Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-03

DOMESTIC NEWS.


DOfA LIS NEsfSs
The Public lands Bin.
NEW YosK, March 2d-Fuller details are
given of Powelfs minority report on Public
Lands, published this morning. Powell sug.
gests several important amendments affect
ing the disposal OF pasturage and mineral
lands. First of these is as follows: In lands
patented under the provisions of this chapter
all snbterranean mining property and right s
for mining purposes are hereby reserved from
surface property and rights for pastnraee pur-
poses, and whenever surface property and
rights for pasturace purposes to any tract of
land have passed from the Government under
the provisions of this Act, subterranean prop
erty and rights for mining purposes therein
may be acquired under the provisions of
Chapter XII. of this Act, etc.
It is also. recommended that every patent
issued Tor pasturase lend shall contain the
following clause: Except and excluding from
these presents all subterranean property
rights in any mine of gold, silver, cinnabar
lead, tin, copper. coal, iron or other valuable
mineral deposit, and property conveyed in
this patent shall be suhservieut TO easements
necessary for discovering and working mines
therein, etc.
In ali patents for mineral lands it is recon-
mended that there be inserted clause ex-
Guiding all surface property rights, with the
proviso q that there shall be dominant in
property conveyed easements on the surface
property necessary for the discovering and
working mines therein"
In support of these amendments to the
bill prepared by the Commission, Powell
uses the following language: About one
half of all the lands in the western portion
of the United States, bearing gold, silver
and other ores of like geological occurrence.
are covered with forests, and hence are both
timber and mineral lands. Provision has
been made in the tentative bill for the sale of
timber, that the fee of the land is to remain
IN the Government, and such lands are to be
heid free TO exploration ana requirement. OF
title as mineral lands.
Inc other nall OF these mineral lands are
pasturase lands. IL is peleVed that the en-,
aeGment OF pasturage law, as recommended
Dy the COMMISSION, WITHOUT the amehoiheht
ABOVE indicated, would result In passing
large amount OF mineral lands INTO the hands
OF people engaged IN pasturage industries and
thus the mining INDUSTRY OF the country would
be greatly retarded: pasturage homestead
IS necessarily very large, and II it Is given to
the settler he should not consider 1t a hard
ship il mines contained therein are severed
from his ownership 1t is believed that at
least y-nine-one-hundredths of all the
coal lands of the western portion of the Uni
ted States are situated in lands belonging TO
the class designated IN the tentative bill as
pasturage lands. 1t has been recommended
that coal lands be sold at $40 per acre, but in
the Pesturage Homestead Act titles can be
acquired to four sections of pasturage lands
at nominal price, and such lands might and
viii be defined properly as mineral lands
that Is, they would contain beds of coal Of
commercial value. The Pasturage Home
stead Act, without the amendments proposed.
would defeat the measure designed to secure
the sale OF coal lands at SO per acre.
Tariff Matters.
W,sHryeToN March d : The Houso
Con,m;ftoe on Wavs aud Means tbis ,,o,,,-
the tariff laws during the presSnt session .i. ~
The first vote was upon adopting Representa-
tive Gibson,s bill to secure more uniform
collection OF dutles on imported sugars, and
resulted: Ayes Glhson, Felter, Garfield,
hely, Conger ana Wooa-9; N0esEIucker,
Phelps, Morrison, Mills, Carlisle. Frye and
Dufnel!-7. Gibson then moved to indeii-
nitely postpone consideration OF the sugar
question, adopted, AyesG-dlbson, Phelps,
elton' atneld, heely, oohger and wood
-. Hoes1 - ucker' .iofrlson' Mills, carlisle,
RYE 'f,ld ~ iheil-o. .,e
uai ueia h M, 70 lhuelihlteiy posi- one
MORRISON > olii' WHICH PROVIDES tnat no duty
s, 81 oe coiieceei on nerclanuise IN excess OF
broco i, ths folo-;,,e, iSs IS Sc,
2501 Of tine Revised Statutes and not onLisct
to tax under the internal revenue laws ::
Schedule Action and cotton goods B.
Earths and earthenware C-Hemp, jute and
fax goods: E-Metals; K-Wood L
Wool and wooden goods; in sundries, except
bay rum or bay water, and other perfumery
of which alcohol forms component part,
rum essence or oil, fusil oil or an,ylic alcohol,
opium and all preparations of opium, and
playing cards.
The motion was adopted: Ayes Gibson.
Phelps. FELTON,, Garfield. Kelly, Conger.
Frye-7. Noes-Tucker, Morrison. Mills,
Carlisle, Dunnell, Wood-6.
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"AsiilNSioS, Inaroh Inc ne pm ilIro-
euceu III the senate to-uay ny Daiiey 10 re-
Iuha tae natiohal dept authorizes the Secre-
SarY OF the treasury, whenever the ponds
now Outstanding sish become que, TO Issue
bonos IN exchange Tor them, bearing three
per cent. interest ana redeemaole at the
pleasure OF the oni9ed states aiSer twenty
zoo =. ai f'-; 81 10. So wv,
Soo - it, t1n and pnanabe IN ta 80
~, ~. da+a IS ;ss,,a Int ,,rob;b;ts - 70.
Of ,rora than nGO roo of +Lae.
uotel in INV one fiscai ves,
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senator hah3oiphs as'ach oh Sehefai
Mcdowell.
New York, March Ex-senator Randolph,
in his speech on the Fitz John Porter case,
was incidentally very severe on Mcdowell
The Tribune says: His remarks can only be
interpreted as direct accusation that Nc
Dowel made an official report to the War
Department containing statements which
were directly contrary to those made by him
under oath shefore the CouIt-martial one
month later. The assertion in the report
was that Mcdowell had full knowle dye of the
forces in front of Porter. while bis statement
before the Court.was to the effect that he mad
no such knowledge. Randolph also said that
Mcdowell had secretly kept In his possession
Tor seventeen years dispatch received from
Porter dated at . T. NJ. on the evening OF
August 18th, whieh dispatcn contained eVl-
denee that ne had nos up 70 that hour re- re-
ceived the ORDER sent 70 MN oy rope at 4:oo
2. M. ms oispatcn, hahooipn said' mao II
been produced before tne Original Court
martial, would nave convinced tne court OF
Porter innocence.
ParneIl and Kearney Compared.
NEw YORK, March 2d-The Herald has
an editorial comparing Parne!l with Kearney,
in which the following points are made !:
These worthy yokefellows in the trade of
agitation have their points of resemblance
and their points OF difference, but so far as