Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-02-21
THE PITH OF THE NEWS.
washington Gossip.

A bill was reported in the senate hxing inc
salaries of district judges in Minnesota at Va
D0.
Ex-Gov. Newton Edmunds, Judges A ).
Edgertsn and P. c. Shannon and BartlettIripp
Of Yankten are in Washington.
The senate confirmed Henry Esperson as reg
lister of the La Crosse land Office, and b. N.
johnson to O like position at Fergus Falls.
Mai. Strait viii introduce in the house a bill
restoring to the pension rolls soldiers mothers
and widows who may remarry, and. by death
Of the husband, become again Dependent
Several Of the clerks employed in the sixth
auditors Office, postofice department, where .
great many Of tho postal notes are handled
have been poisoned by constant contact with
them Arsenic is said to bv one OF the inSred-
ents used in the coloring Of the notes.
Congressman Eaton Of Connecticut was asked
why he objected to to the resolutions deploring
the death of Wendell Philips, and he replied;
81 do not propose to allow the house TO pass
such resolutions about a man who has openly
proclaimed that the constitution OF the United
States is a covenant with he'll, without some
discussion"
Senator Sabin was engaged on the 18th inst,
in circulating the application of Gen Sanborn
3YHO0K IU0 nIlUUCcDtt6 NOnkI Cb5htC4 " AANAh
endorsements. They have all received from
MI. Sanborn copies Of his papers with the re-
quest that they should support his candidacy.
He will receive the endorsement of the entire
delegation, although Maj. Strait would support
Gordon e. Cole in preference If he should pe-
come o candidate.
A bill was introduced in the house by Mr.
White of Minnesota by request, amending the
Pacific railroad act of July 2, 1874, providing
for the construction of q railroad and telegraph
line from Sioux City, Iowa, westerly through
the Niobrara valley to such point ON the Union
Pacific west of the Tooth meridian as the COM
pany may select, and on the same terms and
conditions and with the same rights as are pro-
yided in the act of 1874, except that the COM
pany is not to receive any bonds or lands as
provided in the original act The bill is In the
interest of the Union Pacific.
Cheong Woo Bang, a native of China, APP
peared at the clerks Office in Washington for
the purpose of becoming a citizen of the United
States. He stated that he came here when
fifteen years of age, and has lived here contln-
uously since, excepting a short time spent III
China on q visit. He had been educated here,
joined q Christian church, and desired to re-
main q citizen Of this country. TIL clerk de-
cided hat no relief could be given him in con-
sequence of the act of May 6, 1882, which pro-
vides that thereafter no state court or court OF
the United States shall admit Chinese to citi-
zenshship.n
There appears to be SOME difference OF opin-
ion among the members of the Minnesota dele
CATION as to the application of Gen. Sanborn
for the eighth judicial district judgeship, and
the papers have not yet been filed with the de-
parfment OF Justice. Only two Minnesota rep
resentatives, Messrs. Nelson and Wakefield
have endorsed Gen Sanborn's papers These
gentlemen say they did so because the men they
preferred to recommend had not signiied de
sire to have the place. When requested by
Senator Sabin to endorsceIen SanbOrn's paper,
Mr.. White, without assigning any special rea-
son, declined to do SO. Messrs. Washburn and
Strait refused their endorsement for the reason
that obey had already committed themselves to
others. -