St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-01
senate, and it was declared that the house
would never yield on the naval bill.

senate, and it was declared that the house
would never yield on the naval bill.
REPRESENTATIVE sTUBBoRNNEss
Senators are equally strong in censurins
the house for what they term, Its stubborn.
ness, and in declaring their purpose to main
tain the pending fight, because they say IL in.
wolves the rights Of the senate as the CO..
ordinate legislative branch The feel!ns
seems to grow more and more bitter. There
is also somewhat ugly feeling
in the house growing out
of the interstate commerce bill aud the de-
bate upon 1t. Some members are bitterly
opposed to any such legislation, while others
regard tue bill as the most important that
can be considered. With these conflicting
views, it is hardly probable that much more
will be done at this session than to pass the
| appropriation bills 1t is interesting to OBJ
serve how party lines fade out in this con.
test between the houses. The same is to
some extent notable in the division on the
Interstate commerce bill. Senator's and
representatives champion their respective
branches, regardless of politics, in one con-
troversy In the other western and southern
antl-monopoly members take sides against
eastern friends of coporations
TIE JEFFERSON POPLAR.
Mr.. Architect Clarke. of the capital thinks
he has got piece of the historic tree to
which Jefferson tied his horse when he went
up to take the oath as president. At any rate
ne SHOWS to newspaper men occasionally a
chunk OF the heart Of poplar, and he tells
such a plausible story about it that they 90
away satisfied that it will do to repeat to a
c0nhding public. Embedded in the wood ia
staple with two links of chain attached.
The staple was evidently driven to its place
when the tree was young, for the wood has
grown around it, taking in the two links Of
the chain as well. This is what Mr.. Clarke
tells:
sixty-six years ago the row
OF cotton poplars acros the
west front of the capitol was cut down.
Some Of the best of tue logs were sent to
saw mill, the lumber to be returned for use
in the carpenter shops here. Among these
ogs was the truut of tree rather larger
than the others, which stood just at the head
OF the avenue, where horseman going up to
the capitol would naturally dismount. While
the saw was making its way through this
trunk it struck the staple and two or three
links which had been over
grown. The workmen chopped out
the chunk and brought il
to me- You can see by the appearance that
1t comes from near the heart Of the tree, and
that many layers have been added to the
growth since the staple was driven in there
The two links, you observe, are plainly part
OF one of the old-fashoned, twisted, wrought
iron htching chains. The tree was certainly
used to fasten horses to- and l can see no
reason to doubt that there was where Jeffer-
son tied his animal when he went up to be
sworn in.''
THE NEW YEAR AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Western Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-The president
will be assisted at the reception tomorrow by
the wives of the members of his cabinet, and
the following persons: Mrs. Geo. F. Ed
munds, Mrs. John G. Carlisle, Mrs. Justice
Miller, Mrs. Justice Field, Mrs Justice
Blatchford, Mrs. Senator Logan, Mrs. Sena-
tor Pendleton, Mrs. Senator Miller, of Cali
fornia, Mrs. Senator Hale, Mrs. Senator
Cameron, of Pennsylvania, Mrs Sepator
Miller, of New York, Mrs. Senator Butler,
Mrs. Senator Henderson, Mrs. Senator Frye,
Mrs. Senator Culom, Mrs. Senator Palmer,
Mrs. Senator Harrison, Mrs. Senator Hawley,
Mrs. Senator Sherman, Mrs. Senator Vest,
Mrs Senator ingalls,, Mrs. Senator McPher-
son, Mrs. Senator Sabin Mrs. Senator Jonas,
Mrs. W. II. Socum, Mrs. j. F. Sprlggs,
Mrs. John r. Thomas, Mrs. j. Randolph
Tucker, Mrs. Theo. Lymal, mrs. John
H. Ketcham, Mrs. w. w. Nutting, Mrs.
Thos. b, Reed, Mrs. A. G.. Curtain, Mrs. L.
John Ellis, Mrs. H. &. Burlcigh, Mrs f. A.
johnson, Mrs. Gen. Sheridan, Mrs Chauucey
McKeever, Mrs. John Davis. Mrs. WIN. A.
Murray, Mrs. Clayton McMichael, Mrs. Ban
croft Davis, Nine. Bonaparte, Mrs. WIN. H.
Hunt Mrs George NJ. Robson, Mrs. A. f.
ROCKWELL Mrs. John Field, Mrs. Charles
Nordhof, Mrs, McAllister Laughln, Miss
Stout, aud the Misses Frelinghuyseu.
THE EARTH's CENTER OF GRAVITY.
| A series of astronomical observations will
soon begin at the naval observatory to deter
mine with the utmost nicely the latitude OF
the institution, or, to speak more exactly,
the latitude of certain telescope which will
be used in the process. A naval officer has
been detailed to perform the duty, which may j
require two years for It's pleton-oIGe
year for observation and another to work. I'D
the results matthew ntcally. A similar sBeries
OF observations will be made by the lportu-
guese astronomers ut Lisbon, and ultiuh ately
at national observatorics in sIveraI
other parts Of the world The
purpose of these undertakings is to SECURE
a standard by which comparisons maE be
made ten, twenty, or fifty yeare Iencr, To de-
termine if, in the meantime, the geological
changes which are supposed to be taking
place In the interior of the globe, haVe all
tered the position Of its center Of gravity
WHISKY IN BOND.
The hearing of representatives Of the
whisky interests in regard to the proposed
extension Of time for the payment of the
tax on whisky In bond, to hive taken place
at the treasury department to-day, has been
postponed until Saturday.
Dakota Legal Complications.
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