Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-01-27
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Report of the House Committee on Banks
and Banking-Paymcnt of Salaries TO
Collectors-The Remains of the Late
Rep. Rankin.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26,
The House committee on banking and
currency today agreed to report fsvorably on
the bill introduced by Geo. Adams to enable
national banking associations to increase
their capital stock and change their names or
locations. The committee also instructed
Mr.. BrumrA TO frame a bill amending the
national bank act so as TO limit the maximum
amount of capital stock of any national bank
to $500, 200.
The secretary of the treasury today trans
mitted to the Senate reply to the resolution
calling for information respecting the pay
ment OF salaries to collectors of internal rev.
enue not confirmed by the Senate. He saws
that since March l, 1879, payments of saleries
have been made to 90 collectors of internal
revenue not confirmed by the Senate, and
that 20 of the 95 to whom such payments
were made had at the time of such payments
been designated to perform the duties of
other collectors suspended by the president
during a recess of the Senate under authority
confirmed by section 1868 of the Revised
Statutes. Some of the payments made to
persons so designated were made prior to
March 4, lSS5, and some were made since
that date.
The remains of the late Representative
Joseph Rankin LETT this morning for Wis
consin on a special train. They were ac-
compsnied by the congressional committees
appointed yesterday to take charge of the
remains and attend the funeral.
The action of the postotfice department OF
year ago in placing the Globe Reserve Mu-
tual Lite Insurance Co. of Baltimore on the
the fraud list thus prohibiting their litera-
ture from being transmitted through the
mails, has been reversed by the postmaster
general
The committee on foreign affairs today
heard arguments at length by Messrs. w. II.
Trescott and Charles Woodbury. of Massa-
chusett, in opposition to the appointment of
a fisheries commission. The hearing will be
defeated.
The following is copy of form of letter
adopted previous to today's cabinet meeting
by the secretary of the treasury in answer to
a request from the Senate committee on com
merce for papers and information in regard
to certain appointments under the treasury
department: I'm response 10 the communca-
tion from the committee on commerce under
date of - inst. have the honor to trans
nit herewith papers touching the nomination
OF -- for collector OF customs for the
district of -- and to advise you as
that have as vet received no directions from
the president, and inasmuch as they relate to
an act which is evolved on him alone cannot
in the absence of such directions comply with
the request" Several letters of this charac-
ter were mailed to the committee on com
merce yesterday.
The House committee on labor and on ag-
ricultural have agreed TO unanimously report
tomorrow a joint bill creating department
of agriculture and labor" the head of which
is to have a seat in the cabinet. The bill to he
reported will be very comprehensive one.
The part which relates to agriculture will be
practically the same as that which came from
the committee on agriculture in the last ses-
sion and passed by the House. The part
relating TO labor is in substance the bill in in
troduced by Weaver of Iowa, upon that sub
ject early in the session.