The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-09
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
The Franco-Chinese Trouble
Is Again Healed.
Cholera is Abating In the
Foreign Countries.
Logan Speaks In the Senate
On the Accusations
Against Him.
A Colorado Town Is Cut Off
From tho Necessaries.
CONGRESSIONAL.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, July 5.-ShOrtly
after the senate was called to order,
Logan rose aud said: "Mr. President,
deem it due my friends that call
attention to certain statement I
find copied in the public press, as
well as in the congressional records
Of the 9th of June. First, I am set
down in the list OF what is termed
"land>grabbers," as having IN some
mysterious way accumulated the vast
amount of eighteen thousand acres of
land. This statement is utterly with
out found tinn in fact. The New
York Herald Of the 9th adds thirty
thousand head of cattle. I wish this
was true. But there is no foundation
for the statement. I would take no
notice of this, however, were it not
for the charge which follows. Sec-
ond, the person who made the state
ment, after finding it was untrue, in
stead of doing justice to me, against
whom he might by his erroneous
statements hove done an injury, pro-
ceeded to set another false statement
afl ,at as follows: L might have
said to deluded soldiers of this land
What DO you think of the great
greed TO absorb the territory which
belongs to the actual settler in the
land that was made for Independent
freehOlders and small farmers? What
do you think of the man who passes
as a statesman and patriot as a
friend par excellence of the soldier,
and who, under cover of his brofher-
in>law, went tn New Mexico and
trien to pre-empt the most valuable
land lying among her streams and
was only stopped by public officers
finding out that it belonged to the
class which be processes the utmost
friendship for, and who, from his
manner and appearance, rumOr says,
has their blood in his viens, tried to
steal from his own kith and kin hum
dreds of thousands of acres Of lands,
Great laughter and applause On the
Democratic side) taking from the un-
fortunate savage who was unable to
protect himself until the honest Sec
retary of the interior went there with |
a surveyor and took back the land |
for the soldiers. (Renewed laughter
and applause.) Now, Mr.. President,
this statement is, so far as am con-
cerned or anyone else whom l have
Sir, what are the facts out of which
this attack has heen made? Captain
Lawler, Maj. Tucker and Mr.. Stout
located claims at Neutria Springs
and lands adjacent to New Mexico,
not, however, until after ascer-
tanning from the general land Office
that the lands were subject to
location, heing outside of the In
tN0sr
miles from the Indian line and some
25 or 80 miles from the town of Zuni.
So it will De seen the hundreds of
thousands of acres of land this man
saws that | was stealing from the In
dians resolves itself into three home
steads or desert act claims located by
two army officers and one citizen on
public land open to such entry, with
which had nothing to do.
On motion of Cullnm the Senate
took up the bill to establish q CON-
mission t) regulate interstate COM
merce.
Allison presented the conference
report on the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill. The
House agreed on all except three
points, the most impor ant being the
one relating to the reduction of in
ternal revenue and customs col
lec1ors. The Senator further insisted
on the remaining amendment and
ordered new conference.
The question recurred on the inter-
state conference hill, Miller, of New
York, moved to postpone 1t until De-
cember next, stating that while his
full sympathy was with the purpose
of the bill, it was manifest that 1t was
a most important measure of the ses-
sion and could not be properly dis
cussed at this time.
Willis motion was agreed to, and
the bill goes over accordingly.
HOUSE.
Ranney, of the committee on elec-
tioDs, submitted a unanimous report
confirming the eight Of Martin Ma
ginnis to the seat as delegate from
Mon ana. The report was agreed to.
With view to removing an impedi-
ment to the transaction of business,
Burns moved to postpone considera,
ton of the Mexican pensioners Dill
until the second Tuesday In Decem'
her Inst-vsas 81 nays 135.