McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-03-13
Secretary Folger, in replying to the

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house resolution as to how much money is
now in the treasury that can be app led to
the liquidation of the public debt without
embarrassing the department. says that after
making all deductions for special funds,
etc., and providing for reserve fund,
there remains as final result 81, 534, 2s1,
which may be applied to any government
purpose, and that the best ans yer of what
he conceives may be done in the way of
| liquidating without embarrassment, is per-
haps what he, in the use his best judg-
ment, did on the 21st of February last,
when he called for the redemption of $10,-
OOO, 200 8 per cent. bonds, payable May l,
1884.
Brigadier General Mckenzie, of the
United States army, has been examined by
the retiring board at New York. AS he Is
regarded as hopelessly insane, there is no
doubt as to his being placed on the retired
list.
Secretary Folger has written letter
to Morrison, chairman of the ways and
means committee, suggesting several
amendments to the Potter bill, and saying
that the ''language of the sixth section of
the bill is not quite clear, and 1 am in
clined to doubt whether the people will ap-
prove its provisions
The house committee on ways and
means acted favorably upon the Morrison
tariff bill. As agreed upon, it places salt,
coal and lumber on the free list. A provis-
ion with respect to coal is to the effect that
it shall not apply to Canada until that coun-
try places our coal on the free list. The
agreement to report the amended bill
favorably was reached by strict party
vote, seven to five; Morrison, Mills,
Blount, Blackburn, Herbert, Hurd
and Jones voted in the affirmative,
and Kelley, Kasson, Mckinley, Hiscock
and Russell in the negative.
Representative Finerty presented
a petition from several hundred
working men and others in his
district protesting against Chinese laborers
coming into this country. Mr.. Finerty
says he understands that similar petitions
will be presented from all the principal cit
les Of the country.
The treasury department, in view of
the fact that foot and mouth disease is
prevalent in Great Britain, has called upon
the collectors of customs at the leading sea-
board cities for their views on the proprie-
ty of prohibiting the importation ofscattlc.
The house committee on public lands
decided uuanimouslyto recommend the for
fixture of lands granted the Atlantic and
Pacific railroad lying east of the junction of
thrt road with the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe railroad and lying west of Mojave,
California, and which have not been pat
ented to the road.
The senate committee on territories
has agreed to give the name of s'Lincoln''
to the new territory which it is proposed to
make out of the northern portion of Dako-
ia. 1t also decided to call on the executive
department and the governor of New Mex
leo for information in regard to the recent
alleged irregularities of the organization of
its legislature. The governor, in a dis
ization OF the legislature is strictly regular
and according to law.
Since the introduction of the two-cent
letter postage there has been an unex-
pected reduction in the number of postal
cards used. For five years the annual in
crease has been IA per cent; during the
eight months since July LIST the SAFE of
stamps has increased IS per cent, and of
envelopes 25 per cent, while the
issue of postal cards was only 256, 200, 600
against $50, OO0, 200 for the corresponding
period last year. The postmaster general
therefore estimates reduction Of $50, OOOin
the cost of manufacturing postal cards the
next fiscal year.
The bill to repeal the sections of the
revised statutes restricting the term of GER
tain officers to four years was favorably re-
ported from the committee on the reform of
he civil service. 1t applies the term of Of
ice to the district attorney, chief Justice
md associate justices of the territories, sur
Teyor general, registers and receivers, COL
ectors of customs, naval officers. surveyors
If customs and postmasters.