St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-07
CAPITAL CITY NEWS.
The Extravaganza of Attor-
ney General Brewster's
Department.
New York Sun Comments on the
Minnesota Anti Protection
Tariff League
Wisconsin CentraFs Bridge Oyer the
st. CrOiX Authorized,
The Fargo Land Office Fight Ended By Ander-
Sons Confirmation as Receiver.
Especial Telegram to the Globe

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 6.-Consider-
able establishment is expressed at the com
munication sent to the house yesterday by
Attorney General Brewster reporting deficien
cies in the department of justice amounting
to the enormous sum Of three hundred and
seventy-fiye thousand dollars, of which ninety
thousand are for fees of district attorneys,
sixty thousand fees Of clerks Of courts, sixty
thousand fees of jurors, sixty thousand fees
of witnesses, seventy-fiye thousand marshals
fees and thirty thousand miscellaneous
expenses. There were appropriated in
sundry civil bills of the last congress
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1884,
six hundred thousand dollars for fees and
expenses of marshals and deputies; three
hundred and twenty-five thousand for dis
trict attorneys and assistants one hundred
and sixty thousand for fees of clerks; one
hundred and thirty thousand for United
States commissioners; four hundred and
fifty thousand for fees of jurors; fifty thous-
and dollars for rent of court rooms; three
hundred and ten thousand for fees and ex-
penses of judges, bailiffs and miscellaneous
items; six hundred thousand for fees of wit
nesses, and three hundred thousand for sup
port of United States prisoners; making a
total of two millions nine hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars, outside the ex-
penses of the Department of Justice
proper. Last years DEFICIENCIES in the
Department of Justice, for which an appro-
priation was made, was only S1S,68 for gen
eral items, $780, 900 for marshal's fees, S13,-
900 for salary of the clerk of the United
States supreme court, and $47,7S for pay
ment of deputy marshals in congressional
elections Of 1881, and prior, making total
| of S1S9, ,469 wherewith to clear up all indebt-
edness, and including the clerk of the su-
preme courts salary, in lieu, under the new
| law, of all fees now covered into the treasury.
The deficiency has swelled within one year
to S375,00O, and the question is asked,
what has become of the
money. Clerks, marshals, district
attorneys and jurors have not been paid
| their fees and compensation, and therefore
audited accounts cannot be liquidated, be-
cause no money is available for that purpose.
| Nearly three millions have been absorbed in
and nearly half million is now asked for
deficiency. The items specified are undoubt-
! edly due clerks, marshals, attorneys, jurors,
witnesses and others, but the sum appropria-
ted last year has been largely diverted to
other purposes. and the immense amounts
paid to star route counsel, witnesses from long
distances, and detectives and outlays for
miscellaneous purposes have been overlapped
into this years expenses. No such extrava-
CANT administration of the department of
justice has ever been known, and outside of
the star route cases the government litiga-
ton has been no greater, but rather less
than previously. Attorney General Brewster
| is extravagant by habit and nature, but such
immense deficiencies were hardly expected
Notwithstanding the evidence before
the Springer committee shows that in the
star route cases not dollar has been collect
ed for the government nor one individual
convicted and punished; it is rumored that
the president would like to get rid of Brew
ster by sending him abroad, but is afraid of
! consequences.
>BOYNTON-KEIFER.
Considerable speculation is INDUCED in
over the probable result of Hopkins major
ity report, to be made tomorrow in the
BoyntonKeifer investigation. Keifer COM
plains bitterly of the action of the committee
in net generating him, but the common
opinion is that even the minority reports
treats him better than he deserved. If
Keifer shall make an offensive speech ON
the report, a motion to censure or expel him
will undoubtedly be made. Boynton is
satisfied with the majority report and indis-
posed to further prosecute Keifer if he keeps
quiet, but Keifer is likely to further make
himself ridiculous.
''THE MINNESOTA PLAN.'
The New York San to-day publishes lead
ing editorial headed "The Minnesota Plan
ridiculing the recent action of the Minnesota
Free Trade League. 1t concludes: ''The
Minnesota plan will doubtless be embraced
with enthusiasm by Democrats to whom such
party business as attempting to reform the
government is irksome, and who see
in free trade the pillar of a
peoples hope, the centre of a worlds desire
and big thing not to be attained through
Democracy as it is as ever was. They know
free trade is like whisky, if we may borrow
simile from Kentucky, where both these
boons to man are held in high esteem, to be
taken straight Herein lies the beauty
of the Minnesota plan"
ST. CRoIx RAILROAD BRIDGE.
Senator Sawyer managed prior to consider
az, of al
pass bill authorizing the construction
of a railroad bridge across the st.
Croix river in Wisconsin and
Minnesota, with amendments providing first
that if the bridge shall be built, detention of
passing the same shall not be construed as
interfering with navigation. Additional sec
tions were passed, that said railroad compa-
nv shall have the right to construct passage
ways on the bridge for passengers and vehic-
les, and charge reasonable toll rates, to be
approved or changed from time to time by
the secretary of war, and that such altera-
tions or changes as may be required by the
secretary of war or congress in any bridge
constructed under provisions of the act, shall
be made by railroad company at its own ex-
penSe, congress reservlng the right at any
time to alter or amend the act.
RECEIVER AT GRAND FORKS.
The senate confirmed the nomination of
William j. Anderson, receiver of Grand
Forks land office late yesterday afternoon.
This settles the bitter fight.
Western Associated Press.l
WASHINGTON, April 6.-In the house of
representatives, tomorrow, it will be in or
der for individual members to offer motions
to suspend the rules. Mr.. McCord is first on
the list to be recognized by the speaker. He
will try to procure the passage of a bill max
ing the appropriation TOR public building at
Keokuk. Mr. Converse, who is next on the