Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-17
Latest Eastern EeWs.
Cold EHfiIng Natuithstu,.itsg the
Passage of the siiver Nni-Hlow
IlIs Regarded in Wnssi:nsIOn.

Gofd Enfilng Notwithstu,.itsg the
Passage Of the s,iver Siii-Hiow
~ In Regarded lis washington.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16th.-The
Senate's decisive action on the sill
yer bill has been the universal
theme of conversation in Wash
ington all day and throughout this
evening. The vastly preponderat-
ing sentiment is that of more or
less pronounced satisfaction. This
feeling has been strengthened by
news from New York that, in the
face of the last action assuring the
passage of the bill, gold has fallen
and government bonds have risen
In value as compared with the quo
tations of yesterday, when the en-
actment of the bill by the Senate
by a two-thirds vote was considered
extremely doubtful. There seems
to be practically no doubt
that the House will promptly con-
cur in the Senate amendments and
it is considered probable that the
motion for concurrence may be
made and adopted next Monday
under suspension of the rules.
Some objections are urged by GER.
tain members against this course,
on the ground that it would pre-
vent any discussion or separate ac-
ton Oh the Senate amendments,
two of which are not wholly ac-
ceptable to all the silver men in
the House; but these objections are
not likely to prevail further than
possibly to procure an order for
discussion which would have to be
accepted or rejected as an entirety.
No essential alteration of the terms
of the bill as passed by the Senate
is anticipated, even if it goes to q
conference committee. Probabilities
strongly favor its being laid before
the President early next week with
out any further change whatever.
Washington opinions are about
equally divided as to whether the
President will veto the bill or al
low it to become law without his
signature, although some of its
enthusiastic friends confidently
predict that he will acquiesce in
the action of two-thirds of both
houses by returning it with his
formal approval. In the event of
a veto, however, there Is no reason
for doubt that his veto will be over
ruled. The vote of the full Senate,
exclusive of Sharon, will be 81
against "a on the question of over
ruling the veto of this bill. The
correctness of this calculation is
evident by adding to the As votes
actually cast for the bill, the votes
of Harris and Patterson who were
paired and Ransom who was sick,
but known to be enthusiastically
in favor of the bill. By similarly
reckoning in connection with the
q negative votes, the votes of Hill
and Butler, who were paired with
Harris and Patterson, and that of
Eaton, anti-silver Senator, who
was absent, the "A negative votes
cannot possibly be increased. Their
distribution geographically as fol-
flows: Twelve from New Eng
land, two New York, two New
Jersey. one Delaware, one
Maryland, one South Carolina, one
Georgia, one Mississippi, ore
Michigan, one Oregon and one CAL
ifornia. Divided politically there
would be fourteen Republicans to
ten Democrats to sustain the veto
and twenty-four Republican and
twenty-seven Democratic Senators
ready to pass the bill over it. Davis,
of Illinois, beiug for tSe purposes of
this calculation, as he may, in fact,
be practically considered for all
others, classed as Democrat.
The President Accepts ~ Acetinn of
the Southern Pncinc.
WASHINGTON, February 10TH
The President, upon the recon-
mendation of the Secretary of the
Interior to-day accepted the eighth
section of the Southern Pacific
Railroad of California for AZ miles,
commencing 100 miles south of
Goshen and RAINING to where the
company begin to build south
westerly to Los Angeles, under q
clause attached to the Texas Pacific
act. All the rest of its completed
road in California had been previ-
ovsly accepted. Patents for railroad
lands along this section will be is
sued without further delay.
Receivers HIS child.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1Gth.-Joseph
T. Rowan, formerly of California,
has recovered his child, which was
born two years and half ago, but
put in the Founding Asylum by
his motherinlaw, who reported that
the child was not born alive. Rowan
learned the facts through the death
bed confession of his sister-in-law
and Instituted legal proceedings
which have just resulted in the res
toration of the child, who is said,
however, to be entirely unlike
either parent in appearance. The
reason given for the conduct of
Mrs. Rowan's mother is that she
did not want to be burdened with
any more grandchildren.
Free Trnders opposed 10 the New
Tariff Bill.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16th.-Fernan
uO w OOu new tuIiu DilIi WulCu ID
an aYowed free trader, and was
shaped with n view to radical re-
forms, is repudiated through such
we'll known free traders as Robert
Minturn, Manton Marble, Howard
Potter, Mahlon Sands and others,
who have sent an imposing memo
rial to Washington protesting
against the bill without volumin-
GUS and radical amendments. They
object most strenuously to the inn
position of duties on raw materials
as direct blow to the manufac-
turing interests of the country, but
confess that their surprise at this
proposition is heightened by the
fact that, whereas the whole value
of imported goods made free only
amounts to less than four million
dollars and the duties relinquished
thereon TO less than fifteen hundred
of ~