Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-22
CAPITAL CULLINGS.
SHERMAN,S OPERATIONS WITH THE
NEW YORK CLEARING HOUSE.
Attempted Explanation of the TraDsac-
tion-Removal OF the Poncas-The Exodus
Invss ,igation-Cattie Inspection-Miscel-
laneous,
sHERMAN's CLEARINGHOUSE BARGAIN.

| 1aneOus,
| sHERMAN's CLEARINGHOUSE BARGAIN.
! WASHINGTON. March 20.-Secretary Sh CT
| man and United States Treas
urer Gilfillan we're before the House committee
on coinage weights and measures to-day, e1-
planning the connection of the sub-treasury at
New York with the clearing house, and the
measures to be taken to facilitate the rehux of
subsidiary silver coin from tho treasury into
| the channels of circulation. MIR. Stevens,
chairman of the committee, was absent, and
| MIR. Warner conducted the inquiry. The chief
point of his interrogations in regard to the
clearing house arrangement was directed at
| that rule or resolution by which the receipt of
silver coin in payment of balances is pro-
hibited. Mr.. Warner treated the consent OF
the treasury department as virtual abdica-
ton of the right of option which the law
which gives it over the mode of payment of
government creditors, whether in gold, silver
or paper. Mr. Sherman, while expressing his
disapproval of the rule, dissented from that
| Interpretation, and contended that in agreeing
to have all balances paid in U3lted States notes
he was merely exercising the option of the gov
eminent. His attention was called
to the fact that 10y the con-
nection stated the government became
the clearing house. and permitted itself to be-
come party to the depreciations of one por-
ton of its currency, silver. Secretary Sherman
responded that the law was framed with such
laxity that it permitted the government to en-
ter into such arrangement, and the business
dealings of the sub-treasury with some seventy
banks in New York were such that it became
necessary to enter into some arrangement Tor
daily settling with the clearing house.
Whilo mutually advantageous 1t was
particularly SO to the government. When
asked if the government by its contracts with
the clearing house was not absolutely restricted
from paying out silver in settlement of United
States balances, the secretary responded that
while the contract between the banks and the
clearing house clearly stipulated that silver
coin should not be paid in settlement of bal
ances the agreement between the clearing
house and the treasury department was such
that the secretary could abrogate entirely or
modify it in any way that the interests OF the
government Knight demand, upon giving 3O
days notice; thai at present it was perfectly
convenient to pay out gold for paper in settle
ment of balances, there was an ample
amount of each in the treasury to meet all
such demands. The committee adjourned.
SHIP DOCK ON WHEELS.
The select committee on iuter-oceanic canal
to-day reaffirmed their previous action, and
instructed their chairman to call up the resolu-
ton introduced by him, with the purpose of
obtaining the views of the house.
John NJ. Goodwin, of Sharpsville, Pa, ex-
planned to the inter-oceanic committee to-day
his plan for ship railway across the lsthmus
of Darien. 1t differs from that of Eads in
this, that instead of using cradle for the
transportation of ship he proposes to use
caisson containing a sufficient depth of water
to float the largest ship.
JUDGE WEIGHTS CONVICTION.
Judge John W. Wright, charged with making
an assault on Columbus Delano, ex-secretalY
of the INTERIOR in October, 1877, with intent to
kill, has been convicted of assault and battery.
THE REMOVAL OF TIE PoNCAs.
The Senate committee on removal of the
Poncas to-day examined Col. J. Brooks, chief
clerk of the Indian bureau. He showed that
the department recommended Their removal to
the Omaha reservation, where they wished to
60, and that Congress thcreupon directed their
removal to the Indian Territory, conditioned
upon their consent. The department felt
obliged to obey the law, although in contraven-
tion of treaty stipulations; because the United
States supreme court, in the Cherokee tobacco
case III Wallace, p. 616) decided that treaty
may be superseded by act of Congress, and that
All act of Congress of date subsequent to q
treaty must prevail as if the treaty
were not an element to be consid.
cred. Being asked whether the Poncas,
consent was given, he replied: Hardly such
consent as myself should wish to be removed
under Senator Dawes. Am I to understand
that in your opinion the consent of the Pom
cas- was given to their removal?
Col Brooks-I can hardly answer that more
definitely.
Dawes Il think so myself, and did not
know but you might like to put it in some
other language.
Witnpss-NO
Question-By what authority of law then
were the Poncas taken to Indian Terri
tory?
Answer-If any, under the general authority
residing in the reservation or generally as
guardi an of Indians, and in view of the fact
that their reservation in Dakota had been
given to the Sioux, and that Congress had
made an appropriation for their removal to In
dian territory and to no other place.
THE EXODUS.
James Longsdale postmaster at Greencastle,
Md, testified before the exodus committee to-
day. The invariable complaints of colored emf
grants was that they were unable to get fair
living in the South on account of bad laws and
cheating. There was also complaint about
their political rights. Some poor whites were
among the emigrants. The negroes paid their
own way and no political purpose was served by
the exodus. Witness read extracts from letters
from farmers and manufacturers asking him to
get them colored laborers. Labor was scarce
and wages high. Some of the writer's were
well-known Democrats. Witness also read two
letters addressed to Congressman Cowgirl,
stating that the Democrats were going into the
colonization business themselves, that q
Frank Arthur had brought fifty white
men from North Carolina 20 Indiana evidently
to secure their votes for the Democrat party,
and asking Window to look into the matter.
Witness and others had Interested themselves
as far back as 1877 in encouraging general emil
grafton into Indiana, especially into Putnam
county, for the purpose of building up the
country. A circular setting forth the advant-
ages of Indiana had been widely circulated
Some comics were sent into the Southern States