Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-02-05
latest Eastern News.
Ds livery OF tho 1866 PAt.n. rast-
DOue0,

poned.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4,-The Com
missioner of the General Land Of
flee having submitted for instruc-
tion the question of delivering the
patent for the city lands OF Los
Angeles, issued in August, 1866, but
superseded by another patent for
the same lands, issued In August,
1875, and transmitted to the Sur.
veyor General of California for de-
livery. The Secretary of the Inte-
rior yesterday directed the Com.
missioner not to deliver the patent
of 1866 unless the decision of the
Supreme Court of California, in
favor of its validity, should be af.
firmed by the Supreme Court of the
United States.
Debate oo tmr Army appropriation
HoUsE.-The House went into
Committee of the Whole on the
army appropriation bill.
Durham submitted an amend-
ment reducing the army to 10000
enlisted men.
Whitthorne moved to reduce the
number to $1,000 and favored bet
ter organization of the militia.
After considerable debate Whit
thorne's amendment was defeated.
Cox, of New York, moved to
amend by fixing the force ct II 900.
He said the experience which the
country had had connected with
the disruption of States and the
breaking down of popular and
electoral liberties, had given it
warning against any undue in
crease of the army. He believed
but for the threat of Gen. Grant,
Commander-in.Chief of the army,
whose special love Of military
power had been aggrandized by
his travels In Europe, and but for
the fact that there was an army of
10000 in 1877, the popular will
would not have been stricken down
by the Inauguration of the present
occupant of the White House.
With faith growing out of jealousy
of military power and physical
force, he had always voted and
would always vote for the reduc-
tion of the army.
Atkins said the house had three
times voted for 20, 900 as the regu-
lar force of the standing army,
That had been the expression of
the House, and the Committee on
Appropriations, knowing that, in
order to get this bill through at all,
the number would have to be fixed
at 10000, had fixed that mum Der i n
the bill.
Mills said there seemed to be o
fear that a standing army would
destroy the liberties of the people.
One of the fathers of the House,
Cox, reminded the House that a
standing army had overturned the
liberties of the people on one occa-
sion. That was when there had
been about 1900 men in the District
of Columbia, in 1877. Eighteen
would have effected the same pur.
pose. He (COx) said it would have
been occasioned by the threat of
Gen. Grant. If that was so he
(Mills) thought that Gen. Grant
could have done it without any
troops. Ifthat gentleman wanted
to get relief he had better abolish
Gen. Grant. The army was an es-
sential feature in all governments.
There was no government on earth
that had not an army for its protec-
tion. An army of 25 900 men would
be q menace to the liberties of the
people if that army was in the Dis.
trict of Columbia, but the United
States had territory lying from
ocean to ocean, covering a million
square miles, inhabited by A, ,OOO,-
900 of people scattered throughout
Its borders. 1t had an army which
could not maintain skirmish line
across it, yet the gentleman said
that the liberties Of the people were
lmperilled by an army of 25,e0O.
The border had been O running,
bleeding wound ever since Texas
had been admitted into the Union;
it haG always been SO.
Townshend made some remark
which was not heard by the report.
er.
Mills--Yes, you would leave
Texas bleeding until every man,
woman and child had been slaupbt.
cred If you could make $4,000
economy and go before your people
for your reelection. When Texas
was admitted to the Union there
was treaty by which the Govern
ment bound itself that it would
protect her against foreign enc.
mics; it bound itself to de that
thing, and ever since We have been
IN we have been assuming our own
defense. Talk about econom y!
Laughter on Republican side.
Townshend-I am glad to find
laughter come from that eide.
Mills-Let it come from where it
will, 1 stand by my constituents.
Townshend-Of that $4,000 how
many were kept on the Texas Dor.
der?
Mills-Not enough to protect IL.
Townshend-HuW MANY men
were kept on the Indian border?
Miils-Not enough to protect it..
Townshend-There were only 800
with Custer when he was de-
stroyed.
Mills-1hen he did not have
enough, and it was because of your
false economy that Custer fled.
Talk about economy, when your
borders are laid in blood and ashes
economy seems to be the only idea
which has any existence in the
craftsmanship of this house. A
government is an institution to
protect her people and cannot fail
to do 1t without being guilty of dis
honor. [Applause on Republican
side.
Townshend said the laugh came
from the same quarter as in 1851.
La France 1t came from the friends
OF Imperialism. Loud laughter
and applause on the RepublIcan