St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-09
INQUIRY DECIDED ON.
HOUSE AUTHORIZES AN HIVES.
TEGATION OF JUDGE RECAs.
Something Of a Fight Developed
Over the Chicago Public
Building Bill.

WASHINGTON, Aug. s.-Mr. Bailey
| Dem. Tex, from the committee on ju
dietary, as matter of privilege, intro.
duced resolution providing Tor an in.
vestigation by that committee OF the
charges against Augustus }. Kicks
United States judge Of the district court
of Northern Ohio.
! MIR. Grosvenor (Rep., o. criticised
| this resolution for an investigation as a
,, piece of indecent haste. No notice had
been given Judge Kicks by the commit
tee, he said. He submitted that judge
of the distric court of the United States
! should be treated with as much defer
ence as man charged with being drunk
and disorderly in police court.
Mr.. Bailey. in reply, said if Mr.. Gros-
venor was friend of Judge Kicks he
would want the investigation to pro.
gress. If there was faint on Judge
Ricks' judicial ermine it should be re-
moved, or he should be removed. The
resolution was agreed to without divi-
sion.
On motion of Mr.. McGann Dem, Ill. }
resolution instructing the commits
| sioner of labor to investigate the effect
of the use of machinery upon labor.
wages, ETC., was agreed to.
Mr.. Mayer (Dem., La.), from the COM
mittee Oh militia, called up bill to pro-
mote the efficiency of the militia. 1t
provided for an elaborate system of ma.
tiunal defense, including in the militia
all able.bodied citizens of the United
States between the ages of eighteen and
forty-five, the organized militia to be
known as the national guard and the
unorganiZed as the reserve militia. The
morning hour expired without action on
the bill. Then under the special order
the remainder of the day was devoted
to bills reported from the committee on
public buildings and grounds.
Among the bills laid aside with favor
able recommendation in committee of
the whole were bills appropriating
100000 for building at South Omaha,
Neb.. and 100000 for a building at
Pittsville. Pa.
The fight Of the day came on the bill
appropriating 2,000,0O0 for the erection
of public building at Chicago on the
present site. Mr.. Dockery made point
of order against the appropriation On
L.
Mr.. Black then, after brief state
ment OF the urgent necessity for build
ing at Chicago, moved that the bill be
laid aside with favorable recommends
ton and it carried, l41 to .. MIR. Jones
Dem, Va.) made the point of no
quorum. A call of the roll disclosed the
lack of quorum.
Mr.. Maddox Dem, Ga.) moved to adj
Journ. This was resisted by the friends
Of the Chicago building and defeated,
40 to SO.
Mr.. Bankhead Dem., Ala.) moved a
call of the house.
The next call developed the lack of a
quorum. and at $40 p. m. the house
adjourned.
WASHINGTON. Aug. SIN the senate
motion by Senator George (Dem.,
Miss.) to take up the bankruptcy bill
resulted in vote of u to Il. No quo
rum. Failing to develop voting
quorum, Mr.. George withdrew the bill
tor the present.
House bills, to provide for the open
ing of certain abandoned military res
ervationS, and appropriatiDg $780, 900 for
the construction OF revenue cutter for
San francisco harbOr, were passed.
The following bills were passed !:
Granting to the Northern Mississippi
through certain Indian reservations in
Minnesota; to authorize the purchasers
of the property and franchises of the
Choctaw Coal Il Railway company 10
organize corporation; extending the
time for constructing a railway bridge
over the Columbia river, near VaDcou-
YER, WASH, and the construction of
wagon and foot bridge across the Chat
tahoochie river, near Columbia, Ala.
q house joint resolution authorizing
committee of Knights OF Pythias to
illuminate the dome of the capitol dur
ing the coming encampment in Wash
ington was agreed to.
The senate bill to forther encourage
the holding of worlds exposition at
Atlanta, Ca. in 1895, by admitting ex-
hibits free of duty and by providing for
striking off medals at United States
minis was passed.
The senate then, at o'clock, went
into executive session, and at 1925 ad-
1ourned until tomorrow at IL o'clock.