Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-11
General Capital Ne'cS.
WINDOW.

most assured. Upon retiring IL is very PROP
able Window will modify his financial policy
in order to further reduce the annual interest on
outstanding government bonds. Any action
in this direction, it is maintained by friends of
the secretary, will be without regard to the
condition OF the money market. An examina-
ton is now in progress with view to ascer-
| tanning the exact amount of available cash on
hand and when that question is solved the
action of Secretary Window will be deter
mined
The secretary of the treasury has announced
| that he will redeem at the department, on and
after Monday next, October II, S5,O00,0O0 of
bonds embraced in the 165th call, with inter-
est TO date of payment. The secretary states
this action is taken simply because the treas
urv has money available for the purpose, and
interest to December on that amount of
bonds, if redeemed, can be saved by this
course. Weekly purchases in New York VIII
be continued as heretofore.
SUPREME COURT.
The supreme court of the United States
convened at noon to-day with bare quorum,
consisting of Justices Miller, Bradley, Har-
Ian, Woods and Matthews. Field hasn't as
vet returned from Europe. With the.eXceptlon
of a few unimportant motions land three or
four admissions to the bar, the court transacted
no business and adjourned TO make the usual
call upon the President.
NOMINATIONS.
Postmaster General James to-day sent
large number of nominations of postmasters
to the president for his signature previous to
transmission to the senate. There are nearly
500 of these nominations.
The secretary of the interior sent the usual
number of nominations of minor offices in his
department TO the president for action.
HoNoRING OUR GUESTS,
The French and German guests of the nation
will, Friday, be escorted by civic societies and
military to the rotunda of the capitol, where
they will be formally received. There will be
fireworks and illuminations in the evening,
and on Saturday an excursion to Mount Yer
non, and a reception in the evening at the resi-
dence of Secretary Blaine. Sunday they will
depart for Yorktown.
POSToFFICE FIGURES.
The aggregate expenditures of the post
Office department for 1881 were S39,25l, ,7736;
receipts, S36, 7S5, ,397, deficit, S2,466,333S- De-
ficency the previous year, s., $40, showing
a reduction in deficiency for the year of $780,
002. For the quarter ending June 30, 1881,
the irSt quurter of the administration OF
Postmaster General James, the expenditures
were So, ,974, ,050. Of this amount 1904 ,5S3 was
paid railroad companies on accounts charge
able to previous months, leaving the net
expenditures for the quarter, S9,669, ,466. Re
ceipts, $9,5S9,5S7. This shows deficiency of
S79,S79 for the quarter. The expenditures for
the corresponding quarter the previous year
were s., ,109, 1868; receipts, SS,5l5, ,165, and de-
ficiency S5S6,69S. Sales of postage stamps,
stamped envelopes and wrappers and postal
cards for the year amounted to S34, $50, ,74o,
an in crease of 50 3,34l ,624 over the previous
year. Other receipts are in proportion.
WINDOWS POLICY.
From what can be asCertained it is quite
certain that Secretary Windom's policy Will be
to offer to redeem portion of the bonds call
ed in for redemption by the 105th call within
the next two weeks by rebatiDg the interest.
1t is quite possible this viii not be done during
the present week.
SENATOR DAVIS.
Davis, OF Illinois, voted with the Republi-
cans against laying the resolution to swear in
the new senator's on the table. This created
considerable stir and some surprise. He holds
that the Republicans are entitled to the pres-
dency of the senate The action of Davis, of
Illinois, in voting with the Republicans ,is the
topic of much discussion. His vote would
give the Republicans a majority after the
three senators elect shall have been sworn in.
and Republican senator's have said they were
in favor of using their advantage to elect
president as soon rs their senators are admit
ted. "a Democratic :enator who is on excellent
terms with Davis says the latter told him he
believed the Republicans are entitled to the
presidency of the senate because they carried
the election of president and this official
might become president of the United States.
That so believing. he would vote to elect Il Re-
publican, but that if Bayard or any other
n = - II h. nary,
will accept it as final and will not vote to turn
him out to- elect Republican.
RoCKwELL's LITTLE GAME.
There is a great deal of unfavorable COM
ment in army circles, and out of them, over
the proposition to appoint Col. Rockwell
quarteamaster general over the heads of thirty
officers of superior rank in the quartermaster's
department. An army officer gives the fol-
owing account in an interview to-day; It's
mistake TO say that Col. Rockwell was booked
for the place by the late president. 1t was,
however, so written down on the slate of the
chum cabinet, and the paper for the consul
nation of the purpose, prepared early IN Au-
gust and was already for the signature of
Gen. Garfield while he was lying in his bed
unable to attend to any business. The intention
was to watch for the opportunity
Wlen LDe pre6lueDG s6elueu dUlc 10 olSu Ills
name iatelligibly and then finish the work.
This came to the ears of Mr.. Blaine, so the
story goes, who very decidedly expressed his
disapprobation Of such proceeding at that
iuncture, and added that whenever the
president should be found in sufficiently
healthy condition of mind and body to tran
sact business matters, he, (Blaine) would de-
mand his signature be placed to documents of
vastly more consequence to the United States
than the question of who should succeed Gen.
Meigs in the quartermaster generals office.
No further movement was made by the Rock
we'll party until after the death of Gen. Gar.
field, when, it is alleged, Mrs. Garfield
was requested to and did write letter to
President Arthur recommending the appoint.
ment of Rockwell to be quartermaster general.
About the same date, or just after, Gen.
Grant sent a letter to the president, stating
that he had long desired and now recommend
ed the appointment of Gen. Rufus ingalls, 10
be quartermaster general when that office be-
comes vacant. The ex-army officer who
gives this information is ''chum" of the
nigh rank officers Of the army, and says he
knew generally whereof he spoke.
GARFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
The executive committee to provide for
erecting the Garfield memorial hospital met
this evening. Gen. Sherman, Secretary
Blaine and DR.. Barney were appointed COM