Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-05-19
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"AhhisGros, May 7.-Tbe rroi,.,.n.
tieS are that there viii bo M aa.,..
IlAen on the nomination ~ cS;as
justice Fuller during this session ~ g,a
SENATE When the senate committee ~
lu0lciary met to-day the nomina,;on
was referred TO subcommittee WITH
ou' instructions as 10 the time when tha
nomination shall be reported 10 the I'm
committee, but at the same time ! laraa
number Of letters and protests aaoinst
confirmation were also referred h tho
subcommittee with instructions 70 n.
yestigale. ~ in-
Inc house bill providing for the GALA
certain New York Indian lands In
iAansas, vetoed by the president TODAY
l'fol'osed 70 sell 70 the white oceunants
t1eliy-hi1 tracts Of land IN Kansas flat
ears ago had been allotted 10 ~ many
INDIANS from New York state tribes h.,
szoO per acre. The president nnotes
from the Indian Office reports 81 sbo,y
mar These Indians had been driven fron,
tiieir lands in 1860 by the whites AMI
reaches the conclusion that the occn'
Fancy 81 these lands by the white sat.
tlsfs seeking relief Is based upon wrone,
violence and oppression.
large number Of complaints are
coming from western settlers protestino
agaillst recent ruling OF the land Office
which reyerses all previous regulations
a. 70 what constitutes the eiobt years
requisite 10 make final proof IN iin1,sy
culture entries Up 10 June, 1888, the
sisAt Years cultivation and production
81 trees, NJ the conclusion Of which final
proof could he made, we're computed
from the date Of entry when all the re.
qnhemenis and conditions were com.
plied with. A few months ago Score.
larry Villas promulgated decision in the
case o. Henry Hooper, Of the Grand ls-
iahd district IA Nebraska, under which
the department construed the law SO
that the eight years cultivation should
he computed from the time when the
required usage Of trees, seeds and cut.
tings should be planted. Under tins
decision several thousand timber cnl.
tnre proofs which had been made
under previous rulings Of the
department viii be thrown out
~ inefficient II is generally conceded
that hr. Villas construction Of the law
- Tine spun and fallacions, and that in
making his opinion retroactive in its
elect ae nen,etuates an outrage upnn
the rniire northwest In a number Of
instances Mr. Villas ruling would re.
qnlre from thirteen 10 fourteen years
/ cultivation 81 tue land before final proof
could lle made Senator Paddock has
drafted bill which will reailrm the
rulings oi the land DEPARTMENT which
have heru IN steady operation for year.,
aud WHOA provide tha, the time Of cnl-
iiYali0n shall begin with the breaking
Il the ground aud PREPARING the sail for
the plautsn. II trees. This has been
lhe nnraFgin# construction ~ the law
uutil Mr. Villas took il into his head 10
. chan the rnlinss Of his predecessors
Senator Paddock has introduced I'LL
~ great importance 90 all western set
tiers, which provides ihst IN eases where
land eutries are rancellrtl that the money
ini5 upon making final pronf shall he
refunded h She parties whose entries
have uoi laecn sustained by the depart
men,. and that IN rase az innocent lar.
tiss wh0 have loaned mancy for the
making II prr.ois hich have not leen
sustained, that tie amount 50 loanrd
SHALL ~ returned 10 them upon can.
collation. Of the entry. The general land
Office has signihed It's approval Of this