, 1888-12-28
Capital Gossip.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The Euenng
Star y The Democrats of the house
are preparing themselves for another dis
cussIon of the tariff before this congress
expires. The clerk of the ways and
means committee has been set to work
to get up information relating to the sem
ate bill, part of which is for the use of
senators in attacking the bill between the
I'd and 2Ist of January and part for the
the use of the house a little later
On. Preparations are active for a deter
mined fight upon the bill in the senate
within the limited time for debate. Some
Democratic Genators are sanguin enough
to think they can defeat the measure In
the senate by a square vote. This hope
is not very generally entertained. No
meeting has been held to consider the
policy to be followed except that inform
ally the Democrats lave come to the I'M
~derstanding that when the bill comes TO
the house they will have to DISCUSS it.
Chairman Britton of the inaugural
committee says that it has been practically
determined to have no carriages in the
procession except those for the
of the retiring and incoming presidents,
the new vice president and the Joint con-
gresaional committee. John Dougherty,
secretary of the notification committee
which informed Gen. Harrison and Mr..
Morton Of their nomination, has written
here that at least one half of the forty
seven members of the committee will be
at the Inauguration and they would like
a place In line reserved for their carriages.
Britton says that on account of the great
length of the parade it will be impracti-
cable to allow members of the committee
to ride in the procession and also that no
place in line can be given out before the
4th of March, when the marshal will
make the assignment of position to vari-
GUS organizations that will be represented.
Word has been received from Colorado
that 100 cowboys and a band will leave
Denver TO take part in the parade. They
will be dressed in the characteristic style
of the plains and will travel under the
name of the Harrison and Morton club
of Marching Cowboys.
The secretary OF the interior to-day
rendered a decision in the case of the
State of Oregon VS.. the United States, in
which is involved about go, 800 acres of
land in the Lakeview land district, com
prising what is known as swamp land list
No. 5. 1t appears from the records that
these lands Injured to the state as swamp
lands under the act of Sept. %, 1850, as
extended by act of March II, 1860. Prior
to certi6cation the greater part OF these
lands were sold by the state to various
parties in large bodies. Upon the reports
of special agents of the department GER
tiication was finally made. Subsequently
it was reported TO the department that
the reports of Special Agent Ankeny and
State Agent Whitaker was false and
fraudulent, and that a large part of the
lands described in these reports as swamps
were really high and dry. Investigation
was ordered, and Special Agent Shackle-
ford was directed to make personal exam
nation.
His report shows that of 90, 800 acres
comprising list No. 5, over "a, 900 acres
can be classed as swamp and that of this
latter amount over 20. 090 acres are stu
ated on hills or steep mountains or sage
brush deserts. The secretary orders the
certiication set aside and directs the COM
missioner of the general land office to
prepare another list which shall contain
the lands known TO be swamp. As to the
other lands Investigation is ordered and
such lands in the list as are found to be
not swamp are ordered to be restored to
the public domain subject to any rights
which may have attached to them under
the laws.