Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-03
WASHINGTON.
BristOw Confirmed Secretary of
the Treasury.
Richardson Barely Escapes Re-
lection.
The Secrets of the Printing
Bureau.
A Bath:O CASTLE Soap the Spell
against COunterfeiting.

WASHINGTON, June 2.-When the SEN
ate went into executive session this even
ing, unanimous report was made from the
Committee on Finance recommending the
confirmation of Gen. Bristow to be Secreta-
~ of the Treasury in place of Richardson,
resigned, and the Senate without hesitation
unanimously confirmed the nomination.
Not so, however, with regard to the nom
ina.ion of Richardson to be Judge of the
Court of Claims, which was not reported
back unanimously from the Committee on
the Judiciary. During the forty minutes
session views were interchanged by Sena-
tors rather in a conversational way than
debate, the Democrats openly basing their
opposition to the nominee on the report of
the Committee on Ways and Means and
the accompanying testimony of the San
born case in reference to him. With this
exception mol question arose as to his fit
ness for the Judgeship. Little was said on
the Republican side, certainly no formal
defense of his conduct in the matter of the
Sanbon contracts. Finally, when the
question was taken on advising and con-
senting to the nomination, a number Of
Republican Senators in their seats declined
to vote. A sufficient number of them,
however, did so TO carry the confirmation
by small majority. If those who op-
posed the nomination by failing to respond
to their names had voted in the negative,
the nomination would have been rejected.
The Senate had been canyassed by Sena-
| torial friend of Richardson week before
his nomination was transmitted to the
Senate, when it appeared the confirmation
could be secured, though by a small ma
jority.
Massachusetts, has now two Judges on
the bench Of the Court of Claims-Loring
and Richardson.
Assistant sawyer ON the Rack Again.
WASHINGTON, June 2.-During the con-
sideration of the currency printing question
| before the Committee on Banking and Cur
| rency to-day, Mr.. Hubbard, of counsel for
the New York Bank Note Printing Com
panies, said a secret process of printing
| currency in the Government printing bu-
reau, which the bureau claimed as a pre-
| ventative against counterfeiting was moth
| ing more than a bath of CASTLE soap, and
that persons employed in the bureau had
| given a representative of these companies
| information that the process was a hum
bug.
Assistant Secretary Sawyer said if these
| employees of the Government knew this Sc
cret process was a humbug they should have
so stated to the head of the department in
stead of volunteering the information to an
outside hostile partys. If they knew it to
be a. humbug and did not so infssm the
proper authorities, they should be dis
charged for dereliction Of duty, and p.
Stanton, counsel for the Columbian Bank
| Note Company, took issue with Mr.. Hub
bard, saving it could be established beyond
doubt that printing with the proper kind o.
sizing was not only guard against coun-
terfeiting, but gave the note additional du-
rability.
Mr.. Maynard, chairman of the commit
tee, thought as persons in the Department
voluntarily gave the information repeated
by the counsel for the Bank Note Printing
Companies, they should have no objection
to appearing before the committee and
make their statement.
Mr.. Hubbard, in reply to a demand by
several members of the committee for thu
names of his informants, said ne was no
at liberty 70 give them but the eOmmitte'
| could summon witnesses from the Bureau
to prove what he said was true. He fur
ther said these infOrmants were not experts
Utah's Supreme Court.
The Sen tie to-day confirmed James B
Mexican as Chief Justice of the Suprem
Court of Utah.
Proposed Railway Legislation
The substitute reported by Senator Win
dom from the Transportation COmmitte,
for the House bill to regulate commerc'
among the several States, provides tina
every line Of railroad extending into o
| through two or more States and employs
in carrying freight between points in dit
ferent States or from any foreign country
whether owned and operated by one O
several corporations or persons, shall kee
posted in each of its stations or department
a full classification of freights and charge
per mile for every distance for which It re
| ceiveS freight for transportation, and tn
rates so established it shall charge in ever
case, except for Government transportation
and for charitable purposes so long as sal
schedules remain unchanged; and 80 days
notice must be given Of any INTENDED
change of schedule rates.
The bill prohibits any and all discrimi
nations in charges for like services perform
ed for different shippers, or any discrimina
tiOns in the delivery of freight, except al
cording to priority of shipment. 1t is ais
provided that a railroad company Teceiyin
freight for transportation over other roads j
+ addition to its own line, shall be reSpOns
BILE to the shipper for the delivery of tn
freight at its destination. Each viOlatiO
of the foregoing provisions is tobe punishe
by fine of not less than $500 or more tina
, $1,000.
Mail Routes.
A very small proportion of the accepte
| bidders for mail routes failed to furnis
bonds for the execution of their contract
The result is attributed to the working
the five per cent. deposit system. 1t
considered that many bonds now furnishe
will prove worthless, and the DepartmeI
favors still further amendments so as TO e.
act heavy penalties against postmaster
who certify that saw bonds are good an
| sufficient.