St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-25
the House Of Representatives..

a joint resolution was passed authorizing
the secretary of war to lease to the board of
fish commissioners, Michigan, certain strip
of land adjacent to the Sault Ste Marie. Car
ried.
The following reports were submitted:
By Mr.. Tucker, from the committee on
judiciary to define and punish the counter
feiting of notes. bonds or other securities Of
foreign governments. Placed on house
calendar. Also, adversely, to compel the
residents of one state to attend as witnesses
in the courts of another state. Laid on the
table.
By Mr.. Maybury, by the same committee,
an adverse report on womans suffrage,
constitutional amendment.
Mr.. Reed presented the minority report,
and both were placed on the house calendar,
By Mr.. Seymour, from the committee on
commerce, to authorize the erection of
bridges across the Mississippi at Rock Island
and the falls of st. Anthony, and across the
Missouri in Douglas county, Nebraska.
BY Mr. Glasscock, from the same commit
tee, for establishing Tacoma, and Seattle,
w. T., as ports of delivery. To the commit
tee of the whole.
By Mr.. Lamb, from the committee on for
eign affairs, authorizing the president to en-
force the claim of J. E. Wheelock, against
the Venezuelan government. Placed on the
house calendar.
By Mr.. Hill, from same committee, auth
orizing the president to appoint commits
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gress. To the committee of the whole.
By Mr.. Alexander, from the committee on
territories, to reorganiZe the legislature of
Utah territory. Pleaced on the house cal
endar
The house went into committee of the
whole, Mr.. Converse in the chair, for consid-
Grafton of the senate amendments to the
naval appropriation bill.
No opposition to recommendation of nom
concurrence was made until the amendment
appropriating $500, 900 to complete the or
dnance outfit of new cruisers was reached,
when Mr.. Blackburn moved concurrence.
! He would vote, he said, for non-concurrence
in all senate amendments except this one.
This amendment had been put on in the
senate on motion of a senator from his own
state. The government had begun the con-
struction of four vessels, costing $4,000, 600,
and the amendment simply proposed to pro
vide an armament to put on these ships.
He had not voted for the construction of
these vessels, he had not favored it, but with
So, OOO, 900 invested already, he was not will
ing to go before the county, refusing to APP
propriate 100000 to make these ships
efficient.
Mr.. Hewett, of New York, supported the
| motion.
Mr.. Blount trusted the majority would not
strike this unusual blow at the committee on
appropriations, notwithstanding the taunts
that has come from the other side in regard
to the matter of the expenditures of the
country from one end to the other. He was
as willing to trust the distinguished gentle
man now in charge Of the matter as any
other now in the country. [Applause.l Mr..
Blackburn's motion agreed to by ia to 90.
Mr.. Randall gave notice that he would de-
mand the yeas and nays in the house.
Mr.. O'Neil, Pennsylvania, would concur in
the amendment for additional cruisers with
the amendment providing at least three YES
sells to be constructed in the United States
navy yards. He criticized severely the action
of the secretary of the navy in closing the
Long Island navy yard, on the recommends
| ton of the committee which had dared to
report that it would cost $50 900, 900 to com
| plete it, The men who made that report had
meyer examined the subject, but were deter
mined to follow out the dictates of the secre-
tary of the navy.
Mr.. Gibson expressed his willingness to
vote for just and fair appropriation of the
money of the people, that they might have a
navy to represent their interests on the high
| seas.
Mr.. Bland.-''If you had navy what
would you do with it2'
''Put it on SEAS" replied Gibson.
"And let it rot" suggested Bland.
ooh, we will have many an excursion, !"
interrupted Henley.
Mr.. Gibson.-sI have heard no argument
used against the building of a navy, except that
it might interfere with the election of some
gentleman in a congressional district, who
has said, the country does not need navy,
not one solitary man. 1t is the begging the
question to say we need no navy because we
are not in war;
Mr.. Bland.-"What would you do with
navy to-day if you had ita''
Mr.. Gibson.-We would give our business
men confidence to go out into the world and es-
tablish trade, and with navy we would I'M
lock the labor of this country, and men en-
gagged in bulling and bearing the markets
would not be able to do So. We have no
trade, and if we follow your lead, we never
will have trade. And now it is, because 1
desire to see American Commerce revived,
because desire to see our interests have
some protection, that am anxious to build
up the navy, and if the country has no
honest men who can be entrusted with the
building of the navy, we had better lower
our flag and seek the protection of some
honest country.
Mr.. Tillman opposed the pending amend
ment, because he could demonstrate, if he
had time, that it was stupendous fraud for
buying the next presidential election, and it
was to be done under the pretense of being
the laborers friend.
Mr. Kasson said, the true reason of the
Democratic opposition to the binding of
the navy has been shown to-day to be fear
of the secretary of the navy He challenged
investigation into the most minute acts of
Chambers administration. II the Democratic
party took the ground that no starving la
! boring man should have employment in the
government service, for fear he should vote
against it, let it do SO, and go before the
country. The election was to take place in
in November and an amendment might be
adopted, that no contract should be made I'M
the 1st of January 1885, or until the 4th of
next March. Kasson concluded by saying,
the country had passed beyond the days of
boss rule. The sentiment of the country, ex-
CENT in Ohio which still went for the snoils