Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-19

of favorable report from the new Judiciary
Committee on Stanley Matthews nomination
are not considered encouraging by his friends,
for. although Edmunds is absent, and Thur
man is no longer in position TO oppose it.
there is only one member of the committee
G4amar) who strongly fayors his conffma-
ton, and Bayard and Davis of Illinois will
continue to exert their powerful influence in
committee to delay or defeat it outright,
while Conkling, and Logan and ingalls, are
likely to regard it as legacy of the Hayes
Administration with very little favor, even
if they do not range themselves actively with
its opponents. The programme Of Mr.. Mat
thews' friends, in the event of the threatened
delay in committee action, is to move to dis
charge the committee and bring the case be-
fore the Senate for direct vote; but, on
the whole, they appear to have but little
hope of success. The impression is abroad
also that President Garfield sent in this name
only in pursuance of his general policy to
renew all recent nominations made by Hayes
which failed to receive action, and that he is
really apathetic in regard to Matthews con-
frmatiou.
PACIFIC COAST AND THE SENATE COMMITTEES.
WASHINGTON, March 18th.-Following is
compendious statement Of the committee
places allotted to the Pacific coast and Col
orado Senators by the final action of the
Senate to-day: Miller is made a member OF
the Committees on Foreign Relations, Naval
Affairs, Mines and Mining and Epidemic
Diseases; Farley is reassigned to his former
membership of the Committees on Com
merce, Naval Affairs and Postoffices and Post
Roads; Jones of Nevada retains his position
on the Finance Committee and the Com
merce Committee, is made Chair
man of the Committee on Contingent
Expenses. and becomes a member of
two additional committees, namely,
Mines aud Mining and Civil Service and
Retrenchment; Fair is assigned to Mines
and Mining, to Education and Labor. and to
Claims Grover is again placed on Military
Affairs, Public Lands and Railroads Slater
remains ON Indian Affairs and Agriculture
and is also assigned to the Pensions Com
mittee; Teller becomes Chairman of the
Pensions Committee, remains on Claims and
Railroads, and is made member of the
Committees on Privileges and Elections and
on Epidemic Diseases Hill of Colorado Is
made Chairman of the Committee on Mines
and Mining, remains on Public Lands, and
becomes a member of the Postofice Com
mittee and the Committee on Civil Service.
1t will be observed that the Democratic
Senators this session are given each three
places and the Republicans at least four each,
which exactly reverses the arrangement dur
ing the last Congress.
MALONE PROVIDED FOR.
Malone, member of the majority on the
question of organization, is given four places,
one of them being the Craftsmanship of the
Committee on Agriculture. His other posi-
lions are on,the Committees on Naval Affairs,
Postoffice and Post Roads, and Education
and Labor.
THE CHINESE TREATIES.
WASHINGTON, March 1Sth.-In the execu-
tive session to-day, the Chinese treaties were
taken from the table and referred to the
newly appointed Committee on Foreign Re-
lstions. They will undoubtedly be reported
back with favorable recommendation early
next week. The committee now consists of
Senators Burnside, Conkling, Edmunds,
Miller, Ferry, Johnston, German, Hill OF
Georgia and Pendleten. Edmunds will be
sion, and at least five of the remaining mem
bers will favor the ratification Of the treaties
without amendment.
THE MISSOURI LAND swINDLEs.
WASHINGTON, March 1Sth.-It was on the
recommendation of Secretary Schurz that
the st. Louis land swindlers were arrested.
The Secretary obtained the information ON
which he acted from friend. II is believed
at the Land Office that the ring have fraudu-
lently obtained titles to more than 1,000 coo
acres of public lands, most of which they
have sold to innocent settlers, who therefore
have no valid title to the land they occupy.
A Government official says it rests with the
Secretary of the Interior and Attorney
General to decide whether civil suits shall be
begun at once TO vacate titles to these lands.
It is believed that whatever is determined
upon it will be so arranged that the blow
shall not fall too heavily upon the thousands
of duped settlers, whose hitherto undisputed
titles to their homes have been rendered
invalid by this exposure.
THE SCENE IN THE SENATE.
New York, March 1Sth.-The Times
Washington special describes the scene in
the Senate to-day thus: The chamber was
filed on the Republican side with members of
the House and other well known persons,
among them George G. Gorham, Mahone's
guide, philosopher and friend Chief Justice
Waite and E. Pierrepont. The Democratic
Senators were not in hilarious mood. Their
countenances were those of mourners at
funerals. Behind their desks was dim row
of clerks, witnessing with solemn interest the
proceedings which would deprive them of
snug positions.
ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSE.
New YORK, March 18th.-The Herdld's
Washington special says The Republicans
will have no difficulty in organizing the
House and electing their Speaker and other
officers. They have majority of their own
number, and they will probably have the
assistance of the Virginia Readiusters, who
will not go into the Democratic caucus, and
of the Missouri Greenbackers, who are Re-
publicans. 1t is also said that Spear, indie
pendent of Georgia, will not go into the
Democratic caucus