Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-21
General Capital Ne,cS.

| WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-The Springer reso.
luton was ordered by the committee on post
offices and post roads, by Z to 10, to be favor
| ably reported to the House, at the earliest op.
| portunity. The following is the text of the
| resolution:
| ReSolued, That the committee OF postOtticeS
and post roads be instructed to inquire into the
| eXpediency ofestablishing by law telegraphic
postal system under the government of the
| United States, and also the cost of reproducing
the facilities for transmitting telegraph mes
sages, equal to those now possessed by exist
| ing corporations, and as to the expense of
operating the same, with power 10 send for
persons and papers. and report atany time
The House committee on ways and means
referred the Hurd tariff resolution to q SUBJ
committee, consisting of Representatives Eel.
ton, Morrison and Dunnell.
Representative Kelly presented favorable
report to repeal sectiou 2,501 of the revised
statutes, which imposes discriminating duty
upon goods from east of the Cape of Good
Hope
The Senate, in executive session directed its
committee on privileges and elections to in
vestigate by what means the full text of the
Chinese treaties and accompanying documents
(printed in confidence for use
of all members of the Senate)
became public last week in twelve or fifteen
y.
resolution ordering the investigation, was
presented by Mr.. Edmunds, who supported it
in a speech, in the course of which he ex-
pressed the hope that the Senate will subject
any CORRESPONDENT who refuses to disclose the
source from which he obtained documents,
to imprisonment in Jail for as long time as
he may continue to refuse to answer the COM
mittee's questions. The resolution as adopted,
empowers the committee to send for persons
and papers.
The House committee ON commerce re-
sumed consideration of the river and harbor
BILL and agreed to the following items of ap-
propriations: Harbor Of Eric, Pa, $4,000;
Monongahelia river, $25, 900; Allegheny river,
$4,000.
EX-Secrctary Thompson continued this
morning his argument before the committee
on foreign affairs against the application of
the Monroe doctrine to the Panama canal pro-
ject, and Capt. Eads made further argument
before the House committee on the inter
oceanic canal in support of his plan for in
ter-oceanic ship railway.
The President sent the following nomina-
tions to the Senate to-day: David w. McClung,
surveyor of customs for the port of Cincin-
natl. Postmasters-Hiram Midbery, Monroe,
Wis; Conley Z. Gulford, Wauson, Ohio.
The Senate confirmed Edwin Ii. Smith,
Virginia, United States consul at Naples; Chas.
E. Kelsey, receiver of public moneys, Little
Rock, Ark; Humphrey McMaster, register of
the land offices, Salt Lake City; Claiming
Richards, United States attorney, Southern
district of Ohio; Jacob Rich, pension agent,
Des Moines, Ia; NJ A. Broden, postmaster,
Santa Fe, n. NJ; Col Delos B. Sackett, ST.,
inspector general of the army.
The secretary of the treasury today directed
that the bullion fund of the United States as
say Office at New York be increased 1000, coo
by the transfer of that sum in gold coin. This
increase is rendered necessary by the con-
tinual influx of foreign gold coin and bullion.