Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-15
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WASHINGTON, Jan. l4.-Senate. Vest
presented petition from the pork pack
ers Of st. Louis praying for reialiatory
legislation TO protect them from the ex-
clusion of American pork by Germany
and France.
The Senate proceeded to the election
Of President pro tenn, and elected sena-
tor Anthony, who, In few fitting words
and with much feeling, declined the hon
or, owing TO Ill health. The question
then arose as to whether the declination
Of Anthony retained Edmunds in that
position. Without further action, after
some varying expressions Of opinion, it
was decided to avoid the doubt thy new
election, which resulted in the choice Of
Edmunds. The oath OF Office was ad.
ministered by General Gsrlnnd, who oc-
crpied the chair during the election.
WAsHIsGTOs, Jan. IA. = HOUSE.
Bills introduced: BY Belford, to pro-
mote the public welfare by securing
rea sonable rates OF transportation on
railroads. 1t recites that annual reports
of the Union and Central Pacific Rail.
roads show large Sums as net earnings
above 10 per cent. and provides that the
tariff OF charges on local and through
freight shall be reduced to one-half Of
the average rate existing in 1882 and
1883 without regard to classiiications.
Cox. OF New York, to repeal the law
prohibiting ex.Confederate officers from
serving in the United States army; War
ner, OF Ohio, for the retirement Of trade
dollars; Morgan, to abolish postage on
newspapers; shaw. to repeal the Civil
Service act. Adjourned.
Argument OF Roger a. Pryor
Against the Forfeiture or the
Texas paeitie Land Grants.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. l3 The
question of the forfeiinre of the Texas
Pac iic territorial land grant was then
taken up, and Roger A. Pryor, on the
part of the Southern Pacific Railway
Company, made an argument against
the forfeiture. liz contended that, as q
quest on Of law, Congress- had no right
to declare the proposed forfeiture, that
being judicial proceeding, and urged
thar, as a question Of fact, it would be
an act OF injustice to do so.. The origi.
ual grant to the Texas Pacifc Conn any
does not con ain provision as to
right OF forfeiture but provided II
its road was not completed
within the time and in the manner
prescribed by the Act, Congress shall
have power to adopt such means as it
deemed proper 10 secure the building of
ranscontinental road from New Or.
leans to San Diego. The same Act
made provision Tor the extension of
the line OF the Southern Pacific Of San
Francisco to the Colorado river. The
Texas Pacific Company, after construct
ing their line as far rs FL Paso west
ward, ceased further construction and
the Southern Pacific, which had reached
the Colorado river, found gap Of eight
hundred miles between that point ard
III Pasc, so that unless the gap was
filled, the money spent In extending
the Southern Pacific to the Colorado
river had been thrown away
and as a dead loss Then it was that
the assignment was made by the Texas
Pacific TO the Southern Pacific, and the
latter company went to work and COM
pleted its line of railroad by the first of
May, 1882 The object, therefore, which
Congress had in view in making the land
grant in express term to the Texas Pa
citic Railroad Company, its successors
and assigns, was thus obtained and the
conditions of the act fully complied
with. Pryor argued that the Southern
Pacific Company, as the assignee of the
Texas Pacific, fairly earned the lands
and was entitled to them. 1t could Ger.
tainly, he argued, make no difference
to the government whether the great OBJ
ject contemplated by the original grant
was accomplished by one company or
the other, Even il there had been no
assignment at all and it were the original
question, he argued that in consonance
with the policy of the government since
1854, Congress should make this grant.
He did not, however, put the claim of
the Southern Pacific Company on any
such ground, but on legal right and as
the assignee and for the faithfulperform
ance of the work for which the land was
granted.
Hon Philip Phillips Dead.
WASHINGTON, Jan. l4.-Hon. Philip
Phillips died this morning He repre-
sented Mobile, Alabama, District in
Co,gres from 1859 to 1855.
hftDuhe Auuuuh Mettluk
New YORK, Jan. l4-At the annual
meeting of the Tribune stockholders TO-
day the publishers report showed fall
ing off of 10 per cent. in the receipts on
sales of the daily during the three and
half months since the reduction Of rates,
rs compared with last year, and at the
same time an increase of 30 per cent. in
the number of copies sold Net profit
on the paper for the year, $l3,0 900 great.
er than last year. The usual dividend
was declared.
a Brief Tussie.
New YORK, Jan. IA. The wrestling
match between Edwin Bibby and Mat
sada Dorakischi, the Japanese cham.
pion. for $500, was won by Bibby in two
rounds.
The Tribune ON RetnliatOry Leg
tsiatiOU-lt Deneflt the Ameri-
eau Wine interests.
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