San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-05-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, May 15, 1886.

1
In the Senate, Wednesday, Mr.
Mitchell submitted concurrent res
olution expressing it to be the sense
of Congress that negotiations should
be entered into between the United
States and Chinese Governments
with view to securing such modifi
cation of the present treaty with
China as may result in stopping the
coming Of Chinese to this country ex
cept in the case of diplomats and
their servants, and except also in the
case of persons at sea driven to seel
a place of shelter. The concurrent
resolution was referred to the com
mittee on foreign relations.
Representative Reagan, of Texas
will introduce a billin the House and
attempt to secure its passage this
session providing that railroads shall
not be operated by receivers for
period exceeding one year, and de-
fning more minutely what acts shall
be construed as contempt of court
The purpose of the bill is to prevent
repetition of the acts of the Judge OF
the court in the case of the Texas
Pacific, where it was held that
all employees of the railroad
became officers uf the court, and
could not stop work or exercise any
other privilege of an American citi
zen without being subject to impris
onment for contempt of court.
Gen. Rosecrans has sent to the
Senate committee on finance writ
ten statement in answer to the charge
that he was connected with certain
alleged land frauds in California He
does not deny the transaction, but
says he did nothing which was not,
according to the advice of his law,
yers, perfectly legal, and that his ac-
ton has since been sustained by the
courts. The transaction covered
about 800 acres of land in the vicin-
The Interstate. commerce bill occu
pied the attention or the Senate oil
of Tuesday without final vote being
reached. Several amendments were
adopted. A reprint of the bill con-
tanning them was ordered. One
amendment provides that the restric-
tions of the bill as to reduced fares
shall not apply to ministers of the
gospel, members of agricultural con-
ventions and army and society meet
ings. Another provides that the
word unlawful be applied to discrim,
nations condemned by the bill SO as
to bring breaches of its provisions
within the technical meaning OF the
penal clause. The amendment to
punish strikers for obstructing trains
carrying U. S. mails, and that pro,
hibiting the use of free passes by
members of Congress and public OF
ficials, were rejected.
Secretary Manning has received nc
set back in his convalescence, and his
friends consider his recovery Ger
tainty. He has not yet decided wher
he will leave Washington. He drives
out daily when the weather permits
and is generally accompanied by
Mrs. Manning. Yesterday morning
the President sent him his Victori'
drawn by the seal browns, and Mr.
Manning took long and pleasan
drive. To-day he was out driving IL
his private carriage. He rode dowr
to the Treasury Department, ano
sent for Treasurer Jordan to com'
out and see him.
Carroll d. Wright, the Commiss
sioner of the Bureau Of Labor, haI
sent q letter to the Secretary OF tn
Interior, recommending line OF in
yestigation for the second annual re
port of the bureau. He advises
first, an investigation into the mum
Der, causes, duration and results o
all strikes in this country since ant
including the year 1881. Also int
the hours Of labor, wages paid ant
condition of railway employees; upol
the industries Of the country; ais
into the distribution Of products, th
cost of production, etc, and OF th
women workers Of the great cities
, Tne Secretary has approved these re
, Communications
, The President sent TO Congress
message calling attention to the cor
) dition Of affairs existing in Utah, ov
! ing to the governor Of that terntor
, vetoing the last appropriation bil
which appropriated money for th
r support Of schools, courts, chAritAbl
Institutions etc, referring to th
fact that under existing law the lel
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