Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-04-11

treasury notes and the taking up of
greenbacks and national bank
notes; prohibiting contraction of
the currency and repeating the In
ternal Revenue laws; by Turner,
making it illegal for any member
of either House of Congress to act
as general advisory attorney for
certain corporations and patentees;
also, a joint resolution directing
the Committees on Civil Service
Reform of the two Houses to in
quire into the propriety of meeting
executive patronage by constitu-
tional amendment, and also into
the propriety of adopting some
new method of keeping the &C
counts of the Federal Government;
by Potter, joint resolution pro-
posing constitutional amendment
as to the sessions of Congress. 1t
provides that after 1880 there shall
be but one session every two years,
unless when Congress shall be
convened by the President.
The House then went into Com
mittee of the Whole, Garfield in
the chair, on the Pension Appro-
priation bill. The bill appropri-
ates 500, 2s6,574 and provides that
after July 1st, 1878, pensions lshall
be paid by the Treasurer of the
United States under direction of
the Secretaries of the Treasury and
the Interior. The items of appro-
priation are as follows: Army in
valids Sl3, 100000 widows and mi
nors $l,S30,000; survivors of the
war of 1872, 1882, 900; widows OF
soldiers of the war of 1872, $l,247,
ga; fees Of examining surgeons,
$3.50, 900; for navy invalids $210, 900;
widows and minors 1881, 600; fees OF
examining surgeons $1,000; for
carrying out the provisions of the
act 100000. Smith. of Pennsylva-
mia, explained the bill and said by
abolishing pension agencies the
government would save 5000, 00C
annually.
Hanna stated that a pension
agent had to pay clerk out
of his fees and he thought the
bill ought to be entitled "a bill tt
rob a pension agent of his pay"
Smith proceeded to argue in fa-
vor of the bill.
After remarks by Finley, the
committee arose without taking
action on the bill and the House
adjourned. Thereupon a caucus OF
Republican Senators and members
was announced to be held at
o'clock this evening in the Hall OF
the House.
Pacific Cons: Intcrcs:s.
WASHINGTON, April 10th.-Sen.
ator Sargent to-day gave notice
that he will tom orrow call up his
joint resolution on the Chinese
question, with view to affording
an opportunity for his colleague
| (Booth) to speak upon it, and thai
he will Immediately thereafter
move its reference TO the Foreign
Relations Committee, from which
he hopes for speedy action.
Mitchell made an argument be
fore the Senate Indian Affairs Com
mittee to-day in advocacy of his bill
authorizing the removal of Indians
from the Umatilla reservation an(
opening its lands to settlement
The Committee were favorably i'm
pressed and will probably agree tt
report next week.
The House Public Lands Com
mittee has authorized WiggintoI
to report for passage LuttrelP'
bill authorizing the actual settler!
recently ousted from the klamath
Reservation to acquire title to theil
lands under the pre-emption laws
mittee to-day to omit California
from the provisions of Patterson
bill authorizing the free use o
timber on mining lands, but NJ
action has yet been taken concern
ing it. The proposition is based OIL
the idea that the provisions Of
Patterson's bill, though suitable tt
the sparsely timbered regions OF
Colorado, are not safe to apply to
the thick forests of California, anG
that the latter should be left to the
operations of the bill already
agreed upon by the committee
which provides for the sale of tim
Der lands in California, Oregon
and Washington Territory and alst
for the free use of timber for speci-
fled domestic purposes.
| Restoration of the Iacome Tax.
WASHINGTON, April 10th.
Ways and Means Committee to-day
decided by one maj ority in favor o
restoring the income tax. The yea
were Tucker, Sayler, Robbins
Harris, Burchard and Gibson; 6
Nays-Wood, Garfield, Banks, Kel
ly and Phelps; 5. The details o
the measure have yet to be pre-.
pared.
Three Men Drowned.
OMAHA, April 10th. - Sever
young men from Gleenwood, Iowa
went out hunting yesterday severa
miles below Omaha, and three o
them were drowned in the Missouri
river by the upsetting of their boat
Their names are Charles r
Mershon, William Miller and J. M
Smith. Mershon leaves q wife ant
three children.
Boston Wool Market.
| bOSIONi hpTll IUIu. He WOO
demand is confined to the immedi
ate wants of manufactures AM
prices continue to rule low and un
satisfactory. California 14@264 fol
Fall and Spring superior, and y
pulled selling at 35@4O, with choice
superiors at 44@45.
Rich Gold DiscOvery-Dead.
| DEADwooD, d. t., April 10TH
Considerable excitement was caus
ed to-day by an assay of $500 golt
per ton, obtained from quartz
which was taken from a mine in
Whitewood Gulch, about a mile
from Deadwood. This vicinity
heretofore has been very little
prospected.
Major E. Welch, formerly post