River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-02-26
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THE senate committee on privileges
and elections unanimously agreed upon
a report generating Senator ingalls,
from the charges of bribery preferred by
Kansas memorialists, says dispatch OF
the nth.
THE president on the Goth inst. nomi-
mated Rowland L. Trowbridge, of Mich
igan, commissioner of Indian affairs,
vice Hayt removed.
THE president has appointed George
Browne Goode to represent the United
States, and have charge of the American
fish exhibit at the International exhibit
ton at Berlin, in April next, says spec
ial of the nth inst.
THE senate, in executive session Feb.
20. confirmed Frank Mason, of Ohio, U.
s. consul at Basic, Switzerland; and re-
iected the nominatian of Edward Spar
der, for census supervisor for first district
of Louisiana.
4 SPECIAL dispatch to the Chicago Ecen
ina Journal, on the 10th, says: Sen. Blaine,
in an interview, says that under no cir.
cumstances will he allow his name to be
used as a candidate for the vice presiden-
CIV in connection with General Grant or
ANYBODY else. He will not accept that
nomination, if he fails to get the first
place, preferring to remain in active life
III the senate.
THE committee ON territor les, on the
goth inst, decided the passage OF the bill
extending the jurisdictictien of the U.
s. courts IN civil and criminal matters TO
the Indian Territory, and providing fo1
the requirement of citizenship by In
dams and the allotment OF lands to them
in severalty under prescribed condl
lions
THE senate on the goth inst. confirmed
the following nominations; Louis IL
Ayme. consul of the United States al
Merida; Byram c. Stifany, register Of
tbs. land. olllGe. at GRAND Forks. dRak9attA
office at Cheyenne; William J. Ander.
son, receiver of public moneys at Grand
Forks, Dakota; William Fl. James, post
master at Berea, Ohio.
THE superintendent of census, in cir
cular to supervisors, issued on the 18th
inst, says appointments of enumerators
must be nOn-partisan. H2 is aware oil
no reasons existing in law for regarding
women ineligible for appointment as
enumeratOrs. Each supervisor must be
Judge for himself whether such appoint
ments in any number, would be practi
cally advantageous to his district 1t is
clear in many regions such appointments
would be highly Objectionable, but the
superintendent is not prepared to say
that localities may not be found where a
canvass of the population by women
could be conducted without any disad
vantage being encountered by reason OF
The sex of the enumerator.
The senate select committee on Freed
mems bank met Feb. Goth. Arson NJ
Sperry, general field agent and inspector
of branches, testified to the solvency OF
the bank and to the marvellous increase
IN its business from the start up to 1871,
the time of its failure. The deposits had
grown from 100000 in 1866 to $4,000
900 in 1872, and to $55,O00,000 in 1874 lie
stated the cause of the banks failure was
primary, the violation ofthe company
charter in entering general business in
the branches, which opened the doors to
wild speculation in real estate loans and
other doubtful securities. The worst
compli, ations and losses, he said, arose
from operations in Washington. He
had never known the bank to sustain a
loss through the dishonesty of colored
men in charge of any of the branches
Marshal Frederick Douglass, former
president of the bank, resumed his testi-
lnOny, from which it appeared that du-
ring his short administration he had been
able to gain but little insight into the
true inwardness of the concern.