The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-03-28
WARRINGTON.
The Daily Budget from the
CAPITAL.

WIN unusual pr0mptneSS and adj
vance copies were received by the
House committee on commerce to-
day, IN accordance with an arrange
ment made by Chairman Page, who
intends to bring the subject up for
consideration at the earliest possible
period, with view to having an ap-
preparation for this purpose inserted
IN the annual river and harbOr bill.
Page is confident that the commit
tee will act upon the proposition
faYOrably and that an adequate ap-
preparation for beginning the work
will be provided by Congress during
the present session.
Investigation into the opium
smuggling operations recently de-
tected in San Francisco, Develops a
scandalous conspiracy to defraud
government on the part of certain
city and federal officers. The con-
spiracy was revealed through cor
respOndence conducted in the Chi
nese language, just produced as eYi-
dence.
The Senate public lands commit
tee, to-day, reported back Senator
Farley's bill TO give the state Of
California lands in lieu of the lands
for school sections found to be USE
less for that purpose, and recon-
mended its passage with some slight
amendments. The bill, as reported,
was placed on Ethe calendar for
future action. It provides that the
act shall be construed as giving to
the state Of California the right to
select for school purposes other
lands in lieu Of such sixteenth and
thirty-sixth sections as may have
been, or shall be found to be min
eral lands, provided that such ins
demnity selections shall be made
from the surveyed public lands of
the United States in the state of
California, subject to entry under
the general laws, and not mineral
nor occupied by actual settlers, nor
reserved for any purpose nor appr0
priated under any law Of the United
States. An accompanying written
report, submitted by Paddock in be
half of the committee, says: There
can be no objection to granting the
state of California the right to
select and obtain the title to agri-
cultural lands in lieu of the six
teenth and thirty-sixth sections,
when the same are mineral. The
general land Office endorses the main
features of the bill, and to meet
the suggestions of that Office,
an amended bill is recon-
mended as a substitute for
the original measure. The land
commissioner advised that the land
should be taken at single minimum
rates, but the committee have not
agreed with this suggestion and
provide that any agricultural land
may be taken.
Representative Georges bill for
the payment Of $4,000 to the state
of Oregon for Modoe war expenses,
and Berry's bill for the payment of
S4,441 Of similar California claims,
were favorably reported to the
House from the military committee
to-day and placed on the calendar.
The duplicate bills introduced in
the Senate by Grover and Farley,
were reached on the calendar of
that body this afternoon, and passed
unanimously.
The House committee for military
affairs have unanimously endorsed
Representative Georges bills to ap-
prOpriate $4,000 for the construc-
ton of military road from Scots
burg to Fort Klamath, and IS 500
for a military road from Portland
to Vancouver, and have turned
them over to the committee on ap-
preparations with this recommended
ton as a basis for inserting the
items desired in the appropriation
bill.
An order was obtained by Butler,
to-day, to take from the Senate files
and refer to the military committee
the petition of Mrs. Jessie Benton
claiming a restitution of
part of Point San Jose, military
reservation, which she alleges be-
longs to her, and has been illegally
held by the United States govern
ment ever since October, 1863. Tbs
petition was originally presented to
the Senate in 1868 and REFEREED
with a number of similar claims to
parts Of Black Point reservation, to
a court of claims. 1t has several
times been favorably reported from
committees, but never reached final
action.
Rumors that President Arthur
intents to veto the Chinese bill, are
extensively circulated and find
some believers, but all the members
of the Pacific Coast delegation con-
tinue to feel cheerfully confident
that he will, on no account, fail to
sign it.
The Star this evening says:
The rumor published in many
papers positively asserting that,
on account Of the passage
of the anti-Chinese bill by Congress,
the Chinese minister would remove
the legation to Madrid is untrue.
He was originally accTedir ed to
Spain as well as to this county,, and
he VIII go there this spring, but his
wife will remain here until he re-
turns and so will Certain gentlemen
of the legation. 1t will be remem-
bered thai the former Chinese MN
lister, Chin Lau Pin, after remain
e.