Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-27
GENERAL CAPITAL NEWS.
ANTI-CLAIM BILL.

ANTI-CLAIM BILL.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Ex-senator Grover and
Representatives Luttrell, Wigginton and Pat
terson to-day urged the President to sign the
anti Chinese bill, and presented arguments
and reasons for so doing. The Presidents
answer was similar to that given the Republic
can Congressional delegation yesterday. The
Democrats, like the Republicans, left the
White house with the impression that the Presi-
dent will not sign the bill.
INTERNAL REVENUE BILL.
The committee of conference on the internal
revenue. bill agreed to report reconciling the
disagreements of the two Houses. The Senate
recedes from the clause relating to rectifers
and the House from the proposed abolition of
the tax matches, and compromise is
effected on the savings banks section by pro-
viding that it shall not apply to national
banks.
PENSION OFFICE CORRUPTION.
s. Todd Perley, of Erie. was before the com
mittee of the House to-day making an argu-
ment to show mismanagement and general cor
ruption in the business of the pension Office
Before the argument concluded the committee
adjourned.
NOMINATIONS.
The President has nominated L. s. Metcaf
appraiser of merchandise at St. LOUIS Walter
s. Cox, of Washington, associate justice of the
supreme court of the District of Columbia;
Peter A. Williams, United States marshal of the
Southern District Of Florida; Dennis Eagan,
| collector of internal revenue for Florida.
-FOUR PER CENTS.
Subscriptions to the per cent. loan since
yesterday report, So, 1876, $50.
COIN AND BULLION.
In answer to a letter of Representative Wood
asking to be informed as to the cash balance in
the treasury the 18th, how much of the amount
! is held for resumption purposes and how much
| in coln United States notes and other available
cash resources, Secretary Sherman says: II
| have to inform yon that from the latest returns
received there was in the general assets of the
| treasury upon the date mentioned, OF gold
coin and bullion $133, 377 ,27I; Of silver coin
and bullion $35565, 43S; in all S16s, 942. 700.
| After deducting the amount Of current liabili-
| ties from the amount of entire assets the bal
ance available for resumption at the same date
! was 1886, 467 ,264, but no separate designation
| of particular moneys for this purpose has been
! kept nor has it yet been determined whether
the resumption fund be considered as
moneys in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated."
The census bill as it passed the House pro-
vides that enumeration shall commence on the
first Monday in June, and returns shall be for
warded to the supervisors on or before the LIST
of July, 1880, and in any city having over 10, 900
Inhabitants the enumeration shall be taken
within two weeks from the first Monday in
june The President by and with consent of
the Senate, is to have the appointment of su-
pervisors of the census, whose number is linn
tied to $780, and who are to receive compensa-
tion of $500 each. The sum of $3.50, 900,
which is hereby appropriated, is limited as the
maximum cost Of the census.
RANDALL. DENIES A SANDER,
Speaker Randall to-day telegraphed to the
editor of the Philadelphia Ledger with refer
ence to an extract from the letter of special
agent of the treasury, II. L. Williams, dated
Sept @ 1876, and addressed to Maj. William J.
Moore, supervising special agent of the treas.
ury at that time. and asserting that evidence is
in the treasury building to show that two ap
preparation warrants were illegally signed tc