Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-12
suERMaN's OPINION CHANGED.

it proposes to Jump thirty or thirty-tive senior
officers.
sHERMANs OPINION CHANGED.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-Secrctary Sherman,
before the ways and means committee admitted
that his views on rcfunding had modified some
what and he was disposed to concede the posi-
bility of negotiating at par bond bearing
lower rate of interest than per cent.
WAITING SOULS MADE HAPPY.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE President has
nominated Geo. Baldery, register of the land
off .e at New Orleans; l.. NJ. Burwell, receiver
of public moneys at New Orleans; Charles q.
BeIknap, Indian agent, Tule River agency
California, and VIM. Whiting. of Illinois, In
dian agent at Ponca agency, Indian Territory.
BUYING BONDS.
Secretary Sherman telegraphed the assistant
treasurer at New York to accept all offers OF
United States bonds at the following rates: s
of 1889 at 80 and under, 6's of 1851 mt 30 and
under, and SIS at 3 and under.
INDIANS AND BIGAMY.s
WASHINGTON, Feb 1.-The House committee
on Indian affairs has agreed to report favora-
bly, to the House MIR. Scales bill providing for
the sale of certain lands in Kansas, which
der certificates of allotment for go acres each
to thirty-two of said Indians.
PosTMASTERS.
Edear A. Brodhcad at Kittaning, Pa, John
Scott. Brookville, Pa. and James NJ. Beardsley,
Rock leland, Ill.
CENSUS NOMINATIONS.
The Senate confirmed the following nomina-
tions: To be supervisors of the census: Kan
sas-First district T. Dwight butcher; Second,
David J. Evans; Third, Charles Nj. Kellogg
New Observation-Disclosures s. Hoyt. Washington
Territory-Fredcrick W. Sparkling. Wyoming
Homer Merrill. Postmasters-Port Huron,
Mich, VIM. G.. Harlruff. The following
nominations for census supervisors were re
iected: Chas. ID. Campbell, First district
Ohio: John Henry Thomas, Second; VIM. 81
Mcdowell, Third; Henry A. Towne, Fourth
Albert c. Byers. Fifth; M' ses M. Hobart
Sixth: VIM. A Hunt, Seventh; Joshua W.
Hanley, Eighth.
REJECTED.
The Senate rejected all nominations of super
visors for the eight census districts of Ohio.
This result was reached at the end of a pro-
longed session of three hours. during which
the reasons for the majority's action
on those nominations were dis.
in regard to the remainder of the supervisors
nominations significantly foreshadowed Sena
tor Pendleton, chairman of the census com
mittee who reported the Ohio nominations al
versely, made the opening speech. lie ex-
planned that the adverse report had no reference
to the personal character of the nominees, but
was based solely upon the ground that the Presl
dent in nominating eight Republicans and MOI
single Democrat to appoint enumerators ano
supervise the taking of the census IN Ohio
had violated the spirit of the census law anc
ignored the distinct understanding of both
parties in Congress when the bill
was passed that supervisors, as vel
as enumerators. should be appointed irrespective
of party affiliations. No explicit requirement
of this sort had been inserted in regard to su
pervisors, was the case in regard to enumer
ators simply because it was considered on al
| hands to be unnecessa AIRY, especially
in view of the remark made by Republic
cans in debate that the Democrats coult
control combinations by means of their as
tendency in the Senate. Some showing o.
non-partisanship had been made in the appoint
ment of supervisors for some OF the states
but in most of them the Democrats have
been wholly ignored by the President
and this case of Ohio was giarint
instance of craftsmanship Of selections; for al
though about half of the people of Ohio are
| Democrats and the State has two Democratic
senators aud eleven Democratic representative
| in the present congress, the President had no
appointed one Democratic supervisor to assist IL
taking her census. Mr.. Pendleton argued tina
| in view of the fact that this census will be TO
ten years the basis for appurtionments af rep
resentation in Congress and in the State legis
lature, it is of the highest Importance not onl.
that the supervisors shall be personally com
petent but that the results of their labor
shall be above suspicion from any standpoint
political or otherwise.