The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-26

territory, are engaged perfecting the bill
and will be able to report it to the full
committee Mr.. Brents, the delegate
from Washington, said, he expected to
be able to secure favorable report from
that committee to the senate very soon.
The boundaries of the state proposed in
the bill include the present territory of
Washington and the northern part of the
territory of Idaho, locally known as ''the
panhandle of Idaho" Mr.. Brents says:
It has become quite apparent that the
bill, in its present form, or, indeed, in
any form affecting party interests in the
coming Presidential contest, cannot pass
at this session of congress. To leave the
electoral college undisturbed, put the
matter beyond the time within which
the house might be called upon to decide
the presidential question, allay all we'll
grounded opposition and if possible Sc
cure its passage at once. I have suggested
that such amendments be made as will
fix the time for admission on or imme-
diately after the 4th of March, 1885, and
in the meantime enable the people to
form and adopt their state constitution
and elect their state officers preparatory
to such admission, and also dispense with
holding IN expensive and unnecessary
election for territorial officers next fall.
Mr. Breuts thinks this suggestions will
be accepted by the committee and that
he will heve no trouble in getting the
bill through the senate. A similar bill
was also pending in the house was also
pending in the house committee On ter
ritories, but Mr.. Brents hopes to have
the bill 60 from the senate to the house,
and have it substituted for the house bill,
He thinks this will facilitate its passage
this session.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, March
13.-The general impression here is that
the president will sign the Fitz John
Porter bill. Though very large proper
ton of the members of his party voted
against it, those who know President
Arthur best and his feelings and views
upon this and other topics, say that he
will sign it-or, at least, will not veto it.
Perhaps he may permit it to become
law by expiration of the limit. The
hearty endorsement of Gen. Grant, both
before and after the passage Of the bill,
will doubtless have strong infu-
ence with the president, while the fact
that Senator Sabin, the chairman of the
national committee, supported the bill,
will not lessen the likelihood of the pre-
sident's consenting to it's becoming law
The story printed here to-day that Sec
retary Lincoln had threatened to resign
in case the president signed the bill is
discredited. Secretary Lincoln would
not be seen on the subject tonight, but
those near him pronounce it ridiculous
fabrication. They say that Mr.. Lincoln
is not the man to 60 about making
threats of what he would or would not
do in any case; that in the Porter case
he has not taken any such stand as that
attributed to him in some of the news
papers. He has nothing to do with the
Porter restoration, it being an act of con-
gress, instructing the president and hav-
ing no more relation to the secretary of
war than to Gen Sheridan.
WASHINGTON, March 1S.-The Pres
ident transmitted to the House letter
from secretaries Lincoln and Chandler
opposing the proposition to offer reward
for the discovery and relief of Lieut..
Greely's party by private enterprise.
They think it would be inadvisable to
offer reward to inadequately prepare
private parties. when government ex-
pedition is thoroughly equipped. An
other reason urged against the PROPOSE
ton is that the government, by enacting
such cooperation, will assume a certain
responsibility towards those whom it
thus induced to enter upon hazardous
enterprise, and it offers may lead to
necessarily further expeditions for relief
or rescue hereafter.
AsH1NGTox, Special Telegram, march
14.-The ratification of the reciprocity
treaty with Mexico has given great
encouragement to those who favor a sim
liar treaty with Canada, and already
agencies are at work to bring about such
an arrangement. It receives the earnest
approval of the dominion government,
and agents have been sentto Washington
from Ottawa to see what methods can be
taken to bring about renewal of the
treaty of 1854; but they will receive very
little encouragement, and nothing will
be done at Washington, pro or con, until
the Canadian government has taken the
initiative. Leading men of both parties
will oppose any reciprocity with Canada
| WASHINGTON, March 17.-Among the
decisions of the United States supreme
court was one relating to The duties and
responsibilities of United States marshals
and their sureties. In the case of Geo
1. Lamman ct al, against Louis Fusir et
al, executors in error in the circuit court
for the district of Nevada, the court held
that the taking by United States mar
shal upon writ of attachment on mense
process against one person on the prop
erty of another is breach of the condi.
tions of his official bond for which his
sureties are liable. The Judgment of the
circuit court is affirmed.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE secretary
of the interior sent the Senate to-day in
formation concerning unauthorized fen
cling in of public lands. 1t shows the
general fact of the existence upon large
scale, and to an unknownextent, of un
authorized fencing of public lands, the
manner in which it is done, and tht
purpose and effect of the enclosures
The Secretary is satisfied, from informa
ton received, that the practice of illegal
ly fencing public land is extensive
throughout the grazing regions.
WASHINGTON, March 1s.-The Pres
ident has made the following nomiha
. tions: Sumner Howard. of Michigan, TO
chief justice of the supreme court o
Arizona; Broderick, of Kansas, ASSOCIATE