Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-08

place as presiding officer. Edmuuds
wants the position, and Ma
hone will support him if he
(Edmunds) does not oppose Gorham.
Some unkind critics say that Edmunds'
opposition to the presidential succession
bill is largely owing to his ambition to
preside over the next senate. If the secre-
tary of state were made next in the line of
succession to Arthur it would detract very
much from the importance of the president
pro tempore of the senate.
[Westen Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. John A. Walsh, q
witness for the prosecution in the star
route cases, gives ''to the public his un-
answered letter to President Arthur, which
letter, he says, became necessary owing to
a communication to the attorney general
not meeting with a response. He charges
upon Special Counsel Bliss failure to in
dict United States Senator Kellogg, against
whom Walsh says, his testimony before the
grand jury bore in an especial manner,
rather than against ex-Postmaster
General Brady and mail contractor Price,
who were indicted. He recommends that
the prosecution of Brady and Dorsey, ct al.
be confded to another than Bliss, and con-
cludes: "Much has been weak and halting
in the character of the prosecution as
whole, that men knew not on which
side the government was arrayed. Such
feelings of doubt and distrast have been
engendered by vacillation that, in the
opinion of many law abiding citizens moth
ing less than your active and positive di-
rection in these cases, Mr.. President, will
insure result commensurate with the
gravity of the OCCASION
MORE PROTECTION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The ways and
means committee to-day struck from the
free list borax and boracic acid, on the
representation of the borax-producing in-
terest of the Pacific coast, where deposits
have been discovered, but cannot be sue
cessfully worked without protection. A
rate of ten cents per pound is recon-
mended for borax.
DON'T WANT LEvEEs.
Gen. Comstock, this forenoon, informed
the committee on the Mississippi river
improvement that in his opinion levees are
not desirable in connection with the work
of improving the navigation Of the Missis-
sippi.
TREASURY NOTES.
The receipts of national bank notes for
redemption during the week were $1,27e,-
900. The bonds held by the treasurer to
secure national bank circulation aggregate
$500, 1885, $50; TO secure public moneys in
national bank repositories, $16,344,O0o.
During the week S1,234, 200 of bonds to
secure circulation were withdrawn. The
national bank notes outstanding aggregate
$362,313,899. The lawful money on de-
posit to redeem the notes of national
banks reducing circulation is $23,sS1,-
261.50; liqudating banks, $14,O86, ,6e44O;
of failed banks, $1.68, ,402.2O.
The Bay City National bank, of Bay
City, Mich, is authorized to commence
business with capital of 100000.
HEAVY PENSION BILL.
The pension appropriation bill has been
reported to the full committee on appro-
priations. It appropriates $81,OOO,O00.
FRosT VS.. sEssINGRAUs.
The subcommittee of the house electors
committee will on Tuesday next report OF.
the Missouri contested election case OF S-a-
singhaus vs.. Frost. The report will he ~
vorable to the contestant.
ALMOST A sINEoURE.
The house committee on expenditures of
the department of justice to-day examined