Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-01-12


ty-day by Sapp iowa to give con-
struction to the specie resumption
act, declares that it does not au-
thorize the cancellation Of the ls-
gal tender notes outstanding or re-
deemed on and after January LIST,
1879, but requires them to be paid
out again as legal tenders. The
bill also proposes expressly to pro-
hibit the Secretary of the Treasury
from destroying said notes so as to
reduce their total amount below
$3.50, 900, 600, it being declared to be
the intent Of the bill to provide for
the continuance of that amount as
part of the circulating medium of
the United States.
Pages Bills Re.iutrOduced.
WARRINGTON, Jan. 1lth.-Rep-
resentative Page te-day re-intro-
duced his bill relative to gold notes
and National Banks, which passed
the House last January, but failed
to obtain action in the Senate and
consequently expired with the 44th
Congress. 1t authorizes them to
issue circulating notes to the eX :
tent Of 80 per cent. of the par value
of the Government bonds deposited
as security instead of so per cent.
as at present and in lieu of the ex-
listing requirement concerning cir
culating reserve fund. The bill
provides that each bond shall keep
five per cent Of its outstanding cir
culation in the San Francisco Sub
Treasury and that all its circula
ting notes shall be redeemable by
the United States Assistant Treas
urer upon presentation in any sums
whatever.
Page also, to-day, re-introduced
the grazing land bill which was
originally offered by him in the
forty-third Congress. 1t recites in
the preamble that there are In va
rious parts of California public
lands neither mineral, agricultural
nor timbered, but 1T only for graz
ing purposes; that said lands are
all of little value and yield COM
paratively little pasturage and
that they are mostly in the posses
sion of persons who have improved
them for purposes Of pasturage.
The bill, therefore, proposes that
any U. s. citizen who at the date
of the enactment shall be in exclu-
sive possession Of grazing lands OF
the foregoing description may pur-
chase not exceeding $40 acres OF
the same, at fifty cents per acre,
upon making oath before tho Reg.
lister and Receiver Of the district in
which the land ia situated that his
purpose is not speculative, but in
good faith to appropriate it to his
own exclusive use and that he h as
not directly or indirectly made any
agreement for the alienation Of the
title.
Another bill, rs-introduced by
Page to-day, provides authority for
the Secretary Of the Treasury to
settle the accounts OF Alfred
Briggs, late Collector Of Internal
Revenue in the Sacramento Dis
trict, regardless Of the technical
difficulty Of the two years limita-
ton.
The adoption by the House of
Woods resolution for sweeping in
vsstigations, was preceded by 80
sharp q debate and effected by so
small majority that it is not likely
to be followed by a reckless abuse
of power on the part of the CO :
mittee, which has brought the
dragnet Investigation into suoh
general odium and contempt.
Paris mountaineering la De
mand.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11th.-Ths
Cabinet was in session nearly two
hours today. All the members
were present. excepting the Secre-
tary of the Navy. Matters Of rou-
tine Importance only are said to
have been under consideration,
though, after the other M mbers of
the Cabinet had departed, Sscrs-
tary Evarts remained in consulta-
ton with the President upon the
subject appointments of assistant
Com missionsrs to the Paris Expo
sition, the number Of applications
for which are by 10 means decreas.
iDg,while there seems to be cores.
pondins difficulty in making selec-
lions.
suggestions for the Control or tns
Pacine Railroads.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11th.- The
President has received a cOmmuni.
cation frsm Judge Asher, Presi.
dent Lincoln's Secretary of the
Interior, on the suhjsct of the reso
luton of inquiry recently adopted
by both Houses of Congress reia
tive to the enforcement of the laws
requiring the Union Pacific Rail
road and branches to be operate d
by enc continuous line, without
discrimination. He suggests that
Congress empower the President to
appoint Commissioner who, UNI
der the Secretary of the Interior,
shall prescribe rules and regula.
tions for the operation of all roads
ia the Union Pacific system, with
power to compel the observance of
tho same or to take absolute pos.
session of the roads, in case the
companies rebel. In urging the
necessity for such authority, he
says: In conclusion, after an ex-
perience of more than ten years
with these companies, with an
intimate knowledge of their
Of the mum bsrless OPP
open to them to evade
the obligations imposed by law,
am certain that the only way to
compel them to do their duty and
keep their statute contracts is to
meet them face to face with ample
power to control them.
Congressional Doings.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11th.-The
Senate has rejected Sargent's reso-
luton to hold a special session Sat-
urday to hear advocates of female
suffrage.
The House, in Committee of the
whole, debated Woods resolution