Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-27
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DOMESTIC NEWS.
The Coming Fight at ChicagO-PIau Ar
ranged for the Contest,

w WASHINGTON. May ZOtn.-lt Is known here
that the Grant leaders have arranged the fol-
lowing plan for the control Of the Chicago
Convention Of course Senator Cameron,
when he calls the Convention together will
be obliged to nominate for temporary Chair
man whomsoever the National Convention
selects 4; but it will be arranged to have some
leading Grant man for the place. On that
there will have to be vote by the Conven-
ton, and an attempt will he made to enforce
the unit rule. When the vote is
taken, of course some delegates from
Pennsylvania, New York and other
States will insist on voting differently from
the majority of their delegation from those
States, but Cameron, who will be in the
chair, will decide that the unit rule is bind
ing upon all delegates representing the States
in which it was adopted. If the anti-Grant
men appeal from this decision, and vote is
again that the rule must be enforced in this
vote also. The Grant men are talking about
this programme very freely to-day, and assert
with the greatest apparent confidence that by
the help of Cameron and the unit rule they
will not only get a temporary Chairman, but
also when it comes to choice of permanent
Chairman they will elect him likewise by the
same kind of tactics. OF course Blaine's
nearest friends, and those who will manage
his case in Chicago, know all about this
scheme, and are making preparations TO
checkmate Cameron and his followers.
A VENERABLE PROTESTANT.
CHICAGO. May 26th.-Thurlow Weed left
New York for Chicago yesterday. He will
travel by easy stages, and intends, if his
health permits, to present to the National
Convention a set of resolutions protesting
against the nomination of Grant.
ANTI-GRANT DEMONSTRATION.
CHICAGO, May 26th.-Despite poor man.
agement. the absence of good orators and the
threatening weather, the anti Grant meeting
st Central Music Hall tonight was a great
success. Crowds thronged the door long be-
fore the hour of meeting, and not half of
those who had tickets could gain admission,
so that an overflow meeting was held at Far
well Hall. The attendance at the two meet
ings was 5000 tc 5000.
General Butler interviewed In Regard TO
tie Next Presidency.
CHEYENNE (Wy.), May 26th.-The fol-
lowing, from an interview with General b.
i. Butler, en- route to the Pacific coast will
appear in the Leader Thursday:
You do not contemplate supporting Grant
at all, General"
why, certainly not, my dear sir; the
idea is preposterous."
at looks now, General, as if the National
Greenback Convention will nominate you for
the Presidency"
"Weu, if they only give us a good plat
FORM" said the General, thoughtfully, g the
honor would be most worthy"
You would, of course, accept the nomina-
tion?"
81 never decline anything in advance"
icl-l rar,lipl l.
candidate for President.
"What do you think of the outcome of the
Republican and Democratic Conventions 2"
"Well, [ think that General Grant and
Mr.. Tilden will be nominated, and Grant
will prove to be the stronger man before the
public"
Placer Claims and Town Sites.
WASHINGTON, May 26th.-The Secretary
of the Interior to-day transmitted to the
Senate a report from the Commissioner of
the General Land Office On the subject of
entries Of town sites on mineral lands. Com
missioner Williamson, in his report first
gives briefly the outlines of the practice of
the General Land Office under the laws re-
lating to the subject, citing number of
cases which have already been decided. one
of which is mentioned for the purpose of H.
Illustrating the difficulties involved in cases
where town sites are made upon lands locat-
ed, purchased and valuable for placer mines
He then says G. In view of the fact that it
has for many years been the law that no til
tie to a valid mining claim or possession could
be acquired through town site entry, and
that when surface placer claim existed, the
town site claimant necessarily had personal
knowledge cf the incompatibility of the ex-
istence of both claims upon the same
grounds, | am, in the absence Of accurate
Knowledge of the equitable claims, if any,
existing in individual cases heretofore en-
bodied in general adjudication, unable to
advisably conclude what, if any, equitable
relief is due, or what legislation could be di-
rected to relieve such occupants of town
sites which would not at the same time de-
stroy essential rights long since allowed by
law to mineral claimants"
Concerning the defects in the present law,
Commissioner Williamson says that in view
of all the difficulties which seem to surround
this question, and the uncertainty of title
which is represented TO result from the APP
parently unavoidable construction Of existing
laws legislation should be such as would
most distinctly define the respective rights of
mineral and town site claimants To this
end he suggests that if new legislation be
had, it should provide for the following con-
ditions
First-Where mineral location of lodes or
placer antedates town occupation, patents
should issue without reservation to mineral
claimants.
Second-Where the land is occupied as a
town prior to mineral location, and the char
ter of the town occupancy is clearly perma-
nent and in good faith, the same rule of
priority should control, and patent without
reservation should issue to the town authori-
rocra,d 70 tho fbor IF ba
land
Third-Where the ground is known TO be
mineral in character, and the location of
mining claims and buildings, and occupancy
OF dwellings, stores, etc, proceed contempt
raneously, very different questions of fact
arise in every case. When the surface occu-
pants decide upon permanent and organized
occupation, it is in their power to immedi-
ately apply for patent, or at least give pub
lished notice of their claim and file the same
in the District Land Office, and this would be
full notice from its date to all subsequent
locators of mining claims, and the rights OF
the town to INDICATED ground should attach
and patent issue without exception in favor of
such subsequent locators; while prior loca-
tons made during the period when every
thing except the mining location was cons;d-
cred as transient, and calculated only for
temporary purposes should not be embraced
in town site entry, but be subject 20 entry
and patent without any reservation by the
individual owners thereof.
In conclusion the Commissioner says: 81
think that any objection to this plan, based
upon the proposition that valuable mineral
ground may sometimes be patented to a
town, should be subordinated to the larger
interests, public and private, to be secured
only by certainty of proceedings and place OF
title"
The Ponce Indian Casc-suit toJ Quiet
Title.
OMAHA, May 26th.-The fact was made
public here to-day that two suits have been
commenced in the United States Courts OF
Nebraska, and three suits in the United
States Courts OF Dakota, to settle the title to
the old Ponca Indian reservation, which lies
partly in Nebraska and partly in Dakota.
These suits are against the Sioux nation, the
Poncas being plaintiffs. They would have
been begun several months age, but owing to
a difficulty of obtaining service ON Spotted
Tail and Red Cloud, the matter has been de