Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-11
WASHINGTON.
THE MEXICAN RECIPROCTT
COMPLETED.
Gen. Grant Scores Laugh on the News
paper Correspondents - Andrew john
sons Daughter Pensioned = The Star
Route Trial-Notes and News.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. I

Especial Telegram to the Globe
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-W. p. Halliday,
of Cairo, the largest barge-owner of the
Mississippi river, was before the commit
tee on the Mississippi this morning. He
testified in favor of the system of revet-
ments for protecting the banks rather than
the leyees, saying that with an improve
ment of this nature at sixty points on the
river, at a cost of $2O,0OO,000, the river
would scour out to the depth of twenty
feet and no levees would be needed. He
was opposed to the Lake Bargne outlet
and thought the jetty had proven of great
value, adding largo percentage to the
value of the grain grown in the Mississippi
valley.
UNwIsE ACTION BY THE TOBACCO MEN.
The general impression among mem
bers to-day is that the tobacco
men made mistake yesterday
in asking reduction of the tax on tobac-
co. While members from the tobacco
growing sections generally favor reduc-
tion of the tax, they agree that there
is no probability that this will be accom-
plished this session, and the request for
reduction will only result in keeping up
the agitation, with no prospect of reducing
the tax. Had they asked only for promise
of rebate, congress would probably have
given some assurance of that without de-
lay.
THE TREATY WITH MEXICO.
Gen. Grant and Minister Romero are
having a good laugh at their success in
getting ahead of the newspaper correspon-
dents for once. The commercial treaty with
Mexico about which there was so
much talk of late, and to ne
gotiate which Gen. Grant and
Mr.. Prescott on the part of the United
States, and Minister Romero and General
Canedo, on the part of Mexico, are expect
ed to meet in this city this month, is al
ready completed, and has been practically
ratified by the Mexican senate. 1t is now
in the hands of the secretary of state, Mr..
Freelinghuysen. When General Canedo
arrives next week from Mexico there will
be nothing for him or the other commits
sioners to do but to put their signatures to
the document 1t seems that last summer,
soon after the American commissioners
were appointed, the Mexican manufactur-
ers began to show such opposition to the
treaty that it became evident that public
sentiment in Mexico would be
against it. These manufacturers alleged
that, if American manufactured goods
were allowed to enter the country free of
duty or on the payment of very low
duty, they would be revived. They de-
clared that they could not compete with
American manufacturers and that they
would not submit to ruinous competition.
The administration of President Gonzales
has always been favorable to the proposed
treaty but so great was the opposition that
he did not see his way clear to appoint
commissioners to meet the commissioners
of this country. He hesitated to act, and
his hesitation come very nearly destroying
all chances of successful termination of
the treaty scheme. While thinsg
were in this undecided and gloomy
condition, Grant and Romero got together
and drafted such treaty as they thought
would meet the approval of both coun-
tries. The Mexican merchants have
already acquisced in its provisions.
PENsIoNING ANDREW JoHNsoN's DAUGHTER.
The following interesting report in
pension case has been made in the senate.
The committee on pensions, to whom was
referred the bill restoring Mary J.
Slower, to the pension roll
have examined the same and reported as
follows: The claimant is the daughter of
the late president, Andrew Johnson, and
was pensioned as the widow of the
late Col. Daniel Slower of the Fourth
Tennessee infantry volunteers, at
$50 per month, commencing April
81, 1860. On the Goth day of April,
1879, the claimant married VIM. R. Brown,
when her name was dropped from the
pension rolls. On the 10Th day of Feb
ruary, 1876, she was divorced from the
chancery court from Greene county, Ten
nessee, and was restored to her former
name, Mary J. Slower. The military SER
vice of the claimants first husband being
clearly established and also from the fact
that she is the daughter of the late presi-
dent of the United States, your committee
are of the opinion that the claimant
should be granted a pension as in other
like cases, Notwithstanding her second
marriage. We therefore recommend the
poesaoa of tho hill
Western Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-Gen. Rosencrans
submitted an argument. to-day, before the
house committee on public buildings and
grounds, in favor of an appropriation of
100000 to purchase site for postoffice,
court house, ETC., at San Francisco.
The ways and means committee, to-day,
reduced the rate on fence wire from one
cent to three-quarters of cent per
pound.
The house elections committee, to-day,
adopted resolution declaring no election
lin the Second Mississippi district. The seat
now occupied by Manning will conse-
quently be declared vacant amp the case
go back to the people.
NEW BANKS.