Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-05-08
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the Week Carefully Cleaned.
WASHINGTON.

A WASHINGTON dispatch OF the Both
states that the sales of refunding certif-
Gates to date are 81, 4,311,3 $40. and the
whole amount will be sold within the
sixty days.
WAsHINsToN 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 5th inst. says the republican con-
gressiOnal campaign committee has
completed its organization by unani
mously electing VIM. E. Chandler, of
New Hameshire, secretary.
A WASHINGTON special of the 9TH says
the entire force of the bureau Of en-
craving ana printing were engaged all
day in printing SO certificates. The
demand has been 50 great for these GER
tifcates as to require this. The entire
amount printed today was s.. 100000.
A WASHINGTON special of the 3rd says
the house committee on expenditures
on public buildings Contemplates an
investigation to ascertain the actual
and necessary cost of the various pub
lie buildings in the United States.
A DISPATCH from Washington of the
3rd states that q bill has been intro
duced amendatOry Of the Texas Pacific
railway act. so as to take some of the
lands granted to it and vest them in the
Southern Pacific railway company, and
providing for a junction Of the two
roads at El PasO.
A WASHINGTON special Of May 3rd
says kilograms received from collectors
Of internal revenue indicate that the
collections of internal revenues to-day
will probably reach 100000, the
largest amount received in any one day
from this source Tor many years past.
Two districts in Virginia telegrap phed
receipts over $250,000 from tobacco
alone.
THE house democratic caucus COM
mittee, Saturday the Sd, it is understood
agree upon measure-tO be submitted
to the caucus, if concurred in by the
senate committee-which, under the
title of ga bill to prevent military inter
ference at the polls" consists Of the
sixth section vetoed.
A WASHLNGT0N dispatch of May aud
says the senate has again rejected the
nomination of Th 0s. Mason to the col
lectOr of customs at Bangor, Maine,
vice l.. FOZ, whose commission has eX-
pred. This is the second time the SEN
ate has refused consent to Collector
Fox's displacement. The previous
nomination and that of Mason to-day,
being alike rejected unanimously upon
the ground that the present incumbent
had served faithfully, and his displace-
ment would be extremely disastrous to
Senator Hamlin.
A WASHINGTON special May 3rd says:
Gov. Garcelon, of Maine, says there is
no doubt that the next campaign in
Maine will be a three-sided one, like
the campaign of last year, "but," he
says, sit is going to be a hotter cam
paign than that of last year. The re.
publicans are going to make prodigous
efforts to carry the state. They are al,
ready flooding it with campaign docu-
ments, and Mr.. Blaine intends to take
the personal management Of the cam
paign. Speakers are being engaged and
the canvass will become lively imme-
diately after the holding of the green
June"
The senate committee on apprOpTia,
tons reported the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill to the
senate on Tuesday the 9Th. The
committee mas stricken from the
bill the clause by which the
house proposes to require the secretary
of the treasury to issue Immediately il
payment of arrearages Of pensions
$10,000,000 of legal tender notes now
held as a special fund for the redemp
ton of fractional currency. The com.
mittee also amended the bill so as tC
restore the number and pay of senat,
employees to the present figures. NJ
change is made in the political section:
of the bill.
A JOINT caucus of republicans of con
gress was held in the hall of the house 0
, representatives on the evening of May 6
The meeting was called to consider VIVA
action should be taken by republican,
on the bill introduced IN both houses t
: prohibit military interference at cleo
i GOns. There was a general i'm preston
OF views by Senators Conkling and Ed
munds, Representative Robson, Haw
ley and others. Finally it was unani
mously resolved that it was the sense O
: the caucus that the proposed bill
should be defeated, and Edmunds
Frye and Robson were appointed
committee to prepare substitute to b,
: offered which will give to every person
: opportunity to exercise the right O
f suffrage without any molestatien or IN
reference whatever, but at the sam,
time secure peace at the polls.
A RULE was adopted by the house OF
5 the 2nd inst which will materially les
sen the time consumed by the house il
! calling the roll of members. 1t ha
been estimated that one-third of al
entire session of congress is consumed il
calling the roll, so that anything whicl
Y tends to shorten the time consumed il
this way is that much gained tor otne
: purposes of legislation. 1t has been tn
: habit of the clerk to call the full name
e of members. By the rule just adoptet
0 he is permitted to leave off the frs
). name, using only the surname witt
, the prefix Mr. In this way it is est
: mated that it will take little more thai
: half the time to call the roll than form
T erly. Conger opposed the new rule OF
the ground that it tended to lesson tn,
:, only power which the minority had i,
opposing Objectionable measures-tha
J OF filibustering and delaying action un
til some advantage had been obtained