Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-05
cisl relations with Mexico.

Kelly offered resolution asking
the Secretary of the Treasury for
information regarding deposits OF
government money in any Nation
al, State or private bank on the
30th of September and November,
1878, other than deposits by dis
bursting agents. Adopted.
Fort asked leave to offer the fol-
lowing resolutions:
ResolUed, That the legal tender
quality of the silver dollar of 412a
grains of standard silver shall be
maintained and enforced and any
discrimination against said silver
dollar by any National Bank, in
refusing to receive them and treat
them as legal dollars, shall be
deemed q defiance of the laws oil
the United States, and the Com
mittee ON Banking and Currency
is hereby instructed to mature and
bring in bill for withdrawal from
circulation of the notes of all such
banks so offending. Several objec.
tions were made and the PROPOSE.
ton was not accepted. Adjourned.
Status of che Mexican question.
& CHICAGO, Dec. 4.-The 7ribmae's s
Washington special says: Persons
who have devoted special attention
to Mexican atfairs, claim to have
Information that the situation is
even more reassuring than would
appear from the Presidents mes
sage. These persons say they have
official authority for the statement
that, as result of the present poll
cy and of pending negotiations,
those who have claims against
Mexico for losses by raids will be
likely to receive indemnity and
that there will be, besides, provis'
ion for security In the future.
senatur sNrgent's Health - The
.Cn;ness Question sti,i Unsaits.
1factory. I'D h.s ~
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4th. = AL
though Senator Sargent is recover
ing from his second attack of mala-
rial fever, his physicians are o!
opinion that he cannot regain his
strength without complete rest.
He therefore intends to leave
Washington as soon as he gets
strength enough to go to Nashua,
with his wife, which he hopes to dc
within week. He will be gone q
month or longer if necessary. II
able he will examine his immense
ly accumulated correspondence be-
fore leaving town and turn over to
his colleagues such matters rs they
can attend to.
Representatives Horace Davis
and Page called at the State De-
partment to-day to make joint in
quiry concerning the progress OF
the diplomatic negotiations for the
modification of the Burlingame
treaty. They had long and cor
dial conversation with Secretary
Evarts, and they found him ear.
nestly, even warmly, in favor OF
the adoption by our government OF
a restrictive policy in regard to
Mongolian immigration, yet, new.
ertheless, they came away con.
vinced that what they previously
unprecedented is still to be expected
namely, that the Chinese will be
able, by the use of ordinary diplo
matte delays and articles, to post.
p0ne almost indefinitely any con-
cert of action by the two govern
ments in the nature Of treaty re
vision, and that the purpose of thu
Chinese Embassy in Washington
is merely to pursue the Fabi
an policy of wearing ou
their opponents by inaction
Davis and Page, and doubles:
also other members of the Pacific
Coast delegation, will, however
treat this delay on the part of tbs
Chinese authorities as equivalent
to refusal, and with all possible
vigor will urge upon Congress the
necessity of using its unquestionablt
| power to enact an immediate legis
lative remedy for the evils which
negotiation would still leave for il
to cure and which, if convinced o
| their existence, it should remedy
with or without the consent of the
Emperor of China, under the high.
er international law of self-preser-
vation. A report is current here
and may obtain publication else
where, that the President referred
the subject of Chinese immigration
to Secretary Evarts for investiga'
tion, with the view to making il
the subject of special message
not to this, but to the next Con.
gress. There is no foundation
whatever for this story, except the
pendency of negotiations with the
Chinese Government under the
concurrent resolution adopted las
session.
The vote of % to 10, by which tht
Senate refused to take up the Tex
as-Pacific bill to-day, does not seen
to be considered discouraging by
the friends of that measure. They
say they hardly expected that th,
Senate would consent to go to worl
on it during the first week of th'
session, and the move was made
because the bill had been postponed
to this day from last session an(
they wanted to show that they hat
not forgotten it. Besides which
they say, a larger proportion o
their friends than enemies were alb
sent.
Senator Mitchell to-day intro
duced bill appropriating $500,00(
for continuing construction of the
canal around the Cascades of the
| Columbia river. Referred to the
Committee on Commerce.
The Transfer OF InGIans.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-The Joint
| Commission having under consid-
Grafton the proposition of transfer
ring the Indian Bureau to the War
Department, met to-day. The arst
witness was DR.. A. G. Barstow, of
Providence, r. L., Chairman of the
Board of Indian Commissioners
and representing the Congregation.
al church in behalf of the education
and conversion of the Indian race.
He said that, in his judgment, the
proposed transfer was unwise and
that, if effected, it would work ad-
varsaly to tho Nh ristian onarafionc