St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-18
The House of REPRESENTATIVES,.


WASHINGTON, March 17.-Mr Henley Of
fered resolution authorizing an investiga-
| ton into the circumstances attendant on the
making of the lease by the United States to
the Alaska Commercial company; also as to
the duties of that company to the United
States under the lease and the power of
| congress to terminate it. Referred.
| The following bills were introduced and re-
| ferred:
By Mr.. Bedford, requiring all land grant
or subsidy railroads to furnish the secretary
of the treasury full and true quarterly state
ments, under oath, of their earnings and ex-
penses.
By Messrs. Wood and Calkins, for grant
| ing homesteads to soldiers in the late war
By Mr.. Hatch, (Mssouri), by request, a
resolution authorizing the commissioner of
agriculture to investigate and report upon the
influence and extent of speculative transac-
tons in cotton, corn and other products.
BY Mr.. Buckner, for permitting the people
of the five civilized nations in the Indian
territory who have organized governments,
to organize banks under the provisions of
the national banking act.
By Mr.. Hewitt, of New York, to suspend
for two years the coinage of the silver dollar
and making it unlawful for the secretary of
the treasury to print and issue treasury notes
of the denomination of one and two dollars.
This is the bill recommended by the New
York chamber of commerce.
By Mr. Green, requiring star route con
| tractors to be residents of the state in which
the route is located.
By Mr. Toilet, to admit free of duty arti-
cles intended for the Cincinnati Industrial
exposition.
By Mr.. Springer, calling on the postmaster
general for copies of further correspondence
between the department of justice and the
postoffice department in relation to the Star
route frauds.
By Mr. Robinson, of New York, authorizing
the secretary of the treasury to pay $50, 900 to
Mrs. Septimia Randolph Meil1leham, grand
child of Thos. Jefferson.
BY Mr. Oates, from the committee on the
revision of laws, moved to suspend the rules
and pass bill amending section S19, of the
revised statutes, and to regulate the standing
of jurors. The section is amended by the
incorporation Tof the following provision:
And the United States in such cases Capital
offenses) and in no other cases whatever,
shall, also, in conformity with the practice in
any state, shall have the right in that state
to stand jurors aside and not show cause for
disqualification or challenge until the Ven1re
be gone through.
The motion was opposed by Calkins, Bisbee
Payne and Reed on the ground that the bill
would enable the United States to secure the
punishment of persons charged with political
offenses in the southern states. 1t was sup
ported by Oates, Bennett and Dibble, who
asserted the measure was intended to secure
fair and impartial trials and was in the in
terest of the liberty of the citizens. The
motion lost, ayes 1913, nays 81, notwithstand-
ing two-thirds in the affirmative.
Mr. Randall, under instructions from the
committee on appropriations, moved to sus-
pend the rules and pass special deficiency
bill appropriating 81, $4,000. After half an
hours debate confined to the consideration OF
the sums which should be granted the fami-
lies of deceased congressman, the motion
was agreed to 1877 to 10.
Mr.. Springer moved to suspend the rules
and adopt a resolution requesting the attor-