Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-13
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THE / PER CENT. loan

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THE PER CENT. loan.
Telegraphic advices from Washington
of the Sth inst, state that the subscrlp-
eIons to date of the per cent loan are
nearly IS 100000.
THE TOLEDO z. o.
The senate committee on postoffices
and postroads will take up for consider
alton, Monday next the nomination of
Alex Reed, as postmaster at Toledo.
TIE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE
decided to report adversely on the
nomination of Geo. Williamson as col
3ector of New Orleans. The committee
agreed to recommend the confirmation
Of Geo. F. Vernon, surveyor of Gus
.ouls at Baltimore and Philadelphia.
THE SENATE CONFIRMED
the following nominations: A. b. I'M
derwood, surveyor of customs, Boston;
Ed. Ferguson, pension agent, Milwau-
kee
DooRKEEPER POLK.
The committee on civil reform in the
public service to whom the charges
against the official character of Col.
Polk, doorkeeper of the house were re-
ferred, have not thus far elected any
facts seriously affecting him. The
friends of the doorkeeper say all state
ments will be satisfactorily explained.
A STORMY TIME.
The senate was IN executive session
three and half hours, nearly all the
time being devoted to discussion of
the nomination of Henry W. Hilliard,
of Georgia, to be Z. S. minister to
Brazil
The nomination was confirmed.
HONORARY COMMISSIONERS Tc PARIS.
The following is list of the honorary
commissioners to the Paris exposition:
Andrew D. White and Levi F. Morton,
New York: Geo. w. Childs and W. H.
Davis, Pennsylvania: A. L. Coolidge,
Massachusetts; T. K. Smithe, New
Hampshire: Frank Millward, Kentucky;
Jas. Fl. Swort, Indiana; Alfred Hubbard,
Iowa; VIM. A. Moore, North Carolina;
Edwin Cowles, Ohio; Benjamin E. Gal
up, Illinois; E. III. Knight, District of
Columbia, VIM. Seligman, California;
s. S. Merrill, Wisconsin; j. M. Stafford,
Tennessee; J. A. Touner, Arizona; VIM.
Hayden, Utah.
ANOTHER SAVINGS BANK.
Washington dispatches dated of the
9th inst, state that Mr. Wallace's
long bond bill as amended and reported
to-day. directs the secretary of the
treasury to issue 800, 100000 of coupon
bonds of denominations of $25, $50, and
800, redeemable in coin after
) years from date of their issue and
bearing interest payable semi-annually
N coin at the rate of $50 per cent per
annum.
THE JAPANESE MINISTER FARTY.
The reception of the Japanese minis
ter and his wife last night was an ele-
CANT affair. Foreign legations were
largely represented; also ex-Ministers
Davis and Schenck and Minister Foster,
together with members Of the cabinet
judges of the supreme court, members
Of congress and other prominent per-
sonages, all accompanied by ladies.
THE TARIFF BILL
The committee on ways and means
to-day considered the tariff bill. They
viii hold two more meetings this week
on the subject and thereafter sit daily.
Friends ofthe bill say there is every
probability it will become a law Mr.
Wood thinks the bill will be disposed of
and reported to the house this month
INTEREST FOR NATIONAL BANKS.
\ Washington special of the 9TH inst
says that Secretary Sherman, in re-
spouse to house resolution ofinquiry
mas sent to the house an official report
showing that the total sums paid by the
government in interest to the national
banks, upon bonds held by it for them
rs security for their currency, amount
now to $24444, 27S, 271. Al in gold, and 49,
$50, 1886 in currency. The date of
the first payment was July l., 1858, and
Of the last Jan. l. of this year. 1t will
be seen that these figures do not fall
many millions below the present ag-
gregate Of all the outstanding national
bank notes t''..
b AN INCOME TAX. s}#
On the 9Th inst a proposition was
submitted in the house of representa-
tives, to instruct the committee on
ways and means to provide a
bill to revive the income tax
An attempt 10 suspend the rules that
action might be had on the measure re-
suited IN a large majority but failed for
a lack of the two-thirds vote necessary
to suspend the rules 1t fell short but
a few votes, however. The New Eng
land States gave for this proposition 6
votes to Is noes; New York cast s votes
against it to 3 for it; New Jersey 1 yea
and nays and Pennsylvania yeas
and IA nays The Southern States cast
80 votes in It's favor to but noes. The
vote of the Western States was as fol-
lows: Ohio, IL yeas and 10 nays; In
diana: II yeas and l no: Illinois, II
yeas and Z nays; Michigan, Syeas and
l no; Iowa, 9 yeas; Wisconsin, yeas
and 2 nays; Minnesota, 3yeas; Kansas,
yeas; Nebraska, | no. The Pacific
people voted yeas and nays. This
indicates a certainty of the passage by
the House at least Of an income tax of