Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-01-21

NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY JANUARY 21, 1882.
MEMBERS of the new special commit.
tee OH the rights of women; Senators
Lapham, Anthony, Ferry, Blair, George,
Jackson and Fair.
SPECTATORS are operating at Wash
ingtOn to endeavor to secure grants of
tracts of land in the Yellowstone Ma
tional Park, Wyoming Territory. They
are said to possess strong political in
fiuence. M tr
The establishment Of State Appellate
Courts of review is proposed in bill in
PRODUCED into the House by Representa-
tive McCOok. They are to review cases
from other courts when the amount in
controversy eAcecuS ~lo,VVV'
IT is rumOred in Washington that
General Hurlbut will be removed at an
early day from the Peruvian mission,
on account of the disgraceful imbrogliO
in which he imprudeRtly involved this
country with sister republics of South
America.
THE south is becoming alarmed at the
exodus of the colOred population, In the
South Carolina legislature Senator
Miller offered resolution to investigate
the cause of the present negro exodus,
5000 negroes having left one county in
six weeks.
Mr.. BURROWS proposed bill fixing
the minimum age at 25 years and the
minimum period of citizenship at seven
years for delegates from territories, and
making bigamous or pOlygamOus rela-
lions disqualification. objection was
made to its immediate consideration by
Democratic members.
REPRESENTATIVE robson has intro
duced bill into the House, which calls
for return to the government of lands
granted to railroads in those cases
where the conditions of the grant have
not been fulfilled. The railroads speci-
fed in the bill include nearly all which
have received land grants.
Senators kellogg, Conger, Vest, Miller
(of New York. and Farley are the sub
committee to consider the various pc AZ
ing bills that provide for aiding the e.
tablishment of steamship lines to South
America, and for promoting the extern
sion of American commerce by gener-
al system of postal subsidies.
SENATOR BEN HILL is much "pained
and grieved' over the independent
movement in Georgia. Before MahOne's
success Hill ridiculed independentism;
but now, since he has seen one despised
movement occupy the top rail and crow
he has dropped ridicule and taken to
genuine grieving. Let him grieve.
The Democratic party of Indiana is
prepared for an emergency. Accuse
them of being for a tariff, they will
read you the latest from Mcdonald; &C
cuse them of free trade, and they will
refer you to Voorhees, and weep. Democ-
racy in Indiana is double-barreled
blunderbuss, loaded ostensibly for bear,
but will, as usual, do no damage only to
those about the breech.
REPRESENTATIVE LORD, of the First
district, the Michigan member of the
committee on railways and canals, has
been given charge of all matters before
that committee relative to railway tar
ifs, freight rates, etc. In the commit
tee on foreign relations, of which he is a
member, Mr.. Lord has been make chair
man Of the subcommittee having con-
troll of the Nicaragua subject. |
A NATIONAL Board Of Health official |
thinks that the present smallpox cpl
demic came with the emigrants from
Europe. There were between 1900 and
1,4OO deaths from the disease in Phila-
delphia during 1881, and 700 deaths in
New York. To avert danger from this
source stringent regulation should be
adopted by the authorities requiring
every emigrant to be yaccinated before