Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-10


Indian Bureau The Chinese
Question BrOached Deficiency
of Coinage-The silver Commits.
sion-An Amusing Scene i'm n
U. 4. Senate. wherein Senator
Cameron II cited to answer to u
case of Breach Of Promise, with
damages ut $4,000.
NEW YORK, Feb. s.
A Herald Washington special says:
Why the Republicans should be made
happy by the report that the vote of
Florida WAS lot to be scrutinized by a
commission of The highest character, it
is not easy to tell, unless they believe
that they have not honestly come by
it. However that may be, the Repub-
licans were very happy and the Dem.
ocrats very gloomy until copies OF the
formal orders of the Commission be-
gan to circulate in the House; which
being carefully read the Democrats te-
gan to think the matter not so bad,
and the Republicans not So good as
hey at first imagined. 1t appears that
the first order is Of Republican origin,
opposed hv the Democrats; and the
second, of Democratic origin, opposed
by the Republicans. The decision of
the Commission, to the general disap-
poiniment. is strictly partisan. 1t "A
hoped by the best and wi>est men of
both sides here that e1en OF such a
merely preliminary motion "a his
there would be an bipartisan division.
The discussion is said to have been
earnest though entirely good natured,
and without bitterness. Calmer men
OF both sides see hat the order itself
does not commit the Commission; in
fact, it admits all three certificates.
Hoar's argument on all, and with the
third certificate. admits the whole Dem
Ocratic case. The action of the State
Court in quo ~Wd7TontO, the action OF
the LEGISLATURE ordering a recanvass of
The State, showing n majority for Til
den, which was reported to the Legis-
latura, and The action of Gov. Drew,
all these form parts OF the third GER
titicate, and were submitted to the two
Houses Ivy the President of the Senate.
They will come before the Commission
in that order, and on them il will to-
morrow hear argument on each side,
taking two hours. Having done this,
the Commission will then finally de-
eide The Florida case. Briefly, If this
theory of the Commissions action j.
correct. it has said to tie people of
Florida: You must manage your own
affairs. If you muddle or mi~nlanage
hem it H. at yOur own risk; we can
not set them straight for you, but we
will hear all you have to say about the
| middle and will make such decision
on The evidence you present as seem
lawful and just; but we will not look
i,eyond what you tell us. 1t is this
view of the fact made known to day,
that the Commission would not go De
hind the ieturns that caused the great
juhilation on the Republican side.
The only remaining question in the
controversy is the effect of the APP
polntmsnt of an elector who is ineiigi-
bic to hold the position. The States in
which this question may be raised are
Louisiana, where two of the electors
on The Republican ticket were, on the
7ih of last November, United States
office holders; and Oregon, where
Watts WAS chosen and a certificate
given by Grover to Crnnin. In Lou
isiana tie two ineligible Republicans
electors resigned their Federal Otfires
before the day on which the Electoral
College met and failed to appear al
that meeting; The remaining electors
therefore declared that vacancies ex-
'sted and proceeded to elect the same
two persons " hn were originally placed
upon tie electoral ticket.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.
The Senate to-day adopted all the
amendments proposed for the apprO-
| priatlon of coin and desri lied in these
dispatches, increasing the Pacific coast
items in the Indian Appropriation
III !.
The House, in Committee of the
Whole on the Deficiency Appropria.
lion bill, adopted Hancock's amend.
ment, appropriating nearly $500, 900 for
The payment of auditei claims against
the Indian Bureau, which had accum-
| ulated during the first few years, ami
also some small deficiency. The
amendments included all California
claims for Indian supplies, etc.. for
which, ut the last session. an apprOpri-
| alton was urged, but which we're then
consigned to the crowded docket Of he
Claims Committee and left without
further action.
Sargent proposed an amendment
making it a condition of the cOntiDu-
ance of the mail contract that not more
than one Monaghan shall be landed in
this country for every 10 tons of regis
tered tonnage of each vessel. This
will, in his opinion, simultaneously
| open up a discussion of the Chinese
question and help to secure as great a
practical restriction OH Monaghan i'm
migration AS can probably be obtained
this session in any incidental way.
The chances are, at all events, that no
better opportunity will be presented
for action of any kind on the Chinese
question during this Congress.
In the Senate to-day the appropria-
tions for the incidental expenses of the
Indian service were increased az fol-
lows: In Arizona and California, from
$40. 900 to $50, 900 each; Dakota and
Oregon, from $4,000 to 81, 900 each
New Mexico, from $l5. 900 to $25, ZOO.
NEW YORK, Feb. ..
A Tribune's Washington special
says: The minis OF the United STATES
have not recently been able to coin
trade dollars as rapidly as they have
t,een wanted by bullion and exchange
dealers. During the month OF January
the San Francisco mint coined 81, 0S2,-
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