The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-05-12
WASHINGTON.
The Suppression of Lotteries.

LILO suppression VI AOUC0r10S.
WASHINGTON. May ia decision has been
Of John B. Stone ct al, plaintiff in error, VS..
the State of Mississippi in error, to the SUI
preme Court in Mississi ppi. The suit was
brought by the State for the purpose of sup
pressing lottery company known as the
mississippi Agricultural, Educational and
Manufacturing Aid Society,"" The court rules
that the right to stop lotteries is governmental
and to be exercised at all times by those in
power at their discretion, and says that any
one, therefore, who accepts a lottery cha rter
does so with the implied understanding that
the people in their sovereign capacity and
through their properly constitu ted authorities
may take it back at any time when the public
good shall require, and this whether it be paid
for or not. The decree is affirmed, with the
opinion of Chief Justice Waite.
The Question Of Adjournment.
A Democratic member of the Ways and
Means Committee expresses the opinion that
Congress will not adjourn May 9th as Speaker
Randall believes, nor does he think twill ad-
journ by June 9th. He says that Randall's
great zeal for an early adjournment is to be
explained by his great desire to avoid any de-
bate upon the tariff question. This Democratic
member said that if the tariff debate should
begin Randall would have to choose between
standing by his party throughout the country
on tariff or to incur the risk of humiliation at
home with the protectionist Democrats in
OuuoJ IFduld MI. hduudll, Salu UnlS D6mO-
GRAFT, expects to be the residuary legatee of
Iilden at Cincinnati, but debate Of three
days on the tariff bill here would kill him,
hence his zeal for adjournment The Ways
and Means Committee this morning, which
had expected to report the first adjournment
postponed action.
New Public Buildings.
The House committee on public buildings
will report favorablv on bills for public build
ings at New Albany, Ind, $4,000; Council
Bluffs, 100000; Charlotte, N. c., $4,000;
Boise City, Idaho, $4,000.
Americas Success at the Australian Ex-
hibition.
One of the u S. Commissioners to the Sydney,
Australia, International Exhibition says the
exhibits from the United States have been
very successful in obtaining awards. In all
cases where our leading manufacturers sent
their goods for competition they either excell-
ed all others or stood in the first rank.
The Income Tax and the Sugar Bill
The House ways and means committee to-
day agreed to take action upon Gibson's in
come tax bill on Thursday and instructed Mr.
Tucker to report the sugar bill and a general
tariff bill, giving priority to the former.
The Appropriation Bills.
The subcommittee on appropriations are at
work upon the two remaining appropriation
bills, the sundry civil and general deficiency,
both of which will be reported to the full
committee this week.
The Internal Rev enue Laws.
The Senate finance committee heard Com
missioner Raum and Representative Carlisle
in regard to the House bill amendatory of the
internal revenue laws. Each suggested GER
tain technical changes.
Reports on Indian Affairs.
The House committee on Indian affairs to-
day instructed Mr.. Scales to report favorably
to the House the General allotment bill which
provides for the settlement of all Indian tribes
upon agricultural lands in their several reser-
vations, and authorizes the Secretary of the
Interior to grant them lands in severalty. to
each head of family not more than 100 acres;
to each single person over % years of age not
more than 06 acres; to each orphan child I'M
der IL years not more than 80 acres; and to
each other person under Is years now living,
or who may be born prior to the date of the
order of the Secretary of the Interior directing
the allotment of lands embraced in any reser-
walton, not more than 40 acres. The bill also
provides that lands thus allotted be absolutely
inalienable for period of % years, either by
cree or order of any court, and shall not be
subject to taxation during this period. The
committee also ordered a favorable report upon
Mr. Washburn's bill to authorize the Secretary
of the Interior to ascertain the amounts due
citizens of the United States for supplies furn-
ished to the Sioux or Dakota Indians of Min
nesota subsequent to August 1860, and prior to
the massacre of August 1862, and providing
for the payment thereof.
National Board of Health.
The annual meeting of the National Board
of Health closed today. The present board of
officers were reelected.
The Howgate Expedition.
The administration will ask Congress for an
appropriation to equip the Howgate Arctic
expedition.