Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-03-13

his department essential to the ad-
ministration of the public business
under the present regime. The delib-
erations OF the cabinet viii probably
result in long list of nominations
being sent to the senate by the pres
ident to- day or tomorrow.
WHAT COL Villas SAYS.
The National Republicans will con
tain tomorrow an interview with
Postmaster General Villas in which
that gentleman is quoted as having
said that the programme of the whole
cabinet is to select officials for their
worth and value to the government,
and as having said further, that the
policy of the administration is to bear
out civil service rules to their fall ex-
tent in the management of the various
departments. Il shall enforce the
rules here" he said 1t IS understood
the president intends reducing the
clerical force at the white house and
to do away with the system of keeping
an elaborate record of all business
brought there. IA accordance with
this proposed curtailment of the force,
four employees of the executive man
sion were to-day notified that after
the 18th inst. their services will not
be required These are Henry G..
Morton, of Ohio, J. S. Botway, of
Ohio, and w. r. Duke. of w. Virginia,
clerks at 81, SEQ, 81, 600 and 81 400 pr,
annum, respec lively, and O. L Judd.
telegraph operator, who receives
81, 400 year.
ARRANGING THE COMMITTEES.
The democratic senators 5age com
pleted the arrangement of the COM
mittees. Senators Vest, Coke and
Harris are to succeed Garland, Bay
ard and Lamar on the judiciary com
mittee; Senator Vance will go on the
finance committe in place OF Bayard.
Senator Ransom will succeed Bayard
as chairman of committee on private
land claims. and senator Cannon will
take Ransoms old place as chairman
of committee on Potomac river front.
Senator Kenna will 60 on commerce
committee. The committee privie
leges and election adopted a report on
the question of pay claimed for Gen.
Robinson at present secretary of state
in Ohio, as member of The house,
after he entered upon the discharge of
his official duties in Ohio. The re
port concludes with resolution sci
ting forth that Robinson did not claim
to be member of the house after
January IL, and recommending the
clerk TO strike his name from the roll.
CROP STATISTICS.
A report of the consumption AID dis
tribution of corn and wheat from the
statistical returns of the department
of agriculture shows that 37b per cent.
of the last crop of corn remains in
the farmers hands against 30 per cent.
on the first OF March, 1884. The sup
ply in the farmers hands last March
was 512, 600, 900 bushels; the remainder
now is 675, 900, 600 Stock in the mid
die states IS 5000, 900 against %, 000,
900 last March In the south the
proportion is the same as last year
Al per cent. But the quantity is
145, 600, 00G against 138, 600, 600 The
proportion on the west is 35.7
instead Of 307, and the quaint.
ty amounts to 400, LOCO. 600 or
144 900, 900 bushels more than
stock last March. Two years ago the
stock remaining at the same date was
5s5, 600, 900 bushels, or sc 3 per cent.
of the crop, 1,617, ,00e, 900. the amount
shipped is four millions less than last
year. Exports equal 28, 900, 600 against
80, ,o0o, 900 same date in 1884, and com
mercial receipts at western markets
are also less. the full eastern crop re-
ducing slightly the demand notwlth-
standing the reduction in price, the
proportion of merchantable corn is
very large; 81 per cent. against an
average of so per cent, for period of
years and 60 per cent. for last ear.