St. Paul daily globe., 1884-12-05
House OF Representatives.

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| WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-In the house to-
day the following bills were introduced and
referred:
BY Mr.. Dunn, to provide for the Arkansas
river commission.
by Mr.. Morrison, relative to the surplus
revenue. Its text is as follows;
BE it enacted that the secretary of the
treasury be, and is hereby authorized and
directed to apply the surplus revenues at any
time in the treasury in excess of 500, ,00O,-
600, not otherwise appropriated to the re.
demption of United States bonds, and
when any one of said bonds are redeemable
at the pleasure of the government, it shall
not be lawful to apply any portion of said
surplus to the purchase of bonds at pre-.
MUM.
! By Mr. Dockery, to repeal all laws author
izing the appointment of special deputy
marsbals at the polls, and the appointment
of supervisors of election.
BY Mr.. Thompson, to further secure the
government against fraud in the sale of
whisky and the public against duplicate
warehouse receipts.
By Mr.. Cox, (of New York; requesting
the president to furnish information showing
the authority for which certain commodores
ing rear admirals, when, as is alleged, no va
cancies existed in the legal and limited num-
Der OF officers of that grade; and also what
public emergency, if any, existed TO Justify
such action. Also resolution calling on
the president for any correspondence in the
possion OF any of the government depart
ments in regard to the present condition of
our relations with Mexico
By j d. Taylor, (of Ohio,) to prohibit the
removal of any honorably discharged soldier,
sailor or marine, or any widow or dependent
relative Of the same from any office in the
civil service Of the United States, except for
specified cause.
By Mr.. Hopkins, to establish the Office OF
government architect.
By Mr.. Robinson, of New Yo7lA "a resolu-
ton calling for further information relative
TO the Imprisonment of American citizens in
Great Britain.
By Mr.. Dunham, to admit free of duty, ar
ticles intended for exhibition at the Worlds
fair to be held by the colored race in 1885.
The house resumed the consideration of
the inter state commerce bill.
Mr.. Robinson, of New York, prepared
resolution which will be offered Monday. pro-
viding for a return TO the simplicity of the
inaugural ceremonies as practiced by Jeffer.
son. 1t prohibits the erection of triumphal
ington on Inauguration day, and providet
that chief justices shall call upon the presi-
dent-elect and accompany him either on foot
or in plain carriages drawn by not more
than two horses, and without decorations or
livery to the capitol, where he shall take the
oath and address such citizens as NAV be
there TO hear him.
Mr.. Anderson supported the Reagan sub
stitute, contending it would furnish the peo-
pie substantial protection against the extor-
ton of the railroad companies though he did
not think its provisions stringent enough
de doubted whether they would be effectual
in preventing the system of pooling, which
practically placed the producers of the coun-
try at the mercy of Gould, Wander
bit and Huntington. If the at
tempts so successfully made hereto
fore by railroad capitalists should
prevent legislation in the states, in this house
or in the senate, if they should enter the
supreme court to prevent just legislation the
people would damn them. Capital would
then be brought face to face not with the
thinking men Of the country, but with a mob
Capital itself had more at stake in securing
equitable railroad legislation than the farm
ers and producers had.
Mr.. Shively,of Indiana, Calkins' successor,
announced his emphatic approval of the OBJ
penang
bill and the Reagan substitute, and
his equally emphatic approval OF
the substitute as compared with
the measure reported by the committee He
doubted the propriety of creating a commits
sion and comforting upon it power as great
as that exercised by the greatest despot on
earth, aud he pointed out the danger that
would surely follow the concentration Of that
power in few men.
Mr.. Hopkins submitted a constitutional
argument upon the power of congress to leg
isiate upon the subject of interstate COM
merce, maintaining the affirmative PROPOSE
ton, and proceeded to detail the evils which
the measure now pending was designed to
correct
Without further action the house adjourned
till Monday.
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