Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-03-26
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between Montgomery Blair and
Democratic Cong ressmen bill
will be introduced in tho House rs
soon rs additional news is received
from Louisiana, pr Ividing that the
United STATES Circuit aud District
Judges shall assemble iD Washing
ton aud have the VI tes delivered to
them as returned TO, and not by,
the Returning Boards of Florida
and Louisiana; that the votes shall
be counted, and the result declared.
Thurman and David Dudley Field
are credited with the authorship o.
the bill.
Doorlsoeper Polk is making a
fight for the retention Of his place,
ant it is said has champion in
Foster, of Ohio.
No attempt will he made Ia re-
open the Coibin case until S'alOh
takes his seat, whicl: he is expected
To 40 within two weeks.
CJnovtr is said now to be ready
to vote to unseat Hamburg Butler.
If so, Butler will lose his seat.
RESTORES pip oina;ic Salaries.
WASHINGTON, March 25th.-
The consideration of the Con sular
and Diplomatic Appropriation bill
was completed by the Senate Com
mittee on Appropriations this
morning, and 1t was subsequently
to the Senate with numer-
GUS important amendments. The
effect of these amendments gener-
ally, it is stated, is to restore the
salaries of all diplomatic and con-
sular officers from the reduced
amounts proposed in many cases
by the House to the amounts pro-
vided by the existing law.
WiIi Report without Change.
WASHINGTON, March 25th. The
House Committee on appropria-
tions to-day agreed to report the
Legislative, Executive and Judi
cial appropriation bill without any
material change of its provisions as
and submitted by the SUBJ
last Friday.
.sowe'- Attack on the Admin.
islrRtIOn.
WASHINGTON, March 25th.-
Senator Howe'5 speech in the Sem
ate attacking the administration,
or rather, as he facetiously termed
it, "eXplaining the reasons why he
he has not given a cordial support
to the Presidents policy" attracted
a very large audience, and, on the
whole, was much more interesting
and effective than his auditors ex-
pected. A great portion of 1t was
devoted to the oft repeated and tire
some story of Louisiana affairs and
an attack on Schurz of personal
nature. 1t seems to be generally
that Howe's speech was
designed to draw forth replies from
the friends of the President and to
be one of a number of similar DEM
which will tend to
crowd the President into the arm s
of the Democrats or force him into
the ranks of his former party
friends. The Democratic Senators
have determined to keep silent and
leave Republicans to quarrel.
BoOth's Land nnd Water Bill.
WASHINGTON, March 25th. The
bill introduced by Senator Booth
to-day for the reliel of settlers on
public lands provides for refunding
all fees or commissions paid by in
nocent parties for locations of SOL
1iers homestead scrip subsequently
cancelled because found void or
fraudulent. 1t providas further
that in all cases where homestead
or timber culture or other entries of
public lands have been or NAV be
cancelled from conflict, or
where, from any cause, the entry
has been allowed and cannot be
the fees and commits
sions shall be returned upon the
surrender of the receipt and the re-
of all claims to said
lands.
The full text Of the water bill
introduced by Booth in the Senate
to-day, is as follows: Be it enacted,
ETC., That the fresh water of ali
rivers and streams with a flow of
over $4,000 gallons per day and of
all lakes and ponds of more than
one acre in area upon the public
lands of the United States are
hereby reserved, granted and dedi.
Gated to the free and common use
of the inhabitants of the State or
Territory where the same are situ-
ated, for drinking, washing and
ha ord iporv pnrpnanc nP onsto 1, Z ., n.
life, and the remainder, after said
purposes, is reserved for irrigation
and manufacturing in their respec-
tive order and private prop
erty or ownership, founded upon
grant, custom or otherwise, shall
never be created or allowed in such
water to supercede or prevail
against said common right of its
inhabitants; subject, however, to
such reasonable regulations as the
State or Territory shall make to
protect the first appropriation of
water to a useful or beneficial pur-
pose, so long as the same is actu-
ally continued against subsequent
Section 2-However all surveys
Of public lands and all grants of the
same, to promote the said use or
ownership shall be made to con-
'orm and provide for the reserva-
ions and dedication made in this
lct and all patents shall be made
Iubject thereto by express terms.
Victims Of the Huron Disaster.
NORFOLK, Va, March 25.-Sixty-
hree bodies, victims of the Huron
disaster, have arrived here. They.
will be taken to Annapolis.