Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-21
LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
BILLS TO BE OFFERED BY THE
CALIFORNIA DELEGATION.
No Senate Combinations Yet-The
Mining Disaster Stanford
and the Presidency.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REooRD-UN1os. |
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
Another New York Herald Sensation
New YORK, December 20th.-The Herald
heads a sensational story, dated San Fran
| cisco, the 18th, with headlines as follows
Senator Stanford's Ambition-Probablt
Candidate for Observation-Disclosures Dis
closures" the gist of all of which is thai
| the Republicans in California are eager tC
push Stanford for the Presidential success
sion, and that this is the goal of the Sena.
tors ambition. The story concludes: This
much is certain: Grant heart was wholly
set on having Stanford nominated for the
Presidency the last time. Nothing but ill.
! health kept him from going personally in,
to the campaign for his friend Your cor.
respondents informant limited that affairs
had made such progress that Blaine had
determined to formally withdraw The
last letter Grant wrote (penned the day be,
fore he died., was to Stanford, asking him
to Go something for John S. Mosby
SENATOR STAMFORD HEARD FROM.
WASHINGTON, December 20th.-Governol
Stanford was seen by your correspondent
IN regard to the story telegraphed from. San
Francisco to the New York Herald, about
an arrangement between himself and Gen.
eral Grant, whereby Governor Stanford
should be the Presidential candidate of the
Republican party in the last campaign
Governor Stanford said that the story prob
ably arose from the fact that one day while
he was living in New York, he met Gen
eral Grant coming out of the driving park
just as he was driving in. Grant drove
back and had his horse put under sheC
again, and the two took seats on the piazza
and long conversation followed. Some
gentlemen, who were near by and saw
Grant turn back, said that the Genera
wouldn't have done that for any other mar
in the United States. 1--WE were alwav.
warm friends" said Governor Stanford
and yesterday | received a copy of tn,
Generals book, with a note from Col Fred
Grant, stating that it was the General.
wish that the book be sent to me. O
course appreciate the courtesy very highly
During our conversation on that piazza
the possibility of my being Presidential
candidate was not alluded to, nor was tina
subject ever mentioned to me by Genera
Grant, either orally, or in our correspond
ence while | was in Europe In fact, Gen
eral Grant never spoke or wrote to me OF
that subject"
Bills to be Offered in the House by tn,
Sa'AoThia DeIesailOn.
WASHINGTON, December 20th.-To-mor
row, under the call of States in the House
the following, among other bills, will b,
offered by members of the California dele
CATION:
Representative Henley's bill to promot,
the introduction of fresh water on the Col
orado desert. This grants title to lands in
the desert TO Oliver NJ. Wozencroft and as
sociates, provided they shall construc
proper aqueducts, dams, etc, to irrigate th,
lands and furnish fresh water A commits
sion OF three engineers, to be appointed by
the Secretary of War, is provided for, ant
as fast as township is supplied with water
title to the land shall be issued to Wozen
croft and associates, and so on until all the
land is irrigated and supplied with frest
water. Also, bill for the relief of the
State University of California, authorizing
the General Land Office to cancel certain
selections donated for agricultural pur
poses, and selections to the extent of The
deficiency existing, or created under the
original grant, may be made. Also, a bill
for the relief of Jerome Madden, to reflInC
the purchase money and fees paid for Ger.
tain lands at Visalia California. Also q
bill for the relief Of William r. Wheaton
and Charles H. Chamberlain, former Lane
Officers at San Francisco Also, bill tc
relieve pure grape spirits from taxation in
certain cases. Also, q bill to promote edu.
cation in the States and Territories, provid-
ing that all newspapers shall be carried free
OF postage anywhere in the United States
Also, bill to make an appropriation tc
laborers and mechanics for their tools de.
stroyed by fire in the Government work.
| shops at Benecia in November, 1880. Also
a bill to extend the provisions of the Act
| approved March 3 1885, providing that all
entries, etc, of swamp lands, made since
March 3 1867, be Continued and patents
| issued, except in Oregon and Minnesota
| where the date is March u. 1860. Also. 8
bill to pay Charles Murphy $1,000 for ma.
tenal furnished for the construction of the
United States Appraisers stores at San
Francisco
Representative FELTON, VIII offer a bill ia
raise the duty on raisins to five cents, and
prunes to three cents. If this passes he
thinks it will make difference in the in.
dustry engaged in growing these fruits in
the Fifth California District alone of about
100000 per annum. This protection is
only desired by the fruit-growers for a linn
tied time, as if they can once get their
goods on the market to advantage they
Will be enabled to successfully COM
pete with foreign mpoItations. Also
q Dlli W iOlleIt al uIlGdIIeu laQQS OF the
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company in
California, and along the line between
Mojave and San Buenaventura to San
Francisco. He says it is doubtful if the
entire land grant to the railroad can be
forfeited. and he wishes simply to reclaim
the lands in California claimed by the
road by presumption and settlement. Mr.
FELTON, says 1t was never designed that two
parallel land grants should be given from
Southern California to San Francisco.
Also, bill to pay laborers in the light
house service on the Pacific the money
they were cheated out of by the forgeries
OF Jack Best. The amount involved is
between $4,000 and $4,000.
The San Francisco Postmastership, Upited
States Marshal and District Attorney.
WASHINGTON, December 20th.-It is moi
believed that the President will make anv
more new appointments until after the
holidays, certainly not on the Pacific
| coast. The statement as to Judge Brad
| ford being appointed Register of the Land
| Office at San Francisco is now regarded as
premature, and possibly some one else
may be selected. The only three princpal
offices in San Francisco yet untitled are the
Postmaster, Marshal and District Attor-
ney. Representative Henley says if Great
house is not appointed Postmaster the
office will be given to some entirely new
man, though he thinks Greathouse will
get the position. For Marshal, Wolfskill
has perhaps the strongest backing. For
District Attorney the three leading candi-
dates are Glascock, backed by Judge Field,
Dennis Spencer, Endorsed by many promi-
nent Democratic leaders in the State. and
Charles Swift, who has good Demo-
cratic support. The indications point to
Spencer's success.
What Has Been Done in Congress.