Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-05-07

dred and NIFTY million aetcs we're ersnt.5
to corporations within the last Yeh .."ss
If that policy was continued Il voula '. na:
be long time till no public lauds Wv .os
left for homestead and pre.emnt;on.. n ~e0
poses, for which purposes ten 'tIli;N, ! rus-
were taken last year. Holman cou.; scaes
to argue at length against land grant.
Watch replied to Holman, and NJ &C et~ Ill.,
spoke briefly in favor of railroad l..5
grants. Smith, of Oregon. argued in ."n
port of the bill, as in the interest Of 1912.
present and prospective. At the clos. &c
the discussion Holman moved to refer ~.
bill to the Committee on Public Lana"
which was negatived by IS to 90. ard ~.
bill was then passed by 81 to 60. -.
WASHINGTON, April 2s-Suune, n,c.
sentcd memorial of the National Execu.
tive Committee of colored people,. .st;na
that the word white be stricken. ont -
the naturalization laws.
BosToN, April 2S.-An attcmpt "a.
made this morning, to throw a train fron.
the track on the Hartford and Eric Rail.
road, near Franklin, Mass. The, Gle.p.,.
placed across the track were. removed hT
Mr.. Conncry, who was fred. upon ~
three men, one bullet passing through kis
hat.
WASHINGTON, May I'm the Seuat.
bill to make up the deficiency of the land
grant in aid Of the construction of rail.
road and telegraph line from the Central
Pacific Railroad to Portland, ''0rcgon; was
passed. . 7::s, '4,r! .n'I
n bill increasing the number of Supremc
and Curcuit Judges, and torestabfsh the
boundaries of the circuits, was indefinitely
postponed. :;
The Committee on Territories to-day
submitted report organizing the Territory
ofOklohoua. .;E".,.
The opinion Of tho United States Naval
Court at Yokohama, on the loss of the
Oneida, was sent to Congress to-day by
the Naval Department. The Court iinis
the Bombay wholly in fault for the COLI
sion, charactcrzes the conduct Of the Can
tain ofthe Bombay afterwards, in dis:c.
garding the signals Of distress, as unparal-.
lelled. -. co. -.
ROCHESTER, April 2S-The New York
Democratic State Convention nominated
Sanford +. Church for Chief Justice Of
the Court Of Appeals; Chas. Rapple, of
New York, II. X. Peckman, of Albany,
Martin Grover, Of Allegheny, Associate
Justices. -. :'g '..'
NEW YORK, May 4.-It is stated that
John Morrisey will soon resign us 'n,cn,-
Der Of Congress, on account of i'll health.
The election held to-day for City Treas
urer resulted in the election of Daniel c.,
Taylor, Democrat, over Durkce, by PSI
majority. =:
The Mayor has Just received a letter
from the Mayor of Richmond, asking aid
for the sufferers by the recent calamity.
CHICAGO, May f.-Thc wooden build.
ings in course Of erection on Rand6lp street.
fell yesterday, burying five or ten xotkrnen
employed upon them. All arc seriously
but not fatally injured. ~'.:'e
CnIcAoo,' May IA Washington sre-
cial says combination has been entered
into between the friends; of ahe varichs
Southern Pacific railroad lines and those
Of the North Pacific, for the purpose If
getting both measures through Congress.
The Southern men seem disposed to unite
upon the Fremont route. .".
PARIS, May "a serious riot occurred
yesterday at Qucntin, caused by the ar
rest of a member of the international S"ci-
ETY.. Two thousand work;n.men attacked
the National Guard aud gensd'a sta.
toned around the prison. The guards held
their ground, though . number were
wounded.
NV ORLEANS. Nav "A shootin. az
fair took place last night between John
Barrett, local reporter of the Piragure, and
the cx-special police offer Smith. The
latter was dangerously wounded aud the for
mer slightly
The Chinese and the Labor Questions.
SAN Francisco, April ~ The anti.
Chinese eight-hoar meeting at the Pavilion
last nj .ht was addressed by \. n. Wihn,
L. A Roach. &C Tcrrill nand Frank Pix
ley. The latter made the most violent
anti Chinese speech If the evening. lie
compared Chinese immigration and its
probably results TO the African slave trade.
lie advised voters 10 send men TO Congress
who would oppose striking the word
" white from the Constitution, and labor
for the passage Of laws prohibiting Chinese
immigration. lie said there were steam
ers subsidized by Government, and their
owners. besides bringing men every trip,
landed hundreds of prostitutes on our
shores Were there no ether means OF
riding tie country Of these, he himself
would take the torch in hand and burn
them This is according to the Caifsver-
sion. The Alta says he said ID: The Gov
ernment gives a subsidy of two and half
million dollars for line Of Steamers TO
China. and every steamer brings from 100
to 400 prostitutes. He felt at tlmes as
though he could take with his right hand
a torch aud burn the vessel lying at the
mail wharf Twas idle To say there wss no
law to preven, 1t. There was no condition
of things the Law could not correct, If the
force Of public opinion was brought to
bear on the hw-making power. lie next