Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-24
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
From All Quarters.
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON
Annual Reports of Several
Departments ar
SUICIDE OF A new YORK BANKER.
The Political Campaign in
WiIIimantic.
LOUD REPORTS CAUSED BY A METEOR
A Petition to Save the
Life of Birchall.
WASHINGTON NEWS.


Commissioner Roosevelt on Raising
Campaign Funds-Imports and Ex-
ports - Suits Against the Govern
ment-Army Changes.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 2S.-1n refer
ence to the alleged activity of the political
associations, especially in the matter of
raising campaign funds among the govern
ment employesin Washington, Civil Service
Commissioner Roosevelt to-day said that
the commission would pursue the same
course it did last year. 'Tn former
years." he continued, ''these assessments
were levied openly; now they are levid in
secret and by stealth, if at all. There is
not slightest necessity for any clerk to
pay anything now unless he or she wishes
to. We are sure that no cabinet officer
would permit a man to be molested for
refusing to contribute to a campaign fund;
it would be a direct breach of
law to permit any one to be
molested for such cause.
Any government employe who is direct
ly or Indirectly concerned in soliciting or
receiving money for campaign purposes
from any other government employe,
whether he does SO on his own account OF
through club or association which acts
as his agent, renders himself liable to
prosecution, and whenever we get evidence
against any such offenders we will imme-
diately lay his case before the proper au
thorities We would also caution the gov
eminent employees, who wish to make con-
tributions, to be careful to keep in mind
section IA of the civil service act, which is
as follows:
s'That no officer, clerk or other person
in the service of the United States shall,
directly or indirectly, give or hand over to
any other officer, clerk or person in the
service of the United States, or to any SEN
ator or member Of the house of represen-
tatives or territorial delegate, any money
or valuable thing on account of or to be
applied to the promotion of any political
object whatever. The penalty for any
violation of the sections of this act which
deal with soliciting, receiving or giving
contributions, is fine and Imprisonment"
STATISTICAL.
The chief of the bureau Of statistics in
his monthly statement of the imports and
exports of the United States reports that
the total values of the exports from the
United States during the three, nine and
twelve months ended September 80, 1890,
as compared with similar exports during
the corresponding periods of the proceed
ing year were as follows: Three months
ended September 80, 1890, $179, 291 1857;
do 1889, $176, 978, 1888. Nine months ended
September 80, 1889. $571, 1897, s46; do 1889,
$438, 682, 785. Twelve months ended Sept.
80, 1890, $500, 131 ,45S; do 1889, SITE, 3d.
323 The total values of the imports were
rs follows: Three months ended September
so, 1890, $214, 6s1 800; do 1889, $3.50, 54O,-
504. Nine months ending September, 1890,
$685., 500, 1851; do 1889, s582, 879, 612. Twelve
months ended September 80, 1890, $685.
451 IA; do 1889, s763, 7O3,s17. The i'm
to po; SIS, s15, 7Ss and during September 1883,
we're $50 6S5 S4S