The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-04-16
WASHINGTON.

Washington, Ex-senator Farley
left town this morning for visit to
New York City. He will return by
Monday.
In Leadville, Col, in the case of
the Compromise Lode against the
American Lode, the secretary of the
interior has decided that objection
to the prinlG .fdcie Sttt5cts of an adj
verse claim, received and filed by
the register within the period of
publication, cannot be heard in this
department, when the party has
allowed the thirty days prescribed
by law for the commencement of
legal proceedings, to expire before
presenting such objection, and has
actually been brought into court
upon suit of adverse claimant. In
such a case the proceedings for
patent can be stayed to await the
judgment of courts. All defenses
must be presented to those tribunals
expressly authorized by the United
States statutes to try the question Of
the right of possession.
The President and the cabinet
are DESTROYS of having some nomi-
nations confirmed, and it is gener-
ally stated and believed, tonight,
that an executive session will be
held about next Tuesday.
Postmaster-G General James goes to
New York tomorrow.
A prominent editor of a New Jer-
sey republican paper. in Jersey City.
had long talk with the President
to-day On the subject of RObertson's
nomination. He says the President
will neither withdraw Robertson or
consent to any sort of compromise.
The President says it is a case to
test whether the executive or the
legislative power of government con-
trolls the nomination for Office, and
the matter had better be decided at
the very beginning of the Admins
tration. Garfield did not want to open
any fight, but if it is made he thinks
the sooner it is decided, the better.
He says the President is determined
to recognize all elements of the re-
publican party. The gentleman
says further, that the adviceS of the
administration are that Conkling
will not seek to smother Robertson's
nomination in committee, but that
he, too, proposes to make a square
fight, relying upon the Senate to
sustain him; that COnkling will try
to get an adverse report on Robert
son from the commerce committee
and submit this report to the Senate
with speech endorsing it. Three
members of the commerce commit
tee are openly favorable to Robert
sons confirmation, butit is probable
that a majority will agree to report
adversely.
A large delegation of manufac-
turers of wooden goods called upon
Assistant Secretary French, of the
treasury department, to-day, and
expressed desire to be heard upon
the construction of the decision of
the Supreme Court, which reduced
the duty soc. per pound on large
class of wooden fabrics, and held that
stockings of wOrsted and cotton are
dutiable at 80 per cent. al UGlOrem
under schedule M" which includes
several enumerated articles with
stockings, and not under schedule
L." as knit goods. at higher rates
of duty. The articles of most i'm
pOrtance to American manufac-
turers appeared to be knit shirts and
drawers, and as there is some doubt
as to whether these articles are in
cluded in the decision referred To,
the treasury department has directed
that the collector is not to apply the
decision to this class of goods, until
otherwise ordered. The delegation
will be heard tomorrow.