Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-03-30

| Golfers of the general government nun
dreds of thousands annually. OF it al
she has got very little back in any shape
The Improvement of the harbor at Will
mington is the most considerable amour
ever spent in this part Of the state. In
Guiding the appropriation just voted thi
| work has cost the government all tolt
less than $500, 900. This has been strung
/ along through series of of many years
There is now before Congress I
petition to grant this section $50,
| 600 for a Federal building, ant
for Federal District Court with it
appurtsnances. The former is pretty
well assured, but the latter is In grsal
doubt. 1t is important that the project
should not miscarry. The visit OF these
gentlemen will greatly aid in Its accom-
plishmeat; they have seen the oeun
try, its development. phenomena
growth, capabilities for further exploits
ton, needs and rights.
Take the postoffice as an example. The
present inadequecy 10 no ones fault in
particular. Most Of the blame lies 81
the door of the city herself. She had
no business TO grow so fast. When the
| present premises were selected
Los Angeles had barely 10000
| people within her borders. In the past
| four years she has quadruplsd that sum.
| 1t Is hard to do the business of 10000
souls in little building designed for a
village population. Not only the build
ing. but the force is inadequate, and of
course greater force means a more liber-
al appropriation. Los Angeles not only
needs this increase of postal facilities,
but abe has right to them. For years
she has enriched the Federal treasury by
the receipts of her postofIice. This
year she will pay in $50, 600 to the treas.
ury. All the expenses as at present
constituted fall short of quarter of
this amount. The harbor at Whining
ton pays in import duties nearly
100000. The receipts Of the current
year will be all of that. The brandy tax
of the district pays the internal revenue
fund probably some $500, 600 this year.
The total contribution for Southern CAL
ifornia will be $500, 900, nearly half Of
all the section has ever received back for
improvements. She asks now not SO
per cent of one years receipts into the
Federal treasury.
There is not space to give in detail all
each of these distinguished gentlemen
said in the way of kind things about u.s.
Suffice it to say they are q unit on our
interests. As to the appropria-
tions, $4,000 for the harbor
has been voted. Ali the honorable
members Of Congress in the party say
the appropriation for the Federal build
Jog is sure to pass both Houses, SO that
it will be available during the coming
euu,nar and soor, fharaaftor tT,a ill.,
will hayea proper postofiice.
THE UNITED srATRs COURT
Is more in doubt. There seems to be
strong opposition to the bill in the Sem
ate Judiciary Committee. At the head
of this committee is Senator George +.
Edmunds. of Vermont. He is re-
ported as being dead against it,
not by members of the delegation.
He is very powerful, but as one Con-
gresham said, mot all powerful. IT
only takes about three members of his
own party to vote with the Democratic |
Senators to defeat him, and he has made |
good deal OF friction against himself |
inside his party. We must pass the |
bill in spite of his opposition ALI the |
gentlemen were confident that the bill |
will pass both houses.
Hon. s. M. White put in much good |
work with MIR. Hepburn, = member of |
the Judiciary Committee in the House.
and who reported the bill favorably in
the House just before he left Washing
ton. Mr.. White pointed out that to try |
q case in Federal Court trip of 500 |
miles must be taken with attorneys,
witnesses, etc. This 500 is equal in ex-
pense to three times the distance on the |
Atlantic sea border. As Mr.. White |
said, "a poor man, or man in moder- |
ate circumstances with case involving |
a few hundred dollars has no business TO |
GO into such trial. Yet the poor mans |
case is often of more moment to him than |
one involving many times that amount |
to a rich man. The irrigation ques-
tion was also dwelt upon by Mr..
White, as an illustration Of how differ |
ent the interests of the two ends OF the |
State are. A Court not familiar with |
the peculiar value of water, and the |
users" rights prevailing here could |
hardly try such a case properly. A |
further illustration Of the difference
was found in the fact that Congress-
man McKenna, Of California,
who came to this State in 1855, and |
who has 'stumped" the whole of the |
northern counties in political campaigns,
declared on Sunday as he stood beneath |
an orange tree that he had never until |
that moment seen an orange blossom. |
This, by the way, is q hard blow to the |
alleged northern citrus belt"
Attention was called to the fact that |
il case had to be carried from st. Paul |
to New York to be tried, the hardship |
would be less as regards both expense |
and dissimilarity of interests as here in |
going from Los Angeles to San Fran
cisco.
THE CHINESE
Question was largely discussed between |
the HERALD reporter and the several |
Congressman. They saw it in all its en-
ormity in San Francisco. They descend
ed into the third stories below ground,
into the dark pits reeking with filth, foul |
smells and disease. They say, one and |
all, that they were profoundly impressed.
They acknowledged that in no Eastern |
city would it be tolerated that 30, 900 |
people should live packed like sardines /
in box, with all the understandable filth |
OF the surroundings found in Chinatown. |
Most Of them acknowledged that they |
had been more or less predisposed to |
favor the Mongol. All Of them
now declare that they are absolutely |
in favor Of an effective measure to stop |
further immigration of the race into the |
United States. There are men OF solid |
influence among this delegation. Mr.. |
Spriggs has twice been elected TO Con- |
gress from a district strongly Republic |
can, he being Democrat. His political |
opponents say he is one of the most in |
ffuential men in the House. Mr.. Hep
burn is man whose voice on the floor |
of the House commands universal atten- |
ton. He declares himself In favor of |
the abrogation Of the entire Angel |
treaty with China if there could be |
found no other way to stop the immi- |
grafton. They say the Morrow bill |
will pass.
THE SILVER QUESTION
Was another talked over at great length.
There was not one in the delegation who |
was not in favor of the continued coin |
age OF silver. They say there is no dan |
ger OF any legislation passing the pres
emit session putting silver in any worse
position than 1t now occupies. A free |
coinage aot might pass the House, but
cannot get through the Senate. A bill
could be passed in the Senate restricting
the coinage OF silqer more than the Bland
bill allows, but the Senate knows the
House would stand as rock against
such a measure. The House, Colonel
Morgan, OF Mississippi, says, may pass
resolution to the effect that az all adj
manifestations hnve heen 40 unfriendIv In
silver as to allow of the coinage of only
the minimum. S2,000,000 per month,
provided for by the Bland Act, that in
fairness to the people whose voice the
Act is, the coinage for the next two
years should run at the maximum,
81, 000, 900 per month. The free coinage
Of silver is not favored generally by the
Congressman. They are afraid all the