Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-03-12
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Unwrltton Htstory-fOlistcsi News
WASHINGTON, March 11th.-The
following is related by promi-
nent ex-Union General as part of
unwritten history in connection
with the revival of the Rosecrans-
Garfield letter. It brings to the
surface q hitherto forgotten fact
which will lend to strengthen the
we'll known friendship and affsc-
ton which existed between the
two. 1t will be remembered that
Gen. Garfield was 3 delegate from
Ohio In 1854 in the Baltimore Con-
vention and nominated President
Lincoln for his second term. After
Lincoln had been nominated Gar
field tslegraphed to Roceerans, who
was then at st. Louis, as follows:
ice-President going q begging;
will you acoept?' Gen. Rosscrsns,
after consultation with well
known General, now In Washing
ton, consented, and sent an answer
to Gen. Garfield, saying "Yes." 1t
il said to have been suppressed by
Stanton in the War Department,
through whose hands all such tel.
egrams at that time went. In con-
sequences Andrew johnson received
the nomination, which Gen. Rose
Grams would uaeuestlonably have
secured and the following events
of Lincoln's death would have
placed him in the Presidential
chair, subsequently, filled by john
sen. The systems Of espionage in
the War Department at that time
brought with it the train of disas-
ter which followed under the John
son regime and which might have
happily been avoided in the plac-
ing of Garfield's friend Resecraps
in the Presidential chair.
Chairman Barnum, OF the Ma
tional Democratic Committee, is
here consulting with Democratic
leaders in Congress with regard to
the formation of Democratic Con-
gressional Committees. There
10 some division as TO who shall be
selected as Chairman OF the Exec
utive Committee, and the Chair
man wh0 will have control and
direction of the canvass. 1t had
been decided to elect Representa-
tive Flower, of New York, but the
Greenbsck element in the Demo.
cratic party opposed him on the
ground of his extremely hard
money visws.
Washington Notes.
WASHINGTON, March l1th. The
Senate Committee on Indian AT
fairs has agreed substantially upon
Coke's bill to provide for the aliot-
ment of lands in severalty to the
Indians on reservations and to ex-
tend the civil aud criminal laws of
the respective States and Terrific
ries to the Indians to whom lands
are so allotted within their boun-
diaries.
The President has approved the
act authorizing the use Of naval
vessels in aid of sufferers from the
Mississippi floods, and the act
making an appropriation for the
proposed Garfield monument.
The Secretary OF War has tele-
graphed to General Hancock ap.
proving the order in Sergeant Ma
sons case, providing for Mason's
imprisonment in the penitentiary
at Albany.
RasiOns for FiOOd sufferers.
WASHINGTON, March 11tb.-The
Secretary Of War sends 10000 ra-
items to Com missioner Wilson, at
Mound City, Ill; 10000 to the Lou.
isiana Commissioner, for the relief
of flood sufferers.
Bingham, U. s. Minister at To-
kiO. sends $100 for the Garfield Me-
mortal Hospital, and hopes 10000
Of his countrymen will contribute
like amount to the noble enter
prise.
bis for she Aam IssiOn Of wssh,ug-
ton Territory.
WASHINGTON, March 11th.-Del-
egate Brent's bill to provide for the
admission into the Union of the
State Of Washington has been re.
ported from the House Committee
on Territories, with an amend
ment which wholly strikes out the
provision for including a part of
Idaho Territory within the bound.
aries Of the proposed State, and
which, also, stipulated that that
State Constitution shall provide
that neither the money nor credit
OF the State, or of any city, town or
municipal corporation therein,
shall not give or loan to or in aid of
any association, corporation or pri-
vats undertaking, and that the az
gregate debt of the State shall not
at any time exceed one dollar per
capita of the population according
to the last general Census. The
sm ended bill provides further that
the half million acres of public
lands granted for echeol purposes,
shall not be sold for less than five
dollars per acre, and that the funds
derived from such sale shall be
kept invIolate.
The Labor Troubles sn Nebraska,
OMAHA, March 12.-At noon to.
day three companies of regulars
from Sidney, two companies from
Omaha and 20 sharp shooters; also
q battery with Calling gun and a
howitzer and nine companies of
militia from different points in
the State, proceeded to the b. 81 NJ.
Z. II. dump and were there put on
duty to protect the B. & M. labor
ers. The troops were brought into
the'city on q special train. Ne Sc
rious disturbances occurred. Dur
ing the afternoon big crowd
gathered in the vicinity OF the
military camp. Some laborers
and Union men amused them
selves by jeering and taunting the
militia. One of the militia men,
snraged beyond endurance, slight
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