Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-03
was no serious intimidation,

was no serious Intimidation
but What was lacking in This wa
amply made up IN fraud and ballot
box stutfing. In Louisiana ther,
was less actual fraud but numerou
case, of Intimidation. Hayes doe
not specially ask for authority tha
IL not at present given him unde
the laws, although In other part
Of the message he endorse
fully the suggestions o
McCrary aud Devens, aud say
'hese suggestions, If adopted T.,
Congress, will materially aid thu
executive in ehfocing the law
hroughnu' the entire country
Hayes then reviews the reports
Cabinet ~ cretaries, commencin,
with the State Department. H,
makes no suggestion for new
treaty on the fishery question, bu
reviews the Texas boundary trout.
les and calls attention to the i'm
proved condition of affairs on the
Mexican border. Hayes takes the
most cheerful possible view of re.
sumption and expresses him.
self upon this sui ject as h,
has In hil reported spePche.
on this question during the Fail
He endorses Sherma,'s report in
everything. He makes no refer-
ehce to the transfer of the Indian
Rureau to the War Department.
The Postc ffice Department receives
passing mention. The prircipal
figures and general facts of The Post
"f1ige report are quoted In the
me, sage, aud a few recommends
tinns Of Key are approved. The
work of the Interior Department is
hri. fly reviewed without any spe-
ciaI suggestions. The message
heartily endorses Schuiz's snggt ST.
ions relating tn the preservation of
Government timber lands. The
only suggestion concerning
the Del artnrntof Justice 5
for an appropriation of
$3.50, QUO for extra expenses
oi he United States Courts, such
as fnr the payment of Deputy Mar
-hals and witness fe.s While this
is asked for the U ,iIed States
Courts of the entire country, 1t Is
that the money is for
the spt cial purpose of enforcing
the laws IN the South. Hayes has u
good wo,d for Leduc, Commissioner
of Agriculture. He thinks he Is
doing very valuable wo,k for the
Interests Of the coun-
try by his experiments He has
boldly gone outside of the old rules,
aud IN doing 40 end Of good,
Hayes thinks, by his enthusiasm,
and special knowledge
of agricultural matt-is In clos
ing, under the hea,i of Miscrl llane-
Gus, Hays first discusses the Iiorri.
BILE condition Of the Po,om &c Flats,
lying above the city, and shows
the possibility Of their
b coming 81 hoIbed for
snne future plague. He calls the
attention of Congress to the official
reports that have been made upon
the condition of these flats. He
advocates the plan OF
the army Engineer Corps, devised
several years ago, for the abate-
mentof this terrible nuisance, by
making these flats into hard land
for building purposes. and suggests
to Congress the importance of
taking some speedy action On
the subject. He then discusses
plan for u new
building for a Congressional
Library. He is in favor of any
pIan, so that the new building can
be secured. hut would prefer Spot
ford's plan providing for the new
building In judiciary Square. He
calls especial attention to
the need of this great library,
that Is SO ch0ked and
cramped I'm its present quarter
and SO restricted in the uses to
which a great national library
should be put. He recommends a
Wise and liberal appropriation for
carrying out Spnfford's plan. A
few minor items of q local nature
complete the message.
a GreaI s,s,h, tn Osah"ns.
LONDON, Dec. 2-At a meeting
of operatives in Oldham Saturday,
over 3 600 being present, it was
unanimously resolved not to sub
nit to the proposed reduction. A
meeting OF masters Friday wae
equally determined. There are
now Is, COO persons idle.
The Austrian pt.pute EHoed-Aa-
o,her Rcsnb.
PESTH, Dec. 2. In his budget to
the committee OF the Aust rian del
egstion Count Anirassy, replying
To ques, Ions. SAID the occupation nf
Bosnia aud HeIz-govina would
Cease when its olj was accom-
pushed. and when Turkey had fe-
imbursed the outlay which was
incurred aud guaraniet fdiuie
orderly government of the Prov
inoes. Ausifia's mission could
only he altered by "a unanimous de
cision of the Powers. The Commit.
tee ,her-upon adopted the rsl imates S
of the foreign office. thus closing
The conh CT between the Govern
ment aud the del-gation.
While Premier rlzA vas sp.ak
ing at the Club Of the LIB-ial
party last night a bomb was ex
pi"ied on the staircase. No one
injured.
The Afghans.
ORENBURG, Nov. 2-Intelli
geDc- has been Received from c.,
bul that the Ameer has demanded
II special credit to defray the ex .
p-nse OF honors done the Russian
Embassy aud has held a derbdr
ut which he ex olained the cordial
reception of the Embassy on the
ground Of gratitude for Russia's
hospitality to Afghan traders. a
declaration was read on that occa
Ion, showing the power and fam