The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-25
Washington Gossip.


seating him by every parliamentary resource,
throwing the responsibility Of . consequent
possible extra session of congress upon the
democrats.
. The, senate to-day passed Booths bill to
restsre the lands included in the Fort Read
ing military reservation to the public domain,
with an amendment also offered by Booth
extending its provisions to the Fort Crook
reservation. The bill besides restoring these
lands, confirms all patents heretofore issued
to any Of them, and declares that the rights
OF all settlers on the reservation to acquire
title under the homestead and prs-emption
laws are hereby recognized and affirmed to
the extent that such settlers would have &C
quired by settling OH public lands. The
bill now goes to the house ripe for concur
renee.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE republicans
will support fair apportlonment bill this
session.
Justice Swayne has informed his associates
that he will resign and go on the retired list
shortly.
Secretary Evarts reveals the fact that
Blaine will be the next secretary of state by |
a statement made in diplomatic documents
that Blaine will carry on the correspondence |
hereafter.
The senate committee on appropriations
in reporting the Indian appropriation bill,
strike out the house items for salary of
agents and Interpreters at the Malheur,
Oregon, reservation, and the appropriation
Of $l2, 900 for the subsistence and civilization
Of the Malheur Indians hereafter at the
Yakima reservation.
Representative Whitaker to-day introduced
bill to authorize the construction of bridge
across the Snake river between Grange City
and Texas, Washington Territory.
The vote on Saulisbury's motion in the
senate to-day to set aside the Holiday bill in
order to take up the Kellogg case, was SUBJ
stantially fair test of the senate concerning
the proposition to unseat Kellogg, and the
results shsw that he will not be disturbed.
The reply Of delegate Cannon to the points
made by the contestant for his seat has been
printed in pamphlet form. In regard to the
allegation that he is not a citizen, Cannon
declares that he was duly naturalized on the
7th day of December, 1854; but argues that
whether he is citizen or not, the governor
of Utah has no right to 90 behind the returns
which gave him the election.
The York Town centennial bill passed the
senate to-day.
Atkins was seriously ill to-day.
In the house Cox's remarks made the rep
rssentative population 49, ,36o ,305.
The house committee on elections con-
tinued their hearing upon the protest entered
by representative Hurd to the seating Of rep
resentatiYe Taylor from the 10Th Ohio dis
trict. The arguments were concluded and
the committee will take action to morrow.
The subcommittee will unanimously report
| in taver of unseating Hurd, (den.), present
| incumbent.
A member of the Pacific railroad committee
| of the house expresses the opinion that no
action whatever will be taken by the COM
mttes this session in the Northern Pacific
| railroad waiter.
Eugene Hale, of Maine, General Joseph r.
| Hawley, of Connecticut, and Conger and
Baldwin, Of Michigan, were elected United
States senators for their respective States on
the 18th inst. Baldwin was elected to fill
the unexpired trem Of the late Senator
! Chandler.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-The house COM
mittee Oh foreign affairs having before it the
consideration of the Crapo resolution reform
ing the Monroe doctrine, gave he ring this
morning to VIM. II. Webb, of New Yerk,
and Mr.. Thompson, late secretary of the
navy. Webb was very decided in the opinion
that the political and commercial interests of
the country will be adversely affected by the
construction Of the Panama canal, and there
fsre the Monroe doctrine should be reaSserted
to prevent that work. He also expressed the
opinion that the Nicaragua route was the nat
ural route for canal, and that the canal
could be constructed within four years and at
a cost Of $50,OO0,0OO. Mr.. Thompson restat-
eli, only with more fervor, the argument he
made yesterday before the committee on in
ter-oceanic canals.
The majority report presented in the house
ts-day by Representative Sparks, from the
committee on military affairs, on the bill TO
place G en-. Grant on the retired list with the
rank and pay of general, simply states that
the committee, having fully considered said
bill, begged leave to report the same back to
the house with the recommendation that it
do not pass.
Hearing was concluded before the ways
and means committee of the house ts-day on
Carlisles bill to regulate the manufacture Of
vinegar by the alcoholic vaporiZins process
The senate committee on foreign relations
did net take up the Chinese treaties at its
regular weekly meeting to-day. The reason
assigned for not resuming their consideration
at this meeting is that the members of the
committee are individually examining the
treaties and accompanying documents, and
were not fully prepared this morning to an
nsunce to one another their respective views
concerning them. Under these circumstances
some miscellaneous unfinished business was
proceeded with, and the treaties were nO
called up, but it is expected they will receive
action at the next meeting. 1t is Learned
with regard to the alleged necessity fsI
amending the immigration treaty in order ts
prevent the admission of the Chinese to nat
: uralization under its terms as it now stands
that the question was considered by the com
missoners during the progress of the negstia
tions, and they unanimously agreed. that th'
language referred to would have no such eff
feet as is now in some quarters apprehended
Secretary Evarts comedies in this opinion
So do several eminent lawyers among tn
senators to whom the question has been sub
nitted. According to their views the right
and privileges accorded by lhe treaty to sub
; iects of China are accorded to them a:
1 Chinese subjects only, and any Chinama
=, seeking to renounce his allegiance to tn
Emperor of China would thereby place him
self outside the pale Of this guarantee, whic