Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1884 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

The Committee on Territories has committed itself to the policy of suppressing the premature formation of States out of Territories, as was done in the case of Nevada, by agreeing to recommend the passage of Mr. Townshend's bill, which prohibits any Territory from framing a constitution or applying for admission into the Union until it shall have enough population to entitle it to representation in Congress. This would requiie about 160,000 people. f Nevada has but a little more than one-third of that number. Of 5,000 bills introduced in the House of Representatives, this session, 1,400 are for pensions. “I don’t think there is any show at all in the House, or Senate either, for the Reagan interstate commerce bill,” said Representative Robinson, of Ohio, in a conversation at Washington the other day. The following is a recapitulation of the debt statement issued on the Ist inst.: Interest-bearing debt — Four and one-half per cents $ 250,000.000 Four per cents 737.041,950 Three per cents 274.7U8.850 Refunding certificates 307.050 Navy pension fund 14,000,000 Total Interest-bearing debt $1,276,657,85) Matured debt $ 11,348,165 Debt bearing no interest— Legal-tendcrnotea. 846,719.676 Certificates of deposit 16,880,000 Gold and silver certificates 211,387,671 Fractional currency 6,987.250 Total without Interest $ 581,094,577 Total debt (principal) $1,870,000,592 1 otalinterest. 9 493 399 Total cash in treasury 393V15’233 Debt, less cash in treasury 1,480'083’719 Decrease during January 11 958’003 Decrease of debt since J une 30, 188 L 65|007^487 Current liabilities— Interest due and unpaid $ 2 753 373 Debt on which interest has ceased.. ll’sia’lfl l . Interest thereon ’sos'ni Gold and silver certificates 211 387’c7i U. 8. notes held for redemption of certificates of deposit. 16,880 000 Cassi balance available. - . 150.735’412 Available assets— Cash m treasury . $ 395,415,233 Bonds issued to Paciflcrailwaycompanies, interest payable by United States— Principal outstanding $ 64 6 ’3 512 nlterest accrued, not yet paid [ ’323*117 Interest paid by U nited States ci ,160 J9B Interest repaid by companies— By transportation service ..$ 17.516 too By cash payments, 5 per cent, net earnings 665,198 Balance of interest paid by United States 42.089,499 Washington dispatch: “The Bandall men are not pleased that Mr. Morrison has so nearly completed his tariff measure, and that there is probability that the subject will Soon come up for discussion. The Morrison bill will provide for a general reduction of 20 per cent., but the silk and liquor schedules will not be changed.” Mr. Benny, American consul General at Shanghai, is said to have received peremptory orders from Washington to rent an office building owned by George H. Seward, at an extravagant price, and in consequence tendered his resignation and came home. Representative Springer threatens to introduce (a resolution calling for all the papers in connection with the case.