The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1886-04-25
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The confirmation Of eighteen Collect
ou Of Internal Revenue MAS made pub
lie by the SIN ttS u day. The Collect
or were eIn6nned on the 2Ith OF
March. upon . rvPort from the fGnaner
CotuuuittSe accompanied hy = letter
from Sect, tary Manning evrtif! :pg to
the Hood official aud moral character Of
,he otfc, Is suspended.
The nomination OF Zach. Montsom -
cry Of California. appointed to b< Soiie-
itor for the Interior Department. and
reported adversely from the Judiciary
Committee, vas briefly considered. but
no action or hual determination MAS
reached.
MessrS. Greenhouse and English. o:
San Francisco, arrived here last evening
aud ate stopping at Willard. Hotel.
They spent most OF the tune to-day With
5, nator HeArSt. Mr.. Greathouse Is =
candidate for the position Of PostmA>t-
er at San Funcisco.
Mr.. Baskiu made . two hours eI-
h1n>iive speech before the House Ju.
dietary Committee TO day, in which lie
covered tue whole Geld Of Mormonism.
lie discussed the remedies proposed,
aud explained his own preference. Civ
ing the reason why. The committee
s.rIncd much interested.
Tn House Committee on Ways and
Means to-day decided by a Tot: oi {"
l to report fayoraLly the resolution rec
Ommending the abro :at.on OF the Ha-
waiian treaty. Mss>rs. Morrison, Mills,
Hewitt. MrMillin. Harris. Br=ck,n-
ridge Of Arkansas, Maybnrry. Kelley
aud His, cE voted III favor VI the Irso-
luton. and Rrpr. sentative Breckem-
ridge Of Kentucky cast the negative
V.tc.
The Secretary Of the Interior has en-
tered q rule on the Atlantic X Pacific
Railroad Company, returnAble on I'll,
lIth day OF May proHimo. to show cause
Why the order reseryimS l"nis Included
within its indemnity limits should not
Le revoked.
In the Senat-'s executive session the
S~enezuelan t.eaty Was token up. Iead
aud TaIidrd without debate. 1t pro
Vides for the ming Of the claims
OF citizens OF the uuitrd States against
] Ala. (xsrn,,.,,t nf Venezuela
Dement'S Gaze vas pgniu to-day re-
ferred to the Publ: Lands Committee.
Il is whispered that the Committees re-
port will Ge I'd hot.
Caleb West. the ne~ly-appo.nted
Governor Of Utah. il hire. He is 8
pleaSaut-fAced. handsome man. and
particularly agreeable. He seems alto
Sether q frank. manly man. He is
about five feet niue and weighs, say 200
pounds.
The House Committee on Foreign Al
fairs to-day considered the Morrow
Chinese hill aud the Chinese indemnity
resolution. and although NO final action
was reached there was q free expression
Of individual sentiment upon these sub
jects. The period fixed for the ~restric-
tion OF the Chinese in the Morrow bill
was regarded as too long by = number
Of the members Of the Committee, and
there was n decided opposition dcvel-
oped to that portion Of the hill forbid
l H. IL ~ a.
country after an absence Of two years.
The California delegation urged the
Committee to Immediate action. and it
is possible that at the nett meeting
both measures will be agreed upon.
AdVic = Of the 18th are aS follows:
The suLmiSs,on OF the E'imuuds anti
po!ygamy hill to the Judiciary Commit
tee OF tie House Of Representatives has
ELECTED favorable comment, the fact of
its consideration being in the hnnds OF
lswy,rs giving the measure str, myth.
The Mormon lobby is still sanguine
over the supposed non reporting o. the
ball.
Irving Scott. OF the Union Iron
Works of San Francisco. arrived here
to-day. lie is inter, sted IN securing, il
possible, the construction Of one or more
Of the new cruisers authorized in the
IVY bill reported to the House. at his
works upon the Pacific Coast. He also
wishes tn secure the contract or tue
completion Of the IN rptdnock."
G"neraI Rusecrnns has been invited
to deliver au Grafton Mt the army re.un-
ion ut Portsmouth n,It September. lie
will probably accept.
II is said Powderly'a uliimatum is
being acted on vigorously here by the
X light Of Labor. subscriptions are
qu city lowing in. some paying twenty
doll nt cnch. This IL n Of the
strongest Knight OF Labor center in the
country, composed Of both white and
blacks. AMI oil working ~bSrmuniously
with Powderly.
The knights Of Labor At Frankfort,
Indiana. have sent u memorial TO Con.
gress demanding the prohibition Of Chi.
ncse Immigration.
The Senate Committee on Public
Lands to-day agreed 10 report tAror .bly
Ingalls, bill TO create two ADDITIONAL
land districts In Dnkoin and 10 define