from Missouri
Kansas, Nebraska and Western Iowa are to
hold a meeting at an early date to secure
united action on the passage of bill Great
ing Missouri river commission. The Mis-
souri, delegation urged the importance of
a systematic mprovement of the Missouri
from its mouth to Fort Benton upon the
plan now in operation respecting the Missis-
sippi river. They complain that the region
watered by the Missouri river has been neg
lected, Notwithstanding its excess of the Mis-
sissippi river region in the value of its pro-
ducts of agriculture and manufacture Part
of the 81, 900, 900 asked for is needed for i'm
mediate use at Kansas City and Leaven-
worth.
HoAIEsTEADs AND PRE-EMPTIoNs.
At meeting of the house committee on
public lands to-day Messrs. Henley, Oates
and Strait were appointed a subcommittee to
prepare bill to repeal the presumption and
timber culture acts and so amend the home
stead laws as to prevent fraudulent entries.
DEATH TO PoLYGASIY.
The house committee on territories agreed
TO report bill providing for commission to
be appointed by the president to govern
Utah. 1t is provided by the bill that mar
rage shall be solemnized by minister,
judge or justice of the peace, and a record
filed, 1t makes marriage when either party
has husband or wife living, amisdemeanor.
punishable by imprisonment in Jail not less
than six months and not more than twelve.
POSTAL MATTERS.
Elijah H. Strong has been appointed most
master at Danforth and Washington II
Switzer at Webb, Dakota.
VISITING MEXICANS.
A large number of Mexican citizens ar
rived to-day direct from that country on the
first through train. They are much pleased