Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-05
denosit,

| certificate of deposit, or other
evidence OF debt, they are deposits subject 10
| tax, whether the money be payable on demand
or at some future day, with or without inter
| est, and whether the depOsltor De secureu Dy
| collaterals or not
| Every person, firm or company having q
place Of business where stocks, bonds, bullion,
| bills Of exchange, or promlssory notes are re-
| ceived for discount, or for sale, is regarded IN
| law as a bank, or as banker. The capital
| and deposits of such bank or banker, are sub
Ject to tax, as provided in section 6,40S, United
| States revised statutes.
| Where checks or drafts are received for col
lection and remittance are collected and
remitted the following day, the collections
| should not be treated as a deposit, but as
| money collected and held by the collecting
| bank and remitted at a subsequent time.
| During the period it is so held it should be
| treated as deposit. (Signed)
GRLEN B. RAUM, Commissioner.
GENERAL CONVICTION.
There is a general conviction here that under
| President Arthur's administration the inves-
tigation of the treasury department started by
Secretary Window, and so suddenly stopped,
will be reopened and carried through. Of
course this will not be done until the next
secretary of the treasury is appointed.
There is considerable nervousness. in off,
cial headquarters in apprehension of the
coming investigation. This much is known,
that President Arthur in speaking OF the al
legged Star route frauds to the attorney general
and postmaster general and to George Bliss,
declaI ed in general way that all frauds on
the government should be exposed, and when
ever there was evidence of fraud it should be
investigated The president indicated that
this should be his policy, as in
his opinion public officers who betrayed
their trust or misused their powers should be
not only exposed but punished, and that, on
the other hand, where allegations of miscon-
duct were made there was no way to clear the
parties accused if they were innocent, except
to thoroughly investigate the accusations.
It will be remembered that the COM
mittee appointed to investigate the
custodian's office in the treasury,
submitted preliminary report i'm
plicating 4 number persons. Custodian
Pitney was dismissed but the report was
backed up and the investigation stopped.
Soon after the submission OF this report Presl,
dent Garfield was shot. Had that not occurred
and had he recovered no doubt the investiga-
ton would have been prosecuted. The &C.
zette of this city, has published an article on
Assistant Secretary Upton, of the treasury,
asserting that he is worth over S25O,O00
all made since he came into of
flee on an average salary OF
81, 800 Ier year; that he owns $4,000 farm
in Iowa, block of houses in Washington
worth $40 900, and about 100000 in United
States securities. This publication also alleges
that Upton allowed $250,000 claim of one
Even, Indian agent, after it had been disallow-
ed by the first comptroller, Lawrence, by re-
versing Lawrence'5 decision, and that of
$4,000 already paid on this claim. Upton
got $4,000.
THE DEMOCRATIC SENATOR'S.
All the Democratic senator's have been re-
quested to be in the city, if possible, on Friday,
when conference will be held preliminary to
full caucus on Saturday night. All the
Democratic senators here express desire to
come to au agreement with the Republicans,
if possible, by which the organization of the
senate, the selection of minor officers, and ar
rangemeuts of committees may be had with
out any partisan trouble. None, however,
seem ready to admit the probability of the
election of a Republican presiding officer.
Senator Bayard is the ouly one spoken of by
them for the position.
CABINET CHANGES.
President Arthur has not yet fully decided
as to his cabinet appointments, as he has been
compelled to give much of his time lately to
the disposition of private affairs. This much
can be stated with positWeness: He has as
surred Postmaster General James and Secre-
tary Hunt that they can remain in his cabinet
as long as they desire to retain their posi-
tions, and he wishes them to remain in the po
sions they now hold. Both of them will remain.
Secretary Blaine will retire as early as he
really wishes to do. The story that Blaine
wishes to remain in the cabinet is not true.
This was stated to the Western Associated
Press agent to-day by very prominent Re
publican, who has the closest personal rela-
tions with Blaine. The gentle
man said that few days after Gar
fields death he was in New York where
he met Gen. Grant. The conversation natur-
ally was about Garfeld's death and Arthur's
elevation to the presidency. This gentleman
said he was much please with Arthur's inau-
gural, which was just out, it being the very
day Arthur took the oath of Office at the cap
itol, and that he believed President Arthur had
material in him to make good president.
Grant repl ed, those who doubted it
would be mistaken. Arthur was equal in
every respect to Garfield, except in oratory,
and in personal independence and slngleness of
purpose, his superior. Many o. Garield's
appointments were politically sad, serious
mistakes, while some of them showed the
beldest ingratitude. The worst were those
dictated by Blaine, whose appointment TO the
cabinet was the first and greatest blunder of a
series.
II.
President Arthur, accompanied by Jamison,
of the railway mail service, Read, his secre-
tary and stenographer, arrived this afternoon
in the limited express from New York. The
party we're at once driven to his residence on
Capitol hill. He.passed very quiet evening
and had but few callers, as it was not gener
ally kno wn he was in the city.
THE CHRIsTIANCY NAsTINESs.
In the Christiancy divorce case to-day, John
c. Echolz, brother-in-law of Mrs. Christiancy,
testified that Mrs. c. was of nervous and
sensitive temperament, and had kind-hearted
and affectionate disposition. He also testified
that in June, 1876, Christiancy came to him
aud said his wife was pregant, and-wished an
operation performed; that he had given her
some medicine sent him by friend in Michi-
gan, but it had failed to produce the desired
effect. He was in public life, and it would
not do for him to make inquiries about such
things, and wished witness to see some doctor
in this city and get it done. Witness declined
to have anything TO do with the matter.
EchOlz also corroborated other members of
the family in the statement that Mrs. Chris
tiancy was at home on Christmas of 1879,
when, it is alleged, adultery with Giero was
committed.