The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-12-27
WARRINGTON.

nJminaticns OF several hundred post
inasters adj several hundred supervis-
ing inspectors Of steam vessels. all being
recess. appointments.
The postIDaster-G,neral appointed
f~.urth-c;ass poimasters as follows:
Twv in Arilona. enc in California, one
Ia Idaho aud three in Washington Ter
ritory.
The Joint committee on the compile
,;on 81 the Washington monument rec.
~oulldernis IA appropriation of Sl07, OO0
ior The ,x;sasion Of the terrace about. its
barr.
TIE President sent the following
n~olulualon, - the Senate; John
BigrlGw,.o OF New York. to se Assistant
Treasurer Of The United States Mt New
York; Funk SigeI. Of New York, TO be
Pshs,ou Agen, Il, New York City:
The President has sent to thc ssoata
, communication e~nboiying All Hddi-
tionnl provision to the treaty with Mex
leo in %r,laliun to the boundary line.
Among the bills introduced aud re-
ferr-d ia the Seaa,r were the fo!lr%:ig:
Dy TelIer-ro provide fur tie free
Mud uuIimiIed coinage OF silver dcilars.
BY InSaIls-To prI,ile for de.errniu-
'isg the existence anu removal OF the i'll
h6ility OF the PrcsiIeut to discharge the
powers ard duties of his Office.
The Special Treasury Commissioner
sugsests thai the Office OF Supervising
Architect be discontinued ns enc Of the
divisions OF the Services Office, and be
Established as a separate and iuhep2nd-
ent bureHn. Scaling of Saiartss and the
reduction Of the force Is also RECON-
nelided. Assistant Secretary Smith
HAS been appointed on the commission
in place oil the hate Assistant Secretary
Coon;
The bill removing the poliiir&t tIisa-
bilities OF A. Il. Lawton OF Georgia; has
passed both Senate aud House:
The ~sOid.mountcd sword ssut by the
President :ot present .Iiuu TO the Nus-
Eian General Tchcrnavirffi was by ths
Car directed Ia lie placed III thr Inpc-
rial Arsenal. tho General for whom it
was int nded having lately lied C. win ;
no issue. The gilt w.s in recognition
of services rendered to thu. Greedy Arctic
expeditions.
The debate on tho que.Iicr OF chang.
ing the Rates is Still in pres,cas in tic
House, with nothing yet "a indicate the
result.
Tho Presidential s.tession bill is IN
der consideration is the Sonntc.
In the Senate, N,.r fidn the com
rnittSe REPORTED faSoraLly the bill to tx
the day Tor the rnecting Of electors for
President AMI VIC. President; to pro.
vide for md regulate thg counting Of
the vote md decision OF Questions ais
lug theE from, Evarts took tho ground
that tho succession provided for by the
lbifLsNss ihc'onis constitutional exercise
OF n very limited power accot,Iei to
Congress. Edruunj- d:h.rrd' with him
as 70 the Every Hunted powerr'' bu; the
l%atter's nniendnehti striking ont n
clause was lost by ~ vote of 81 to q and
The bill passed al reported.
Senator Mitchell, of Oregon YVES
pworn in and took his seat.
In the House, the question Of revising
The rule, vas still under debate.
Inc Secretary Of the Interior has re
VIC ted the Attorney General to insti.
tuic suits in about forty ndLitionni'-asrs
hcainst e:.itiencn for Illegally f,myng
pil!ic lsnds in Kansas. Nebraska, Wy.
o.niDg and { oiurAdo. In many OF these
eases, criminal action will he brought.
Estimates ~ the Superintendent of
the Coast and Geodetic Survey for tho
next fiscal year amount to S5CS. 900. In.
eludcd in tho estimates is the sum Of
$4,000 for the rosdsvey Of San Fran.
Disco by and tho entrance to the har-
Dor, and Of the mouths II the Racrn.
menmento and San Juan rivers.
Randall has prepared n bill for intro
duetion in the House providing that the
Presidential electors ehalI hold office
four years and j'ct Within one mouth
n successor to ths President and Vice.
President whenever vacancies exist
An election Of President would he nee.
essary only in ense a vacancy should &C.
sur simultaneously with n yacnncy in
tho ofice Of Vice President. The Sec.
vary OF State and other Cabinet officer.
In regular order have the right Of SUI.
session during the ~infsrenun.
Representative PnyScn. Of Illinois.
snys the ~settlc:s out Wet nrc needless.
y alarmed about tho recent decision nj
the Supreme C5.ir,, that technically the
titles OF railroad Lands which huv, been
sold by railroad contpanics to settlers,
but viii have not yet heel pntcntrl A.
btiil rest IN the UuiteI - ros. The de.
sisiou has been construed a. moan that
settlers who hAVc 40 p%urcna.r.i have no
valid title TO their lands, and mnyJLe
deprived oil them nj any time.S This 4.
not the cnsc. The li,tt that the GOV.
eminent holds 4 -fsntis by tiis decision
Ia That the lands are TO be held TO secure
the cost OF survey. md mny DO acquired
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