St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-22
The Tariff Attitude of the Demo
Gratis Still the Leading
Topic.
Belief That q Caucus Will Be Held
Tuesday, and the Morrison Bill
Recommitted.
The Kansas Foot and Mouth Disease De.
clared by An Expert to Be Due to
Local Causes.
Gen. AeerilI Placed Upon the Retired List
AS Reward For Services and
Sufferings,
Especial Telegram to tn. Globe,


ent respecting the kilograms received tonight
from DR.. Salmon, the expert sent to Kansas
! to investigate the foot and mouth cattle dis
ease, who reported that the infection did
not exist, and was attributable to local cause
only, said that this demonstrated the neces-
sity for passing the Hatch pleuro-pneumonia
cattle bill, so that the agricultural depart
men. might have authority to act promptly in
matters of contagious diseases among do
mestic animals. The commissioner, was
specially desrous that the cattle grow
ing interest might be adequately protected.
THE AvERILL BILL.
The house was more favorable to Gen. VIII
liam w. Averin than to Gen. Pleasanton,
both of whom resigned from the army, and
asked to be restored and placed upon the re-
| tired list with the pay, and emoluments of a
retired colonel. Gen. Pleasanton's bill was
incontinently knocked in the head week
ago by stricking out the enacting clause but
Gen. Averilrs passed to-day by consider
able majority after two hours debate in
which it was stubbornly opposed by Repre-
sentatives Brown, of Indiana, and Dibbrell, of
Tennessee, and supported by delegate Ma
ginnis, of Montana, and Representatives
Woolford, Henderson and others. The appli-
| cation of Gen. Averill was based chiefly
| on the ground of disability and incapacity,
resulting from long and arduous military
service. His resignation, the military COM
mittee say, occurred May IS, 1865, and not
until he had passed through all the perils and
exposures and hardships of the entire war,
having written one of the most brilliant
chapters in his country's history.
He resigned on account of
failing health from honorable wounds. Four
teen months after he resigned congress
passed an act under which he would have
been entitled, had he been then in the army,
to retire with full rank and pay. A state
ment from the war department. accompany
| ing the report, shows that Gen. Averill par
ticipated in twenty battles and other engage
| ments. He was wounded in a battle with
| the Navajoe Indians in New Mexico in 1857
| and suffered number of severe wounds
| during the rebellion.
| THEY CRITICISE BLAIR'S BILL.
| There has not been bill in the senate for
long time that has received such merciless
criticism for the language in which the au-
thor has striven unsuccessfully to express
his ideas, as has been showered upon Sena-
tor Blair's educational bill. Senator ingalls,
called attention the oiaer day to the fact that
the bill allowed states TO retain in their treas
uries, or apply to any purpose they chose,
two-thirds of the money given by the govern
ment during the first five years, the Ian
guage being s'that no part Of the money
appropriated under this act shall be
paid out in any state or territory which shall
not during the first five years of the opera
ton of this act annually expend for the
one-third of the sum, which shall be col
lected to it under the provisions hereof"
| Mr. Blair explained that what he meant
was that each state should expend on COM
mon schools not one-third of the federal
bounty, but sum raised by
| its own taxation equal to
at least one-third of that bounty. He con-
sented that the bill should be amended to
make that clear. Another point that invites
criticism is the provision that no part of the
money appropriated under this act shall
be paid out in any state or
territory, not to any state or
territory. This seems to mean an attempt to
restrain the states in certain contingencies
! from spending any of the money
| after the government has given it to them.
| To-day Senator Harrison declared that under
! the bill even as amended to cover the objec-
| ton raised by Mr.. ingalls,, no state could
| receive any money till the end of the first
five years, because not till after the five years
had elapsed could it be known whether any
state or territory had complied with
the conditions. Senator Hoar said
that it was worse yet; the
condition covered the whole ten years, and
under the terms of the bill, ten years must
elapse before any state could get a cent
Senator Hoar offered an amendment to make
the intent of the bill clear. During the rat
tling fire of criticism that was kept up, Sena-
tor Blair got considerably irritated and an
grily defended his bill, but the senate con-
cluded to have the bill printed with the
amendments so far adopted before going on
| with the debate.
DEMOCRATIC TARIFF CAUCUS.
| More than half of the Democrats whom one
meets at the capitol, tell you that they don't
know when their party will hold caucus on
the tariff Some say twill be a mere confer
ence for the purpose of trying to smooth
over the differences with respect to the Nor
| r;e h,1t ofh boti II,,
that it will be caucus at which majority
| will determine what shall be the party policy,
and all who take part in it will be
expected to support its decision, and Mr..
Post, of Pennsylvania, who is secretary of
the caucus, said to-day that the conference
| Tuesday. Mr.. Morrison said tonight in an
swer to question as to when the conference
| would be held, "The caucus will be held
next Tuesday" In saying this he signif-
cantly emphasized the word "caucus" and
walked away. There is a great deal of spec
| ulation about what will be the character of
the possible compromise between
the free traders and protectionists.
Some of the farmers say there will be no
compromise and that the bill must stand or
fall upon its merits, while others of that
class and the incidental protectionists
who have to hear themselves called, .'Con-
servative tariff reformers,'' are positive
that the Morrison bill must and will be ma
terially modified. 1t was observed to-day
that some of the prominent tariff reformers
agree with Mr.. Randall in earnest opposition
to the bonded whisky bill, have paid him
marked attention and the frequent animated
conversations between them and Mr.. Randall
during the day are interpreted to mean that
their purpose is to avail themselves of their
mutual interest with respect to the whisky
bill, to bring about an understanding with