Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-23
WASHINGTON.
Terse kilograms From the
Nations Capital.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Legislation in Behalf of Labor
Sale Of BOnds-Straw Bids
Current Comment.
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WAsHrNaroN, May 22.--The President
to-day approved the act establishing an
additional land district in the State Of
Oregon.
Senator and Mrs. Stanford sail for
Europe Saturday. Senator Stanford
leaves his official duties in the Senate
with reluctance, but is forced to do SO on
account Of his wife's health. Her
physicians say she must be taken abroad.
The following bills were reported
favorably to the House to-day. To pro-
vide for the sale Of lands patented to
certain members Of the Flathead Indians,
Montana; Senate bill making $l50,00O
the cost OF the public building at
Sacramento, with an amendment IN
creasing the limit Of the cost to 5000, 900.
The House Committee ON Military
Affairs to-day adopted the report OF the
Sub-C Committee in the matter OF the
Fort Brown military reservation. The
Committee favored an allowance of COM
pensation of $4,000 to the original
owners Of the reservation, based upon a
cash value Of $4,000 and rent at the
rate OF 81 900 per annum for the forty
years during which the property was
occupied by the Government
The Acting Secretary of the Treasury
has signed the sailing orders OF the reve-
nue. steamer Bear, now fitting out at San
Francisco, for a cruise to the Seal Islands
and Alaska, and it is expected that she
will sail before the end Of this week.
The orders are exactly the same as last
year, and show no change whatever in
the policy OF the Government in regard
to the seal fisheries.
The Acting Secretary of the Treasury
this afternoon accepted 100000 in bonds,
as follows: Four per cents, registered,
81 900 at $1.27; AZ per cents, $65, 900 at
$1.08. The total offering were $2l2, 200,
mostly at $1.2s for As and $l.0sla for411as.
The Billings, Clark's Fork and Cooke
City Railway having secured the right OF
way through the Crow Reservation, will,
it is said, commence the construction OF
the road at once, with the expectation Of
completing the entire road to Cooke
City early this season.
The Supreme Council of the Knights
of the Golden Eagle is holding its annual
convention here. This afternoon the
Council and attendant knights held a
grand street parade, some 5000 appear
ing in line. At Lafayette Park the pro-
cession left Pennsylvania avenue, and
passing through the White House
grounds, was reviewed by President
Cleveland, who stood on the porch Of
the Executive mansion and removed
his hat as each commander of a com.
pany saluted in passing by.
1t is definitely settled that the offer to
sell the Government So ,260, 900 in bonds,
made in the name Of well known Phil
adelphia firm, was a straw-bid, solely in
tended to affect the stock market. The
firm whose name was used informed the
Department to-day that they did not
make the offer and did not know who
did. They promised to aid the author
tiles in any way that might lead to the
discovery of the person who used their
name without authority. The matter is
being thoroughly investigated.
Convention delegates from many of the
States and local bar associations of the
country, having for its object the form
alton OF a National Bar Association, met
here to-day. A call for convention was
issued one month ago by the Bar Asso-
citation of the District Of Columbia.
Among the State Associations represent
ed were those OF Vermont, New York,
Ohio, Illinois, West Virginia, North Car
olina, South Carolina, Tennessee. Georgia,
Alabama, Montana and California. Col.
J. I'll. Broadhead, of St. Louis, was elected
chairman.
The House Committee on Indian At
fairs to-day ordered favorable reports on
the House bills, granting to the st. Louis
and San Francisco Railway Company
the right of way through Indian Terri
tory and to the Puyallup Valley Com
pany the right of. way through the Puyal-
lup Indian Reservation of Washington
Territory.
The Senate has decided by vote rs
to 27 not to consider the fisheries treaty
in open session. The division was upon
strict party lines, except in the case oi
Senator Hale, who voted with the Demo
Gratis adversely to the Riddleberger reso-
luton. Upon the announcement Of the
result the body went at once into legis.
lative session. No time was fixed fol
taking up the treaty.
Although no positive action has vel
been taken by the majority of the Ways
and Means Committee upon the amend
ments offered by the Democratic mem
bers to the Tariff bill, it is resolved by
some OF the representatives directly in
terested in the woolen schedules thai
they be assured by way OF compromise
that the committee will accept ar
amendment reducing the duty on
wooden manufactures from the 40 pei
cent fixed in the bill to 35 per cent,
members OF the committee to indicate
how they will act upon the amendment
which was originally offered by Grain, oi
Texas, and proposed to admit wooler
machinery duty free and reduce the
tariff on wooden manufactures to rs pei
cent.
1t is now learned that the Repub'
lican Senatorial caucus OF last even
ing adopted with but three dissent
ing votes the Riddleberger resolu-
tion TO consider the fisheries treaty
with open doors. Two OF the dissenting
Senators afterwards gave their assent and
proposed to make the action unanimous
but this was not done. The Democratic
Senators, who were one week ago unani-
mously opposed to the consideration ol
the treaty, are now largely inclined to go
into the movement. There is still pos.
sibility that the treaty will not be taken
up to-day, but there is strong probabil.
ity that motion will be made by Senator
Edmuuds shortly after O'Clock that the
doors be closed, and that in few min
utes they will be reopened and the con
sideration OF the treaty will be proceeded
with in public.