St. Paul daily globe., 1884-07-05
The Differences Between the
Two Houses on the Ap-
preparation Bills.
Thursdays Session Continued
Through Friday by Two
Sittings Yesterday.
Arthur Taking Care of His Friends by
Rush OF New Appointments
to Office.
The Dakota Judgeships and Two Minnesota
Land Offices Taken and More
Coming.
The Senate.

WASHINGTON, July 4.-The senate was
called to order promptly at II O'Clock, and
after prayer by Bishop Andrews, the Decla-
ration of Independence was read.
Senator Morgan, from the committee on
public lands, reported bill to declare for
feited the land granted the state of, Michigan
to aid the construction of railroad from
Little Bay de Noquet to Marquette, and
thence to Ontonogan.
The senate insisted on its amendments to
the deficiency bill and re-appointed the same
committe of conference.
The resolution Senator Miller submitted
yesterday was agreed to-, directing the com
mittee on Indian affairs to extend its in
quiries in the investigation recently ordered
to the condition of the Indians in California
A bill passed granting a pension to the
widow of Gen. Ord; also a bill increasing
the pension to Gen. Frank Blair's widow and
one to authorize the president to appoint Gen.
Averill to the position of colonel in the army
and then place him on the retired list as of
that rank.
The senate went into executive session and
when the doors were reopened took a recess
until 9 p. m.
EVENING SESSION.
The senate met at 9 p. m. Messages
were received from the house announcing
a concurrence in the conference reports
on the river and harbor bill, the bill
to punish violations of the internal revenue
laws, the bill amending the seventy-second
article of war, and the bill to consolidate the
bureau of military justice and the corps of
judge advocates of the army. The senate
agreed to the report of its own conferees on
these bills.
The consideration of the postal telegraph
bill was then proceeded with. 1t authorizes
the postmaster general to contract for the
postal telegraph service, and provides that
if the rates be not satisfactory the govern
ment may buy or build lines and do the
work itself. It fixes the rates at which con-
tractors of the government shall do the work.
Senator Hill addressed the senate on the
bill. The provisions of the bill as they stood
were in his opinion, entirely constitutional,
and the clauses authorizing the government
to buy or build lines were meant to protect
the people from exorbitant rates.
Senator Maxey said majority of the SEN
ate committee on postoffices and post roads
were opposed to the proposition that the
government should buy or build lines. There
was no constitutional objection, he said, to
the governmen contracting for the trans
mission of intelligence by telegraph, any
more than by mail, but that was as far as
the committee had wished to 90. He moved
to strike out the clauses authorizing buy
ing or building
Pending that motion Senator Sherman
moved to postpone further consideration of
the bill till the second Monday in December.
saying it was impossible to discuss so i'm
portant measure in the closing hours of the
session.
The motion was agreed to and the bill went
over accordingly.
The bill passed to establish a bureau of
navigation in the treasury department under
a commissioner of navigation.
On motion of Senator Bayard the bill for
the relief of VIM. NJ. McGarrahan was in
definitely postponed.
The senate at 1890 went into executive
session. When the doors reopeued the SEN
ate took recess until 10 tomorrow