National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-05-29
CAPITOL CHIPS.
CONGRESSIONAL AND OTHERWISE.
Proceedings Of Saiurday-TrCasurJ nAiters-Dee'
oration Day Ordsr-The Doylo Stolen Bonds
--Bonded SPIRITS misunderstanding
Charges Against n Rallroad.


consideration which may arise on case iuvoly.
ing the constitutional right to seut aud pending
the motion for tbs previous question, or ni(er II
shall have becn ordered ON any such case, the
Speaker mny entertain uno motion 10 adjourn,
but after tho result thereon Is announced he shall
not entertain my other motion until the vote Is
taken Un the pending question; and, pending the
consideration Of such case, only motion W al
IUurn or to take n rcCcss-but not both In success
sion shall be IN order, aud such motions shall
not be repeated wituut further Intervening
consideration Of the case for nt least one hOut
Mr. Randal-i demand that the report lie over
for one day. Three or four dilntofy motions were
then submitted, pending which MI. Calkins qsked
aud obtained unanimous consent 10 submit Tie
counter proposition adopted 10y tho caucus to That
submitted by MIR. blackburn Friday. Mr.. Ran
da-'rlie proposition Is not satisfactory. and OBJ
jcci to further discussion Several roll.calls FOL
lowed on dilnloty motions, which showed thnt the
Republicans lacked two Of "A quorum AZ O'Clock,
Oh motion to adjourn over, the Republican force
fell OF tU l3G, while tho Democrats contributed
only two votes, aud call Of the House was or.
dcred. The House then settled down tO scnsDh
Of perfect rest, and no attempt to renew the con.
test was made for few hours. shortly before
motion Of Mt Reed. dispensed with. Mr. Dunn,
OF Arkansas, introduced IA joint resolution nppro.
priating sOO.OO TO be expended by the Secretary
of War FOR the relief OF persons rendered destitute
by the recent overflow OF the Mississippi River and
It's tributaries Referred. Tho House then nd.
jOurned until Monday.
The corrected official copy OF tho substitute pre-.
pared by the Senate Finance Committee Saturday
for the bonded spirits bill makes the first section
read rs follows: IAN wRrchousing bonds hereafter
iakou shall DO conditioned for The payment OF The
tax ON the spirits specified in The entry. uBd Of
the interest on the tax II any has accrued under
the provisions OF this act and before removal from
the distillery warehouse, or special bonded ware.
house, aud within five ycns from the date OF their
first entry into warehouse. The time within which
distilled spirits heretofore entered for deposit in
dstillpry warehouses OF in special bonded ware
hOtf9pa fCuuirpd To be Withdrawn thprOffOm
pursuant to the conditions of ANY maturing bond
taken within three years prior 10 The passage Of
this act upon the entry Of such spirits INTO such
warehouses shall, on written request being nude
as herein specified. be extended for period not
exceeding fveyenls from the date OF the hIst entry
shall not he made IN any cesc unless there shall
be indorsed upon. OF appended to- the warehous
ing bond written request therefor and an ac'
acknowledgement Of their linbiliiy under the terms
Of said bond TOT tho period iOi which the extcn.
siou Is giancd, together with Interest on the tax
which may accrue under the provisions of this
act. us II the same were inserted in the body OF
said bond by the principal and sureties In the
bond, to he duly executed and acknowledged by
each OF them before collector or deputy collector
Of internal revenue OF some officer authorized by
law TO take the acknowledgements OF deeds; pro-
vdGd, that the sureties on said bond are, at the
time Of such request, satisfactory TO the collector,
and IL not satisfactory, or If the sureties shall re.
fuse to make the request and neknowlgdgnent
bond, with suretics satisfactory TO the collector.
shall bo given"
a statement having appeared In public prints
that a number Of what are known Ms the Doyle
bonds have been stolen oi retained from the
sustody of the prosecuting officers Of the govern
ment, md by government cmploye sold tn cq{.
tain persons In Chicago, Peoria, ILL.,, and else.
where the Secretary Of The Treasury on Saturday
ordered n recount Of these bonds with the follow
ing result: Number Of counterfeit bonds reported
tu have been taken from the possession OF James
B Doyle at the time Of his arrest 20i and fourteen
coupons OF the foregoing. General Lcake, United
States attorney at Chicago, reports having in his
custody lg2 bonds and The fourteen coupons. Six
are temporarily In possession of tho Secretary Of
tie Treasury. and six are reported to be IN the
custody of the chief of the Secret Service Division
The aggregate OF these numbers covers exactly the
| Quantity taken from Doyle In addition to the
| foregoing, there were surrendered to the United
| States government by the Second National Bank
of Peoriu, ILL.,, three bonds OF like character to the
| 2Ol which had been len there by Doyle us col.
| lateral for loan Of 5000 obtained by him from
the bank. These three bonds are also reported by
the United states attorney ut Chicago as being iii
| his possession
| The Attorney General is investigating charges
made against United States District Attorney
stckney Of tho northern district OF Florida, fled
| at the Deparm Of Justice by friends OF Bishop
Payne, h colored citizen, who was put oil train
| in Florida IN violation, II Is alleged. of provisions
| OF the civil rights act. II Is charged that Mr
| stickney when called upon by Bishop Payne did
not evince much zeal IN investigating the cause oil
| complaint The aniduvits filed, II is understood
| show that Bishop Payne was travelling on halfratC
ticket such as are Issued by Southern railroads 10
|
excursion ticket, ordered the holder 10 take n seat
| I'm "a car with d number OF coloTed people who
were travelling on half'rat tickets. Nlr. stckney
| who is hero making his defense, says that the
| complaint OF Bishop Payne against the railroad
| company is undoubtedly Just, and that he had nc
| Intention in ubsentng himself from his otce for
| short time TO avoid the complainant
| II has been practically decided that the House
| requirement OF ninety days uotico for the retire
menl OF national bank circulation shall be stricken
out Of the bank charter extension bill and 6
| new provision inserted in lieu oft The new pro.
vision on this subject is TO allow deposits of cur
| rency for the purpose of releasing security bond
| and retiring circulation to maximum amour
| not exeeeding-say S3OO0,OOO per month"; the re
lease Of The bonds 10 be made in all cases in tn,
exact order OF the reception of the deposits by tn,
| respective banks withiL tho proposed maximum
Secretary Folger has detailed Captains slicer
| Gabrielson, and Fisher, of the Revenue Marin,
Service, and Surgeon Walter Wyman OF the Ma
rine Hospital Service. us board to examine tn,
| Graduating class of revenue marine cadets VIII,
have been ordered here from the school shil
| Salmon =. Chase, now at New Bedford, Mass, Thl
| examination will begin to-day.
| Acting Postmaster. General Hatton has issued ai
| order addressed TO all postinasters, directing
general observance OF Decoration Day by closin
all post. oc es, except In the large cities between
10 a m. and y. M on Tuesday next In larg
cities poslmasters may exeiclse tnelr judgment II
fixing the hours.
MIR. George s. Bell. for the past four years custo
dian of tho vnull OF the Bureau of Engraving an,
Printing, was OH Saturday dismissed ior careless
ness. and Captain I. N. Burrill was assigned tenn
nornrlly to the position. The dismissal does no
In any manner reflect upon Mr.. Bells integrity o
| honesty.
The Census once reports that II has printed, @
completed statistics, twelve reports. embracn
2.276 pages. Three more are stereotyped. of %
pages and eight other reports are In the Govern
mcnt Printing Office, and eleven In the Censu
Office waiting to be printed.
Al the close Of business Saturday United State
called bonds had been redeemed at the Troasur
MS follows; Under the l06th call, $40 6iS soO 1914
81 Oi52O0: lOth call. S3,796.75O and lllth CALL S.
b9S,6OO
Alonzo Bell. OF the Interior Department, wi
deliver the memorial Grafton before Post No. i
Grand Army Republic. Philadelphia. this ever
ing, preparatory TO the decoration ceremonies,
which he will participate TO, IN. .maorre'%s:
ThelGSfti money in the Treasury Saturday 4
l~1fne redemption OF notes Of banks reducing ci
culntion wns s95, ,02g 657 OF banks in llquidatio
s7,7sl. .G20NO; of failed hanks, SILL 20. makil
, total of s3i ,S55 SI6'GO.
The Treasury Department has extended the tin
during which animals and vehicles from Mex
D may remain in the United States without boz
2 from three to ten days.
: A iolnt resolution has been adopted in Congre
: extending the fishing season in the District
' Columbia from May 80 to June To-
; Tho ll4th call for the redemption OF bonds
March g. 1868, continued at az per cent. from Ju
: l. 1881, was resumed on Saturday.
Couldn't He Imposed Upon.
An old lady, who lives and pays taxes out DeN
sadero street, rushed into Postmaster Coey's pl
yate Office the other day in a terrific rage. II "
i only after she had bitied the General over tho nc
= with her umbrella, and bumped his head on /
: desk four or Ave times that the clerks could ho
p"Ga long ne oSe aSy SxPs,h oor ro
many love.letlers as her daughter-Sdn Ffanefi