Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-05-14
NEWS BUDGET.
A Summary Of Events Domestic And
Foreign. t
WASHINGTON.

Charles II. Layman, of Illinois, United
States attorney for Wyoming.
WASHINGTON specials of the 9Th inst,
hint at John Sherman as the republican
candidate, and Gen. Ewing AS the DEM
ocratic candidate for the Ohio governor
ship at the election next fall. --.-..-
A PRESS dispatch from Washington
of the 9th inst. says the republican
congressional campaign committee has
completed its organization by unanl-
mously electing VIM. E. Chandler, of
New Hampshire, secretary. .... ....
The house committee on foreign af-
fairs on the 9th inst, appointed SUD-
committee consisting of Messrs. Wilson,
King and Robson to consider the prac-
ticability of entering into additional
treaty relations with Mexico.
A WASHINGTON special Of the 9th says
the entire force of the bureau of en-
craving and printing were engaged all
day in printing $40 certificates. The
demand has been SO great for these GER
tificates as, to require this. The entire
amount printed to-day was So, 2OO,O
A SPECIAL of May 9Th says the presi-
dent regards with great solicitude the
situation of affairs in the Indian Terri
tory. High army officers, however,
agreeing with Gen. Sheridan, anticipate
no difficulty in executing the orders of
the war department. The military
force for service has been increased.
AN associated press Washington tel
egram of May 9Th says the house
| special committee on counting and reg
ulating the vote tor president and vice
president have informally discussed the
various bills before them bearing
upon the subject and will
probably agree upon one of them early
| next week A member of the commit
tee states that an effort to pass bill of
the nature in question will certainly be
made before the adjournment of the
extra session. a..- "a
A special from Washington of the
9th inst, says the army officers who
were promoted recently are very much
exercised over the fact that the senate
| judiciary committee yesterday agreed
that the president had no right to make
these promotions under the law of the
| last congress until the Burnside report
is finally disposed of. Edmunds, Car
penter, and Garland, the sub-commit
tee to whom the question was referred,
are understood to have been unani-
NOUS in reaching a conclusion adverse
to the presidents action. The commit
tee report that until some remedial leg
islation is passed these promotions can
not be confirmed. ....
THE senate committee on appropriations
report the legislative, executive and judi
cial appropriation bill to the senate on
Tuesday, the 9th. The committee has
stricken from the bill the clause by which
the house proposes to require the secre-
tary of the treasury to issue immediate
/ ly in payment of arrearages of pensions
100000 of legal tender notes now
held as special fund for the redemp-
ton of fractional currency. The COM
! mittee also amended the bill so as to
restore the number and pay Of senate
employees to the present figures. No
change is made in the political sections
Of the bill. 's@ t'
The house banking and currency
/ committee on the 9TH agreed upon a
new bill relative to the re erve of ma
tional banks. The bill requires the
banks in redemption cities to keep two
ifths of their reserve in coin, and coin
certificates, and country banks three
fifths of their reserve in coin only.
The bill has a two-fold purpose, to re-
lease some of the .legal-tender5 now
held for reserve, and help to force silver
Into circulation. The theory seems to
be that the banks in the redemption
cities will release the legal-tender de.
posts and put silver certificates 10 their
place IN the reserve. a95d eyed -s9lgb
/ "A WASHINGTON special of the 9th
states that there has been marked fall
ing off in the demand for 4 per cent. re-
funding certificates. Two causes are
assigned for this changer: One, the fact
| that the commissioner ofsinternal rev
enue has decided that the certificates
must be included in the taxable returns
Of banks, as they are not bonds but are
only medium through which bonds
can be obtained. Second, as they can
not be converted under Sherman's new
order before July, the banks do not
care to run the rish of a fall in 4 per
cents. which is quite generally predict
ed by many bank ers as likely to occur
after July L; The popular demand,
however, for the 4 per cent. certificates
is increasing, and it is very evident that
large quantities of them are going into
the hands of small investors
10. A JOINT caucuso of republicans of con-
gress was held in the hall of the house of
representatives on the evening of May 6.
The meeting was called to consider what
action should be taken by republicans
on the bill introduced in both houses to
prohibit military interference at cleo
tons. There was general expression
of views by Senators Conkling and Ed
munds, Representatives Robson, Haw-
ley and others. Finally it was unani-
mously resolved that it was the sense of
the caucus that the proposed bill
should be defeated, and Edmunds,
Frye and Robson were appointed a
committee to prepare a substitute to
be offered which will give to every per-
son opportunity to exercise the right of
suffrage without any molestation or in
reference whatever, but at the same
time secure peace at the polls. are