The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-12-20
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.
The Senate Committees Decided on I'm Cam
cus-PropOsed Legislation In the Inter
est of Settlers on Public Lands.

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WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec TO-
The Republican caucus of the Senate this
morning simply fixed up the committees,
and adjourned to Thursday to consider the
subject of electing officers. Anson B. Nc
Cook, of New York, and Mr.. Mcpherson.
Clerk of the last House, are candidates for
Secretary, the former especially having
quite number of warm advocates. Cana
dy, of North Carolina, is gaining ground
on Colonel Geo. w. Hooker, under the lead
ership of Sherman, Logan and Conger.
In the construction of the committees,
Miller, of California, takes WINDOWS place
Chairman of Foreign Affairs, displacing
Edmunds, who was next in order for the
position, but he preferred TO retain the Ju-
dietary. The only new Senator on this
committee is Wilson, of Iowa. The only
change in the Committee on Finance was to
add Miller, of New York, Mr.. Morrill, re-
manning Chairman. The Committee on
Appropriation remains the same, Mr.. Alli-
son at it's head, with the addition of Call, of
Florida, in place OF Davis, of West Vir-
ginia. Several of the new Senators have
places on the Committee on Manu- features,
Riddleberger, of Virginia, being Chairman,
Sabin, Dolph and Colquitt being among his
colleagues. Miller, of New York, supplants
Malone as Chairman of the Committee on
Agriculture. The only change in the Com
mittee on Military Affairs, of which Logan
is Chairman, is to add Camden in place of
Grover, Cameron, of Pennsylvania, was
left at the head of the Committee on Naval
Affairs, with Anthony second. Mr.. Hale,
the third on the Committee, will be de facto
Chairman. Hill, of Colorado, takes the head
of the Post-office and Post Roads Conn
mittee, Senator Ferry's old place. To
this committee Palmer and Wilson, the
new Senators from Michigan and Iowa, are
added. Plumb continues at the bead of the
! Committee on Public Lands, Henderson, of
Nebraska, is placed on the Committee on
Private Land Claims, Territories and
| TRANSPORTATION Routes to the Seaboard.
| Dawes keeps Indian Affairs, and Mitchell
| gets Pensions, on which are Cullom and
| Sabin. Mcmillan is on Revolutionary
| Claims, and is Chairman of the Committee
| on Commerce, Cameron, OF wisconsin, is
! Chairman of the Committee on Claims, and
! Ingalls, is Chairman of the Committee on
/ the District of Columbia, with Palmer and
! Riddleberger among his colleagues. Platt
! has Patents and Harrison Territories. Saw
/ yer is Chairman of the Committee on Rail-
1 roads, on which are Cullom and Sabin.
/ Wilson is Chairman of the Committee on
/ Mines and Mining, and Conger on the Re-
| vision of the Laws. Blair keeps Education
and Labor, and HawleY Civil Service and
| Retrenchment. Van Wyck is Chairman of
| the Committee on the improvement of the
| Mississippi River, and AIdrich succeeds
/ Harrison at the head of Transportation
Routes to the Seaboard. Cullom is Chair
man of the committee to examine several
| branches Of the civil service. The Demo-
| Gratis are given the ChRirmanships of the
| Committees on Private Land Claims, Rev
olutiOnary Claims, Engrossed Bills, EPi-
demic Diseases, Claims Against Nicaragua,
| Potomac Flats and Library. Malone has
the Craftsmanship of Public Buildings and
Grounds, very important place. OF the
| new Republican Senators, Sabin, Palmer,
| Manderson, Bowen and Pike were not given
chairmanships.
The Democratic caucus made the follow
ing assignments: Private Land Claims,
Bayard; Engrossed Bills, Salisbury; Epi'
demic Diseases, Harris; Revolutionary
Claims, Jones of Florida; Nicaragua
Claims, Maxey; Library, voorhees,. Jonas
replaces Barrow on Elections. Vance and
Brown succeed Johnston and Call on For.
gein Affairs. Call replaces Davis OF West
| Virginia on finance.
The bill of Mr. Washburne, of Minnesota,
to be introduced in the House tomorrow, is
important to w0uld-be settlers on public
land, and will no doubt receive a great deal
of attention in Congress, the text OF 1T is as
follows:
SECTION /. That the pre-emption laws,
together with all laws authorizing the filing
of declaratory statements for entering pub
lie lands by agent or attorney, be, and the
same are hereby, repealed; provided, how
ever, that this repeal shall not affect the
disposal of the lands under treaty stipula-
tion with Indian tribes, nor be deemed to
impair any legal rights heretofore acquired
under laws hereby repealed, but all exist
ing settlements, entries or filings may be
perfected upon proper proof OF lawful and
bona fide character of said claims, and ol
due compliance with the provisions and
requirements of the laws under which such
settlement or filings we're made; provided
| t.0fore had the benefit of the pre-emption
| laws, and who failed from any cause tc
perfect title to tract Of land heretofore
entered by him under the homestead laws
may make a second homestead entry IN
lieu of pre-emption privilege hereby re-
| pealed.
SEC. 2. That no person who has made OF
hereafter shall make a homestead entry oi
I aauh1io lands shall he nnfitlnd To avail him
self of the provisions of section 2,30l of tbs
Revised Statutes of the United States until
he shall have resided upon, cultivated ano
made actual improvement on the land en-
braced in such entry for the full period oil
thirty months, and il shall be the duty o
the General Land Odice to require evidence
OF actual compliance with the requirement.
of the law in respect to settlement, resi-
dence, improvement and cultivation In al
cases in which title now is or may hereaf
ter be claimed under homestead or othel
settlement or Improvement laws OF Lh'
United States.
Sec. 8. That any person applying for thu
benefits of timber-culture laws shall maxi
his entry in person at the proper local lanC
Office. and shall make affidavit that he is al
actual resident of the State or Territory il
which the land is situated, and that he ha
entered into no contract or agreemeng U
relnquish the entry he may make, and tha
he has no present or prospective purpos
I | to make such relinquishment; and the OF
: fering for sale a matter of traffic, specu
q tries shall be deemed prima facie evidene
a that such entries were made for specula
= tive purposes and not in good faith, as re
ouired by law, and such entries shall there
g upon be repealed and cancelled by tn
? Commissioner of the General Land Office
and the land covered thereby shall b
= deemed subject to entry by the first lega
? applicant. The first section of the act O
: MAY IA, 1880, authorizing lands covered b
!, | reIfnquished claims 10 be held as open t
g settlement or entry without further actio
3 of the Commissioner OF the General Ian
! Office, and all other acts and parts Of act
4 Inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed
9 provided also that when the timber-cultur
Z entry shall have once been made on a tTac
Of public land subject to such entry an
the same shall he Cancelled or relinquisheC
Q The lsad covered thereby shall thereafte
1 fie suit 1ect to entry only under the timber
: culture laws, and no patent shall be issue
D for such land until the requirements uT
3 der sLch laws shall have been fully con
a piled with
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