Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-31
GEN ESAL CAPITAL NEWS
TUBIIC BUILDINGS.

lUBLlC BUILDINGS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-Thc House committee
on public buildings and grounds agreed to-day
to report farorably on several bills providing
for appropriations for public buildings at the
following places: 100000 for public build
ings at Peducah, Ky, one-half the appropria-
ton to be expended the first year and S150, coo
for public building at Quincy, ILL.,, $4,000, to
be expended the first year.
FUNDING.
Secretary Sherman was before the Senate
finance committee to-day in response to their
invitation for oral expression of his views
on funding questions and other points. The
secretary's remarks, aside from the repetition
of his well known views in regard to funding
were, for the most part, simply an exegesis of
his last annual report and of the accompanying
finance exhibits for the year 1879. The con-
ference was not concluded day, aud the Sec
rotary will appear before the committee next
week.
INVALID PENSIONS.
The House committee on invalid pensions,
on motion of Mr.. Caldwell, una nimously
agreed to-day to the following resolution to
govern consideration by the committee of in
valid pensions:
ReSolccd, That all pension claims of an in
valid character shall be reported to date from
discharge where disability was incurred previ-
Gus to discharge, and where disability was in
CURED subsequent to discharge from the date
of disability, and all gratuitous pensions shall
date from the passage of the act. All widows
pensices, where the husband had been pen
sioner, shall date from the death of the hus-
band, aud, where the husband had not been
peusioner, from the date of debility.
SUGAR ADVERTISEMENT.
The hearing of the sugar question was con-
tinued this morning by the committee of ways
and means. Henry A. Brown, ex-treasury
agent, concluded his statement with expert
ments and demonstrations, showing how high
grade of sugar Fan be artifcially colored so as
to make it represent low grade under the
Dutch standard. On being asked by Garfield
what course he would recommend the COM
mittee TO adopt, he said he would recommend
the committee to allow the present tariff on
sugar to remain as it is Dutch standard and
all, ard to add to the power of the secretary of
tie treasury authority to employ polarization,
which discovers Immediately the crystalizable
strength and consequent market value of sugar
and also to employ when he saw fit analysis in
order to detect other ingredients.
MIR. French, assistant secretary of the trea-
sury, then appeared before the committee and
gave the reasons which caused the secretary to
issue the orders in regard to the appraisement
of sugar, so much complained of by importers,
and claimed that the effect of the orders had
been very favorable to the revenue.
CENSUS SUPERVISORS.
The Senate committee on census met today
and received reports from several sub commit
tees on nominations of census supervisors
The appointments for Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts ard Rhode Island
were reported back favorably from tie sub
committee, and so were all those for the West
ern States, except three for Illinois, one for
Iowa ard one for Tennessee, which are held by
the sub committees for further inquiry. SEN
ator Kerran, who has charge of the nomina-
tons for New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware and Maryland, didn't report on them
to-day, nor were any of the Southern appoint
ments reported upon. 1t was agreed by the
committee that all nominations reported
from the sub committees to-day in
regard to none Of which there
is any question of personal fitness of the
nominee shall be Immediately reported back to
the Senate with a recommendation for confr-
nation. But at the same time several Demo-
cratic members of the committee took the
ground that half the census supervisors
throughout the whole country ought to be Sc
lected from the Democratic party, and they
therefore reserved the right to disregard to-
day action of the committee when the nomi-
nations came up for consideration in the Sem
ate. The indications are that strong move
rent will be made in the Senate to have up all
census soIninees for the present with view to
forcing an equal division of these appoint
ments between the two great political parties,