St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-02-19

q PIOpOSllOn 10 pay The Iarc OF all delegates
from that section to and from the conyen-
ton. This is greatly in excess of the brib
cry held out by Cincinnatians at the recent
meeting of the Republican committee. They
agreed only to provide for the members of
the committee and for that purpose came
here with their pockets stuffed with passes
over half of the railways in the country.
Mike Mcdonald, in burst of virtuous in
dignation, denounced the scheme on the part
OF st. Louis, as an attempt to corrupt the
high minded gentlemen, who will compose
the convention, but added a few minutes
later that if there was any buying going
to be done, Chicago ought to know how
much st. Louis was Offering.
BONDED WHISKY
The whisky men have a compromise
bonded period extension bill in the ways and
means committee, of the passage of which
they have great hopes. The measure that
will de reported to the house will probably
provide for an extension for one year, the
distillers to be charged AZ per cent. on the
amount of the tax due. The purpose is to
obtain IN this way enough money to pay
interest on an amount of the public debt
equal to the tax, the distillers to receive no
credit for leakage during the extended period.
The bill will probably be reported tomorrow
or Wednesday.
Western Associated Press.l
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-It is learned at
the state department that Minister Sargeant
has no positive information on the subject of
the return by Bismarck of the resolution
passed by the house of representatives, con-
cerning the death of Herr Lasker. He
believes the resolution has been returned
Ii has not been returned through him and
there is no official information concerning it.
Herr Won Eisendecker, the German minister
has not received any information on the sub
Ject ana as yet has not any intimation that
the resolution was on the way to him. He
SAD, II such was the case, he thought the
communication transmitting it would con-
vince everybody that the resolution was not
returned in the spirit of retaliation.
DECISIONS.
The court of claims has dismissed the in
surance cases, growing out of the Geneva
awards, for want of Jurisdiction The court
also decides that the term of an officer of the
army, while at study in the military academy,
must be considered as service in the army in
computing longevity pay. This is an i'm
portant decision, as it affects all the officers
of the army.
GEN. sHERAfAN's LETTER.
The president received the following letter
from Gen. Sherman:
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 9.-To His Excellency,
Chester A. Arthur, President of the United
States, Dear Sir: Permit me, with a soldiers
franknes, to thank you personally for the
handsome compliment bestowed in the gene
raj orders yesterday, which are reported in
the journals of the day. To me, it was sur
drlse, and most agreeable one I had sup
posed the actual date of my retirement would
form short paragraph in the common series
OF the special orders of the war department,
but as the honored executive of our country
has made it the occasion for his own hand to
pay tribute of respect and
affection to an officer passing from the
active stage of life to one of ease and
rest, lean only say, I feel highly honored, and
congratulate myself in thus rounding out nv
record OF service in a manner most gratlfy-
ing to my family and friends. Not only this,
but feel sure when the orders of yesterday
are read on parade to the regiments and gar
rlsons OF the United States, many young
be brave and true to the starry banner, which
we, OF our day, have carried safely through
one epoch OF danger, but which may vet be
subjected to other trials, which will demand
similar sacrifices. equal in fidelity and cour-
age, and larger measure of intelligence.
Again thanking you for so marked COM
pliment, and reciprocating kind wishes for
the future, am with profound respect, your
Trend and servant. w TT SuFpnrANr
General.
GREAT KANAwHA.
The secretary ofwar reports that immediate
appropriations are needed for the improve
ment of the following rivers and harbors:
Great Kanawha river, W. Va, S75 600; st.
Pass, Mississippi river, $50, ,OOO Sabine Pass,
Texas, S100,000; Galveston harbor, $780,
600; Bay of Corpus Christi, Texas. S1OO, 900;
water gauges in the Mississippi river, 81, 500;
Arkansas river, $4,000; White river, Ark,
$4,000; Mississippi river, between the Illi-
nois and Ohio rivers, 100000; Missouri
river, s270, 1000; upper Mississippi, s4O0, 200;
improvement of the Wisconsin river, S25,-
600; Tennessee river, S125, 900; Ohio river,
S45, COO; Monongehela river, $40, 1000; Mus
kingum river, $4,000; Kentucky river,
$4,000; Michigan City harbor, $780,
600; Wabash river, 100000; Ontonagon
harbor S12, 900; Grand Marais, harbor S25 ZOO;
Menomonee harbor, $4,000; Ahnapee har-
Dor, s12,0 900; Two Rivers, 81, 1000; Sheboygan,
harbor, $4,000; Port Washington harbor,
$1,000; Chicago harbor, $4,000; Illinois
river, $4,000; Grand Haven harbor s12,-
600; Muskegon harbor. S., 900; Portage Lake
harbor, $4,000; Detroit river, 100000;
Sand Beach harbor, $4,000; Cleveland
harbor, $4,000; Huron harbor, 5000;
Fairport harbor, $4,000; Toledo harbor, s2O,-
600; sandusky City harbor, $4,000; Astha-
bula harbor, S13, 500; Erie harbor, 500, 200:
Oswego harbor, $3O,OOO; Columbia and
Willamette rivers, Oregon, $103, 500; Coos
Bay, Oregon, s15,O 900; Washington Territory
rivers, $4,000.
ELECTION BRIBERY.
The petition presented to the house by
Eldridge, with the remark that if the charges
contained in it were true it would cost Repre-
sentative Hatch, of Michigan, his seat, was
from A. G. Maxwell, the Democratic candi-
date for congress in the Tenth Michigan dis
trict at the last election. In it he says
large number of votes for Hatch, his sue
cessful opponent, were procured by fraud,
bribery and corruption, and $4,000 was
raised by the assessing of clerks and officers
nolQlng pOSltlonS under the government,
through the agency of Jay Hubhell, and he
asserts for the purpose of bribery and the
corrupting of voters.
NOMINATIONS.
EmanuelG. Swanstrom, Minnesota, re-
ceiver of public moneys, Duluth; Zachary T.
Benton, M. T., receiver of public moneys,
Helena; VIM. R. Wheaton, Colorado, register
of the land Office, San Francisco.
The ways and means committee, to-day,
heard number of the manufacturers of cot.
ton goods, opposed to the Morrison tariff bill.
Rhode Island manufacturer of ginghams
asked that the present duty be increased