Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-22

grant Aid society, testified that he had nothing
to do with its operations except as to act as
| treasurer. As such he had received In contrl-
buttons from churches, individuals and socle-
ties about 81, 600, and had paid it all out upon
orders from the president
At the request of Senator Window it was to-
day agreed to subpoena as witnesses in this IN
| vestigation Gov. Hendricks, of Indiana, and
| j. Is. MAYNARD, editor of the Indianapolis Sen
| tinel, United States Marshal Dudley, John U.
New and Joseph Medill, of the Chicago Tribune.
THE FITz JOHN PORTER CASE.
The majority of the House committee on
military affairs, considering the case of Fitz
John Porter, recommends the adoption of the
Resolyed, That the President be requested to
remit the remainder OF the IN
executed sentence which disquallhes
Fitz John Porter from holding any office
of trust or profit under the government OF the
United States? The minority concede that
logically perhaps they should not 80 recon-
mend, but when it is considered that amnesty
and pardon have been extended to those for
merly in arms against the United States, and
that the removal of disabilities for offenses as
dangerous to the United States and the perpet-
uity of the Union are of daily occurrence. The
reasons for their action in the Porter case are
obvious.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2l.-The greater portion
of the executive session was given to discus
sion of the nomination of Howard NJ. Kutchin.
as collector of internal revenue at Fond du Lac,
Wisconsin.
The House committee on railways land canals
have agreed to report favorably the bill intro
duced by Representative Stone, providing for
the survey of water route to connect lakes
Erie and Michigan, and facilitate water trans
portation between the two lakes. The commit
tee reduced the appropriation to $1,000.
The House banking and currency comnitte
to-day considered the Foot and Price resOlu-
tons and also that portion of the presidents
message recommending the abolition OF the
legal tender. quality of greenbacks: Forts reso-
luton declares against any interference with
the legal tender quality of the greenbacks, and
Prices resolution deprecates any agitation OF
financial questions and declares in favor of
letting we'll enough alone. Gen. Ewing offered
the following resolution
ReSolvd, That consideration of all bills, re-
solutions, petitions and executive communi-
cations heretofore referred to this committee
affecting the volume character OF the cur
rency be postponed until the first meeting
of the committee in December next. After
some discussion the resolution was defeated,
Buckner, Ewing and Price voting in the affirm
alive, and Chittenden, Grape, Davis, Fort, Laid
and Lounsbury in the negative.
Among the executive documents laid before
the House was communi cation from the Sec
rotary of the treasury in response to resOlu-
ton Of the House, asking for Information as to
the time the United States treasury became
member of the New York clearing house. The
secretary says: The United States sub-treas-
urer. at New York, has for some time employed
the New York clearing house TO facilitate the
transaction of his business. That arrangement
with the clearing house was entered into No.
vember 1878, after be had obtained verbal
opinion of the attorney general that such an
arrangement would not be contrary to law"