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 a 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. AVerilI Placed Upon the Retired List
AS Reward For Services and
Sufferings.
Especial Telegram to tn. Globe. +,

LOrlng, speaking Will Tue uLOBE cOTrespOuu-
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
ment might have authority to act promptlyin
matters of contagious diseases among do
mestic animals. The commissioner, was
specially DESTROYS that the cattle grow
ing interest might be adequately protected.
THE AvERILL BILL.
The house was more favorable to Gen. Will
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
! retired colonel. Gen. Pleasanton's bill was
| incontinently knocked in the head week
ago by stricking out the enacting clause but
Gen Averill's 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
falling health from honorable wounds. Four
passed an act under which he would have
been entitled, had he been then in the army,
to retire with full rank and pay. 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 battle with
the Navajoe Indians in New Mexico in 1857
| during the rebellion.
THEY CRITICIsE BLA1R's BILL.
There has not been bill in the senate for
a long time that has received such merciless
| criticism for the language in which the au-
thor has striven unsuceessfully to express
his ideas, as has been showered upon Sena-
tor Blair's educational bill. Senator ingalls,
called attention the otter 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 ''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
maintenance of common schools at least
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-
scented 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 wears, 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
elapse before any state could get cent.
Senator Hoar offered an amendment to make
the intent of the bill clear. During the rat
Ting fire of criticism that was kept up, Sena-
tor Blair got considerably irritated and an
grily defended his bill, but the senate con-
Guided 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 mere confer
ence for the purpose of trying to smooth
over the differences with respect to the Nor
rison bill, but others assert emphatically
that it will be caucus at which a 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
will be held some time next week, after
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 great deal of spec
ulation about what will be the character o.
the possible compromise between
the free traders and protectionists
Some of the farmers say there will be NJ
; compromise and that the bill must stand o.
fall upon its merits, while others of tina
class and the incidental protectionist
who have to hear themselves called, ''Con
sentative tariff reformers," are positive
that the Morrison bill must and will be ma
terially modified. 1t was observed to-da.
that some of the prominent tariff reformer
agree with Mr.. Randall in earnest opposition
to the bonded whisky bill, have paid hin
marked attention and the frequent animated
conversations between them and Mr.. Randall
during the day are interpreted to mean tina
their purpose is to avail themselves Of thei
mutual interest with respect to the whisk.