Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-04-29
THE NEWS BUDGET.
A Summary of Events During
the Past Week.
WASHINGTON.

THE president nominated James F.
Owen postmaster at Onarga, Ill, 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
rOgation 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.
Mr.. DICHMAN, 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 blan govern
ment has called upon the American con
sui to give him information concerning
the location oftwO COaling stations upon
the Colombian 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 $3.50, 600
annually to maintain immigrant paupers
and invalids 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 Mongolian paupers and lep-
ers whe contribute nothing to the de-
| fcYco ri of tho n or
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 wear
ending June 80, 1881, will be greater
than anticipated. They were placed at
S32, 100000, an increase of $216,807, or a
little more than Z per cent. The average
annual increase of revenue for four years,
to June 30, 1879, was about 81 per cent,
but when the estimates were prepared,
in October last, an allowance was made
for an increase somewhat beyond this
rate. Since then the advance has been
so great that, by the data recently OBJ
tanned, u 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,
coo 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
f1rst-n ortgage bonds of the company to
the amount 0fupwards Of $3.50, 900 which
matured prior to the 1st day January,
1868. The coupons representing this in.
terest 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
Z $40 per cent. down to per cent. the
rate of interest paid upon the latest issue
Of Tefunding bonds. Comment upon
such management is un necessary.
Mr.. DowNEY, the delegate from Wy
oming Territory, on the % inst, created
sensation by publishing in the Record
poem in blank verse, fifteen pages in
length, which he says was delivered in
the house on Tuesday last, in support of
his bill to appropriate $500,000 TO com
mem orate, 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 ofhis 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 di-
rectiBg the committee on rules to examine
into the matter and see whether the
poem, so called, should be excluded from
the permanent edition of the Rec0rd
In the senate, Mr.. Morrill, called atten-
ton to the Record, and submitted a 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
Mr.. 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 tC
| the matter.