Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-12-21
postma,ter. conslrmea.

Utah; Sam w. Chubbuck, Gold Hill,
New; Lewis II. Cutter, Livermorc, Cal;
Chas. Hapgood, Marysville. CAL; Alex.
j. Sayerly, Boulder, Colorado.
specuIatiens ms 20 CarlisIe's Com
mittees-Letters from Hunt
| ingt0n and Crocker ON the
Transfer OF the Texas Pacific
Land Grant.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. "A number OF
Representatives who profess to have
a knowledge Of Speaker Carlisle's in.
teniions, give the supposed make up ot
the Ways and Means Committee To-day,
as follows; Morrison, Tucker. Hewitt,
Mills, Hnrd. Blackburn, Blonnt, Eaton,
Kelley, Kasson, Mckinley, Hiscock and
Anderson. some doubt 10 expressed,
however, rs to the appointment Of An
derson, of kausas One or two Of those
known to be sci, ctcd- assert that he
should be chosen, because he is from
the same S.ale As Haskell, " bo would
have been a member had he lived The
charmanship OF foregn Affairs is not yet
determined. Cox aud Belmont are still
prominently ., oxen oi for the position.
Blount says he is entitled TO 1t as he was
the first Democrat on the Committee in
the last Congress. A number OF chair
manships are predicted, as follows, Ap-
preparations, Randall; Elections, Spring.
es; Judiciury, Tucker; Banking and Cur
rency, Buckner Navy, Hewitt or Morse;
M litary, Rosecrans; American Shipping,
Belmont; Public Buildings, Converst;
Commerce, keagan; Education, Wills;
Labor. O'Neil; Dihrict OF Colnmbia,
Barbour; Pacific Railroads, Throckmol-
ton; Public Lands, Blackburn or Cobb;
Rivers and Harbors, Dunn; Posto ffices
and Post Reads or War Claims, Hol.
man; Patents, Vance; Iavalid Pensions,
Watson; Agriculture, Hatch.
Among the papers transmitted to the
Senate by the Secretary Of the Interior
relating to the transfer Of the Texas
Pacific land grant to the Southern Pa.
cific. is a letter from G. p. Huntington to
Secretary Teller, in which he says:
The construction of the main line WIS
committed by the Texas Pacific Compa.
ny to the San Francisco portion of the
| Southern Pacific, the Undertaking prov.
ing of too great magnitude for the Texas
Pacific to complete within the time pre-
scribed The distance, about $50 miles,
between the Eastern boundary Of Cali
fornia AMI the Rio Grande, was con-
structed by the Southern Pacific and is
now in operation. By an agree.
ment, Huntington says. between the
Texas Pacific and the Southern Pacific,
the right to acquire the lands granted to
the Texas Pacific or its assigns has been
transferred by that company to the
Southern Pacific, which constructed and
equipped the road. thereby, in effect,
earning the lands. The litigation in
that regard by the Southern Pacific
Compuny as to that portion of the route
has been settled by decree of Court in
accordance with its terms. By such
agreement cooperation became necessary,
huntington says, in order to insure the
prompt completion of the line to the
Pacific. The provisions OF the act and
its amendments have, Huntington as
serts, been substantially complied with
and the president of the Southern Pacific
Co. is having prepared the necessary
papers as evidence Of its completion, in
order that Commission may be appoint
cd to examine aud report to the Presi-
dent OF the United States.
BY letter, of date March 30, 1888,
Charles Crocker, President Of the South
ern Pacific Railroads of New Mexico and
Arizona. informs the President of the
| United States that, On the 18th Of Janu-
ary, 1882, the Texas Pacific Railroad
Company sold all its franchises, rights,
grants, etc., in New Mexico and Arizona,
to the Southern Pacific Companies of
those Territories, and all its franchises,
ETC., in California to the Los Angeles
and San Diego Railroad Company. The
Southern Pacific Companies of New
Mexico and Arizona ask that Commits
sioner be appointed to examine their
roads and report, and il the President is
satisfied that the roads have been fully
completed. that the Secretary of the In-
terror be directed to issue patents for
the lands to the companies severally en-
titled.
Advice TO Ohio Wool Growers.
New YORK, Dec. 20.--The CONNER
ciat. Bulletin, reviewing the bill intro
duced by Representative Converse, to
replace the old duty on wool, advises the
Ohio wool growers to learn a lesson from
California, which now supplies the knit
goods manufacturers Of Cohoes, New
York, shipping its wool so clean that it
has displaced the Australian product in
their mills. Cohoes is now the great
competitor of Nottingham, England.
Funeral or Representative Has
kel1.
LAWRENCE, Kan, Dec. 0.-The
burial obseouies of the late Representa-
tive Haskell were held to-day. The
body was conveyed to Oak Hill Gene.
terry, under the escort of De Molay Com
mandery of Knights Templar, followed
by an immense crowd. At the grave
the exercises were very solemn and i'm
pressise, after which the members of the
Congressional Committee took formal
leave OF Mrs. Haskell, and at 2:30 the
party left on n special train for the East.
McEnery Renominated.
BATON ROUGE, La, Dec. 2O.--Gov.
McEnery was renominated on the first
ballot. The Convention also nominated
Clay Noblock for Lieutenant Governor,
Major L. Burke, State Treasurer; }. M.
Cunningham, Attorney General; Oscar
Arroyo, Secretary of State.
Manitoba Wants a New COnfede-
racy.
| WINNIPEG, Man, Dec. 20.-The Mani
toba and Northwest Farmers Union
resumed the discussion for declaration
of rights this morning A series of, ,reso-
lutons was adopted urging the local
government to grant charter for
railway in Manitoba; also that the Hud-
son Bay Railroad be constructed The
most important resolution was one TO
the Queen asking for the formation of
new oonfederacy of the Northwest Prov
inees and British Columbia. One speak
er stated that there was no use going to
Ottawa, because the Dominion Govern.
ment was controlled by the Canadian
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