Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-30

! you know anything may hear.
| Mr.. Buckley further said he would return TO
! New York after the Convention adjourned TO
| remain a short time.
| Inquiries were made at John Kellys house,
but the reporter could not ascertain that any
conference between the California politicians
and the Tammany chieftain had been held.
ANYTHING But "DoUBTISG THOMAS"
| CHICAGO June 29th.-The Times will print the |
following tomorrow Californians are prover6-
they have behind them anything
| like the delegates who came to the Ma
tional Convention, a California electlon
must be very hotly GO contested 9h aE 1ritb
| which the delegation from that State come to |
| the Republican Convention, and the advance |
guard of the Democratic delegates, which ar
| rived at the Palmer House last night, was just |
us enthusiastic on the other side Thomas J. |
Clunie, delegate at large, and State Senator |
| English formed the contingent, and they are on |
| their way TO New York. CIunle sald 10 re- |
porter for the Times: "Our State is solid for |
rilden. We were instructed for him, and are by no |
means willing to accept his letter as flnallty:
| lie wrote Just such letter four years ago ana |
yet no one doubts that if the Cincinnati Con- |
| vention had given him the unanimous nomlna- |
| ton that he would have accepted 1t. |
| Mr. Tilden says that he is averse to |
attempting the labor and struggle consequent
| upon proper administration Of the Office OF |
President and so he is; but he does not say that |
he would refuse the nomination II rendered
| him. He cannot be a candidate Tor the nomlna- |
| ton and no one would expect II OF him. He |
was once elected President of the United States |
and man i'll that position cannot go fish |
ing for another nomination. Give it To |
| him, however, and he Is too good |
a patriot not to accept it. He |
would not only do that, but would be elected; |
and once elected, he would make the best PreS- |
dent we ever had. don't blame him for being |
averse to undertaking the task. The first Demo- |
cratic President after twenty-tour years OF Re |
publican raScality and thieyery has got no light
Job on his hands, but Tilden could and would |
| do it. Why continued Mr. Clunie, know |
| what am talking about. saw Mr. Tilden in |
! New York about three months ago. He told me |
| then: Mr. Cluuie u Democratic President has |
got Il great task on his hands, and to fill the |
office as l would like to I'LL it, would be
| no snecure. | would inaugurate the same |
reforms in the General Government that
| did in the State Government of New York, and
| l know by experience that such course means |
| lots of hard work and stubborn light do not |
| feel like undertaking the task Then asked
! him, Mr.. Tiden, would you refuse II the nom
ination were rendered you unanimOusly?' and
| he made no answer. tell you, let US give him
| the nomination by acclamation, and he VIII ac-
Mr. Tilden out of the race and who would
| California vote for Thurman ~
| Thurman and Stoneman, Thurman and Sl0- |
| cum, or Thurman and any good Democrat, |
| would be good enough for US.
Gould Thurman carry California against
| Blaine|'
| Thurman could carry the State. So could |
| Cleveland, Mcdonald or any other Democrat |
| except Field. He would be weak on account OF
his monopoly leanings But any other Deme- |
| crat could get from 5000 to l2UD majority III |
our State.
That Newly Discovered River in Alaska.
WASHINGTON June 10Th. "A Sunday paper |
| says the newly-dlscovered river i'll Alaska will
| probably be the innocent cause OF considerable
| trouble between the Navy and Treasury Depart
ments. 1t VIII be remembered that about
! year ago Lieutenant Stoney, of the Navy, was |
sent to Alaska to distribute presents to the In
| dams there, in recognition of the valuable |
| they had rendered IN the officers and !
| crew of the Inflated steamer Rodgers, ana that
on his return he prepared and forwarded to |
Secretary Chandler yol luminous report, giving !
a description OF a river that he had discovered.
| which would open up communication with the |
| interior of Alaska Territory, and thus enable !
the Government to get at the untold wealth sup
posed TO be hidden in those UNEMPLOYED regions. |
| Secretary Chandler Immediately gave the neces-
sary authority to fit out an expedition to explore
the river to its source, requested in Lieuten-
ant Stoneys report, and placed that officer
| i'll charge of the expedition, and of the
| preparations to get it under way. With |
| the limited means at hand, Lieutenant
| Storey was compelled to undertake the voyage
on board a slow-sailing vessel called the Ouna-
laskan. All these preparations caused the Pacific
coast spectators to prick up their ears, and,
whether true or not, it is openly stated that
powerful ring of these men entered into COM
pact with certain revenue marine officers which
would enable them to reach the wealthy re
| gions before Storey could arrive there. How
| true this is Is not known; but certainly the
necessary authority was procured from the Treas
| ury Department for the revenue cutter Corwin
| to proceed to Alaska and explore the stream.
When this matter was brought to the attention |
| of the Treasury officials, together with Captain
| Healey remarks that the COrwin would reach
| latham Inlet before the OunalaSkan, or he
would sink the vessel in the attempt, the story
| wCs denied and statement made that no
| authority had been would be given any rev.
enue vessel to go on the Alaska expedition. Not
| outstanding these denials when Lieutenant
! Stoney arrived at Aleutia Islands,
after boisterOus and disagreeable
| passage of thirty seven days from San Francisco,
| he found the COrwn in port, with Lieutenant
| Doty. of the Revenue Service on board at the
| head of cOmpletely-equippcd exploring party,
| bound for latham Inlet, for the purpose of eX-
ploring the river discovered by stoney. In view
| of the repeated denials of the Treasury Depart
ment regarding this affair, it seems that an at
| tempt has been made in an undcrhand mannerto |
| rob deserving officer OF laurels justly belong
| ing to him The naval officers here are of the |
| opinion that the Navy Department should pro- |
| test against this action and demand the recall !
of the Corwin. What the result will be is hard |
| to say.
Matters in Washington.
WAsHISGToN, June 29th.-The fertilization |
bill, the last of the annual appropriation bills, |
| will be taken up and disposed of by the House |
| tomorrow The sundry civil bill the ONLY |
| measure before the Senate Committee on Ar
| preparations, viii be disposed of tomorrow |
night, leaving the committee ready for the torti
| fcation bill Tuesday With these measures out |
| of the way, the two committees devote |
! their time to conferences. The army POStofiice |
| navy and Indian appropriation bills have each |
, been once in conference, resulting in dis |
| agreement, and now await further action by |
| the two houses. The Legislative, consular |
and diplomatic deficiency bills have been passed |
by both houses, and await the action of the CON
| ferees upon the senate amendments. While, |
however, the work of Congress Is thus being /
ranged with a view to the resolution passed by |
| the House sometime since fixing tomorrow as |
| the day of final adjournment it has not been |
taken up by the Senate, and viii not be until |
| all the appropriation bills are out of the way. |
The points OF difference between the two houses
are numerous in respect to some OF them, and II |
will be work of difficulty to reach committee |
| conclusion The cOnferees have made no |
| progress in the navy bill, and the sugges |
ton has been made by some of the House |
confereeS that appropriations upon the basis of
last years bill viii be continued for six months
leaving the pending bill open till the next ses
sion The differences upon the consular and |
diplomatic bin are serious among them being |
question of the reduction of the pay of Minis |
tiers and COnsuls. the House having made very |
sweeping reductions in the compensation of II |
large number of those officers, and the question
of appropriating money for the Nicaragua Canal |
project The legislative bill will probably prove |
the most difficult one in the list for the con-
| ferecs to deal with. The Senate made 276 |
amendments to the bill, among them being |
those relating to the reduction and consOlda- |
ton of internal revenue and customs districts |
and provision for private secretaries to Sena- |
tors Although the sundry civil bill has not yet
been reported to the Senate, it is known that |
the committee will strike out the Springer pro |
States Court officers. The river and harbor bill
| will probably be passed by the Senate to-mor |
row and il is the present intention of the |
Committee on Appropriations to bring up the |
sundry civil bill Tuesday, if possible but, at |
any rate Wednesday, In the House, after the |
fertilization bill is passed tomorrow, the Indian
bill will be called up, and may be disposed of
before adjournment. Should the time of the |
House during the week not all be taken up III
| the discussion of and passage of the appropria-
ton bills the Mcpherson funding bill, and the |
bill to forfeit the Northern Pacific land grant
are more likely than any other measures TO re-
ceive attention. Aside from the appropriation
bills, the most important measures now IN con
ference are the Mexican pension bill and the
electoral count bill Should the work upon the
appropriation bills not be substantially conclud-
ed by next Friday night the session Will prob
ably not end before the 18th or 10th OF the
month. II is not expected that quorum can
be retained in either house during the progress
of the Chicago Convention.
Sleeping Cars Precipitated Through
Bridge.
| IYSCHBURG, (Va.) June 29th.-On account OF
the failure of the air-brakes to work to-day, the
Virginia Midland Express ran at an unaccount
able speed upon n bridge over the James river.
The Washington and New York seepers fell
through into ten feet of water The passengers
were taken out through hole cut in the venti-
latorS in the top of the cars. There were about
forty passengers and all were saved. After the
| water had covered the top of the windows, Mrs.
| Farden pushed her two-months old child
through a window and held it above the water
until rescued. The mother was then saved.