St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-24
WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. !

weather to-day took everyone out of doors
this afternoon. and the White House was the
central point of interest to residents and
society people. Mrs. McElroy and corps Of
assistants were called upon to undergo con-
| tinuous hand-shaking for two hours. Mar
shall McMichael made the presentations to
Mrs. McElroy, who was assisted by her sister,
Mrs. Haynesworth, by Mrs. Loring, wife of
commissioner of agriculture, by Mrs. Ricketts,,
wife of Gen. Ricketts,, Mrs. MacAlister
Laughlan and Mrs. n. S. Lincoln, of this
! city, Mrs. Henry S. Sanford, wife of the ex-
minister, to Belgium, whose husband is the
nephew of President Arthur, Miss Tillie
Frelnghuysen, Miss Meller and Miss Bell, of
Philadelphia, and Mrs. Morgan, of New
York. The president came in shortly after
o'clock and remained until
the close of the reception, chatting
with the groups in the blue parlor.
At the conclusion of the reception, Mrs. Nc
Elroy entertained her assistants and a num-
Der of invited friends at an informal tea in
the upper corridor.
| WHISKY DOND BILL DEBATE.
Especial Telegram to the Globe
WASHINGTON, March 22.-In the debate
on the whisky bonded period extension bill
to-day, the temperance question as usual
played a prominent part. Mr.. Hepburn,
of Iowa, made speech on the
multitudinous iniquities and miseries
flowing from whisky, which his prohibitory
constituents will read with pleasure although
its relation to the question before the house
was decidedly indirect. The temperance
question naturally led to theology and Mr..
Findlay of Maryland, who made very eff
fective speech in favor of the pill, reflected
severely on the conduct of the Creator by say
ing that if he had made the world
| he would have made it with
out any whisky and without
any serpent to tempt Eve to eat of the for
hidden fruit. But unfortunately he did not
make it and he had to take it as it was. He
made good point on the temperance men
by saying that if the bonded period were not
granted an enormous amount of whisky
would be thrown on the market and the price
would be greatly reduced proportionately
increasing the consumption of spirits.
The mad dog was chained up and
temperance people were most inconsistantly
claiming to have him let loose. During the
debate Mr.. Breckenridge, of Arkansas, de-
| clared that the bonded period ought to be en-
tirely abolished and whisky left in bond till
sold. John D. White interrupted him to ask
| about the $1,000 which the distillers were
said to have raised to carry on the election
| nd no frla tn of ba ub Sl-,r
men had been so liberal. He said that the
distillers did not ask for the repeal of the tax,
which Mr. Randall advocated, but only for
| Justice. It is understood that no vote will
| be taken until after the caucus on Tuesday
night. Mr.. Randall is quoted as saying to-
night that the bill will be defeated by twenty
five votes. Its friends concede that at present
| it has majority of about twelve against it,
But they are said to have gained several con-
verts since the discussion began. There are
eight or ten more members down upon the
speakers list who desire to address
the house on this bill, many of them from
the southern states, where the system is very
oppressive in its operations upon the small
| distillers, and the continuation of the debate
| is partly to give these members an oppor-
tunity to be heard, but mainly in order that
! the deliberations of the caucus may not be
| disturbed by any of the i'll feeling that might
be aroused by the result of vote upon this
bill.
Western Associated Press.
| WASHINGTON, March 22.-Agent Reardon,
of the Navajo agency, Arizona, who came to
this city with delegation of that tribe to en-
deavor to have the boundaries of the reserva-
ton extended and reserved, has been sud-
denly called to the agency by dispatch
from the acting agent, stating that an out
break of Indians is imminent.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
| The commissioner of Indian affairs re-
ceived the following telegram from Indian
Agent Dyer, now with the Cheyennes on
| Tongue river, Montana:
MILES CITY, Montana.-Black VOLTS band
has burned down Anderson's ranch. A COW
boy shot an Indian, but the cause is un-
known. Particulars by mail. Great excitement
prevails, and 1 am afraid of trouble will send
further news as soon as received. No mail
or telegraph nearer than sixty-fve miles.
THE EXTRA MONTHS PAY.
Mr.. Dockery from the committee on ac-
counts reported to the house to-day, a joint
resolution, giving discharged employees one
months extra pay, and submitted the report
of the committee respecting the removal of
employees at the close of last session. In the
matter of the removal of the committee's
stenographer by the late speaker, the com
mittee reach the following conclusions
First. That gaines performed no service of
the house on session, and no service could
be rendered by either of the stenographers
to the committee. Second. That the
agreement, as to Tyson's res
ignation, alleged by General Keifer
| to have existed from the date of Tyson's ap-
pointment, was one which Tyson seems not
to have understood, although it is fairly prob
able the speaker had such an impression. 1t
is also fairly probable, taking into considera-
ton the testimony of Mr.. Robson, Mr..
Gaines, Mr.. Dawson, Mr.. Clark and Tyson,
and the letter written by Gen. Keller on
| March 8, 1888, that this agreement or under
standing, if one existed, affected both
Dawson and Tyson. Third, that negotiations
between Dawson and Tyson, by which the
former agreed to share his salary with the
latter during the vacations of congress, were
had with the knowledge and approval of
Gen. Keller. 1t is fair to state, however, that
Gen. Keller did not see the contract between
Dawson and Tyson, either before or after its
execution, and was in no wise a beneficiary
thereof, except in so far as it
saved him from the painful
necessity of ordering the removal of
either Tyson or Dawson.y Fourth, that the
resignation of C. W. Tyson was rendered
because it was demanded by the speaker, and
was, in fact, a resignation under protest.
The report recommends that the bill be so
amended as to exclude from the extra
months pay, all who were appointed after
Feb 4, 1888.
PUBLIC LANDS FENCED.
| Tn his report TO the commissioner of the