Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-12-18
CONGRESSIONAL


WAsHIN01oe, Dec. 1.-THE Chair laid be-
fore the senate communication from the
Secretary Of the navy in response TO the re
cent resolution Of Vest which inquired
whether any suFyeyiug party had been or
was shout to be sent 70 Nicaragua 70 survey
The route Of the proposed canal, and II #
hed been sent. under what authortty of law
| rhe secretsry's reply Is ef follows "The
| Navy Department. Sir Responding 70 The
resolution Of Tie senate, have the honor to
| state that orders have been Issued 10 Civil
Engineer A. &. Menouhl, Civil Engineer Re.
peavy and Ensign |. Chambers. oi Washing
| ton. to visit Nicaragua They ara ordered
| to make survey oi Tho route fnt The pro
l posed Nicaragua canal, Orders have been
issuud In exercise Of the genera power 1i
s1se 'sa 'ssa soch afdess q III oflees ~ e Navy
as iaas be deemed iQf ths pahi'e inter.
| est. AffanRemeutk chfeh have bcen made
| IN contemplation Of tae revision OF the sur
yey made on forraer qec4stni.s. oy esysi en-
cnange In the rOrte which has been sug
eested as possible or available Tor shorten,
| Ing the canal and Diminishing she cost. The
cost OF the arrangement made and contem-
plated. in addition 10 the pay and mileage
~ the naval ofiicers, u xpected to be about
10000 as an outfit aud about Vi ,D13 per
month dnriug the stay Of the pkfty ~ ffcn-
fagua. WV. y. ciiANptHR,
Secretary OF the Navy.
| on Vests motion, the Iettor, MAS laid %
early opportunity. with the view q discus
4 sfs.e The proposition advanced BY the Seete-
| tsrT Of the Navy, that the right was vested
| ID any department of the goyernment to or
der such an expedition without aetion by
A lsree nunibct Of remsn ssrances asainsi
the ratification OF the Spanish treaty were
| presented and referred.
| brown. from the Committee on Railroads.
| REPORTED favorahly I'LL to extend the time
Rsiisoad though indian lands.
Among the bills Introduced and referred
WIS one by Van Wyck to fix the rates oil the
| transmission u messages by telegraph west
of The Missouri river, not 70 exeted the epers
age rates esst OF said river to the seabcard I;
also TO AZ passenger and freight rates on
railroads ruenlag sest o. ne Missouri =, y fise5
mo Merean. sy sni from ihs Conference committee
on the Atlantic 4 Pacific Railroad land for
| forfeiture bill, submitted report that the
eommittee had been unable 80 agree or
defed printed.
The Senate then went into
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The nomination Of Hugh Moculloch to be
Secretary OF the Trea. lry was taken uu. and
Riddlebergcr continued his speech In oppo-
sIt.on to his confirmation. He began read
| ing the last annual repdftoi Mcculiuth a
| Secretary OF the Treasury, AID incidentally
mentioned that he should upon its concin
| sIon read two previous annusl reports. AT
| ter an hours debate the consideration OF the
nomination went ever until 70 morrow The
nav u bill vas taken up and. after debate.
| the bin passed substantially A. came from
the COMMITTEES.
INDIAN LANDS
Dawes presented petisIon. which was
referred praying that steps be taken TO pro
hibit the carrying Into effect o. tie. lease,
for grazing purposes, ot the Crow indian
syndicate Of capitalists and cattle men,
| Daves said tnaf Il was runored that lease
| of 5,o01 100 acres lad been nsade for one
cent an acre. He had been surprised TO
/! isfed Ii The Interior Department. 10 order
20 auiet the approximation o. the people Of
| Montana be would state that no such lease
could exist without the sanction or approval
not seem ID Dawes possible .thsi the secre
tAry could sanction such lease. II was not
possible that the Interior Department. would
consider itsduts performed II i kept itself
! Whefeyer might be wrong in the Admins,
| tretion, could, Dawes thought, be excused
| by saying that the Lease did not actually
have the approval o. positive auction o.
the Department Re did not mean 20 ofenses
on the Interior Department. but y e5npha
\ size The fact fhat the fesppnzihiiitg rested
| with that Department.
| Vest said he had offered resolution.
which the Senate had asreed %, calling oa
the interior Department. for inf1rnation AZ
| 70 such lease. but no reply had been made
| Il was extraordinary, he thought thas a
| transaction involving 1900. 900 acres Of In
dian lanca, should be pubiiehed Ia the press
| without attracting the attention OF the inte-
rios Department
| Daxes offered q fognlutiou. which was
I 6zccd 70, calling on the eeerei1ry OF f1e Ia
/ terror Tor al Information IN his Department
| relating 70 leases Of Grow Iadian iands for
| srsxing purposes and his Aeiicp thereon