Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-20
APPROPRIATIONS.
Especial Telegram to the Globe

Especial Telegram to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The appropri
aelon committee sare not progressing as
rapidly with their work as was anticipated
before the holiday recess. Of twelve oen-
eral bills only six have passed the Honse
vi these, the pension bill has come back and
the committee have agreed to the Senate
s anne There will, perhaps, be very
!i'tie altlculty with the Indian bill, but
Chere Is considerable difference of opinion
oe'"een Inc houses on the consular and
diplomatic bill. The Senate will probably
oppose the contemplated reduction in sal
arles' The navy bill-has not vet been acted
hpon~by the Senate. The bills which ara
stlll back III the House are the legislative
army postottlce, sundry civil and regular
oenclency bills. The first three of these
are about ready to be reported to the House
'or action. The Legislative bill will proba-
OILY be presented Thursday next The armv
bill has not been completed vet, as it is still
uncertain whether or not the bill for reor
ganlzatlon will be attached to it. The com
missioner of pensions was before the COM
nlttee yesterday morning and represented
1na1 oy the passage of the arrearages of pen
5Slolls act the business of his office would be
very largely increased. He estimates that
It vii require an additional appropriation of
,@o,ouo,OOO to run his office for tho ensuino
year.
THE ARMY BILL.
Ihe following is the most important section
OF the army appropriation bill, which has been
ADOPTED by the committee on appropriations,
ana Will be reported whether the reorganiza-
tlon OIL goes through or not; ssThat from
ana after the passage of this act and until it
snail be otherwise provided by law, there
snau be no promotions or appointments in
the army above the rank of captain except in
me corps OF engineers, and that no officer
below the rank OF major shall be transferred
TO the retired list, except upon report of a
GUY constituted board of officers to the effect
that such officer is no longer fit for active SER
vice.
TEXAS PACIFIC RAILROADS.
Ihe opponents of the Texas Pacific rail-
road have overshot their mark in securing
Inc passage of resolution calling upon the
secretary OF the interior to report why
railroad IS being constructed through the
public domain in Arizona. Secretary
schurz has sent his reply to the Senate, from
which it appears that the Southern Pacific is
pelng Quilt III accordance with law.
SUPREME COURT REPORTS
The House Judiciary committee has agreed
TO bill OF very great interest to the legal
profession. It provides that the supreme
court reports shall be published by the gov
eminent printer, and sold by him at 10 per
CENT above cost. Is is authorized 70 Sell
reports to booksellers who will give bond not
TO charge more than 25 per cent. above actu-
al cost for the reports. Under the present
system the publication of the supreme court
reports IS monopoly enjoyed by the official
reporter OF the court, who derives very hand
some lpconne from this business.
SMALL BILLS.
AS the national banking act provides that
after specie payments have been resumed
notes shall be issued to national banks Of.
lower denomination than S., the national
bank redemption agency is now asserting all
one and two dollar bills that are fit for cir
culatlon and returning them to the banks.
This will relieve the scarcity which might
otherwise result from the destruction of ones
and twos, and thu law is not violated by re-
turning the old notes, the statutes only re-
curing that new notes shall not be issued.
The treasury authorities think that it will be
full twelve months before, in the ordinary
course, the outstanding ones and twos of
national banks will become unfit for circu-
latioa and be consequently presented for can
collation..
HENDRICKS AND THURMAN.
Hendricks, of Indiana, has been here for
some days considering the political question,
especially with a view to the Presidential
nominee in 1880. So far as he is personally
concerned, he has discovered that the drift
at present is in favor of Thurman rather
than himself, and Of Ohio rather than
Indiana. Hendricks is reported to have
especially endeavored to see if some arrange
ment could be made whereby the Eastern
and Western Democrats can come together
on a financial platform. Rumor says that
finding Eastern men inhexible he has as
suled them that the Western Democrats will
meet the East on grounds Acceptable
to the Eastern or hard money wing of
the party. He is reported to believe
that the Western Democrats can be united
on policy accepting resumption as a fixed
fact, maintaining the issuance of govern
rnent notes, but depriving these at an early
date of their legal tender qualities. These,
if he is rightly reported, he regards as sound
Democratic doctrine, holding that it is I'M
democratic to make paper money legal ten
der. 1t is supposed that Senator Pendleton
will support this view also, and it is posi-
BILE that the Ohio Democratic platform for
next fall may, on the currency question, take
IulS SfOuuu, ldHOElIl8 ~ COuCfdCLoQ ISSUE OF
treasury notes as part of the paper currency,
but requiring that they be deprived of their
legal tender quality.
SUSPENDED.
Western Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-Owing to a differ
ence Of opinion regarding the transaction of
Certain business in the Indian office, VIM.
Leeds, chief clerk of that office, has been
suspended for thirty days, during which
time there will be an investigation into the
existing difficulties.
UNITED STATES OFFICERS ARRESTED.
Information has been received at the de-
partment of justice of the arrest by warrant
of the State or municipal authorities OF
Alabama, of United States District Attorney
MAYER, and United States Marshal Turner,
the latter being now in jail, and the former
having been released on a writ of habeas
corpus issued by United States District Judge
Bruce The circumstances are that the
municipal or State court in Selma issued
subpoenas to District Attorney Mayer, Mar.
shal Turner, and Dimmick, clerk of the
court, commanding them to appear and bring
before it the ballot boxes and ballots usec
in the elections last November. These
ballot boxes and ballots were at the time il
question being used by the grand jury o.
the United States circnit court, sitting a
Montgomery, as evideace in a certain case
therein pending on indictments for viola