St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-24


the proposed law were adopted and Or
dered under the seal of the union. A
committee from the local union was APP
pointed to aid the passage of the billie
JOGGING AT THE OLD GAIT.
Senators Having Finished With
the Tariff Proceed to Do Some
Business.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-The senate
to-day took up the District of Columbia
appropriation bill. Mr.. Salisbury, from
the committee on foreign relations, re-
ported favorably to the senate the bill
to fulfill obligations i'm regard to the
Guano islands. On motion of Mr.. HOar
the resolution providing for the assem-
bling of the two houses of congress III
the hall of the house of representatives,
Feb. Is, at O'Clock, to count the cleo
tOral vote, was taken up and passed.
Mr.. Gibson offered resolutions of con-
dolence as to the late Representative
Robertson, of Louisiana, which, he
said, he would call up Feb. Is. Mr..
BlOdgett made an explanation as to
his pair with MIR. Riddleberger on the
tariff bill. He had made that pair,
he said, in good faith, at the request Of
MIR. HiscOck, and with the understand
ing that the senator from Virginia was
in favor of the bill. He had hunted up
that senator and told him what he had
done; and, at his request, he had al
lowed the pair to stand. Mr.. Riddle
berger remarked that the pair had been
made for the vote on agreeing to the
amendment, and after that vote, the
senator from New Jersey had sought
him out in the cloak room and said:
''Let this pair. stand" He believed
that they both
misunderstood EACH OTHER
at the time. On motion of Mr.. Jones,
of Arkansas, the senate bill granting
to the Big Horn Southern Railroad
company right of way through part
of the Crow Indian reservation, in Mon
tana, was passed. On motion of Mr..
Sherman, the bill to declare unlawful
trusts and combinations in restraint of
trade and production, was taken up for
consideration, and was amended by
striking out of the first section
THAT completes with any similar article
upon which duty is levied by the
United States" and inserting in lieu
trade" He then proposed that the bill
go over till tomorrow, to allow Mr..
Hoar to offer some amendments to 1t.
The bill went over till tomorrow. On
motion of Mr.. Voorhees,, the senate pro-
ceeded to the consideration of the house
bill for the relief of the State National
bank, of New Orleans, formerly the
Louisiana State bank. The bill was OPP
posed by Senators Plat and EdmundS,
and was advocated by Mr.. Hoar. Mr..
EdmundS spoke of the bank as having
been the fiscal
AGENT OF THE CONFEDERACY,
and suggested, as surmise of MS own,
that the funds with which the cotton
(Which is the subject of the claimD was
bought, belonged to the Confederate
treasury. He was opposed to setting
aside the statute of limitations for such
was shut out. Mr.. Hoar argued
that whatever might haye been
the character for disloyalty of the
old Louisiana State bank, there
was no question as TO the character of
It's successor, the State National bank.
1t was from the latter land after the Re-
bellion) that the cotton in question was
taken out and sold, and the proceeds
paid into the treasury. Mr.. EdmundS
offered an amendment. which was
agreed to. striking out the word 'be-
longing" and inserting the words 'at-
legged to belong" so as to make it read,
1.-THE proceeds of cotton alleged to be-
long to said bank" He also. moved to
amend the bill by inserting provision
that it must be made to appear to the
court that the managers of the Louis
lana State bank were, at the time of the
purchase of the cotton, in fact, loyal to
the United States. and had not been, in
fact, engaged in the Rebellion. The
amendment was rejected, Yeas II,
nays 30. The bill, as amended, was
passed, yeas 81, nays 20, and on motion
of Mr.. HOar committee of conference
was ordered. Mr.. Frye asked unani-
nous consent that the special order, the
Pacific railroad funding bill, should be
given the precedence over other special
orders. MIR. Riddleberger asked
whether that would interfere with the
conSlderat on of the
BRITISH EXTRACTION TREATY.
Mr. Frye said it would not. Mr..
Mitchell said he would not object if he
were assured that no vote would be
taken on the bill this week. Mr.. Frye
gave him that assurance. Mr.. Hale
gave notice that he would call up the
census bill as soon as the Union Pacific
bill was out of the way. Mr.. Chandler
gave notice that he would. no later than
Friday of this week, ask the senate to
take action on his resolution proposing
an investigation of the election in
Louisiana last April. No objection was
made to Mr.. Frye's request. and the
Union Pacific funding bill was taken up
and then laid aside as ''the unfinished
business" The conference report on
the bill to punish the crime of rape in
the District of Columbia heretofore
presented, was agreed to. On motion
OF Mr.. Chace, the house bill to author
ize the commissioners of the District of
Columbia to permit the temporary occu-
patton and crossing Of certain streets in
the city of Washington by the tracks of
+ the Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad COM
pany, to meet the demands of increased
travel incident to the inaugural cere
monies on the 4th of March, was passed.
The District of Columbia appropriation
bill was then taken up. and the rest of
the afternoon was devoted to discus
sion of the condition of streets in the
district. After brief secret session,
the senate, ats rs, adjourned.
WASTES TO BE WATERED.
"A Scheme to Reclaim the Deserts
in New Mexico.