St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-11

| and papers shall be opened, presented and
acted upon in the alphabetical order to states,
beginning with the state of Alabama
And said tellers, having read the
same in the presence and hearing
of the Joint convention, shall make a list of
votes as they appear from said certificates,
and the votes having been ascertained and
counted by the tellers, the result shall be de-
Iiyered to the presiding officer of the Joint
convention, who shall thereupon announce
the state vote and the names of the persons,
if any, elected president and vice president
of the United States, and said announcement,
with the list of votes, shall be entered on
the Journals of the senate and the house of
representatives. And the presiding officer of
the Joint convention shall, as soon as may
be- notify the said persons of their election
to the said offices of president and vice pres
| ident, and if on the call of the state no OBJ
lection Is made to the return, then the vote
| thereof shall be counted and added to list
of states whose votes are determined, but in
case'of objection having been made as here
matter provided, then the returns shall be laid
aside to be proceeded with in the same man
ner as hereinafter provided for, in the case
| of q double return of vote from state. All
| the objections to the counting of the vote of
any state. shall be made in writing and
signed by at least three members of the joint
| convention before called in said states and
said objection to be placed in the hands Of
the presiding officer Of said joint convention,
| who shall present the same on the call of the
state. If more than one return or paper
purporting to be a return from state, shall
have been received by the president of the
senate then and in that case the presiding
! officer of the joint convention shall submit
l. IL e - - u.
which is the proper return, and three hours
shall be allowed for debate, and the joint con-
vention shall then proceed to vote per capita,
commencing with the state of Alabama, and
the votes shall be counted and added to the
list of votes already ascertaincd, or which the
majority of the joint convention shall deter
| mine to have been contained in the proper
and legal return.
Section 4,ofthe substitute, provides that the
Joint convention shall not be dissolved until
| the count of the ELECTORAL vote is completed
and the result declared.
Senator Ellis introduced joint resolution
directing the postmaster general to investl
gate and apply the most effective means for
the protection of the mail or postal cars from
fire. Referred
Mr.. Mills from the committee on ways
and means reported bill, amending the statu-
| ties in reference to the immediate trans
portation of dutiable goods Placed on the
house calendar.
The senate bill was passed, further to sus-
pend the operation Of section 1914 of the
revised statutes In relation to Guano Is
| land.
Then the contest over public building
measures was resumed. Stockslager moving
| to 90 into committee for] the considera-
ton of the measure. Owing to the early
hour Of meeting, there was no quorum in
the house and that point was raised by Mr..
Warner, whereupon Mr.. Bedford emphatcally
demanded call of the house and served O.
tice apon Mr.. Warner, that as the fight had
begun it would be continued.
During the progress of the roll call which
Belford declared would show If towards were
present or not, many members came In
and at its conclusion twenty-five representa-
tives answering their names, further pro-
ceedings under the call were dispensed with.
A few minutes before ~, Mr.. Warner moved
to adjourn, but this being voted down, the
legislative day, "wednesday was continued.
After a short skirmish the motion of Stocks
lager was agreed to and the house went into
committee of the whole, Mr. Wellborn in the
chair as indicated.
Mr.. Stockslager took occasion, during the
debate on the bill appropriating 100000 for
public building at New Albany, Ind, to de-
fend the resolution under which the COM
mittee was acting, contending it was wise
public policy for the government to procure
suitable buildings in which to transact its
business.
Mr.. Thompson opposed the bill in strong
| terms, when he was interrupted by Mr.. Bel
ford with the question whether he had voted
in the forty-seventh congress against the
bills for the erection of public buildings at
Louisville and Frankfort, and when had this
| conversion of heart occurreda
Mr. Thompson replied that these bills had
been meritorious, and had not been passed
through by any log rolling scheme. In the
forty-sixth congress he had objected to every
public building measure, and not one had
been passed. Could the gentleman from
Colorado point to one act in his own history
where he had ever protected the people from
plumber at the hands of everybody. There
had never been a raid organized by any ring
to get money out of the treasury in which the
gentleman had not been found leading the
vanguard In the attack.
The resolution under which the resolution
under which the committe was acting was a
scheme for public plumber. The bills could
not be put through except by putting all the
pork in one pot.
Mr.. Thompson was asked whether he had
not voted for the appropriation of $500, 900
for the relief of the flood sufferers.
eyes," he answered, ''that was charity.
If this were charity 1 would vote for 1t, but it
is not charity, it is robbery, and I am op-
posed to It,"
Mr.. Gilman inquired how a proposition to
secure suitable accommodations for public
offices could be distorted into plumber
Mr.. Thompson replied, he was in favor of
erecting public building where public needs
required 1t, but wanted each bill to stand on
It's merits, and not be forced through by the
process Of log rolling.
Mr.. Stillman further inquired whether the
representative for the esat district was not
the best judge whether the buildings were
| needed.
Mr.. Thompson replied in the negative.
The members were bound by the desire to
procure something they could point to as
having been accomplished for their respec-
! tive districts. He was proceeding to criticize
the resolution when he was interrupted by a
question from Hatch, Missouri, as to whether
every member from Kentucky had not made
personal appeals for the support of the whisky
| BILL
There is one member from Kentucky who
made no such appe l, declared Mr.. Clay.
Mr.. Thompson admitted he had appealed