New-York tribune., 1871-11-23
WASHf.NGIO.N.
MR. SUMMERS CIVIL RIGHTS RIIT-TUr PrNSlON
BuREAV-TIIE SANTO DOMINGO SCHEME.
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MR. SUMMERS CIVIL RIGHTS BrLr-rHr PrvSIoN
BCREAr-TIE SANTO DOMINGO SCHEME.
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WAsHSGTON, Wednesday, Nov. %. 1911
The first bill the Senate calendar is Mr.. Summers
supplementary civil Rights h and was introduced on
the OF March last This bill declares that all citizens
OF the United States without distinction OF race, color,
&c are entitled TO the equal and impartial enjoyment
OF any accommodation, advantage, priority, or priv
cgc furnished by carriers whether on lahd OF
water; by nnkcepcrs by licensed ownors managers, or
lpssccs thcatcrs other places of public amusement
by trustees. commissioners, snperintcndcntS teachers
or other officers Of common schools and other public IN
stutions OF learning, tho game being supported or a
thorzed by law by trustees or officers OF church organ
zaons cemetery associations, end bcncvolcnf in@titu
tions Incorporated by national or State authofy' anu
that their rights shall not he denied or abridged on
any prctcnsr OF color &c The hill also provides INC
nchincry enforcing its provisions. and contains
paragraph securing to all citizens an eiai rgh 10 serve
urcs. ~,
:, iiI NJ t,c Pension OG'ce that the letter Of the
,to Pension Agent No. Q, at Philadelphia. Major CAL
boun TO which editorial reference was made IN lHE
TEiBUNE few days ag" makes anything puI uu'niu'
statement his IT is believed that the ne" s'
tenn of bookkeeping adopted at the Pension Bureau Is
ch AZ TO make It impossible for agents TO be dishonest
and not bc found out aud Of the first results or ms
r v system was the discovery o! Irregularities IN Mayor
DOUGLASS accounts The Commissioner personally III
vrsti.atcd the whole matter, ana u - "ri'h ho III.
,ic haA been done the agent. The Chief Clerk OF
tie Pension Bureau IS from Ncwfork. and WITHOUT any
poIiti,al backing has been promoted from tho Ch"f
Crk,p Of one cf the most important divisions or the
Census Bureau. liz is man of fine culture was '"cge
Professor before the war served hOnOrahly In the army
during the Rebellion, and, having been w"uhn'd' pre-
st nted Ii mscf at the Interior Department "a an al
cant for n clcrkslp. His examination was one "' h'
hest ever passed In that Department. aud hc Las sHet
Do en- promoted az vacancies have occurred
The President spent two hours to-day In conversation
with The Hon. Ben Wade and another rentl man rcir
Ohio Tn speaking OF the prospects OF annexation Icy
Santo Domingo the President intiMacd again th't h'
should urge policy with regard to 1t IN his f'r'-
coming message Mr.. Wade united with him IN denying
in toto story printed short time ago III NeW-i"fH
Journal that the former is acting as the agent OF Gen
Grant to secure the purchase Of santo Domingo a'
working with prominent politicians to that end The
President added that II President White OF Cornc III
ycrsty DR.. s. q. Howe Col. Forncy and the Cnion
League Club Of Philadelphia any one cSe j. engaged
in working any annexation scheme lie was n"t aware
Of the fact.
The Secretary Of the Treasury informs the special
Treasury Agent at Ncw-Orieans that, according 10 Sec
lions and the of Congress Of Feb 2 1871, and
the regulations adopted by the Board OF Supervising In
Steamboats, at their last session. coal Oil can
transported passenger steam vessels also that
crude petroleum can be transported on passe-
ger when there other practical means Of
sportatiOn such by railroad and freight lines or
steamboats, When carried O passenger steamboat,
this oil must DC placed by the guards or forward Of the
nain-dcck.
The report that Gen. Plcasouton will, by the MID OF
certain Senators attempt prove 10 the Senate and to
the country that lac correct in interpreting the In
tcrua Ecycuuc laws III such manner "a to make that
Brcau INDEPENDENT OF the Secretary OF tho Treasury Is
duicd by those Senators. 1t Is believed hero that Cen
Pleasonon will oppose the confirmation OF Mt Douglass
wien his name before the Senate, bnt 1t is hard to
Acc what good such opposition do since the Prcs
dent would scarcely cndanGcr the public interests by
rpunuing at the head Of the Bureau man so hostile TO
Secretary Boutwell, Gen. PlcaSOn0n Las shown HIM
ecf to hr
Tie following Is list OF patents issued 10 citizens OF
Ncw.York City during the week ending Nov. 81
GEO. r. Clarke, washing and wrneing machine Ru'
dnlph Rrkeinryer betting machine Moses i. Gale,
ci..r lighter: Frank &. Allen. and Charles f. Ktchcl,
spice John r. Fowler, rocking apparatus Adoph
Hartman. stud fastener Samuel h. Lord, hosting ma
chine V. H. Wangcr macIhe Tor cutting anu asserting
playing cards George f. Morse, 0rnaln'itlng ana dress
ng glass aud metal surfaces, &c Nicholas Nolan, feed
water regulator; Jas Willard Patterson assgnor TO
ohn Ashcroft and sarah Ellen Patcrs%n' c coiro pot
position stopper for vessels JOS Cohen. box Charles
Lindsey, brick kiln James Montgomery, constructing
axles ard Mason X. Pierce, hollow building block.
The secretary OF tho Chicago Typographical Union
writes to a friend In this city as follows:
Before the fire had something COO printers en-
more than will be needed. Fully Onehaf oi
rrd members. and twOhirds Of our unmarried members
burned OUT We now furnishing railroad tickets
Ia all who wish To leave the city.
The Post Office changes in NewYork during the week
ending Nov. l6, 1871, were follows:
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