St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-31
In BRIEF.
TO SECURE PENSION VOTE THE REPUBLICAN
TICKET.

TO SECURE PENSION VOTE THE REPUBLICAN
TICKET.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 90.--Secretary Teller
was again before the house committee on
payment of pensions, bounty and back pay,
with the transfer Of the pension claim business
of n. W. Fitzgerald to George E. Lemon, an
other claim agent His testimony was for
the most part merely a repetition of that
given yesterday. After Teller had concluded
Messrs. Starkey, Forshey and Windsor, Of
Washington county, Ohio, were examined
relative TO the action of pension examiners
in OHIO at the October election. Starkey aud
Forshey testified that Special Examiner VIM
throp and other Republicans told them if
they wanted to secure pensions they must
vote the Republican ticket; that fifteen or
twenty votes were influenced in this way.
BUSINESS PROSPECTS.
A conference was held ut the treasury de-
partment to-day on the general question of
| the business prospects of the country as af-
fected by the alleged depreciation OF silver.
There was present Secretary McCullocb,
Treasurer Wyman, Assistant Treasurer Ac-
ton, OF New York, and Messrs. Vim. Dowd,
Geo s. Coe and Vermilyea, bankers of New
York. The secretary said in referring to the
conference that their views all were in har.
mony on the general question that the ma
| tional finances do not call for any changes In
the present policy of the administration
There was no cause, he said, 10 appreheud
any interruption in the business prosperity
of the country nor anything TO justify the de-
probation in value of silver certificates.
COMBINATIONS.
Postmasters-John J. Robinson, Port
Clinton. O.; Hattie B. Bidford, Benson Har-
bor Mich; Edward o. Kennedy, Globe,
Ariz.; S. S. Munger, Lampasas, Tex; Geo.
B. Delevan, Green, Ia; q. Lizzie Johnson,
Marion, Ia. Henry F. Stewart, Ketcham,
Idaho; Nicholas Fl. Owings, Secretary. Wash
ing territory.
a MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION.
Before the vote on the ratification of the
Nicaraguan treaty was announced yesterday,
Senator Edmunds changed from the afirma-
tive to the negative in order to be in a posi-
ton to enter a motion for reconsideration,
which motion he has since entered.
TELEGEAPHs HIS SYMPATHY.
Senator Fair to-day sent the following tel
CIV dIn In reSpOn sc 10 an lDVlLallOn 10 dILenu
the silver convention ut Carson City:
WASHINGTON, Jan. 80. Hon. Robert Briggs,
chairman, Carson City, New: Your invitation
10 attend the silver convention at Carson is just
received, and regret my inability to respond in
person. Please extend to me convention assur-
ances Of my hearty sympathy in the movement.
Let the friends of silver stand united. firm and
true, and onr silver. the savior of the national
treasury In a time Of need, will again take its
Just and equal rank with gold in the commercial
maris Of the world Signed.
JAMES G. FAIR
THE OKLAHOMA LANDS.
In response to the senate resolution calling
for information in respect TO the proposed
opening Of the Oklahoma lands TO settle
ment, the secretary Of the interior says that
while the lands retain their present status
they will continue to be a source of trouble.
He can see no good reason why immense
tracts of uuoccupied lands shall be held for
indians to roam over, as they are desirable
for settlement, but unless the existing state
Of affairs has been changed by agreement
with the Indians the integrity of the treaties
should be maintained. The memorials from
tile Indians, protesting against the opening
OF the lands TO settlement, accompany the
communication. The president has APP
pointed John Charlton as a member of the
board Of Indian commissioners, vice Agnew,
deceased.