The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-03-26
Washington Notes.

Washington, 25.-Secretafy Ram
sey says that government can only
receive Sitting Bulls people as
prisoners of war, to be held until
government provides Tor their main.
tensnce. General Sherman regards
them as British subjects.
The treasury bought AS, 900 ounces
of silver for San Francisco and New
Orleans.
Secretary Thompson today, ordered
Commander Potter of the ConSteL
LatiOn ID deliver her cargo to the
Herald relief committee OF Dublin,
and explain that it was donated by a
few generous hearted Americans out
of sympathy for suffering Irish. He
expresses satisfaction at the peaceful
character of their mission.
Chicago. 25.-Inter- Oceans Wash
ington: The senators and representa-
tives from California are not at all
pleased with the selection of the
commission to negotiate an immigrs.
ton treaty with China. They claim
they have been badly treated, because
it is a subject that their constituents
are interested in almost exclusively,
and they have been given but one
member Of the board, while two have
been selected who know nothing OF
the situation or the needs of Califor-
MIA. They insist that no man can
understand the Chinese question until
he has come in contact with that
race, and that learning by experience
is vastly different from learning
from theory. It is beautiful
theory that everybody is welcome upon
our hospitabls shores. remarked one
to-day, but it is a dreadfully disa
greeable one when applied TO the
Chinese. The Californians claim
that Angel and Prescott have their
minds made up, and the result OF the
commission will therefore not change
the present situation.
President Angel has accepts I'll the
Chin csc mission, and it ia understood
here that he will be granted a leave
Of two years from his duties as prtsi-
dent OF the Michigan university.
The deadlock in the House of Re-
presentatives over Gsrfeld's motion
concerning the ToWnshend tariff bill
was terminated this afternoon
by the adoption of the simple
method of the approval oil
Mondays journal, ard thereupon
Withdrawing the bill from Towns
hend's committee and referring it to
the committee on ways and means.
a common sense procedure which
apparently was not thought of until
after the House ha1 become TOO
deeply involved in parliamentary diff
culties, and too much excited by
personal controversies. to act upon
any sensible suggestion while the
excitement lasted. The whole
struggle, in fact, has been
prolific of personal disputes
and supplementary usages between
members. The speaker has been Sc
verely criticised for bis rulings, and
bad blood has been stirred up all
around.
The nomination of the new minister
TO Cnlna and those OF Commissioners
Swift and Prescott. we're taken up dur
ing to days executive session OF the
Senate, and referred to the commit
tee on foreign relations, which will
meet next Tuesday. 1t is understood
that the commissioners are not to
enter on their mission until Congress
shall first have made an appropria-
ton to defray their expenses. This,
1t is believed, will be readily granted.
There seems to be l.ttle or no doubt OF
their confirmation. and that of Mr..
Angel, as minister, is conceded on
all hands.
The Utes leaves tomorrow, conf
dent that their people will agree to
the terms of government. Two of
the prisoners are freed by the evi.
dence of Miss Meeker. The interior
department is now believed to have a
complete list of the guilty parties,
coming from one of the Indians them
selves. and it is expected they will
soon be brought in by the chiefs now
returning. Chief Douglass will be
detained as prisoner.