Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1884-01-25

before every representative viii hsve
to have private secretary at the public
expense. 1t is the custom Of the senate to
refuse permission to tie public to enter
| the chamber after adjournment till sig
nal is given, and that signal is given when
most of the senators have gone. Some
times it is ten minutes after adjournment,
and sometimes it is three aarters of an
hour. On the other hand, the house has
always allowed the public to enter as soon
as it had adjourned, but to-day Mr.. Beach,
of New York, induced the house to adopt
rule keeping the doors closed for ten min
utes after adjournment. Senators won't
allow cards to be brought
IN to them till 2 o'clock, and some
Of them not at all, lest their
symposiums in the cloak rooms should be
disturbed, and this further evidence of
exclUsiveness and high civilization will
probably make its appearance soon at the
house end. The prospect is that at no
distant day the public viii be excused
from the capitol when congress is in ses-
to travel in the same streets with its legis-
lators it will deem itself literally treated
PAY OF MARsHALs.
Tho senate committed itself to-day to
change in The methods Of paying United
States marshals by adopting, by large
majority, Senator Van Wyek's motion
that marshals and attorneys in Alaska shall
be paid salaries instead of fees. The fees
system has been a source of vast deal OF
corruption in marshals' Offices, and Sena-
tor Van Fyck thinks good start was
made in Alaska, and bill which may be
extended to more civilized regions. The
difficulty in the latter direction is that
every marshal is a protege and ally of
some senator. The marshars Office Is
great political machine, and illicit fees
enable m to subscribe literally TO the
Legitimate" campaign expenses of his
party.
KEIFER'S NEPHEW
Mr.. Gaines, the ex-speakec's nsphe W,
was anxiously looked for to-day, but
was not found until this afternoon, when
the sergeant at arms served SUNNI ons
upon him TO appear and testify before the
house investigating committee to-morro W.
Mr.. Tyson, whom Mr.. Keifer sacrificed for
the benefit Of his nephew, has returned to
the city and will also go upon the stand.
The committee is in possession of letter
from Speaker Keifer demanding Tyson's
resignation. This letter was published last
March, but Mr. Keifer told the committee
! the other day that Tyson voluntarily re-
signed, and that he did not remember hav-
ing forced him to resign.
Western Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-J. 2. Green,
vice president of the Pennsylvania rail
road, made argument before the house
committee on commerce, against the bill
regulating interstate commerce. He OBJ
iected to any law restraining the railroad
pooling business. Albert Fink will appear
to morrow or next day, An argument will
be made before the house committee on
public lands day, on behalf of settlers
who desive land grant on the Ontona-
gon, BruIe river railroad, Michigan, the
land being forfeited. They wish their
titles confirmed.
LOTTERY MAIL MATTERS.
The postmaster general,in was consulta-
tion with the senate committee on postoffis
ces and post roads, this forenoon, in relation
to The use of mails by lottery companies.
A sub-com mittee consisting ot Senators
Sawyer, Wilson and jackson was appointed
to consider the matter at greater length
and further counsel with the postm aster
general. Informal opinions of the mem
bers of the committee lead to the belief
that they favor the exclusion of lottery ad-
vsrtisements, and withholding money Or
ders and registered letters addressed to lot
terry companies.
The committee ordered favorable re-
port on the house bill making public high
ways post roads.
The committee decided to devote a reg
ular meeting to the consideration of the
postal telegraph bill, when DR.. Norvin
Green, president of the Western Union
Telegraph company, will be present.
STEAM VESSEL INSPECTORS.
At to-dey's session OF the board of su-
pervising inspectors of steam vessels, In
spector Morton, of the Louisiana district,
| submitted an amendment TO rule AZ to the
effect that applicants for licenses as pilots
shall be required to produce certificate
| from q surgeon of the marine hospital
service, that the applicant is capable of
| distinguishing colored signal lights used
by steam vessels. The rule now requires
that the capability of the applicant shall
be determined by the inspectors. The
amendment was adopted. An argument
was made in favor of q higher raIingl of
safety valves.
| SILVER PURCHASED.
| The treasury department purchased
| 46OOO ounces of silver for the PhiladeI-
phia, New Orleans and San Francisco
/ mints.
| DELONG AND PARTY.
The secretary of the navy received a
cable message from Minister Hunt, at ST.
Petersburg, announcing the departure of
Lieut.. Herber from Moscow with the re-
mains of Delong and party.
| MERCHANT MARINE.
| Mr.. O'Neill, of Pennsylvania, introduced
| in the house bill to encourage the Aneri-
| can merchant marine. Referred to the
special shipping committee. This bill was
recommended by the Philadelphia IN ari-
time exchange.
/ INTER-sTAT COMMERCE.
D. w. Sellers, of the Philadelphia, vii