River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-04-29
THE NEWS BUDGET.
A Summary of Events During
the Past Week.
WASHINGTON.

The president nominated James r..
Owen postmaster at Onarga, H., on the
22d inst, and Lorin r. Sykes postmaster
at Knoxville, Ill.
THE committee on foreign affairs, re-
ported back joint resolution for the alb
r0gation of the Clayton Bulwer treaty, as
The unanimous report OF the commit
tee, says dispatch of the Gath inst.
The house committee on ways and
means agreed on the 22nd inst, to report
favorably Mr.. Johnson's bill TO amend
the present law in relation to cancella-
ton of export bond on expectation of
tobacco, snuff, and cigars.
CHARLES D. GILMORE e, Co, extern
sive land and claim agents, of this city,
have been debarred from practice before
the interior department, it having been
proved that Gilmore bribed clerk
named Frank o. Ball TO assist him in
getting claims through Ball was dis.
charged on the Goth inst.
CAPT. HowGATE is at present busy
making preparations tor his Arctic ex.
petition that is to sail next next month.
Although the bill as it passed the house
Of representative on the goth inst ;,
places him In exclusive charge of the
expedition, he will not accompany it,
but will place it in charge of Capt.
Chester. who is an eXper enced explorer
and navigator.
GEN. PAINE, commissioner Of patents
wac recently rendered his resignation,
will retire from office on May /, and Mill
be succeeded by Edgar NJ. Marble, who
has filled the office of assistant attorney
general for the interior department foI
several years. Mr.. Marble will be sue
ceeded by Joseph X. McCammon, of the
attorney generals office says news of the
Goth inst.
MR. DICHNAN, United States minister
| to Colombia, who left for his post of
! duty, on the 22nd inst, has special in
! structions from this government upon
the subject of the isthmus canal project.
| The president of the Colon ban govern
ment has called upon the American con
sui to give him information concerning
| the location oftwO coaling stations upon
| the Colon bian coast.
| THE immigration bill introduced by
| Mr.. Cox into the house on the Gath inst
| gave rise to considerable discussion, and
the proposition to appropriate $500
annually to maintain immigrant paupers
and iBvalids met with considerable OPP
position. The question of Chinese immi.
grafton was brought up by the Califor-
MIA members, who appealed to the mem.
| bers from New England to aid them IN
preventing the Pacific Coast from being
overrun by Monaghan paupers and lep-
ers whe contribute nothing to the de
Tense or support of the state or nation.
GEN KEY addressed letter to Mr.. At
kins, chairman of the committee on ap-
preparations, on the 22d inst, in which
| he shows that the revenues of the
! postoffice department for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1881, will be greater
| than anticipated. They were placed at
| $50, 2I0, 900, an increase of $216,S07, or a
little more than per cent. The average
annual increase of revenue for four years,
to June go 1879, was about 2l2 per cent,
| but when the estimates were prepare d,
| in October last, an allowance was made
| for an increase somewhat beyond this
rate. Since then the advance has been
| 30 great that, by the data recently OBJ
! tanned, a new estimate will be necessary.
/ A DISCOVERY was made in the treasury
| department on the 22nd inst, by which
| the government will recover over $780,
| COZ from the Nashville and Chattanooga
railroad company. a government agent
! has been sent to make the demand upon
! the fina 1cial agent of that railroad COM
| pany for arrears of interest due upon
| tirst-n ortgage bonds of the company to
| the amount Ofupwards OF 100000 which
matured prior TO the 1st day January,
| 1868. The coupons representing this in
| teTest were detached from the bonds,
| and as subsequent interest has been paid
| by the company the natural inquiry IS.
| Why did the treasury department omit
correction of this outstanding interest :?
The company has had this large sum
due to the United States, while the gov
ernment has been paying for loans from
$40 per cent. down to 4 per cent. the
rate of interest paid upon the latest issue
Of refunding bonds. Comment upon
/ such management is unnecessary.
| Mr.. DowNEY, the delegate from Wy
| oming Territory, on the % INST, created
/ a sensation by publishing in the Record
| a poem in blank verse, fifteen pages in
length, which he says was delivered in
! the house ON Tuesday last. in support of
bis bill to appropriate $50U,0G0 to com
memorate, in suitable paintings upon the
walls of the national Capitol the birth,
/ life, death and resurrection of our Saviour,
Jesus Christ, as told in the four gospels
of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Mr..
Downey obtained leave to print some re-
marks in support his bill, and this was
followed by the fifteen pages in
the Record, which appears as having
been copyrighted, The matter was so
extraordinary that both branches of con-
gress gave attention to it. In the house,
General Garfield offered resolution d.
recting the committee on rules to examine
iato the matter and see whether the
poem, so called, should Ue excluded from
the permanent edition of the Record
In the senate, Mr.. Morrill, called atten-
ton to The Record, and submitted reso.
| luton to exclude the poem from the
| Record Mr.. Davis and others thought
the senate had no jurisdiction over The
matter, which belonged to the house
| MIR. Morrill, said as the poem was copy.
righted, congress had no right to print
! it in the Record, but he would withdraw
his motion as he understood the house
would take some action in reference TO
| the matter.