Daily globe., 1881-01-18
General Capital Nescs.
INTER-oCEANIC CANAL.


WASHINGTON, Jan 17.-The House com
mittee on Inter r-oceanic ship canal gave hear
ing to-day to Thompson, late secretary of the
navy. He combatted the idea of that project
being in any way susceptible of applca ton of
the Monroe doctrine, and argued that all propo-
sitions for an Isthmumian transit should be
left to the control of engineering and
financial considerations. AT the conclusion
of the argument his attention was called to the
joint resolution reported by the committee on
the Sth of March last. Having read il, he said
the declaration contained in it was the very
conclusion which he had desired reaching and
which he had reached in his argument. Mr.
Singleton, of the committee, remarked that
Thompson was not proposing any action, and
that the committee had taken action on the
subject stating the government would not
interfere in any way at present, but that if the
necessity should ever arise, the government
should reserve the right to intervene. Mr..
Thompson replied he was quite willing to stop
there in his argument, as he saw that the
views of the committee corresponded with his
own on the general question.
APPORTIoNMENT.
The apportionment bill introduced by Mr..
Cox to-day gives the number of Representa-
tives at sol, and apportions them among the
States as follows: Alabama 8, Arkansas 5,
California 5, Colorado /, Connecticut 4, Della
ware /, Florida 1, Georgia 8, Illinois 10, Indi-
ana II, Iowa 10, Kansas 6, Kentucky 10,
Louisiana 6, Maine 4, Maryland 6, Massachu-
setts II, Michigan 10, Minnesota 5, Mississippi
Z, Missouri 13, Nebraska e, Nevada 1, New
Hampshire 2, New jersey, New York 81,
North Carolina s, Ohio 10, Oregon 1, Pennsyl-
vania 26, Rhode Island 2, South Carolina 6,
Tennessee Q, Texas 10, Vermont 2, Virginia 9,
West Virginia 4, Wisconsin s.
+ As compared with the present number OF
members, the bill makes the following losses
and gains Arkansas, California, Iowa, Michi-
gan, Mississippi, South Corolina and West
Virginia gain / each; Kansas gains 8, Texas 4,
Minnesota and Nebraska gain each; Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, New Hampshire, Michigan, Indi-
ana, Tennessee, Florida and Vermont lose 1
each and New York loses 2.
COMBINATIONS AND REJECTIoNs
The Senate confirmed John NJ. Morton, sur
veyor of customs, San Francisco; Edgar Stan.
ton, of Illinois, now consul at Bremen, to be
consul general at St. Petersburg.
Indian agents-Robert H. Melroy, Nesqual-
ly agency, Washington Territory; John d.
Miles, Cheyenne and Arraphoes agency, Indian
Territory: John Young, Blackfoot agency,
Montana; Jas. H. Welburg, Yokema agency,
Washington Territory.
Postmasters-Berwick Craig, Versailles,
Ky; NJ. B. Keyes, Conneaut, Ohio; F. NJ.
Thayer, Evansville, Ind; VIM. S. Ellis, Goshen,
Ind; Thos. B. Browne, ,Hillsborough, Ills; R.
7; T Lizier, Keokwi2 Kans.; VIM. S. Hodge,
The Senate rejected the nominations of John
B. Stickney,for reappointment as United States
district attorney, Northern district of Florida,
and Robert II. Strego for reappointment as
postmaster at Sidney, Ohio.
OBSTRUCTION DECIDED UPON
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-The Republican
senator's held caucus this morning, at which
ii was determined that when the Kellogg case
comes up in the Senate the Republicans will
submit the motion to lay the whole subject on
the table, and if this motion does not prevail
they will endeavor to prevent the adoption of
a resolution unseating Kellogg by all the par
liamentary resources in their power. The
sentiment of the caucus was that if an extra
session of Congress- be made necessary in con-
sequence of the prolonged struggle for the
passage of this resolution. the Democrats must
take the responsibility.
YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL COMMISSION,
The Yorktown centennial celebration bill,
which passed the Senate to-day, creates the
members of the joint commission appointed
last year, consisting of one Senator and one