The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-12-13
National Notes.

WASHINGTON Dec. 7-Senator Garland has
received letters from officials of the Unite d
States and state courts of Arkansas, deny
ing the charge OF Niles, the separationist
that the colored people are prevented from
exercising their rights under the land
laws.
with illness.
The republican Senatorial committee
give the Craftsmanship OF foreign relations
TO Miller, of California, and post'oftices and
post-roads to Hill, of California.
Senator Bowen is spoken oil Tor the chair
manship of mines and mining. No change
will be made in the craftsmanship of the
financial committee.
Tie senate committees rules are COM
pleted. The report upon the revision OF
the senate rules, with respect to the pro-
possd new committee OF internal improve
mefits committee says Two new committees
are created for internal improvement and
expenditures of public money. To the for
mer is to be referred all subjects relating to
rivers and harbor and the bill known as the
river harbor, leaving to the committee on
commerce, now having jurisdiction
on these subjects, the consideration
OF all questions relating to commerce, ship
ping, merchant, marine, life-ssving service,
and lighthouses. The necessity of this di-
too apparent to demand comment. The
American shipping interests have appealed
to CO. gress for years for relief, and A4neri-
can commerce constantly demanded aid by
legislation, IN vain, Investigations have
been instituted and measures of relief sug'
gested by the committee OF commerce.
The two houses of congress were occupied
from the opening of the season to its close
with equally important measures
iDpnTnvamant riVprg
and harbors, but they have been
obliged to allow the consideration Of such
measures to wait until 1t was too late
This is especially true of their considera-
ton of the bill known as the rive. and har-
Dor bill, which commences early in the
session and continues with hardly an inter
ruption up TO the time reported. lfthen
they consider and report measures touch
ing commerce, and the house sends them
to the senate, the senate committee on
commerce has received the river and harbOr
bill aud its attention is in turn engrossed
BY that. The committee believes in di-
vision of labor of this important com mittee.
The senate will be followed promptly by q
division in the other house, and the result
attained will be a more careful and thor
ough consideration and scrutiny OF the
river and harbor bill and very decided IN
crease of attention In other great and press
ing comm ercisl quarters.
Three bills relating to public lands were
introduced by Senator Ingalls,, are designed
materially to simplify operations. The
general land Office TO change several i'm
portant particulars, with method acquiring
title TO public land. IL first provides
for repeal Of the presumption
laws, but authorizes the second homestead
entry by persons who, having made one
homestead entry, have for anv reason
failed 10 acquire the title, and who at the
time never made a fling under the pre-
emption act. Second, to repeal the
timber culture law, but permits the
title 10 be perfected in accordance
with the provisions Of that law, upon all
claims entered before the passage of the
repeating act. The third and last series
proposes an amendment TO the homestead
act by prohibiting Communication there un-
der until two years have elapsed from ihe
date Of settlement, one year Of which
must be on record in the land Office. IL
also repeals the provision law, under
which the local land officers are authorized
10 receive relinquishments and Immediate
lv throw the claims Of the relingu shed
omen 20 entry. The effect Of this series Of
measures. III they become LAVE, viii be
to limit the amount Il public land,
A single individual can only secure one
claim Of 100 acres. The land may De Sc
cared after i've years of &C.
g25 Der scre. OF snsr Eve
years residence iOr nothing. The prOvis-
iOn in respect 70 reifrquishments j. de-
s'ened 70 put q stop 70 the practice Of fling
entries upon public lands ard holding
them for the purpose Of selling.
Under the existing laws q citizen may OBJ
tain three claims, one each Under the
homstssd. pre-smptiOn and timber culture
laws. He secures the timber culture claim
without residence, snd rnsy purchsse the
ure-sm ption snd hJuls stead claims afler 81
months Of sctusl residence
A meeting Of the members Of congress